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Flexur and Chill, with this Trautonium-inspired DIY synthesizer
I missed this when it dropped earlier this month — Synthtopia was there! But now is a perfect time to chill out to the smoothly gliding sounds of this original Trautonium-inspired synthesizer design in progress. Flexur can cool down an overheated Europe.
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Sequential Prophet-5 gets an official software remake by GForce — tested
Following GForce’s official renditions of Oberheim instruments, now we’re treated to an official Sequential synth in plug-in form. This Prophet-5 combines painstaking recreations of the various revisions with new features like MPE, a dual-layer architecture, and lush effects. I’ve been testing it and got some behind-the-scenes details from the devs. It’s such a total pleasure to bring that Sequential sound into the box.
Peter Kirn - June 16, 2026
Music tech Reviews Software Tech
Turn Ableton Push 3 into a single expressive percussive surface, free
The most exciting add-on for Ableton Live this spring for me is actually not an Ableton Extension. It’s warpradius, a Max for Live device by Jon Doe One that transforms the entire grid into a single expressive percussion surface. It employs a Bessel membrane resonator model, a modal synthesis method that produces realistic, varied percussion sounds. And it’s free.
Peter Kirn - June 15, 2026
Music tech Software Tech
Synplant’s new PhenoType tech uses neural nets for more alien patches
Peter Kirn - June 10, 2026
Music tech Software Tech
Chaotic vocals, polyrhythmic grooves — meet the every something plugins
Peter Kirn - June 3, 2026
Music tech Software Tech
Niseko is a gorgeous, instant must-have additive synth for Ableton Live
Peter Kirn - May 29, 2026
Music tech Software Tech
Listen to the analog BBD sounds of Morphor; Echon 6 poly is shipping
Peter Kirn - May 14, 2026
Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
