Post-album techno: 9 years of live sequence data, from Shawn Rudiman

Here’s techno as it’s lived in the moment – the actual improvised grooves of nine years of live sets, echoed as a flood of glitchy, modem-like sounds from a war-tested Alesis MMT-8 sequencer.

Polyend puts presets in your modular – plus run on a battery, anywhere

Hey, modulars are great. But you can’t call up presets at will, like on a computer. And you can’t head for a day of patching to the shore of your local lake. Or – can you? The folks at Polish maker Polyend are breaking the rules.

Peter Kirn - May 13, 2019

Pioneer Squid is a monster standalone sequencer for your gear

Forget for a second that Pioneer is the CDJ and DJM company. Their latest TORAIZ goes a radical new direction – making what might be the biggest mainstream hardware sequencer since the MPC and Octatrack.

Peter Kirn - April 24, 2019

deton8 is a little drum machine with loads of soul

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2019

Novation Circuit crams still more features: 1.8 update

Peter Kirn - March 8, 2019

Novation’s latest videos “hack” advanced features out of their synths

Peter Kirn - September 12, 2018

Hands-on: Roland’s #808day upgrade for the TR-8S is a blast to play

Peter Kirn - August 8, 2018

AutoTrig and TATAT generate rhythms for Ableton, modular gear

Peter Kirn - June 25, 2018

This free tool could change how you think about sequencers

Peter Kirn - June 25, 2018

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