Plinky12 has arrived! Head over to plinky12.com to check it out.

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 over CV or MIDI, with line-level stereo input and a headphone output, all powered by USB.

When is it available?

Plinky is fully open source. It is is available as a full DIY Kit at Thonk (UK), Exploding Shed (EU) and Nightlife Electronics (CAN).

Built Plinky are available at Schneidersladen (EU), Thonk (UK), Perfect Circuit (US) and Nightlife Electronics (CAN). Or you can make your own!

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Plinky+ is the extra-large deluxe version of Plinky.

Plinky+ doubles the size of the play surface. It comes with a metal enclosure, a clear dustcover, a bigger display, symmetric 6.35mm audio outputs and a printed manual. It includes all the Eurorack I/O of Plinky and the Expander, and comes assembled or as a solderless DIY Kit.

Where can I get one?

Assembled Plinky+ are available at Thonk (UK), Schneidersladen (EU), Elevator Sound (UK), Perfect Circuit (US) and Nightlife Electronics (CAN).

It is also available as a full DIY Kit at Thonk (UK), Exploding Shed (EU) and Nightlife Electronics (CAN). It does not require soldering and contains all the parts you need to assemble the synth. You need to bring your own tools.

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Plinky12 has arrived!

Plinky12 is an all new family of instruments in a generous 12" x 12" format. Featuring all-new hardware, software, and synth engine, it's the most significant update to the lineup yet.

There are 3 standalone Plinky12 instruments, each designed in collaboration with a different synth maker, lending each panel a distinct playability and unique character.

Chords is a harmonic inspiration machine. It lets you improvise melodies and chords, with expressive control over voicings, progressions, and immediate musical play. Created by Making Sound Machines, Chords is the panel for finding beautiful harmonic movement quickly.

Toadstep is a 4-track step sequencer built for super funky riffs, experimental self-generative melodies, and good ol' Acid. Created by Toadstool Tech, the designer behind the Ectocore Eurorack module, Toadstep is fun, immediate and easy to jam with.

Blocks is an open panel built for experimentation, with monome-grid compatibility, Plinky style touch synthesis, and a browser-based coding environment.

Head over to plinky12.com to check them out.

Meet the buddies: Bib, Buzzrito and Blueberry.

Now Open Source!

These little buddies provide a plinky style stereo reverb, delay, and drive (Bib), a rich swarm oscillator (Buzzrito), and a generative touch sequencer (Blueberry). They take the touch-enabled sensitivity of Plinky, and break it out into 3 small (12HP) modules for your 1U eurorack row.

If you don't have a 1U eurorack row, there is an option to mount all 3 in a single 12HP standard Eurorack module.

They are the result of a collaboration between Plinky community members mmalex and CrazyEmperor893.

Now open source!

At this time we're not actively working on the buddies, but we have open sourced all the hardware and firmware. Head over to GitHub to check them out.

The buddies were available as kits from Thonk, and Bib was also available in prebuilt form from the Crey Emporium. They may be available again in the future.

You can read the manuals (Bib, Buzzrito, Blueberry) right now, and build guides (Bib, Buzzrito, Blueberry) in the Docs section of this site.

For sound demos and older posts, follow PlinkySynth and CrazyEmperor893 on instagram.