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

Bitwig Studio may have started in the shadow of Ableton, but one of its initial promises was building a DAW that was modular from the ground up. Bitwig Studio 3 is poised to finally deliver on that promise, with “The Grid.”

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

Can KORG take modular patching and Buchla-inspired synthesis, and squeeze it into an inexpensive instrument that’s still accessible to synth newcomers and experts alike? We go deep with the new $199 KORG volca modular to find out.

Francis Preve - January 15, 2019

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

Propellerhead has unveiled a modular instrument add-on for Reason, Complex-1. It puts a patchable, West Coast-inspired synth inside the already patchable Reason environment – and it sounds fabulous.

Peter Kirn - December 18, 2018

Teenage Engineering OP-Z is here, and it’s full of surprises: video round-up

Peter Kirn - October 29, 2018

Brunswick is a grimy patchable synth kit with BEEF, for under £99

Peter Kirn - October 24, 2018

Deep Synth combines a Game Boy and the THX sound

Peter Kirn - October 22, 2018

Powerful SURGE synth for Mac and Windows is now free

Peter Kirn - September 26, 2018

Novation’s latest videos “hack” advanced features out of their synths

Peter Kirn - September 12, 2018

Nerd cup: here are some top electronic music makers from Russia’s Synthposium

Peter Kirn - September 4, 2018

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