VCV Rack has a new manual for all its free modules – and it’s a great modular tutorial

Peter Kirn - June 1, 2023

Inside Ableton’s Drift, the hardware-inspired synth in Live 11, with designer Marc Resibois

Peter Kirn - May 31, 2023

Make Noise brings Tom Erbe’s soundhack spectral ideas to a dual oscillator: Spectraphon

Peter Kirn - May 12, 2023

Reason Studios’ Objekt is a physical modeling synth with plenty of twists

Peter Kirn - May 11, 2023

Arturia Augmented BRASS makes it uncommonly easy to build up hybrid brass sounds

Peter Kirn - May 5, 2023

Here’s Ben Burtt breaking down every single iconic sound design from Star Wars, film by film

Peter Kirn - May 4, 2023

May the 4th: KORG reissues ARP 2600 FS in limited run, for your R2D2 sounds (Gallery)

Peter Kirn - May 4, 2023

Roland updates Jupiter, Juno plug-ins – and finally fixes their preset UI; here’s a tour

Peter Kirn - April 26, 2023

Sinevibes DENSE for KORG is here: four lush drifting oscillators

Peter Kirn - April 20, 2023

Intellijel’s Flurry is a module full of noise

Peter Kirn - April 11, 2023