Machinedrum, repatched: Cycling ’74 doing fun stuff with RNBO

Take a Raspberry Pi, add a delicious web editor in RNBO, and then – go nuts controlling the iconic Elektron Machinedrum. Cycling ’74 is having a lot of fun with RNBO, their Max patching solution for targeting hardware, plug-ins, and the Web.

Protokol update: free MIDI, OSC, gamepad monitoring utility

From the creator of TouchOSC, Protokol is a perfect tool for monitoring MIDI, Open Sound Control (OSC), and gamepads – with more on the way. And not only is it free, but it runs on macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android, desktop and mobile. Build 105 gets some nice updates, and it’s a good excuse to remind you of this utility.

Peter Kirn - February 8, 2024

MINIDEXED puts 8 DX7 emulators on a USB stick

It’s a TX816 on a keychain! Someone (“Kevin”?) has put together a Raspberry Pi Zero-based build that lets you carry around eight DX7 emulator instances on a USB stick.

Peter Kirn - November 28, 2023

TouchOSC controller does iOS, Android, desktop, gamepads – and keeps getting better

Peter Kirn - July 17, 2023

PicoADK is a complete DIY board to build your own sound inventions – coded in Vult DSP

Peter Kirn - February 21, 2023

RNBO (“rainbow”): Start in Max’s UI, deliver to plug-ins, Web browsers, hardware, any OS

Peter Kirn - November 1, 2022

Max makers Cycling ’74 are out in the hills teasing something involving RasPi

Peter Kirn - October 5, 2022

Nina, 12-voice analog polysynth with motorized controls, now in preorders

Peter Kirn - August 11, 2022

Make your own MIDI-to-CV adapter in a skull, with a 3D printer and CircuitPython

Peter Kirn - August 10, 2022

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