In Conversation with Shigeru Kobayashi

A conversation with Shigeru Kobayashi published by MATOGROSSO.

Sakamaki and Shigeru Kobayashi discuss how users extend products through modification and making, with examples including monotron, monotron DUO/DELAY and the littleBits Synth Kit.

Sakamaki describes how modification hints on monotron’s circuit board and the release of schematics encouraged users to develop their own ideas. He presents DUO/DELAY partly as a response to this activity.

He also recalls approaching littleBits during a US trip in January 2013. A shared interest in building a synthesizer helped the collaboration take shape.