Building a Subharmonicon: What it’s like to attend a Moog Engineering Workshop
If you were ever curious about what it’s like to attend Moog’s Engineering Workshop at Moogfest – join me as I walk you through the process of building the Moog […]
Reviews
Organelle just got 10x better, and so did open source music-making: Orac released
The open source music community is blooming with creative ideas – unique sequencers, synths, loopers and effects are being shared by many innovative creators – from well-known commercial contributors like
Review: KORG Gadget for Nintendo Switch – before you buy
KORG just released their version of Gadget for Nintendo’s Switch gaming console. Gadget for iOS and Mac are powerful workstations for music production and performance. The big question is, how
Review – Pyramid vs. Hermod: Powerful Squarp sequencers explored
Squarp is a company that specializes in making sequencers – Pyramid and Hermod are the only two products it makes. Pyramid, which has been around for a while, was designed
Behringer Model D review and 15-minute manual
The Behringer Model D is an homage (or clone, depending on your point of view…) to the classic and legendary Minimoog Model D. Behringer’s main achievement, aside from creating a
Review: Polyend SEQ and POLY: One sequencer to rule them all?
The most obvious feature of Polyend’s SEQ sequencer is the 8-track, 32-step grid, along with a great looking aluminum and oak exterior. However, the abundance of control and charm come
Moog DFAM vs MOTHER-32: Review and comparison
DFAM (Drummer From Another Mother) is the second semi-modular Moog are releasing in a compact, either standalone or 60hp eurorack form factor, following the Mother-32, and while they may look
80 MODULES IN 4HP?! Disting MK4 review and my top 5 algorithms
The Disting has an ever expanding library of onboard modules or algorithms that can do very different things – currently about 80 but probably more by the time you watch
Tiptop Z-DSP Review, first look at Reverb FDN and 5 other effects
The Z-DSP a cartridge based open-source variable clock digital signal processor from tip-top audio. Let’s break that down: cartridge-based means that it needs one a cartridges with an algorithm that
Review: WAVE ring gesture/motion controller by Genki Instruments
While walking the halls at NAMM 2018 I met the team from Genki and was very impressed by their WAVE product. They sent me one and this is my review: