DIY + Unusual Gear Music tech Tech
Watch as a telephone is transformed into a DIY analog drum machine
Push-button telephone. Analog drum machine. Arduino Nano. DIY amplifier. Shashwath Sundar, aka simple_but_nerdy, makes the telephone-drum machine fusion seem like it was meant to be.
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What’s new in the DIY world of Music Thing’s Workshop System
It’s a Very Workshop System Jamuary. Music Thing’s patchable music lab-in-a-lunchbox has proved that small-batch personal hardware can attract a select, dedicated community sharing great stuff with one another. Let’s catch up with what’s been happening in that magical village of synth wonder in the past year. Don’t forget, the ideas and code here are all open — meaning this could inspire more.
Peter Kirn - January 7, 2026
DIY + Unusual Modular-Analog Music tech Stories Tech
Etsuko’s Eterna for monome norns, an elegant 6-voice slice instrument
In its bones, Eterna for monome norns returns to some of the original success of monome: doing imaginative, intuitive, musical things with slices. A single audio file transforms via 6-voice sampler/sequencer and 12-page interface into everything from delicate ambient textures to detailed grooves.
Peter Kirn - December 26, 2025
Gear Music tech Tech
Marvel at the gorgeous Nopia harmony instrument, now at MK1
Peter Kirn - December 16, 2025
Gear Music tech Tech
Black Friday: pimp my Live with the best add-ons
Peter Kirn - November 28, 2025
Music tech Reviews Software Tech
Roland’s pedal concept uses AI to let you process everything with anything
Peter Kirn - November 12, 2025
DIY + Unusual Gear Music tech Software Tech
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