Gear

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...

Endlesss is making a limited-edition Beat Machine full-sized arcade cabinet

Forget buying licenses, In-App Purchases, or subscriptions. The future is a fistful of quarters and heading down to the Music...

Roland SH-4d polysynth: 11 models in one knob-y box with tons of extras, drums – and motion

Roland has built one packed instrument to celebrate 50 years of the company's synths. The SH-4d sports eleven synth oscillator...

A cheat sheet for all the wild things Noise Engineering’s Mimetic Digitalis sequencer does

This graphic will definitely not reassure folks who are afraid of Eurorack buttons that have multiple functions. But there is...

1977’s Bell Labs Alles synth demo came pre-Crumar, features Laurie Spiegel cameo

In 1977, the marriage of motion pictures and telephones somehow birthed Hal Alles' Bell Labs Digital Synthesizer - an experimental...

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,...

Endorphin.es Ghost review: a landmark reverb, distortion, dynamic, multi-FX module

The multi-effects module field is packed with choices. But Ghost stands out for its combination of dynamic, spatial, time, and...