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

It’s synthesis from paper – sounds crafted quite literally by hand, using drawn animation, then optically synthesized. But after this 4K restoration, it’s clear how much these 1930s inventors were ahead of their time.

Deep dive: Master the Moog Matriarch – Guide

The Moog Matriarch is a unique encapsulation of Moog’s modular history in an instrument. Following up on our conversation with the engineers, here’s a guide to getting its capabilities underneath your fingers.

Peter Kirn - October 21, 2020

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

Make eerie, modulating drones like it’s a disco in the Exclusion Zone. Or delve into the sound tools of Stockhausen. But for anyone who loves finding shifting, nuanced colors in oscillators – Hainbach and Sinan Bökesoy have created something for you.

Peter Kirn - June 15, 2020

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

Peter Kirn - September 16, 2019

Moog Matriarch puts all your analog sound shaping in one keyboard

Peter Kirn - April 25, 2019

Founder of music tech forum has died; outpourings of support for Mike McGrath

Peter Kirn - April 23, 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

Hands-on: Complex-1 puts West Coast-inspired modular in Reason

Peter Kirn - December 18, 2018

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