Ableton gives away 90 Max for Live Devices and a complete tutorial with sets; plus RNBO vs M4L
You've seen various Max Devices for Ableton Live; ever wanted to try building your own? Ableton has just released a...
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Transform your Korg wavestate, opsix, or modwave into a sleek aluminum desktop synth
Tall Dog Electronics has launched a Kickstarter project for a user-installed kit that allows you to turn your Korg keyboard...
Erica Synths announces EDU DIY Compressor and Stereo Compressor
Erica Synths has announced two new compressors for modular systems. The company extends its mki x es.EDU series collaboration with...
Wiggler is a bendy expressive DIY synth – and its creator is sharing their process
You've seen mechanical engineers attempt expressive synths, and real, polished products. But why not have fun with a slightly more...
Khabat Abas of Kurdistan-Iraq talking about cellos, bombshells, silenced stories of women
Making instruments, making music overlaps directly with the issue of mapping sound to emotional experience, meaning, and orientation. Let's listen...
Karen Harding Masterclass: Vocal and Songwriting
Recently, we had the privilege of sitting down with the platinum-certified singer-songwriter, Karen Harding. Hosted by Sarah Bo Parker at our...
Meng Qi’s new Wingie2 firmware is inspired by the late Rob Hordijk’s Blippoo Box
Dutch designer Rob Hordijk inspired many instrument creators before his death last fall. Meng Qi is one of those moved...
PicoADK is a complete DIY board to build your own sound inventions – coded in Vult DSP
One little board is the brains of just about any synth, modular starting point, noisemaker, or instrument you can dream...
Neutral Labs Pip module: morphable, complex LFOs designed to be paired, open & DIY
Why work in modular? A good answer: modulation. And modules are increasingly departing from more utilitarian approaches to gesture recording,...
Make your own drum machine: a $70 DIY creation built on Teensy
Albert Nyström shares their DIY creation - 3 months of work, one $30 Teensy 4.1 microcontroller / USB brain, a...
