The demonic musical Baby Bots of Moon Armada

Why should a synth be a metal box with some wooden endcaps? Why shouldn’t be a severed baby doll head with glowing red eyes and buttons in its skull? Moon Armada helps the forward evolution of synth form factors, and the results are … uh … adorable is the word?

Peter Theremin’s haunting music, on his great-grandfather’s invention

Most of us never got to know Leon Theremin (Lev Termen) or hear him play live. But we can take in his great grandson continuing the tradition of playing his invention – and Peter Theremin’s music is just as hauntingly human.

Peter Kirn - September 10, 2018

iAbyssal is a new light theremin synth for your iOS device

An iPhone as a theremin isn’t a new idea. But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t room for something new. So here’s iAbyssal, a virtual analog photo-synth

Ashley Elsdon - October 28, 2017

Could you spy on someone using a microwave oven as a mic?

Peter Kirn - March 14, 2017

Music and math unite, from Chowning to Rhythmicon

Peter Kirn - April 12, 2016

Google are giving away experiments to teach music and code

Peter Kirn - March 9, 2016

Watch Bob Moog play and talk about the Theremin

Peter Kirn - October 26, 2015

Read the article Bob Moog wrote when he met Leon Theremin

Peter Kirn - September 4, 2015

Beyond Traditional Instruments, a Status Report from the SoundLab

- October 31, 2014

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