Hello everyone Whilst looking at NAMM-related music news yesterday, I stumbled across something that I thought might be of interest to some people here -- I don't think it's been mentioned before, apologies if it has. http://meeblip.noisepages.com/ "What is it? "MeeBlip is a hackable, affordable digital synthesizer, made for accessible sound and hands-on control. It can be someone’s first synth. It can be a unique-sounding addition to your music setup, playable with MIDI hardware and software. It can be a synth you open up and modify, learning about sound creation, code, and electronics. Or it can be the basis of new projects and ideas. "* Out of the box, a monophonic virtual analog synth. * Eight user-definable knobs and sixteen slide switches, for hands-on control with the immediacy of a classic monosynth. * Tasty digital synth sounds." And the bit that I thought might be very tempting to some: "* Use it as-is, or use the source code to remap controls or completely redefine the instrument’s architecture." The no-soldering-required, push together kit is $129 and there's a kit which does require soldering for $79. Schematics are on the website and code on gitorious.org. I've got virtually all of my synthesis needs covered already (mostly analogue with a bit of VA), plus I'm no programmer and not into circuit-bending or electronics. I'm still kinda tempted though -- good job I'm broke! But I thought others here might find it interesting. Kind regards Q -- A musical collaborator: "Lethargy, hm really? Then it will be time for me to get over there and just accidental idea the $h!t out of you"