Synth Kit Is LEGO for Sound — Music Maker (2)

The second instalment, published on 23 July 2014, starts with a dilemma: making synthesis more expressive tends to add complexity, while simplifying it can remove the fun. Sakamaki presents littleBits x KORG Synth Kit as a way to make those functions tangible and rearrangeable.

The second instalment, published on 23 July 2014, starts with a dilemma: making synthesis more expressive tends to add complexity, while simplifying it can remove the fun. Sakamaki presents littleBits x KORG Synth Kit as a way to make those functions tangible and rearrangeable.

Its twelve modules break a synthesizer into separate building blocks. Power, Oscillator and Speaker form a basic sound-producing chain. Adding Keyboard allows melodies; Delay adds echoes; Filter changes the sound’s character. Building the circuit becomes a way to learn what each function contributes.

Calling it LEGO for sound, the article points to performances by Reggie Watts and Nullsleep to show the range behind its approachable appearance. It closes by introducing the collaboration between KORG and the New York startup littleBits, setting up the following development stories.