$29 Amyboard Eurorack Synthesizer Hands-On Demo
Synthesist Floyd Steinberg – in his latest video – takes a look at the new AMYboard, a 10HP Eurorack-compatible synthesizer that lets you load a variety of synths, with digital and analog audio, MIDI, and two CV channels.
The AMYboard can act as a sampler, play WAV files, or let you make your own synthesizer setups in code from bare oscillators, effects, and filters. AMY is open-source and runs on all sorts of hardware.
Topics covered:
00:00 multitrack demo ( generation TikTok repellent )
00:29 hi, what’s this?
01:18 hardware overview
01:44 the Amyboard web page
02:32 virtual analog engine walkthrough
02:51 oscillator shapes / PWM
03:33 tuning
03:51 LFO
04:24 effects (chorus, reverb, delay)
04:42 filter
05:50 amp envelope & equalizer
06:20 demo: plucked sound
06:50 some things to consider
07:17 filter sweeping
07:41 Micropython integration: multitimbrality, sequencing, fm
08:39 a multitrack demo (with MPC Live 3)
09:59 conclusion: a no-brainer. really
10:42 do the YouTube thing!
AMYboard is available now for $29.90 USD. It can be powered over USB or a 10-pin modular power cable, and comes with a 10HP laser-cut faceplate.
