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Elastic OSC, Plaits as an instrument app, now supports Android, MPE
Oliver Greschke’s Elastic OSC continues to blossom as a mobile instrument. Packed with open-source algorithms from Mutable Instruments’ Plaits as oscillators, Elastic OSC has added powerful modulation and now supports Android and MIDI Polyphonic Expression.
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1010music shares live setup ideas for Bento
We’re in an unexpected golden age for compact sample, synthesis, granular, and sequence gadgets. So let’s give some extra love to 1010music’s awesome Bento — which, because it doubles as a mixer and recorder, goes well with any other bits of gear you may have collected. 1010music has this excellent video showing how you might […]
Peter Kirn - March 19, 2026
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Find whole worlds inside samples: Baby Audio Grainferno deep dive
Per-grain processing, automatic pitch controls, drag-and-drop modulation, and audio-rate oscillations — Grainferno proves there are still unexplored frontiers in granular synthesis and hand-crafted DSP. It’s addictive to add the synth to projects, drag in sounds, and see what you can discover.
Making music on the TI graphing calculator — and a TI-inspired plug-in synth
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Michigan Synth Works has an open-source 303 processor and a new kit
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Move Everything hacks Ableton Move for custom devices — and accessibility
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