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Bastl’s Kastle 2 and Citadel Eurorack are now DIY kits, open source platforms
It started with Kastle 2, Bastl Instruments’ cute and clever handheld. It could be a multi-effect, a sample player, a synth. Then Citadel modules came along and did those things in Eurorack. Now, Bastl’s got a surprise: you can buy these as DIY kits, and a big chunk of the Raspberry Pi-powered platforms are being released as open source. Here are all the details.
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NAP, free visual and media framework, now dazzles anywhere
With deeper support for Linux and high-DPI rendering, NAP, the expressive, low-latency, efficient framework for control and visuals, can now awe audiences anywhere. Visualization, sound, running electronics, whatever it is you want to throw at NAP, now you can do it better on Windows and Linux, including embedded platforms. And did we mention it’s free and open source?
Peter Kirn - October 23, 2025
DIY + Unusual Motion Software Tech
10,000 Drum Machines is full of wild, weird, free Web music devices
Forget what you know about drum machines. You’re about to open up a browser tab and listen to a drum machine made with a bouncing DVD logo, or a game of Minesweeper, or seismic data, De Bruijn sequences, or pics of cats and boots. Okay, it’s fairly short of 10k — they’re at 48 so far — but if this is your first time, you’d better plan on not getting any more work done today anyway.
Peter Kirn - September 22, 2025
Music tech Software Web
FL Studio 2025: Mixer add and delete, AI help, more plugins, Python scripts
Peter Kirn - July 10, 2025
Music tech Software Tech
Renoise 3.5 is huge: phrase scripting, tuning support, splitter effect, more
Peter Kirn - July 8, 2025
Music tech Software Tech
Music Thing Modular Workshop System gets its own advent calendar
Peter Kirn - December 16, 2024
DIY + Unusual Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
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