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Soundbites: the music inventions of NAMM, Buchla and Friends
Gear-mas comes but once a year. But with swirling doom and gloom, just how is the world of making musical instruments? We sent Nadia Says, along with Burak Yerebakan, Portrait XO, Franck Martin, and Mehdi Hassine to find out, at the mighty NAMM show in Anaheim — and the indie Buchla & Friends in LA, too. Here’s the show viewed through artists and makers alike, one portrait at a time.
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As much triggering as you can handle: Noise Engineering Multi Repetitor
Tough times and tight spaces call for deep algorithmic generative triggers. So now is a great time for Noise Engineering to reimagine their trigger module. Tap a tempo, patch a cord, and instantly spin up percussive patterns you can freely modulate — the best of what the company gave us before, but now with live performance transformations and more possibilities. It’s Multi Repetitor. It’s Multi Repetitor. Sorry.
Peter Kirn - January 22, 2026
Gear Modular-Analog Music Tech
New, playful arpeggiator features for Sequential Take 5, Oberheim TEO-5
The 5-voice Sequential and Oberheim hybrid analog/digital synths each got an OS update last week, and their playful new arpeggiator features are a reminder of why we love both brands. Think ten new arp modes and a dizzying new feature called “whiplash,” plus other new firmware features.
Boards of Canada played in lightbulbs: restored 1959 PDP-1 performance
Peter Kirn - October 13, 2025
DIY + Unusual Motion Music Tech
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