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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 […]
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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
DIY + Unusual Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
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
JW-Modules free Grains, Buffer are must-downloads for VCV Rack
Peter Kirn - January 6, 2026
Modular-Analog Music tech Software Tech
OB-Xf, free and open-source Oberheim-inspired synth, is now in beta
Peter Kirn - January 2, 2026
Music tech Software Tech
A free emulator of Roland JP-8000 and the love of supersaws and trance
Peter Kirn - December 30, 2025
Gear Music tech Software Tech
Etsuko’s Eterna for monome norns, an elegant 6-voice slice instrument
Peter Kirn - December 26, 2025
Gear Music tech Tech
Airwindows VerbThic, VerbTiny let you go even more rabid for reverb, for free
Peter Kirn - December 3, 2025
Music tech Reviews Software Tech
SuperSonic: SuperCollider synth is fun, playful, colorful, free, in any Web page
Peter Kirn - November 15, 2025
Music tech Software Tech Web
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