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Arturia’s new MiniFreak 49 synth is tactile, exploration-friendly: tested
It’s not just some extra keys or minor feature tweaks. Arturia’s MiniFreak 49 has evolved the range into a synthesizer you can freely explore just by playing, not programming. It’s a fusion of tactile experience and sound, right when we need that. Here’s a full hands-on test.
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Bana Haffar’s Ancient Future mutates memory and meaning in machines
If you feel at sea in a starless night, Ancient Future might summon charts from the ancestors, fragmented through samples and voltages, a hauntology of modular deconstruction. Bana Haffar, co-founder of Modular on the Spot in LA and Beirut Synthesizer Center in Lebanon, has an essential offering out this month.
Peter Kirn - October 13, 2026
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The best lesser-sung sounds of 2026 so far
It’s time for a sonic refill. David Abravanel is here with a full supply of lush arps, washes of sound, rapid-fire grooves — everything Appleblim to Posthuman to Vladislav Delay Quintet, Suzanne Ciani and a bunch more. Your mission: buy some downloads if you can spare the change, and load up some full-album listens in a player of your choice. And maybe turn off the world for a while. -Ed.
Lucid slices, stretches, and scrubs sound like no other granular FX
Peter Kirn - August 19, 2026
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DeafMan transforms Ableton Live with custom colors, interactive editor
Peter Kirn - July 29, 2026
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Sequential Prophet-5 gets an official software remake by GForce — tested
Peter Kirn - June 16, 2026
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