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Gonna take this opportunity to plug an open source project I've been following for a bit: https://github.com/topisani/OTTO. Essentially, they are trying to create an open version of Teenage Engineering's OP-1.

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Thank you! Many times I have thought through how I could approach something like this. The actual tech behind the OP-1 isn't complicated, they just came up with an awesome form factor and UX. I'm absolutely gonna try getting involved in this project, appreciate you sharing.

There is also the Organelle from Critter And Guitari which runs PureData on arch Linux on the raspberry pi. It is also a synth/sampler (though sequencer-based instead of "tape") with a similar form factor to the OP-1.

There is also the Bela cape for the beaglebone which, along with a special os for the beaglebone, gives you a very low-latency platform for synthesis, programmable with Supercollider or puredata, and lots of analog and digital io.

There's a really cool project for the Organelle called Orac[1] that turns it into a super cool modular synthesizer. It's also available for Raspberry Pi and Bela Salt

[1] https://github.com/TheTechnobear/Orac

Whoa, this is awesome! Thanks for linking it.

I started working on my own mini synth with Teensy and the Teensy audio shield, however this seems like a great project to pivot to. Definitely plan on reaching out to the team and seeing if there is any way to help!

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