Modalics Beat Scholar: a new hyper-divisible drum machine plug-in made of pizzas

Peter Kirn - September 6, 2022

Polyend Play looks like beauty in simplicity – for utterly fast grid-based music making

Peter Kirn - May 16, 2022

Jon Appleton, composer and Synclavier innovator, has died

Peter Kirn - February 1, 2022

Blackbox 2.0 is here for 1010music’s excellent sampler – the stable build

Peter Kirn - October 12, 2021

Here’s a gorgeous chill jam and the excellent 1.9 firmware for the Blackbox sampler

Peter Kirn - September 6, 2021

Reason’s Mimic sampler is here, and very Reason-y

Peter Kirn - August 11, 2021

MOTU’s DP11 is more expressive, controllable, new Mac-ready, adds stuff users wanted

Peter Kirn - July 12, 2021

Novation Circuit Rhythm is here – and it’s the one that actually samples; full details

Peter Kirn - June 22, 2021

Reason 12 will bring new Combinator, more – and subscribers will see features roll out sooner

Peter Kirn - May 21, 2021

Live solo master class: Baseck wailing on an Octatrack MKII is absolutely massive

Peter Kirn - March 2, 2021