Review: Here’s Moog Mavis, packing analog Moog modular essentials into a 24-jack, $349 box

It looks like another budget semi-modular, but look closer: Moog’s latest is a distillation of a lot of what distinguishes a Moog modular voice, with some significant twists (wavefolder!). And it can work on its own or as an ideal companion to other patchable instruments. Let’s break it down.

EboSuite 2.0 hands-on: live video recording and more makes VJing feel native in Ableton Live

Ableton Live’s improvisatory clip- and device-based interface make the software feel like it could be as natural for visuals as it is for sound. But EboSuite 2.0’s plug-ins – some 54 of them – are the first that make the “V” side as complete as “A.”

Peter Kirn - May 20, 2022

Hands-on tour of the Oberheim OB-X8 architecture, feature by feature, with Francis Preve

The first new Oberheim instrument in 35 years is something special. So let’s get an exclusive tour of what this instrument is like to play — from one of the people who programmed some of its new sounds. And yes, we’ve got sound samples.

Francis Preve - May 10, 2022

Bentō is an alive, unstable Japanese noise box by Giorgio Sancristoforo

Peter Kirn - March 21, 2022

With AudioThing Noises, a noise generator becomes more than a noise generator

Peter Kirn - February 17, 2022

Rift 2.0 arrives – here’s what to love about this deep distortion and multi-effects plug-in

Peter Kirn - February 9, 2022

Review: nanobox adds palm-sized synthesis to 1010music’s cute gear line

Andreas Roman - January 28, 2022

Ableton Live through the years, in vintage images, reviews, and even retro installs

Peter Kirn - January 3, 2022

Gong Amp by AudioThing and Hainbach simulates metallic resonator, chains, pillow

Peter Kirn - December 10, 2021

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