Hardware modular synthesis has arrived in The Disaster Room. You knew it was coming. It was just a matter of when. I know that on a number of…
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REPLAY: MONDAY MUSIC – October 6, 2025 – Playing my face in Dawesome Kontrast? And maybe some modular madness
Dawesome’s new Kontrast wavetable VST is out (yes, yet another wavetable synth!), and I’ve used it to create a patch that plays my face! So, we’ll fool with…
Recurring Thoughts About Modular Synthesizers
There was a recent discussion on one of my favorite Discord servers about the allure of modular synthesizers. You may remember that I have toyed with putting together…
Histories of the Modular Synthesizer
An interesting lecture on synth history from the Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio. The Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio is a not for profit organization based in Australia. They oversee…
Modular … Thoughts Revisited
Several months ago, I wrote a piece outlining four reasons that I no longer wanted to build a modular rig. But, as I write this post today, on the sixth anniversary of the death of Keith Emerson, I’ve had a bit of a change of heart.
Suzanne Ciani — Electronic Musician, Composer, Sound Designer
I find it interesting that, while her instruments are newer and she has embraced a workflow that incorporates both Buchla modular synths and computer and iPad apps, her core approach to creation remains as it was nearly 50 years ago.