Moon from Landscape, Mystic Circuits: a bonkers 4-channel drum machine

In case you missed Noon, the first collaboration was a brain-bending, organic, and exquisitely unpredictable analog drum machine. Its 4-channel sibling Moon has opened to preorders, and in this new compact descendant, it’s even more apparent that this is like a breathing, squawking lifeform of a device.

Here it is, a cover of Kendrick Lamar and more awesomeness for the Otamatone

What the world needs now is more unicorn chaser. And it’s hard to beat the adorable Japanese ribbon controller/squeezable mouth formant instrument, the CUBE Works/Maywa Denki Otamatone.

Peter Kirn - February 14, 2025

Re-released Lemur app is now a one-time purchase, not subscription

After overwhelming feedback, the new developer of Lemur has announced the app will be a one-time $99 purchase, not a subscription. You can still try the app for free (with some functionality limitations). Here’s the statement.

Peter Kirn - February 10, 2025

TouchOSC native Linux touch support arrives; demo on SteamDeck

Peter Kirn - January 31, 2025

A synth built around sonic exploration: Elmyra2, desktop and Eurorack

Peter Kirn - July 20, 2023

Olivia Artz Time Machine makes the multi-tap delay tactile and modular

Peter Kirn - June 22, 2023

R-Kontrol, the iOS controller for Bitwig Studio, gets big updates to Clips, Scenes, Remote Control

Peter Kirn - June 14, 2023

GlitchScaper instrument and rhythm machine comes to macOS, iOS, from SoundScaper dev

Peter Kirn - March 28, 2023

bela Gliss: expressive touch meets computation in crowd-backed Eurorack module

Peter Kirn - December 8, 2022

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