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Ukraine’s Tembra Modular continues workshops, gear despite attacks
Through blackouts, bitter cold, Internet disruptions, and nightly attacks, Ukrainian DIY producers Tembra Modular persist. The two-person shop continues to run workshops and produce DIY kits and assembled modules. Blackouts can’t stop them: their production often takes place literally by candlelight. Here’s Kaximia to tell us the story of their modular synth resistance, and why you should be conscious in your choice of what hardware you use.
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Cosmolab, open DSP development kit, in final hours of crowdfunding
Italy’s Faselunare have done lots of great stuff over the years, and they’re entering the final hours of crowdfunding for Cosmolab, a powerful modular DSP kit powered by Electrosmith’s Daisy Seed. Let’s have a quick look. There are a number of these ideas, and with good reason — choice is at the heart of why […]
Peter Kirn - January 29, 2026
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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.
Peter Kirn - January 21, 2026
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Watch as a telephone is transformed into a DIY analog drum machine
Peter Kirn - January 9, 2026
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What’s new in the DIY world of Music Thing’s Workshop System
Peter Kirn - January 7, 2026
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Roland’s pedal concept uses AI to let you process everything with anything
Peter Kirn - November 12, 2025
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Coffee cups, pizza boxes, everything’s an instrument: watch clipping. play
Peter Kirn - November 7, 2025
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