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.

Wowa Cwejman, synthesizer designer, has died at 72

The small community of people who design electronic musical instruments has lost a unique imagination. Word arrived yesterday that Wlodzimierz “Wowa” Cwejman of Cwejman Music had died.

Peter Kirn - February 1, 2021

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

KORG’s Modwave synth isn’t even out yet, but CDM sonic wizard-at-large Francis Preve was one of the people making sounds for it. Time to go 20,000 leagues under the sea with this monster wavetable hardware.

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

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

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