Fundamental puts a rich, vintage tube oscillator studio in a plug-in, from sonicLAB and Hainbach

Make eerie, modulating drones like it’s a disco in the Exclusion Zone. Or delve into the sound tools of Stockhausen. But for anyone who loves finding shifting, nuanced colors in oscillators – Hainbach and Sinan Bökesoy have created something for you.

The Casio CZ is a huge highlight of Arturia’s V Collection 7

Arturia’s V Collection 7 continues to expand as the go-to software library of every vintage synth you would ever want. But let’s focus on one new gem: the brilliant CZ-101 remake.

Peter Kirn - June 14, 2019

It’s 606 day – remember when Roland made a drum machine like a 303?

808 day, sure. But let’s pause for 606 day – the logical anniversary of the 1982 TR-606, a drum machine squeezed inside a tiny enclosure that looks like a 303 but isn’t. It’s the lesser known runt of the Roland family, and you kind of love it for that alone.

Peter Kirn - June 6, 2019

Post-album techno: 9 years of live sequence data, from Shawn Rudiman

Peter Kirn - May 15, 2019

Mournful drone sounds of a repurposed HP test device

Peter Kirn - March 8, 2019

The 1976 Polymoog film reminds us of when polysynths were new

Peter Kirn - October 9, 2018

A simple, classic channel strip, Mr. Putnam’s mic collection, and more

Peter Kirn - August 15, 2018

This may be the 808 Marvin Gaye used to make ‘Sexual Healing’

Peter Kirn - August 8, 2018

Immerse yourself in Rotterdam’s sonic voltages, in the WORM laboratory

Peter Kirn - August 3, 2018

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