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.

Plinky is an easy to build DIY kit.
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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 proceeded through 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