Nuclear test equipment inspired this new Eurorack module

Boxcar averagers, used in vintage nuclear test equipment, inspired the latest creation from AI Synthesis. What you get is the AI250 BXR: it’s an oscillator, a voltage generator, and an audio mangler all in one. And it’s a pathway into DIY modules, even on tight budgets.

Xaoc Devices Berlin: new compact VCO with Leibniz Binary interfacing

The newest hardware from Xaoc Devices is Berlin. On its own, it’s a very respectable compact VCO with LFO mode and extremely wide range for tracking and clock. But connect it to one of the company’s Leibniz Subsystem modules, and a whole world of binary hacking unfolds.

Peter Kirn - May 13, 2024

Xaoc Batumi II could be the perfect quad LFO/VCO for Eurorack

What do you do if you make one of the best modulation modules out there? Make it better. That’s the Batumi II and the optional Poti II expander, a complete redesign with more features in the same space.

Peter Kirn - November 6, 2023

Sequential’s Trigon-6 gets the desktop treatment – and update adds MPE

Peter Kirn - August 15, 2023

Georgian-made Ambient audio is bringing home-grown modular to the Caucasus

Peter Kirn - March 22, 2023

Befaco’s new Pony wavefolding oscillator module: funky modulations, rich timbres

Peter Kirn - September 26, 2022

Make Noise’s new analog oscillator comes in stereo: XPO, Stereo Prismatic Oscillator

Peter Kirn - July 19, 2022

Review: Here’s Moog Mavis, packing analog Moog modular essentials into a 24-jack, $349 box

Peter Kirn - June 14, 2022

The Saw Bench is a 100€ Analog Synth; Here’s What Its Creators Say

Peter Kirn - March 18, 2015