Why do people love PLINKY? Meet the granular super sampler/synth

[@bluespoonery]

thanks for this lovely video alex! i wasnt expecting this format, but the noodling is so pretty, i can look past my face :) thanks to thonk and making sound machines for keeping plinky alive! and in the video chat, i didnt give enough props to kay from lpzwmodules, without whom plinky would never have come out. also if anyone wants a premade plinky, he's your guy... thanks all!

[@sound.workshop]

Really really lovely video. I love how you turned the interview I to an ambient track

[@jonwtr]

Beautiful video format, very creatively fitting for the instrument. Glad to have this creation to play with. Everyone involved in this project is amazing; the sharing, the openess, the kindness, ... Thank you all 👏🧠🏞️

[@erlenken]

Best format ever to get to know a synth, especially fitting for plinky! Thanks

[@J1M0TEE]

So good! And you didn’t even show or mention the accelerometer! What a beautiful lil box - makes me want to get lost on mine for hours 😻

[@global-sequence]

I'm really happy you did this video. A few years ago there was a lot of hype around this device but it was virtually unobtainable because of the chip shortage. To me it was like gear lost to time until I saw it was open source and was happy it was available for people interested in diy'ing it. But this interview is great because it showcases the passion put into the project, and that it's very much alive and well!

[@joeljae]

Well done, to all Alex's in this video!

[@mylarmelodies]

Full Alception x

[@RJ_Eckie]

What a wonderfully weird and informative video. I do want one

[@kay_lpzw]

Two of my Alex friends talking to each other. Lovely

[@mylarmelodies]

🙌😘

[@neopac]

that was amazing to watch!

[@fraynedm]

This is a wonderful tribute to a wonderful instrument! Built one of these at Machina a couple of weeks ago and feel so lucky to have had the opportunity

[@nin9kai]

Perfect timing! I assembled my Plinky last week. I love it and need to dive in deeper. This is perfect. Thanks.

[@billcosgrave6232]

The Plinky is easily one of the greatest synthesizers ever made. Truly incredible. I own two!

[@swampflux]

I look forward to meeting even more plinkers through this.

[@jaffajenkins]

AMAZINGLY Beautyful Tones from this Wonderous little synth ............

[@mark35mi]

I absolutely LOVED the video. Amazing showcase of the tech... and mind and man behind it... and a sampling of Plinkys awesomeness. Bravo.

[@kirkegodfrey414]

Love this edit approach. Seems like a great response to the Pliny headspace.

[@NeilGrevitt]

Love this video! It's so amazing to see how the Plinky community has grown over the last few years!!

[@the_crow_garden]

Banging vid. Thanks for the subtitles. I’m having me one of these at some point.

[@tonalaxis]

Well, not seen a video like this ever. I guess it's a unique, random, direct, playful, sonic, inspirational, useful thing. Oh just like Plinky ;)

[@mylarmelodies]

That’s ace and exactly what I was going for - thanks!! 🙌

[@GeorgeLocke]

Ace, king

[@Illuminihilation]

This thing sounds so beautiful and looks so inspiring to play. Maybe I can have a little more GAS for the holidays…

[@ChrisMills-AmbientSpace]

Plinky! I so want to make plonky bonky weirdness too! So cool!

[@baked88]

You fine sirs just sold me - hook line and sinker - on a plinky (assembled from thonk, cos i am a diy wuss) for my upcoming bday. My soul thanks you, my credit card, not so much 🤣 Great video, exciting machine - thank you! ❤️🥃🥃

[@mylarmelodies]

🍻Nice one and hope you love it, it’s a beast. I’ve barely scratched the surface. PS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! 🥳

[@sqwook]

Oh it's the sounds from my dreams

[@The_Trees]

Love this synth so much!!! Would love it if you did some videos on it interacting with other eurorack modules

[@wishbonebrewery]

Your love letter to the Plinky..... should we leave you and Plinky alone?! 🥰

[@mylarmelodies]

😘

[@i_never_asked_for_an_alias]

That's some lovely moody tunes. This thing really is a surface of sound exploration. Any external effects on this?

[@mylarmelodies]

None!

[@i_never_asked_for_an_alias]

@@mylarmelodies Dang.

[@voidcat6876]

1st . im buying a plinky , this looks so dam fun!!!! 2 nd can i sample the chord progression in 7:21 ? god that sounds like a beat wanting to be made

[@njdpdv]

You're a wizzzzzard Alex

[@happygolucky2231]

this has the put a terence mckenna sample into a psy-chill track kind of vibe 😂

[@Orangetronic]

wait i cannot believe i've never played with the Arp on mine 🤦

[@Meska_Statik]

Nice sound ;)

[@mylarmelodies]

Why yes they are!! 🫡

[@SirSybian]

A Thonk discount code would be nice ;)

[@MakingSoundMachines]

Thonk are having occasional sales (there was a 12 years of Thonk sale just beginning of this month). I'm sure there will be one in the future, they have a mail newsletter to alert you.

[@__divmod__]

Can't decide if I love or hate you for this video. My Plinky is hanging at customs for days. 😟

[@mylarmelodies]

😭 godspeed plinky

[@petel1201]

beautiful! also - where can I get those funky red glasses from, Alex?

[@ThomasGiles]

Would've liked to see the features discussed demonstrated in the video, to help me understand--as opposed to just noodling. Noodling is fine, but I was anticipating seeing these cool features, and never saw any of them basically.

[@mylarmelodies]

Unfortunately didn’t work out that way

[@Emillionbuxify]

Is the reverb also inside plinky or external?

[@MakingSoundMachines]

Reverb and delay are built-in. The way you hear it in this video is how Plinky sounds.

[@mylarmelodies]

Inside plinky!! (For the music but I added reverb and delay to Alex)

[@LineKernel]

are the presets on the video available to download ?

[@electronicbagatelle]

Is there a way to delete the sequence? love my Plinky I built in Berlin after SB in May.

[@pbase36]

Although I like the demo (my Plinky is waiting for me to put it together) the format of this video is a bit difficult to appreciate. The audio often drowns him out, and chopping up his comments as such makes it hard to follow what he's saying. I mean, unless this is meant to be more artistic than informative, then it's spot on.

[@mylarmelodies]

Yes, it is meant to be a smidge more art/curiosity stoking (eg. what does it sound like?!) than data download - don’t forget there’s subtitles to help “hear” the interview!

[@keythinwatford7153]

Thonk has 1 kit less now😎

[@mylarmelodies]

Ace. Enjoy it!!

[@SonicVibe]

Do they sell these

[@mylarmelodies]

They do!!

[@SonicVibe]

@@mylarmelodies I know they have the kits I think 🤔 I seen a ver 3 in Etsy or something that was built from spare parts

[@davidmcgirr]

Sounds like a Lorn machine. Malevolent, longing, heartbreaking.

[@mylarmelodies]

Nailed it (in fact note one of the chapter names!!)

[@martin-krzywinski]

Mystery meat synthesizer.

[@gudrunegert7886]

Hier hört sich einer gerne und von Anfang bis Ende reden.

[@frank_bee]

nah