Erica Synths Pikocore XL ‘A Lo-Fi Music Mangler’
Erica Synths has introduced the Pikocore, a lo-fi music mangler developed by Zack Scholl that’s available as a DIY kit.
Here’s what they have to say about it:
“The original DIY kit comes in a miniature pocket calculator form factor, but we at Erica Synths wanted to make it more playable, so we reached out to Zack and developed Pikocore XL version that has identical functionality, but comes in Erica Synths signature hands on user interface and proper aluminum enclosure.
Infinite Digits Pikocore XL by Erica Synths is a full DIY kit that includes all components to build an instrument and put in in action straight away.”
Features:
- A lo-fi music mangler based on the Raspberry Pi Pico.
- Capable of holding 8 minutes of 8-bit 33 kHz monophonic samples.
- Powered by a single alkaline AAA battery for up to 3 hours or by powered by USB-C.
- Tempo-synced with a selectable BPM between 60 and 300, with samples mangled by beat-synced effects (stutter, retrig, gate, tunneling).
- Loaded with real-time effects like a resonant filter, timestretching, volume, and wavefolding.
- Sequenced with a 128-step sequencer with recording/playback
- Saved and loaded via EEPROM for instant patch recall.
- Able to load custom firmware, new samples, all through USB-C.
- Sync-compatible with Pocket Operators.
- Open-source, hackable.
The Pikocore is available now for € 160.00.
