Inside A Live Performance Setup with Plinky 12 Blocks

video upload by Nathan Plante Synths and Alex Evans (mmalex)

"I recently performed live with the Blocks panel for the first time and I wanted to give you all an inside view of how I set everything up. Instead of a tutorial, this is more of a demonstration of how Blocks could be used in a live situation combined with some other gear. Enjoy!"

00:00 Intro
00:25 The Pad
01:18 The Lead
01:58 The Granular Sampler
02:26 The Sequenced Voice
04:48 The Drums
06:16 Putting it All Together

The First Custom Panel for Plinky 12 is Here!

video upload by Nathan Plante Synths and Charles Vestal

"I'm so excited that the first custom panel has been released! Meet AMBIOTICA by Charles Vestal, an implementation of his lovely iOs app/VST by the same name for Plinky 12. Its easy to create relaxing ambient beds with this panel and lots of fun to tweak and explore.

Charles Vestal
/ @charlesv

Ambiotica for Plinky 12
https://www.plinky12.com/community/ch...

The App
https://charles.pizza/apps/ambiotica"

plinky 12 chords

video upload by studio snippets dd

Creating Custom Chords on Plinky 12 (Chords)

video upload by Nathan Plante Synths

"This is a follow up to my full walkthrough video of the Plinky 12 Chords panel by mmalex and Making Sound Machines. In this video I walk you through the process of creating custom chords and custom harmonic progressions. You don't need to know anything about music theory to come up with interesting chords!"

Wanna support my work? Join me on Ko-fi!
https://ko-fi.com/nathanplantesynths

https://www.plinky12.com/

00:00 Intro
00:43 Changing the Chord Voicing
03:57 Custom Chord Progressions
06:22 The Related Play Surface
11:05 Custom Chords from Scratch
12:51 Changing the Root
15:14 Changing the Key
18:37 Saving Your Chord Bank
18:57 Creating Chords with MIDI
20:44 Outro

Loading Any Firmware (or Custom Panels) on Plinky 12

video upload by Nathan Plante Synths

"Did you know that you can load any of the panels onto your Plinky 12, no matter which one you actually bought? This week I'm exploring the panel picker menu which you can access on startup. I'll also take a quick look at some examples of custom panels that anyone (with coding knowledge) can create."

Installing a New Plinky12 Panel

video upload by Nathan Plante Synths

"Bought some extra panels for your Plinky12 and you're ready to swap? This video is a step by step guide to safely installing a new panel on your main unit. Its fast and easy, you only need a screwdriver!

https://www.subvert.fm/nathan-plante
https://nathanplante.bandcamp.com/
/ nathanplantesynths

Wanna support my work? Join me on Ko-fi!
https://ko-fi.com/nathanplantesynths

#plinky #plinky12 #synthesizer #eurorack #diybuild"

Plinky 12 Blocks - Full Walkthrough

video upload by Nathan Plante Synths, Alex Evans (mmalex), Making Sound Machines

"At long last, I have made the Plinky 12 Blocks walkthrough! This panel is so jam-packed with features it was hard to fit it all in to one video (and I did leave out a few things). Blocks can do it all - sequencing, live play, loop recording, chords.... an EVERYTHING machine! I can't wait to see what great music people are going to make with this synth. Enjoy!"

00:00 Intro
01:24 Play Surfaces
03:33 Piano Roll
05:55 Velocity, Gate Length, Ratchets
06:42 Alternate (Sparkly) Notes
09:30 Mute
09:54 Fancy Randomization
11:58 Live Loop Recording
13:00 Clip Launcher (Launch Mode)
16:22 Preset Banks
18:01 Synth Settings (Mutate Mode)
22:58 XY Pad (Modulation)
24:47 Saving Presets
25:11 The LFOs
27:37 The Mix Page
28:57 Arp Settings
30:10 Performance FX
33:40 Changing Root and Scale (Chord Mode)
36:23 Outro & Jam

Plinky 12 Toadstep – Full Overview and Demo

video upload by Nathan Plante Synths

"I had way too much fun exploring the synth – its so easy to make interesting patterns and just as easy to tweak them and mangle them. The sampler is quite impressive and lets you turn just about any sound into a synth voice. ToadstoolTech and mmalex have packed so many tweakable features into this new instrument, it was hard to fit it all in to one video. Happy plinking!"

