Instruments in progress · Mendoza, AR

Six instruments.
Built in public.

Four pocket instruments side by side: BEND DRUMS in cream, BEND BASS in dusty blue, BEND SAMPLER in sage and BEND SONIC in sand, each on a walnut base

The line

On the bench

SONIC DJ + SONIC DECK

The controller is real and working: two decks, EQ, filter and faders in a brushed aluminium case with a handle. Its other half is software. SONIC DECK is a plugin for Ableton Live: drop in a track, it finds the BPM, and both decks play locked to Live's tempo, right next to your synths and loops. No second program, no Link.

SONIC DJ prototype on a wooden desk: aluminium case, chrome knobs, two black faders, a handle on the side

SONIC DECK plugin: two decks with orange waveforms and turntables on each side of an aluminium mixer

Play

The browser versions run on the same ideas as the hardware, with one shared clock. Program a beat on DRUMS, switch to BASS, and they play together.

122 BPM

SYNC

Process

Your turn

Propose a change. Vote the ones you want. If an idea makes it into the firmware, it ships with your name on it.

Not for sale. Yet.

The first run will be small and numbered. Leave your email and tell us which ones you'd want. No spam, only the drop.