This bulbous-looking instrument is made for music therapy and inclusive design, too

Musicians already know well this feeling of expressing with an instrument what words cannot. The open Omniphone instrument does that for some of the people who may desire it most – but who are too often left at the sidelines of music technology.

MeeBlip jam festival: watch all the wild and wonderful creations of these synth lovers

The joy of synths – as long as you’ve got a box with knobs on it, you’re never alone. And it’s incredible what people can do with tiny, ultra-affordable gear – including ours.

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2020

Here’s how the Sensel Morph’s custom touch control works

The Sensel Morph’s specialized touch control lets you apply both multi-touch position and force (how hard you press). Some new and recent videos make it clear how to customize that for your different tools.

Peter Kirn - August 13, 2019

Pioneer Squid is a monster standalone sequencer for your gear

Peter Kirn - April 24, 2019

AKAI’s cute little MPK mini keyboard now has internal sounds

Peter Kirn - April 18, 2019

Alternative modular: pd knobs is a Pure Data-friendly knob controller

Peter Kirn - April 3, 2019

Review: can Elektron’s Model:Samples get everyone into hardware?

Andreas Roman - March 21, 2019

Apple’s latest Macs have a serious audio glitching bug

Peter Kirn - February 18, 2019

NI now has killer, budget audio interfaces and compact keys

Peter Kirn - February 7, 2019

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