Category: Molten Music Monthly

January brings the NAMM show and Buchla & Friends to delight us with new shiny things. Here are the highlights that twanged my triggers. Oh, and no live stream this Sunday – we’ll schedule it for the 8th of February if that’s ok. Advert-free version on Patreon – just become a member: https://www.patreon.com/posts/molten-music-149455551 We’ve had […]

To round out the year here’s my pick of 2025 and December’s highlights of modular, synths and wild music technology. Best modular 2025: Best of:January – Bitwig Connect 4.12https://www.bitwig.com/connect/Buy from Signal Sounds – https://moltenmt.com/signal-bitwigconnect412Buy from Perfect Circuit – https://moltenmt.com/perfect-bitwigconnect412 February – Momo Muller Universal Synth Editorhttps://uni-editor-synth-bridge.jimdofree.com/ March – XAOC Quad Digital Delay Samarkandahttps://xaocdevices.com/main/samarkanda/Buy from Signal […]

As the clocks go back we can revel in the warm glow of synthesiser circuits and modular voltages. Here are the interesting bits and boxes that appeared over the last couple of weeks.

Just got back from Machina Bristronica and I have much to tell you. So grab a coffee and let’s explore Bristol’s synth festival and a plenty of other bits and pieces from September’s releases. Reflections of Bristonica A fabulous weekend of beeps, boops, beer and conversation. In terms of performances, discussions and talks there was […]

We got to the end of another summer and most of us thankfully didn’t melt into non existance. But as I’ve been away and busy with kids and dogs and stuff I’m going to keep this a bit shorter than usual

It’s been ten years since I first heaved a Molten Music Monthly into the world. I’ve done it every month since and through thick and thin there’s nothing I enjoy more. The summer is always a bit slow but I’ve pulled together some nice bits and bobs to mull over while applying sun cream or […]

The summer is usually quiet for synth and music tech releases but we have lots of software this month and I’ve pulled a load of Eurorack into a bumper bonanza roundup. Also available as a podcast https://moltenmusictech.podbean.com/e/molten-music-monthly-june-2025 PMT Online – We were all surprised to learn that PMT, the slightly dodgily named music shop brand […]

Crazy machines, a lot of Synthesizer Expander Modules, and a bucket full of modular feature in this month’s music tech roundup.

Spring is in the air and electronic music devices are everywhere. Let’s ponder the latest news and releases from March 2025.