Jam, color, and geometry — discover Perplex On’s AV synesthesia bliss

Dive deep into these explosions of sound, light, and shape from Munich-based Perplex On, as the musical act pairs compact instruments with visuals made in Lottie and Imaginando’s VS – Visual Synthesizer. Dazzle at these eye-popping, brain-tickling audiovisual explorations. Warning: contains flashing lights and rapidly changing patterns. As perfectly structured as these are, they also […]

ROLI hits reboot, files for administration, as it shifts to beginners and subscriptions

ROLI has filed for administration and will reboot as beginner-focused Luminary as the company struggles with losses. Current employees remain, and even the Seaboard is apparently coming back in stock – but this could be a cautionary tale for “hypergrowth” in music making.

Peter Kirn - September 3, 2021

Watch as GLASYS uses a MIDI keyboard to paint pixel art live

Draw a synthesizer with another synthesizer with MIDI by playing a keyboard and… well, GLASYS surely just won the music nerd Internet for the summer, no?

Peter Kirn - August 2, 2021

BLEASS brings tape stop and slowdown and Granulizer to Mac and PC – plus CDM bonus

Peter Kirn - June 30, 2021

Cheap and even free – your guide to the best of Cyber Monday

Peter Kirn - November 26, 2018

Cubasis 2.6 brings an unexpected integration with Roli

Ashley Elsdon - September 18, 2018

Inside Cypher2, and what could be a more expressive future for synths

Peter Kirn - September 3, 2018

A soft synth that’s made to be played with futuristic, expressive control

Peter Kirn - August 9, 2018

Yep, you can go virtuoso with ROLI – DiViNCi, Alluxe show you how

Peter Kirn - August 3, 2018

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