00:00 Intro
01:17 Main Sequencer Controls
01:51 Creating a Sequence
03:16 Setting the Scale
04:13 Sequence Length
04:49 Octave Jump Row
05:27 Slide (Glide) Control
05:51 Style Control
07:15 Gate Length
07:50 Time Control
09:38 Quick Octaves
10:03 Ratchets and Repeats
12:02 Velocity and Probability
12:27 Random Inspiration
15:34 Chaining Patterns
17:13 Even Step
18:46 Synth Settings and Sound Banks
22:52 Multi-Sample Drums
23:56 Sample Manging (Break Beats)
27:38 Modulation
29:50 Outro and Jam

Plinky 12 or Plinky+ | Which Plinky is Right for You?

video upload by Nathan Plante Synths Making Sound Machines Alex Evans (mmalex)

"A lot of folks have been asking me about the difference between the new Plinky12 and the Plinky+. In this video I go through all the details to help you decide which Plinky sibling is right for your set up. Check out the chapter links below to skip straight to the subjects that interest you most!

https://www.subvert.fm/nathan-plante
https://nathanplante.bandcamp.com/
/ nathanplantesynths

Wanna support my work? Join me on Ko-fi!
https://ko-fi.com/nathanplantesynths

https://www.plinky12.com/

00:00 Intro
00:43 Hardware
01:30 Plinky + (Hardware)
02:11 Plinky 12 (Hardware)
03:42 Ease of Transport / Deskspace
04:24 Audio Ins/Outs (Plinky+)
05:05 Audio Ins/Outs (Plinky 12)
05:41 CV & MIDI (Plinky+)
07:05 CV & MIDI (Plinky 12)
08:14 Sound Design
08:34 Plinky+ Sound Design
10:41 Plinky 12 Sound Design
11:56 Plinky 12 Internal Mod Matrix
13:52 Play Feel (Plinky+)
14:56 Play Feel (Plinky 12)
16:01 Pros and Cons
16:31 Plinky+ Pros/Cons
17:23 Plinky 12 Pros/Cons
18:48 Conclusion"

Post Punk Eurorack and Plinky +

video upload by Meska (Meska)

"Quick jam with eurorack and plinky + the studio is still unfinish, even if you see the "euro drum sequenseur case" on the back with the LD3 i have still not power it. So all drum is from the eurorack system

Voice recorde en process granular with typhoon.
Bass line : gotharman's tuul oscilator to tube drive to tuul phaser and compresor filtered by wmd c4rbon
"Etheral sound": NLC fmop mixer with noise to drive and warp delay to LPG and resonant FB
Snard : MI element
Kick : NLC fmop fm by zadar envelop to vca mixer with noise to gotharman's tuul distortion
Poly: plinky
all this mixed with jumble heng to polydactil versio
Bib for the effect



Thank you for watching. My name is Meska of the statik collective . I've been making mostly 'dark and expérimental' music for more than ten years now, i'v learn so much online, now it's time for me to share my knoledge, my exploration and this channel is a place to talk about the tools, sound design and techniques to make music with. You can stream my albums and EPs at https://statikwave.bandcamp.com/. If you'd like to support the channel​ consider buying music from bandcamp ;) Contact/booking: meskastatik@gmail.com"

The Original Miunau Wavetable for Plinky

video upload by Nathan Plante Synths

"This is the original (default) wavetable that comes pre-loaded with Plinky and Plinky+ which was created by the incredibly talented Minau!
https://miunau.com/

I intentionally recorded this one last to compare it to all the custom wavetables that came after it. Suprise - its still my favorite!

You can find all of the wavetables on the Plinky homepage here:
https://plinkysynth.com/wavetables/"

Ping orchestra Eurorack and Plinky +

video upload by Meska (Meska)

"quick sound with euroack systeme and plinky +

Sound , in order of appearence:
wmd c4rbon pinged
essaim to vca fm by warp
MI éléments
MI warp with internal oscilator and noise to gotharman tuul phaser to lpg open by chaos cv.
bass ping : ikary to tube overdrive
Erica synth resonant FB ping to typhoon
plinky lpg arpegiator
arp mélodie : dual nlc fm op phase modulated by noise to gotharman's tuul for granular and centaur gate for manual vca (stereo)
all this mixed with jumble heng to polydactil versio and bib for effect

Thank you for watching. My name is Meska of the statik collective . I've been making mostly 'dark and expérimental' music for more than ten years now, i'v learn so much online, now it's time for me to share my knoledge, my exploration and this channel is a place to talk about the tools, sound design and techniques to make music with. You can stream my albums and EPs at https://statikwave.bandcamp.com/. If you'd like to support the channel​ consider buying music from bandcamp ;) Contact/booking: meskastatik@gmail.com"

Plinky12 as Norns Grid Controller

video upload by Nathan Plante Synths

"If you have an original Monome Norns, a Norns Shield or one of those fancy XL Shields, the Plinky12 just became that much more practical. There are currently three available panels, Chords, Toadstep and Blocks, each of which have their own unique functionality and musical focus. There are more panels in the works and it even seems like there will be the possibility of custom panels that users can design themselves. As if this isn’t enough, any of the Plinky12 panels can be used as a GRID controller for Norns!

