Description
The Pikocore is a lo-fi music mangler based on the Raspberry Pi, developed by Zack Scholl at Infinite Digits. There are eight buttons and four knobs that can be used to manipulate the loaded samples. The buttons can be used to jump between samples and re-trigger audio in real time, while the knobs can be used to switch and edit various parameters including: Probability, Time-stretch and Sequence recording/playback. Button mashing is encouraged!
The original version of Pikocore came in a miniature pocket calculator form factor, but Erica Synths wanted to make it more playable, so they reached out to Zack and developed this Pikocore XL version that has identical functionality, but comes with Erica Synths signature hands on user interface and a proper aluminium enclosure with DC power supply.
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. The RP board in the kit is pre-programmed and ready to use.
Pikocore XL – Build Document | User Guide
Features
- A lo-fi music mangler based on the Raspberry Pi Pico
- Capable of holding 8 minutes of 8-bit 33 kHz monophonic samples.
- 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
- Save and load via EEPROM for instant patch recall.
- Powered either via the included DC wallwart (worldwide) or via USB-C.
- Able to load custom firmware, new samples, all through USB-C.
- Sync-compatible with Pocket Operators.
- open-source, wonderfully hackable.