The Moog Subharmonicon is a lovely instrument that unfortunately, as of June 2018, isn’t available other than the 100 attendees that built it at the 2018 Moogfest Engineering Workshop. What’s unique about the Subharmonicon is its ability to take a … Continue reading Synth trick: How mimic a Subharmonicon with Maths by Make Noise
Maths by Make Noise is by far the #1 eurorack module on Modular Grid – both in terms of rating and popularity. In this video, I explain what Maths is and why it’s so popular. Maths sounds complicated and if … Continue reading 22 reasons the top eurorack module is Maths by Make Noise
Delay is one of the most popular audio effects, and understandably so. In this clip I review EuroDDL, as well as use its various CV interfaces to create a chorus/flange effects, a delayed harmonizer, apply a PWM-like effect to a … Continue reading Be like the Edge: EuroDDL, Eventide’s first eurorack module reviewed
The Arturia Spark LE – or Sparkle has been around for quite some time, but I only came across it when I needed drum sounds for a clip I made a few weeks ago. I was scouring the web for … Continue reading Can a cheap drum machine be better? Arturia Sparkle reviewed
The Electro-Harmonix EHX-95000 is the latest in its series of multi-track loopers. The concept behind these loopers is simplicity, and for the most part, knob per function. Electro-Harmonix were clearly going for scale here: the EHX95000 can live loop into … Continue reading Multi-track tape killer? EHX 95000 by Electro-Harmonix reviewed
TRK-01 is a new synth and drum engine – or more precisely a kick and bass synthesis and sequencing plugin from Native Instruments. Though it can be used to produce a variety of non kick and bass sounds, its focus … Continue reading It’s all about the bass (and kick…): TRK-01 reviewed (Native Instruments)
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 Subharmonicon, including some pretty nasty mistakes I admit to making … Continue reading Building a Subharmonicon: What it’s like to attend a Moog Engineering Workshop
The Subharmonicon is a lovely, interesting and different synth from Moog. Only around 100 were hand soldered and built at Moogfest’s 2018 Engineering Workshop, and there’s no information currently about whether it will be released commercially. Even though availability is … Continue reading Moog Subharmonicon Reviewed and Explained
In this video we get to know the people and process behind building Moog’s new Grandmother synth, as well as get a taste of what it sounds like. Like Moog’s Mother-32, Grandmother is a semimodular analog synthesizer. But Grandmother has … Continue reading Moog Grandmother sound test and factory tour
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 Mutable Instruments and projects like Pure Data and SuperCollider, to … Continue reading Organelle just got 10x better, and so did open source music-making: Orac released