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East Beast and West Pest review: Affordable intros to the addictive world of modular synths
Cre8Audio's East Beast and West Pest are $250 semi-modular synths that deliver incredible value.
Electro-Harmonix looks to bring genuine Big Muff tones to DAWs with a pedal-plugin hybrid
The unit should bring the fuzzbox's iconic sounds to your digital workstation.
The Chase Bliss Habit helped me enjoy making music again
The Chase Bliss Habit is an experimental delay, a freeform looper and it's just plain fun.
Elektron’s Power Handle makes its grooveboxes truly portable
The Model:Cycles and Model:Samples finally get battery power. But is it worth $50?
ZOIA 2.0 update unlocks more power for complex modular effects
Empress Effect's do-it-all guitar pedal is now even more powerful and versatile.
Apple and the Rise of the Machines: Don't worry, they're just here to rock
Whenever I heard "robots" and "Los Angeles" used in the same sentence, I thought of only one thing: the end of the freaking world as we know it. But all that's changed after I was lucky enough to get a sneak peek at a current rise of a group of machines happening at a company called KarmetiK, and what I saw there literally rocked me. If you're into Macs and music and live in the LA area, I've got a treat for you. The world premiere of The Machine Orchestra will take place at REDCAT Theater in downtown LA on Wednesday, January 27th at 8:30pm. If you're in the area, I highly recommend you check it out. What is a machine orchestra, you ask? Imagine a crate full of Apple computers, musical instruments, Terminators, and cutting edge technicians and musicians. Now take that crate, shake it up, and spill it out onto a stage. What you're left with is a group of robotic machines that play musical instruments alongside human artists – all controlled by software written for and running on Macs.
