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Elektron is halting sharing of mods and hacks on its forums; official comments
Music gearmaker Elektron last week announced it would not allow sharing hacks and modifications for its devices on its official Elektronauts forum or social media channels. In a statement, the company says a sudden surge in firmware hacking, apparently driven at least in part by AI, helped motivate the decision. Here are the details.
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Michigan Synth Works has an open-source 303 processor and a new kit
Call it the Bride of x0xb0x. Michigan Synth Works today teased a new, Arduino-compatible, open-source 303 processor, plus a full DIY kit. They’re both affordable ways to build your own all-analog, modern TB-303 with current components. And it feels like the early spirit of the open x0xb0x is back. The x0xb0x is the device that […]
Peter Kirn - March 3, 2026
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Make your own MIDI-to-CV adapter in a skull, with a 3D printer and CircuitPython
Liz Clark over at Adafruit has a great DIY project. It’s compact. It’s beginner-friendly. It teaches you some simple embedded Python with Circuit Python. It’s… a skull.
Peter Kirn - August 10, 2022
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The Prince symbol has been salvaged from a 1993 floppy disk
Peter Kirn - November 30, 2021
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