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West Coast dreaming: improvising with GForce MAP
GForce’s MAP was up against some tough competition in October, but don’t sleep on this one. Or, alternatively, do let its dulcet West Coast sounds lull you to sleep.
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GForce just made a West Coast, MPE-playable synth playground
GForce’s MAP is all new — it’s not a recreation or a collaboration with other brands. But this synth has been to history class, studying modular designs by Serge Tcherepnin, Random*Source, and Buchla USA. Put that in a very modern interface, add MPE expression, and you get what feels like Massive X or Serum from an alternate universe where they’re all about West Coast synthesis.
Peter Kirn - October 28, 2025
Music tech Software Tech
3x new firmware for Noise Engineering’s Alia oscillator – and Cursus is back
The Cursus was lifted; now it returns. Following their release of the 10HP Alia oscillator module, Noise Engineering is repeating the formula: unveil one new firmware release and bring back two favorites.
Peter Kirn - January 22, 2024
Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
Multiphonics CV-2 goes waveshaping: what’s in the AAS modular’s 2.1 update
Peter Kirn - August 4, 2023
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Intellijel goes fully-patchable all-in-one synth with “performance-oriented” Cascadia
Peter Kirn - April 15, 2023
Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
Compusynth is like a love child of a west coast modular and the Altair 8800 computer
Peter Kirn - December 5, 2022
Music tech
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