Tech

After Later’s modules impress: a complex oscillator line, new takes on Mutable Instruments

Module makers Lenny and Clarissa are making a name for their After Later Audio line. Up for fall: all the...

Niche no more – Dials by AudioThing, Hainbach proves test equipment models can be essential

Amidst a sea of plug-ins modeling the same gear, Dials not only breaks from the pack but proves Hainbach's beloved...

Befaco’s new Pony wavefolding oscillator module: funky modulations, rich timbres

The modular world this month pivots to Befaco's hometown Barcelona, and they were ready to host the home game. Pony...

Free sample mashing with samplebrain, by Aphex Twin and Dave Griffiths

Designed by Aphex Twin, Samplebrain takes a new approach to samples - chopping up audio into a "brain" of little...

Cycling ’74 asked artists to make a collaborative Max drum kit – and shared the patches

Kick, snare, hat, tom, and sequencer - the makers of Max remind us that patching your own drum machine gives...

Ars Electronica, in scale from microcosm to epic, examines a planet on the edge

Ars Electronica is vast - and this year doubly so, as it tackled topics from planetary climate down to microscopic...