Novation’s Bass Station II just got an Aphex Twin mode, crazy features

The Aphex Twin-ification of synths continues – and who’s complaining? Novation’s Bass Station II gets some mind-warping mental sound features, including key-by-key madness from Richard James.

Max TV: go inside Max 8’s wonders with these videos

Max 8 – and by extension the latest Max for Live – offers some serious powers to build your own sonic and visual stuff. So let’s tune in some videos to learn more.

Peter Kirn - April 11, 2019

Mournful drone sounds of a repurposed HP test device

Hainbach continues to make beautiful sounds with esoteric or forgotten gear – this time, the “saddest drone machine,” a used HP 3782A Error Detector telco device.

Peter Kirn - March 8, 2019

SOMA’s Ether is a high-sensitivity ear for your electromagnetic world

Peter Kirn - March 6, 2019

Live coding group toplap celebrates days of live streaming, events

Peter Kirn - February 15, 2019

Ableton Live 10.1: more sound shaping, work faster, free update

Peter Kirn - February 6, 2019

Bitwig Studio is about to deliver on a fully modular core in a DAW

Peter Kirn - January 21, 2019

Review: volca modular takes on creative synthesis in a small package

Francis Preve - January 15, 2019

Explore sonic inspiration, via this artist’s approach to Novation’s Peak 1.2

Peter Kirn - December 24, 2018

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