design

The device alone doesn’t matter: Vision Pro is a showcase for Apple’s spatial computing tech

We talk about the Mac, but ultimately the Mac was a vehicle for GUIs - icons, mice, scrolling, toolboxes, painting....

Inside Ableton’s Drift, the hardware-inspired synth in Live 11, with designer Marc Resibois

Drift is a friendly, MPE-ready, hardware-inspired synth that's now included in Live 11.3. Since anyone with Live 11 - even...

Polystepper, a gorgeous electroacoustic synth made with stepper motors, and more wonders

Analog, digital... we're onto the physical, kinetic, and electroacoustic. For one example, marvel at the Polystepper by artist/woodworker Love Hultén...

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...