Plinky is an 8 voice polyphonic touch synthesiser that specialises in fragile, melancholic sounds.

It fits into 24HP eurorack cases, but can also be played as a standalone desktop mini-synth, with line-level stereo input and a headphone output, all powered from a micro-USB connector.

*** NEW *** Plinky kits are nearly here! Read more, including the build guide, here!

The first 'early bird' batch of 50 Plinkys is coming soon!
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It will soon be available as an easy to build DIY kit, available from

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So far I've sent one email, check it out here!

It started as a quick prototype...

I keep procastinating writing more UI for plinky, so instead of waiting here's a video of me noodling around, direct audio from plinky, shaky iphone 6 video. it's a multi-touch (v sensitive!) surface + 8-voice, 32 oscillator + granular sampler + reverb + tape delay. it's fun! pic.twitter.com/lyJqHN00K6

— tanh(mmalex) ?? (@mmalex) September 12, 2019

...and has now reached beta stage:

ok I admit it I was trying to channel some faint version of @blindoldfreak pic.twitter.com/I6ZHp0GdLO

— tanh(mmalex) 🦄 (@mmalex) September 9, 2020

The manual has more information about features, here.

There is also a (draft) detailed build guide here.

Pricing and other details TBD. Sign up HERE to stay up to date.

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