Make Noise and Tom Erbe have made a mighty morphing spatial Plexiphon

Soundhack creations endure years and decades, and now we get a new one. Think mighty morphing modeless modulation. Plexiphon is neither reverb or echo. It’s both, simultaneously, for spatial textural sounds you can shift fluidly. And in my quest to avoid being consumed by a sea of modules, this one just rose way up the list.

Go watch this video on Buchla, Spectraphon, and spectral animation

Soundhack creator Tom Erbe joins musician-synthesist Sarah Belle Reid for a fascinating dive into the Make Noise Spectraphon, spectral animation, and Buchla history. IYKYK – but if you don’t know, that’s one Hell of a spectral historical West Coast trip.

Peter Kirn - January 3, 2025

Free SoundHack tools: now plug-ins and Max and Pd, Apple Silicon native

You’ve got choices for how to delay, distort, mangle, spectrally transform, and meddle with audio. But Tom Erbe’s legendary SoundHack stands out – and it’s free. And now it’s Apple Silicon ready.

Peter Kirn - August 14, 2024

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

Peter Kirn - May 12, 2023

Pictures at an Exhibition: Essential New Gear and Reflections from NAMM

Marsha Vdovin - January 31, 2012

Soundhack Goodness, Now as Pd and Max External Objects

- September 1, 2010

Extreme Time-stretched Hamsterdance and Free and Open Source Sound Treasures

- August 25, 2010