standalone
norns
a tiny linux computer. runs on a raspberry pi (or compute-module) with a 2x2 audio codec, a couple buttons and knobs, and a low-res screen.
i’ve written and contributed to a lot of scripts for norns – the one i’m most proud of is sempra.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ylj5nLv6IEg
octatrack
to me, it is the best sampler ever made. made with no clear use case, flexible and open. limited, old, obtuse, esoteric, and unmatched.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnxn4JRm7jQ
modular
isms
a slender case with built in components like mixing, vactrol gates and spring reverb. 120hp/3U.
teletype
an algothmic event processor / sequencer / controller with a novel interface, styled after the earliest computer terminals. plug a keyboard straight into the front!
| expanders | |
|---|---|
| telexi | input expander with 4 pots and 4 jacks |
| monome walk | foot controls |
crow
a tiny, machined-aluminum translator between many hosts and leaders. it speaks on its own too.
mangrove
the so-called “formant oscillator” - a full-analog combination of a square wave VCO, a rise/fall function generator and a tangential saturation circuit. very good at emulating wind-instrument sounds.
three sisters
resonant peaks with macro controls - for mixing or splitting signal(s) to/from its spectral divisions. each peak also acts as a smooth and clean many-mode filter.
great at creating a sort of resonant physical space for your sound to exist inside.
just friends
an extraordinarily well-conceived set of 6 digital slope generators - acting as a clock divider, a 6-voice 2-op FM polysynth, a 6-part unison voice, and many other things.