SOMA’s upcoming REFLEX is a polysynth with timbres you touch directly

SOMA’s “romantic engineering” just hit some crazy new level – their upcoming 6-voice digital polysynth is paired with a multidimensional sensor-controller.

Peter Zinovieff, UK synth pioneer and EMS co-founder, has died

It’s a tough moment for a whole generation in electronic music history. This weekend claimed the British legend Peter Zinovieff – deserving a look back at him and EMS and the VCS3.

Peter Kirn - June 28, 2021

Miller Puckette, creator of Max and Pd, on how he’s patching his way to remote collaboration

Miller Puckette, the original creator of Max and Pure Data, has been working on keeping connected remotely, too. In this video, he reveals how he plays with a percussionist using Pd and Ableton Live, then joins Cycling ’74’s David Zicarelli to talk about the future of collaboration in modular environments.

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2021

Wowa Cwejman, synthesizer designer, has died at 72

Peter Kirn - February 1, 2021

Inside KORG’s Modwave – sound design tips for this upcoming wavetable synth

Francis Preve - January 22, 2021

1930s Soviet optical synthesis animation looks positively futuristic after 4K restoration

Peter Kirn - January 13, 2021

Deep dive: Master the Moog Matriarch – Guide

Peter Kirn - October 21, 2020

Fundamental puts a rich, vintage tube oscillator studio in a plug-in, from sonicLAB and Hainbach

Peter Kirn - June 15, 2020

Erica’s Pico System III is a tiny, 450 EUR West Coast modular rig

Peter Kirn - September 16, 2019

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