So sit back and relax and enjoy these lovely scripts using Plinky12 as the controller!

https://nathanplante.bandcamp.com/"

Phase Vowels - A Wavetable for Plinky

video upload by Nathan Plante Synths

"This is the Phase Vowels wavetable for Plinky. I give you a quick tour of the wavetable plus a few sound design ideas.

@MakingSoundMachines writes: This set was generated with the Phaseshaping Oscillator of Fors Chiral. Chiral is a great Max for Live plugin developed by Ess Mattisson and Felisha Ledesma, and it has a feature that lets you export single cycle waveshapes. This set sweeps through the overtones in a manner that results in very vowel-y, vocal sounds.

You can find all of the wavetables on the Plinky homepage here:
https://plinkysynth.com/wavetables/"

Plinky+ and eurorack in the new studio

video upload by Meska (Meska)

"First Jam in the new studio with the eurorack systeme close to final form, with plinky +.
the studio is still in progress

Plinky does the poly
Noise: Parallel processing of the Sub to resonant FB end filter by ikary
Sub : gotharman's Tuul osc to Tube distortion and feedback to centaur gate filter
Slow ARP: FM patch with 2 NLC FM op and essain by modulair maritime to gotharman's Tuul for phaser and delay and Typhoon for the "breath" sound
Percussion : Pinged c4rbon and Warp to LPG to gotharman's tuul for granular
all this mixed by junble heng to polydactil versio and BIB for the master FX effect"

Pitch Navigation on Plinky

video upload by Nathan Plante Synths

"With Plinky's unusual play surface and interface it can be a bit of a challenge (at first) to find the exact notes you want to play. In this video I walk you through my process of finding specific notes and give you a few tips on finding your way around the play surface. I hope you find this useful!"

Best of Show: Plinky 12 – Superbooth 2026

video upload by Let's Play Synths

"The Plinky 12 received the Sonicstate Award "Best of Show" as their little machine is incredibly versatile - it's super flat, has built-in oscillators and can be used a s synth, a sequencer, a mixer or a keyboard. The base model will be available in early Summer for about 500€ and you can exchange the front panel for other ones with different (auto-detected) firmware that will be 50-100€ each. More info (and registration for their newsletter to get notified when it's available) on https://plinky12.com"

SUPERBOOTH 2026: Plinky 12 Toadstep

video upload by Sound On Sound magazine

"Plinky talk us through their new range of compact synths, controllers and sequencers, and show how users can edit the underlying code to create their own custom devices."

Superbooth 2026: Twelve Things That Actually Caught His Eye

video upload by SynthDad

"Superbooth 2026 just wrapped up and here are the things that caught my eye over the week. As always there was way more to see than I could cover, so this is just my personal highlights from what I got to spend time with.

Let me know in the comments what stood out for you this year, and if there's anything you want me to do a deeper dive on in a future video.

Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
00:20 Elektron Outbox
01:26 Boredbrain Xcelon SL mixer
02:01 Ohmforce Bohm new kick model [& new Ohmni]
03:09 Quray gesture controller
03:38 Mimu glove controller
03:56 Making Sound Machines Plinky Chords
05:00 Bastl Kalimba
05:48 Enjoy Electronics Memento
06:58 Shakmat Queens Court
07:46 Neuzeit DROP new volume rings
08:08 WMD Cosmic Debris
09:03 Xaoc new modules
09:33 Thanks again!
09:51 Live performances"

Additive Drawbar - A Wavetable for Plinky

video upload by Nathan Plante Synths

"This is the Additive Drawbar wavetable for Plinky. I give you a quick tour of the wavetable plus a few sound design ideas.

@MakingSoundMachines writes: This set was generated with an additive generator. Think of it working like a drawbar organ, in that it lets you set an individual volume for each overtone / harmonic. In this set, the waves resemble organ tones, each with an individual mix of overtones. In higher registers, this bank has an organ sound to it.

You can find all of the wavetables on the Plinky homepage here:
https://plinkysynth.com/wavetables/

https://nathanplante.bandcamp.com/"