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

One little board is the brains of just about any synth, modular starting point, noisemaker, or instrument you can dream up. Meet the Datanoise PicoADK – Raspberry Pico plus high-quality I/O and the Vult DSP language. Now with a complete video tour of how to get started.

Make your own drum machine: a $70 DIY creation built on Teensy

Albert Nyström shares their DIY creation – 3 months of work, one $30 Teensy 4.1 microcontroller / USB brain, a total BOM cost of $70, and one cute-looking drum machine like no other (truly).

Peter Kirn - February 14, 2023

This bulbous-looking instrument is made for music therapy and inclusive design, too

Musicians already know well this feeling of expressing with an instrument what words cannot. The open Omniphone instrument does that for some of the people who may desire it most – but who are too often left at the sidelines of music technology.

Peter Kirn - October 23, 2020

Alternative modular: pd knobs is a Pure Data-friendly knob controller

Peter Kirn - April 3, 2019

Check out these amazing DIY controllers people made with OpenDeck

Peter Kirn - December 12, 2018

This custom TR-09 controller is also a great starting point for DIYers

Peter Kirn - March 16, 2018

Glitch Delay is a DIY module you can make – and it makes lovely music

Peter Kirn - February 15, 2018

The Monolith is a huge synth powered by Teensy, shown at Maker Faire

Peter Kirn - May 24, 2017

This hack lets you add the MIDI control KORG forgot

Peter Kirn - January 5, 2016

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