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Cherry Audio Voltage Modular software hits 1500 modules, adds exotic vintage Moog-style tools
It’s the unsung software modular platform – Voltage Modular has an eminently usable interface and now some 1500 modules. And now a bunch of rare Moog-derived effects, oscillators, filters, and vocoder they created with MRB arrive where they belong: natively in the Voltage Modular platform.
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Roland’s AIRA Compact: bite-sized versions of TR drum machine, JUNO-60 synth, vocal FX
They’re smaller and cheaper than the Boutique series and first-gen AIRA, they’re battery-powered, and they pack a surprising amount of functionality and hands-on control. Roland has a new compact platform for the AIRA, and they look cute and fun.
Peter Kirn - May 10, 2022
Gear Music tech Tech
Type in lyrics, and this keyboard sings them, as Casio returns to its Casiotone roots
It’s like the love-child of those fun 80s portable keyboards and Vocaloid. New Casiotone keyboards will sing lyrics for you.
Peter Kirn - January 21, 2022
Gear Music tech Tech
Laurie Anderson, in video, on the stories behind her custom-built instruments
Peter Kirn - September 27, 2021
DIY + Unusual Motion Music Music tech Tech
Bitwig Studio just added a free vocoder, because Xmas
Peter Kirn - December 24, 2019
Music tech Software Stories Tech
Watch a beautiful video about vocoder history from The New Yorker
Peter Kirn - July 12, 2019
Gear Music tech Stories Tech
Moog teases spectral shift invention for Moogfest
Peter Kirn - March 22, 2019
Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
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