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Raspberry Pi Synthesizers – How the Pi is transforming synths


The Raspberry Pi is finding its way into more and more synthesizers. Do your synths have a slice of Pi inside? Read on to find out.

As synthesizers became more powerful, adding sampling and physical modelling to the already existing FM synthesis, the DSP required to run them became more complex. Essentially a complete computer processor in a small and – critically – inexpensive package, this programmable hardware get used for all sorts of applications. Erica Synths and Richie Hawtin ’s educational desktop analogue has a RP2040 to handle MIDI implementation as well as functionality for the Sampler/Looper voice card.

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