Softpop SP2 is next-level analog synthesis and processing from Bastl and Casper Electronics

It’s next-level chaos – literally. The radical sonic exploration of the original Softpop by Peter Edwards and Bastl has been massively expanded into a new modular analog synth and sound processor. In a chaotic universe, here’s the kind of unpredictability you want to swallow whole — rather than the other way around.

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

Reason is back to its roots, slicing up audio samples and letting you chop them up into instruments – but in a way that stacks up to the workflows of rival DAWs, production tools, and drum machines.

Peter Kirn - August 11, 2021

All the KORG synth news: mini ARP modular, a reissued classic, more wavetables…

Let’s get KORGanized, because the Japanese maker dropped a whole lot of synth news at once. Wave-which now? Reissue? Here it is all in one place.

Peter Kirn - January 20, 2021

Deep dive: Master the Moog Matriarch – Guide

Peter Kirn - October 21, 2020

ARP 2600 will return with KORG, says Jean-Michel Jarre

Peter Kirn - December 16, 2019

Ableton release free CV Tools for integrating with analog gear, made in Max

Peter Kirn - May 7, 2019

Moog Matriarch puts all your analog sound shaping in one keyboard

Peter Kirn - April 25, 2019

Behringer Crave synth: vintage bits, all the extras, $199

Peter Kirn - January 27, 2019

The Stylophone goes totally luxe with the GEN R-8

Peter Kirn - January 16, 2019

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