Plinky Chords and Touch - Fragile melancholic sounds

video upload by Making Sound Machines

"Preparing for Superbooth Berlin 2024, which is coming up next week!

We've been busy this year coordinating with mmalex to bring Plinky kits back to @ThonkSynthDIY, and here's a little clip to show why we are so excited about it!

#Plinky is an #expressive polyphonic #synthesizer, with 64 pads arranged as 8 strings you can manipulate in pitch, timbre, and velocity with the #touch of your fingertips. It has a #lush verb and #beautiful delay, making it ideal for #fragile, #melancholic sounds. It can be used #standalone or as a 24HP module.

It is seen here receiving a #sequence of #chords via #MIDI, performed on our #Stolperbeats drum sequencer for #Eurorack. Enrica is altering the chords by changing the MIDI maps on the fly, and playing a melody on the touch #surface at the same time. The small desktop case is a @4msCompany #pod, the output module @apolloview9305 Can-2 - both incredibly handy for small #mobile setups.

Plinky is #opensource and has seen great #hardware tweaks and improvements to the build experience, contributed by us and friends and fellow synthmakers @thisisnotrocketscience3942, @lpzwmodules and @nevetsokyeron - the newest Rev 3 Kit has more pre-assembled parts, USB-C, an improved signal path and TRS MIDI on-board.

Come play Plinky at our booth Z361 at #Superbooth, 16-18 May 2024 at FEZ #Berlin.

Plus we are having two workshops:

At the Superbooth #DIY Area on May 18, 11:00
and at #DIYKitDay @klunkerkranich4643 on May 19, 16:00,
organized by Andreas Krach and @berlinmodularsociety"