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Forget any associations you may have with additive synthesis. Monomono's Niseko takes that harmonic content and makes it accessible and expressive, via the UI or an input (including Push and MPE).
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Something special happened when Unfiltered Audio untethered their effects section from their mind-blowing drum machine Battalion: this delay and reverb opened up to creative rhythmic use everywhere. And for some reason, they're giving it to us for free. Maybe we're really good pe
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The library for the free and open source VCV Rack has been on fire lately. But this one is a standout: 4ms has a sprawling library of ROMpler modules based on classic drum-machine samples. And don't let the "ROMpler" part fool you: those samples are ready for full voltage control
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In a world that's definitely trying to make us dumber and more depressed, let's grow our brains instead. Our friends over at Derivative have a free course that finally makes it easy to start working with POPs -- the Point OPerators that enable all that wild 3D geometry you see in
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Deep in the forest of Superbooth earlier this month, Korg showed off some up-and-coming gems, if you knew where to look. That included a compact NTS mixer, updated Sinevibes effects for Korg gear, and add-ons for the phase8 "acoustic synthesizer," including effects you can 3D-pri
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There's something magical about playing sounds with polyphonic expression. It means translating sound ideas directly to your hands and improvising live, rather than having to go back and edit those ideas in later or take your hands off the keyboard to turn a knob. Here's a look a
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It's Memorial Day in the USA, Whit Monday in Germany and other parts of the West, and since what's truly sacred is shopping, that means some deals running through the end of the day.
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Piaman, aka half of RYOKO2000, formerly Pianoid (bio: "doesn't play piano at all") is turning himself into a human Vocaloid, with joysticks and fast reflexes. And this is what you need right now. Linkhole trail begins now:
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It's an oscillator, a step sequencer, a modulation and envelope source, a quantizer (with custom tunings) -- even a scope, thanks to its interactive, animated visual interface. Thorn Audio's new Eurorack module can make anything from elegant, precise curves. It's more than just a
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Kelli Cain and Brian Crabtree are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their monome company and project this week. For anyone moved by their creations over the years, there will be no escape from the feels in this gallery -- and, of course, I couldn't resist adding some extra memo