Little Music Blog

March 31, 2026

Cosmolab: Build Your Own Instrument, the Proper Way

Faselunare's Cosmolab is a modular open-source DSP kit built around the Daisy Seed. It lets you prototype synthesizers, effects, and MIDI controllers ...

March 29, 2026

Manifold Research Centre Antilope

The Antilope from Polish studio Manifold Research Centre is a pseudo drum machine built around dual pingable resonant filters, a Sunn O))) Beta Bass-i...

March 27, 2026

Erica Synths Konstrukt-8 Is a DIY Drum Machine You Can Learn From

Erica Synths has launched the Konstrukt-8, an eight-module DIY drum system that doubles as a hands-on course in analog circuit design.

March 24, 2026

AKAI MPC Sample Brings the MPC Legacy to Your Pocket

AKAI Professional has launched the MPC Sample - a battery-powered standalone sampler that takes its design cues from the MPC60 and MPC3000, packed int...

March 22, 2026

GLX Balsam: Eight Sliders, Eight Voices, One Very Unusual Synth

The GLX Balsam is an 8-voice modal synthesizer with a unique slider-based interface that lets you bend and shape each voice individually. Made by a sm...

March 20, 2026

GRM Tools Atelier: Sound as Raw Material

Atelier is a modular sound platform from INA GRM - the French institution behind musique concrète - that treats sound as raw material to be shaped rat...

March 16, 2026

Chompi Is Back - and It's Grown Up

Chase Bliss has teamed up with the creators of Chompi to bring back this quirky screenless sampler - with new firmware, new colours, and big plans for...

March 13, 2026

Synth:Bit - Making Music with a micro:bit

Lectrify's Synth:Bit turns a BBC micro:bit into a compact, hackable one-octave synthesizer - a neat little gateway into music and electronics for curi...

March 12, 2026

1010music Bento: A Full Studio You Can Carry

The 1010music Bento is a compact, battery-powered sampling production lab that fits in a bag and replaces a laptop setup - here are some thoughts on w...

March 8, 2026

The Little Box That Does Three Things

Tangible Instruments Arpeggio is a pocket-sized arpeggiator, sequencer, and synthesizer rolled into one portable, battery-powered device - and it's be...