Four Reviews - the latest crop of Soundbytes articles

The latest issue of soundbytesmag.net is out and I have four reviews in it:

http://soundbytesmag.net/review-buchla-easel-arturia/

http://soundbytesmag.net/review-complete-toy-museum-uvi/

http://soundbytesmag.net/music-tablets-ioptigan/

http://soundbytesmag.net/freebie-month-vcv-rack/

The first is a review of the new Arturia Buchla Easel V, a wonderful emulation of the classic 80s Buchla Music Easel.  The second is a review of a sound set from UVI, the "Complete Toy Museum," which is a lovely, and beautifully sampled collection of musical toys.  Lots to explore there.  The third is a review of the iPad app, iOptigan, a reconstruction of a classic early 70s, "sampler chord organ," which had lots of flaws, which the designers have lovingly preserved.  And finally, there's a first look at a new system, VCV Rack, a free, open source, cross platform virtual analog patching synthesizer.  Sounds like a mouthful!  It's a very powerful system, and the price, as they say (free), is right.  Hope you enjoy the articles!

Two Ruined Pianos for Ross Bolleter

Ross Bolleter, composer-improviser in Perth extraordinaire, loves collecting Ruined Pianos (http://bolleter.wixsite.com/warpsmusic). Recently, my wife, Catherine Schieve, discovered these two.  (One is a frame rather than a true Ruined Piano, but what the heck?)  This tiny cell-phone video is the result of visits to these two in December 2017 and January 2018.  Enjoy!  And greetings Ross!