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ENDOGEN: a deep experimental exploratorium of lowercase synthesis
Enter an organic sound machine that will take you to an imagined sound world somewhere between a temple garden and a half-awake dream. ENDOGEN is a dazzling tool, built in Max and SuperCollider, that explores notions of lowercase synthesis. There’s a lot to cover as far as what it can do — but you should also feel empowered to play and get lost.
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PatchSeq puts a FM-filled, sequenced patcher inside your VCV Rack
It’s a patcher inside a patcher. And that patcher has more patches that you can copy, randomize, and sequence. And in that patcher is a ton of glitchy goodness. PatchSeq, hot off the grill from Jeremy Wentworth and Voxglitch, is something special.
Peter Kirn - January 11, 2026
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What’s new in the DIY world of Music Thing’s Workshop System
It’s a Very Workshop System Jamuary. Music Thing’s patchable music lab-in-a-lunchbox has proved that small-batch personal hardware can attract a select, dedicated community sharing great stuff with one another. Let’s catch up with what’s been happening in that magical village of synth wonder in the past year. Don’t forget, the ideas and code here are all open — meaning this could inspire more.
Peter Kirn - January 7, 2026
DIY + Unusual Modular-Analog Music tech Stories Tech
Sinevibes Skew, 3-playhead reverse delay, improved and now free
Peter Kirn - December 17, 2025
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Rage with the machine: Pigments 7 with new filters, new FX, sound features
Peter Kirn - December 16, 2025
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Mudjaq TapeLeap, a freaky tape/lo-fi looper that can blink, be broken
Peter Kirn - December 11, 2025
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ADPTR Utopia: what makes this spectral reverb one of the best effects of 2025
Peter Kirn - December 3, 2025
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