You’ve got to check out this cool DIY project for a Snark SN-2 Tuner modded into a modular tuner. It allows you to turn a simple guitar tuner into a modular synth tuner that uses a 3.5mm jack to interact with your modular signal for a simple tuning read out. That’s it! No additional HP or rack [...]

Elektron Analog Heat. Audio enhancer. Audio destroyer Swedish music hardware company Elektron today announced Analog Heat, a stereo analog sound processor excelling in treating audio in both beautiful and radical ways. The eight different analog stereo distortion circuits, the stereo analog multi-mode filter and the stereo analog EQ provide a wealth of sound shaping options. Thanks [...]

Comedian Sinbad Returns to Host Ceremony to be Held During Global NAMM Show Saturday, January 21 Carlsbad, Calif. (September 19, 2016) – The NAMM Foundation has announced nominees for its 32ndAnnual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards in the categories of Outstanding Technical and Creative Achievement. Stand-up comedian and actor Sinbad will return for his [...]

Peter Speer puts the 0-Coast to test under a set of unusual circumstances. He uses a Nintendo Wiimote and a KMI QuNexus keyboard with Ableton and a few software effects to create his own little experimental world of music tech cool. Make Noise No Coast Features 2 Channels of MIDI to CV and MIDI to Gate [...]

The Gaslamp Killer releases his sophomore album Instrumentalepathy today! The new record is presented in a limited edition 2×10″ colored and black vinyl pressing along with CD’s, cassettes and digital formats. The new album serves as the first release on GLK’s new imprint Cuss Records and features Gonjasufi, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Shigeto, Mophono, Amir Yaghmai, Drumetrics, [...]

IK Multimedia announces iRig HD 2 – the iPhone 7 ready, pro-quality digital guitar interface for iPhone, iPad, Mac & PC iRig HD 2 provides plug & play simplicity with 96kHz sound, integrated headphone output, a 1/4″ amp out with dual mode switch, plus full AmpliTube versions and more September 15, 2016 – IK Multimedia, [...]

The Qu-Bit Chord module is sort of big deal as of late. The Qu-Bit Chord module is described as a “4 voice polyphonic oscillator for Eurorack Modular synthesizers.” Sounds simple enough, I guess.  I think what Qu-Bit has done with Chord is taken music theory, with regards to chords, and distilled it down to just a hand full [...]

At Knobcon 2016, I had a chance to lay hands on, or at least get the scoop on, a few products that I’ve been following. One such product is the Kilpatrick Audio Carbon Sequencer. I’ve followed closely since Kilpatrick Audio erected the crowdfunding movement for it a while back. At Knobcon 2016, I stopped by [...]

Here is a cool Moog Mother 32 Sequencer Tutorial that I thought to be entertaining and informative. The Moog Mother 32 is one of the perfect choices at the moment for those of us that are feeling “Modular Curious”. It has a simple interface which makes it easy to navigate. There is a patch panel [...]

Pittsburgh Modular Welcomes the Eurorack Drum Machine The Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms Percussion Sequencer is a seriously featured, 4 channel eurorack beat programmer with a classic drum machine style interface. The familiar interface allows for quick mastery of all the features leaving the focus on the music. Seamlessly move around the module tweaking patterns and effects [...]