A little-known Nintendo DS piano peripheral meets homebrew sound

Switch 2, sure, but — have you plugged a tiny piano into a Nintendo DS and used some powerful homebrew software and custom scripts to make a handheld experimental music instrument?

Bastl Instruments’ budget, handheld boxes are pure magic; new videos

Bastl Instruments’ transformation of the Kastle into the firmware-swappable Kastle 2 line is one of the best things in gear right now. The Wave Bard sample player firmware debuted just before Superbooth, winning over audiences at the packed show with patchable breakbeat mangling charm.

Peter Kirn - May 12, 2025

KORG’s adorable Sanrio tuners and other stuff you can only get in Japan

Every so often, KORG throws a Japan exclusive at its home market. And so it is that you’ll only see these Sanrio-themed (Hello Kitty) combo tuner metronomes there. It’s time for a quick Japan update.

Peter Kirn - March 13, 2025

Maker Monday: DIY your own tracker hardware for around $50-$75

Peter Kirn - January 6, 2025

Nintendo DS as ultra-portable generative source, with homebrew and Lua

Peter Kirn - September 16, 2024

Polyend Tracker Mini 2.0: synth engines, PERC drum synth, more of everything

Peter Kirn - July 1, 2024

Here’s the new nanoloop Game Boy cart in action – and more cute stuff coming

Peter Kirn - July 14, 2023

Polyend’s Tracker Mini is a handheld upgrade to the original Tracker

Peter Kirn - April 13, 2023

Today is the last day to get KORG M01D and DSN-12 for Nintendo 3DS

Peter Kirn - March 27, 2023

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