I’ve been spending time recently with my Music Thing Modular Workshop System: a complete modular synth in a small peli-style case. It’s mostly analogue, but it has a digital computer module on the left that’s powered by cards. For each card the hardware stays the same (a few knobs, a switch, two audio in jacks, …
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It’s about time for a new electronic and music themed project right? This time I wanted to tackle the Minichord. It’s a wonderful little instrument based on the Suzuki Omnichord, but, as the name implies, is much smaller and not quite as full featured. It’s open source (I love open source hardware!), is designed by …
I always believe in building things to scratch your own itch and solving the problems that you have right here right now. So that’s what I did with this neat tool. Here’s the problem: I had a PCB design that I wanted to manufacture and have components be automatically placed and soldered at the factory. …
After the fun of building a Plinky I wanted another project with a microcontroller, and potentially one a little bit harder to flash and configure. I’d seen some great demos and YouTube videos of Plaits by Mutable Instruments and knew of its almost legendary Eurorack status. I also have an Arturia Microfreak so I have …
Plinky is an 8-voice polyphonic touch synthesiser that specialises in fragile, melancholic sounds. It fits into 24HP eurorack cases, but can also be played as a standalone desktop mini-synth over CV or MIDI, with line-level stereo input and a headphone output, all powered by USB. from Plinkysynth.com I thought it would be fun to build …
Background I wanted a new project with a little more of a Eurorack focus after a couple keyboard projects and updates. I hadn’t designed a Eurorack module so far in 2024, and I find it pretty enjoyable to get involved in all parts of the design process. From understanding the circuit, the components and sub-sections, …
Background I saw some really neat well designed 3d printed keyboard cases recently at an event that I went to. These cases were not the typical boxy tray-like monstrosities that you see all over the place, but instead they were intricate multi-part, somewhat organic looking and really nicely finished. Unlike most of my previous 3d …
