Listen to Herb Deutsch narrate studies in tape and synthesis, from his 1976 book

Peter Kirn - December 12, 2022

Thomas Dolby’s 1989 explanation of synthesis with the Muppets and a fly in a box is pretty ingenious

Peter Kirn - October 12, 2022

Free sample mashing with samplebrain, by Aphex Twin and Dave Griffiths

Peter Kirn - September 25, 2022

Cycling ’74 asked artists to make a collaborative Max drum kit – and shared the patches

Peter Kirn - September 22, 2022

Nina, 12-voice analog polysynth with motorized controls, now in preorders

Peter Kirn - August 11, 2022

Make Noise’s new analog oscillator comes in stereo: XPO, Stereo Prismatic Oscillator

Peter Kirn - July 19, 2022

Free Piloslib for Pd makes patching easier – and sounds totally hardcore

Peter Kirn - July 11, 2022

Dave Smith brought us all closer together; Sequential and MIDI legend has died

Peter Kirn - June 2, 2022

Ableton’s free Learning Synths site now exports, records, and adds more exploration

Peter Kirn - April 26, 2022

Happy 90th birthday to Herb Deutsch, educator, composer, and Moog synth co-inventor

Peter Kirn - February 9, 2022