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Pioneering synth pop group Kraftwerk has announced plans for a 2025 North American Tour, featuring 25 stops across the US and Canada.

The tour marks the 50th anniversary of the band’s first North American tour in 1975, when the were featuring Autobahn, their first album to achieve mainstream success.

The tour will kick off March 6th, 2025 in Philadelphia, and continue to the last stop in Dallas, April 24th.

Here’s the current schedule:

06 MAR 2025 PHILADELPHIA FRANKLIN MUSIC HALL

07 MAR 2025 PITTSBURGH STAGE AE OUTDOORS

08 MAR 2025 TORONTO MASSEY HALL

10 MAR 2025 MONTREAL PLACE DES ARTS

11 MAR 2025 BOSTON BOCH CENTER WANG THEATRE

13 MAR 2025 BROOKLYN KINGS THEATRE

14 MAR 2025 NEW YORK BEACON THEATRE

16 MAR 2025 WASHINGTON THE ANTHEM

17 MAR 2025 CHARLOTTE OVENS AUDITORIUM

19 MAR 2025 ORLANDO DR. PHILLIPS CENTER

20 MAR 2025 MIAMI ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER

23 MAR 2025 ATLANTA THE EASTERN

24 MAR 2025 NEW ORLEANS ORPHEUM THEATRE

25 MAR 2025 MEMPHIS OVERTON PARK SHELL

26 MAR 2025 NASHVILLE THE PINNACLE

28 MAR 2025 DETROIT MASONIC CATHEDRAL THEATRE

29 MAR 2025 CHICAGO THE AUDITORIUM

30 MAR 2025 MINNEAPOLIS ORPHEUM THEATRE

31 MAR 2025 KANSAS CITY THE MIDLAND THEATRE

02 APR 2025 DENVER ELLIE CAULKINS OPERA HOUSE

06 APR 2025 PORTLAND KELLER AUDITORIUM

07 APR 2025 VANCOUVER QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE

13 APR 2025 INDIO CALIFORNIA COACHELLA FESTIVAL

16 APR 2025 T:B:A: SALT LAKE CITY THE UNION

20 APR 2025 INDIO CALIFORNIA COACHELLA FESTIVAL

23 APR 2025 AUSTIN BASS CONCERT HALL

24 APR 2025 DALLAS MAJESTIC THEATRE

Visit the Kraftwerk site for details.

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Synthesist Frisqo shared this ‘Ultimate DFAM Kick Guide’, exploring how the DFAM can be used as a kick drum synth.

Note that the vocal audio on this video is noisy and would have benefitted from a better mic or some cleanup in post-processing. But the audio from the synth is clear and the presentation is well organized, emphasizing audio demos:

*Note that everything in this video should apply to the Behringer Edge synth, which is a knockoff of the DFAM, but the resulting sounds may be a little different because of changes Behringer made to the oscillator and filter circuits.

If you’ve got your own tips on DFAM kick drum sound design, share your tips in the comments!

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Host Ziv Eliraz – in his latest loopop video – shares his in-depth review of the Erica Synths Steampipe, a new physical modeling synthesizer.

Steampipe is an 8-voice polyphonic synthesizer that uses physical modeling to mimic the sounds of wind and string instruments – with no conventional oscillators. Physical modeling synthesis is great for creating realistic acoustic type sounds and sounds that get into ‘uncanny valley’ territory, by modeling physical instruments that might not be practical to build.

Topics covered:

0:00 Intro

1:50 Overview

3:50 Connectivity

4:15 Build

5:15 Steam

6:00 Exciter LPF

6:30 Steam env

7:00 Pipe

7:20 Feedback

7:50 Polarity

8:10 Push

9:45 Tuning

10:10 Harmonics

11:15 Split

12:10 Saturation

13:15 HPF/LPF

14:10 Overblow

15:30 Reverb

16:40 LFOs

17:50 LFO as env

18:55 MIDI devices

20:10 MIDI mod

21:00 EXT audio

22:10 Misc

24:00 Pros & cons

27:50 Presets

Ziv Eliraz says that this is the most hands-on physical modeling synth that he’s ever used, which makes it easy to learn. He also praises the sonic possibilities of the Steampipe, and how it integrates with expressive controllers.

On the cons side, he says that he didn’t find any significant hardware flaws, but he notes some competitive hardware and software synths that you might want to also consider.

Check out the review, and share your thoughts on the Erica Synths Steampipe in the comments!

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