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Waldorf’s Protein: soul of Microwave in an 8-voice wavetable synth, €329
It’s Thanksgiving in the USA, but Germany’s got your Protein, and what a surprise. The classic Microwave 1 wavetable sound meets a tweakable, compact desktop housing and 4-layer, 8-voice architecture. A Keto diet has never sounded more appetizing. Price? €329 in Europe intro, incl. VAT (€379 after the end of the year.) Out now.
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Motherly, sequencer percussion synth, is pure rhythmic happiness
Moog’s DFAM has become almost a genre of instrument — like the Minimoog architecture or original Moog modular. Look no further than this delight from Rainbow Circuit. On the surface, it looks like another model of the percussion synth (Mom!). But it sounds like nothing else, and if you’re looking for more synthesized, sequenced percussion to infuse a smile into your day, Motherly is like uncut dopamine.
Peter Kirn - November 21, 2025
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Hainbach and AudioThing made the HP Word Generator into sonic software
The Hewlett-Packard Word Generator 8006A has become an unintentional legend of sound lovers, transforming this obscure lab equipment into a kind of instrument. So you knew that a Hainbach/AudioThing collab to produce a software version was inevitable. B00GA is available now as a macOS, Windows, or Linux plug-in, or an iOS/iPadOS AUv3 plug-in or app.
Generative analog: Cyma Forma’s Alt soundscape synth takes shape
Peter Kirn - November 17, 2025
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SuperSonic: SuperCollider synth is fun, playful, colorful, free, in any Web page
Peter Kirn - November 15, 2025
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New, playful arpeggiator features for Sequential Take 5, Oberheim TEO-5
Peter Kirn - November 10, 2025
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On tonight: 13 most “WTF haunted” synths with Paulee Alex Bow
Peter Kirn - October 29, 2025
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Inside Kyiv’s hackerspace, a growing DIY synth and experimental noise scene
Peter Kirn - October 16, 2025
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