Dazzle at the soft synths of the Commodore Amiga – including a forgotten 1985 gem
The obscure software synth wonders of the Commodore Amiga hold up today as unique sound creation instruments. And as early...
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In 1986, John Cage met Sun Ra at Coney Island’s Sideshows by the Seashore
Let it all hang out. Put together that live set you want. Make a "meeting" happen, "not a planned performance."...
Oberheim is shipping the OB-X8 desktop and Tom is posing in the factory to prove it
What would your splurge synth be? It's tough to top the OB-X8 for that, now in desktop form with the...
Give Ableton Live the cool color scheme of a 90s SGI UNIX system with these themes
Sometimes all musical inspiration needs is a different view on things. So what better than to refresh your Ableton Live...
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....
BOSS is bringing back an 80s Roland rackmount delay in a collab with the late Eddie Van Halen
Meanwhile, at Roland... Check your bingo cards, because I've got ... "the 1980s..." ... "digital" ... "Roland rackmount digital delays"...
Hands on: Soundtoys SuperPlate is five plate reverbs in one – and delivers on nuance
In the midst of lots of splashy effects, Soundtoys' latest is an exercise in subtlety and precision. These plates are...
Dials, punch cards, and reels: watch how electronic music was produced in 1960s Germany
Watch just how painstaking and time-consuming electronic music production was ca. mid-to-late 1960s, in this rare documentary of the German...
Ryuichi Sakamoto was always a leap ahead: sounds, machines, outpouring of remembrances
From music to technology, fashion to performance, few artists can reveal a future to so many people as Ryuichi Sakamoto...
Vermona DRM, the company’s DDR-era analog drum machine, as seen on Hainbach
In must-watch "TV" this week, it's the 1987 Vermona DRM, a Roland-style East German analog drum machine. It's from when...
