{"id":2226301,"date":"2026-01-07T21:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2226301"},"modified":"2026-01-07T21:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:22:16","slug":"whats-new-in-the-diy-world-of-music-things-workshop-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/whats-new-in-the-diy-world-of-music-things-workshop-system\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s new in the DIY world of Music Thing&#8217;s Workshop System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s a Very Workshop System Jamuary. Music Thing\u2019s patchable music lab-in-a-lunchbox has proved that small-batch personal hardware can attract a select, dedicated community sharing great stuff with one another. Let\u2019s catch up with what\u2019s been happening in that magical village of synth wonder in the past year. Don\u2019t forget, the ideas and code here are all open \u2014 meaning this could inspire more.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-case_open-straight_on.jpg\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An amazing modular synth for beginners.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ABbWmZOtmig?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Over 20 years ago(!), Tom Whitwell\u2019s Music Thing (the blog) was an inspiration and rival to this site. Now, Music Thing Modular carries on that name \u2014 now a platform for everyone\u2019s imagination in hardware rather than on the screen. I got to catch up with Tom on what\u2019s happened in 2025, to give you a snapshot of The State of Workshop System as we start the new year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-composition-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-composition-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-composition-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-composition-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-composition-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-composition-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-composition-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Quick refresher: the Music Thing Modular Workshop System is a complete modular system inside a hard case, sold as a kit or pre-assembled via resellers. It\u2019s analog, but its centerpiece is the Computer module, a tiny brain that\u2019s totally hackable with program cards \u2014 and that openness is what makes this round-up so interesting. Those innards run on the RasPi\u2019s RP2040 32-bit 133mhz dual core microprocessor and 264K memory \u2014 way beyond the first computer I used as a kid. And anything that runs on that CPU works \u2014 Arduino, C++, and Circuit Python, for instance.<\/p>\n<p>For more, you can read my <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/music-thing-workshop-system\/\">original write-up on the Workshop System<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/patchnotes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"958\" src=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/patchnotes-1024x958.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/patchnotes-1024x958.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/patchnotes-768x719.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/patchnotes-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/patchnotes.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Workshop System in a browser<\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/vincentmaurer.de\/patch-notes\"><strong>Patch Notes<\/strong><\/a> by Vincent Maurer clearly <em>started<\/em> as just a way to store patches as you would in a notebook, but grew. It\u2019s a fully patchable simulation with audio, MIDI keyboard input, and external audio input \u2014 at least an approximation. You can save your patches locally as JSON, PNG, and PDF, and load JSON and PNG files locally or via sharing link. I\u2019m convinced this sort of thing (plus text) is the future of documentation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Play a Music Thing Modular Workshop System in your BROWSER\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HXpssenbG1E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-stompbox_computer_cards-w-ring.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-stompbox_computer_cards-w-ring-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-stompbox_computer_cards-w-ring-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-stompbox_computer_cards-w-ring-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-stompbox_computer_cards-w-ring-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-stompbox_computer_cards-w-ring-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-stompbox_computer_cards-w-ring-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-stompbox_computer_cards-w-ring-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-stompbox_computer_cards-w-ring.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/program-cards.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/program-cards-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/program-cards-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/program-cards-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/program-cards-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/program-cards-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/program-cards-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/program-cards-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/program-cards-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/program-cards-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/program-cards-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dune Desormeaux\u2019s amazing blockbuster program cards<\/h2>\n<p>Not everybody that picks up a Workshop System is going to create their own program cards. But the handful of folks who have are doing mind-melting stuff. Dune Desormeaux has been especially prolific.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goldfish <\/strong>is a lo-fi delay\/looper effect with modulation \u2014 short memory, ya know, like a goldfish.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Goldfish Card for the Music Thing Workshop System\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pdzMC6afrHY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>BYO Benjolin <\/strong>augments the modules already in the Workshop System with everything you need to do something \u201crungler-y,\u201d inspired by the legendary Benjolin designed by Rob Hordijk. (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectcircuit.com\/signal\/rob-hordijk-benjolin\">Some history<\/a>) <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BYO_Benjolin Card for the Music Thing Workshop System\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YlDGwEaBheQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Sheep <\/strong>is a granular effect with pitch shifting and time stretching that uniquely comes in both lo-fi and hi-fi versions. It\u2019s Clouds-esque, yes, but it\u2019s its own animal. And that animal is the sheep. (We\u2019re one big <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/grains-buffer-more\/\">happy granular family<\/a> here; somehow, there are always little tweaks and twists, especially as details like buffer size, window, and various quality decisions have an enormous interconnected impact.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sheep Card for the Music Thing Workshop System\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LfkgfMzVabg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tomwhitwell.github.io\/Workshop_Computer\/programs\/41-blackbird\/index.html\"><strong>Blackbird<\/strong> <\/a>is the one actual port\/remix \u2014 it\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/monome.org\/docs\/crow\/\">monome crow<\/a> compatibility (an open 2hp module with Lua processing and I\/O), running on Workshop System, plus some extras beyond crow.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blackbird: Music Thing Workshop now speaks monome crow!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V9HAspnpEWU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>What does that mean? (Crows, sheep, what\u2019s happening?) It gives you a few superpowers:<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the original crow hardware:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/crow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/crow-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/crow-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/crow-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/crow-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/crow.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Write and upload your own (simple) program cards in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lua.org\/manual\/5.4\/\">Lua (5.4.8) language<\/a>. Upload to the WS computer via the \u201cu\u201d command in druid (on a non-WS computer). Uploaded scripts are saved to flash on the <strong>physical card itself<\/strong>\u2013 So you can write many different blackbird cards and hot-swap! If you want the name of your patch saved to flash for future reference (printed to host at startup) make the first line of your script start with three hypens <code>---<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>2. Vincent made a completely playable, patchable Workshop System in a browser:\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-vincent-maurer wp-block-embed-vincent-maurer\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_3-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_3-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_3.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_5-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_5-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_5-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_5.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Utility Pair: Deluxe Edition!<\/h2>\n<p>Utility Pair was an ingenious Advent Calendar for 2024, which I wrote about at the time. The pitch: each day of advent meant a new pair of effects tricks \u2014 two ideas, one program card.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-cdm-create-digital-music wp-block-embed-cdm-create-digital-music\"\/>\n<p>For 2025, there\u2019s a new talking user interface, and most importantly, a dual effects card with some 576 possible settings, all in a single download:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chris-j.co.uk\/utility_pair\">https:\/\/www.chris-j.co.uk\/utility_pair<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And really every day should be Christmas Day 2024, with all the goodness in there.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-detail_1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-standing-patched.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-standing-patched-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-standing-patched-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-standing-patched-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-standing-patched-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-standing-patched-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTM_Workshop-System-standing-patched-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Toolbox \u2026 and a randomly-generated print book<\/h2>\n<p>Divmod (Oliver\/@olt) has created two brilliant add-ons for Workshop System.<\/p>\n<p><em>Patch the Random<\/em> is a printed book that contains 200 randomly-generated patches. That\u2019s right \u2014 this puts print-on-demand to work, by custom-producing a selection for you and only you. (Take that, Random House!)<\/p>\n<p>Plus he\u2019s made the lovely <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tomwhitwell.github.io\/Workshop_Computer\/programs\/99-toolbox\/index.html\">Toolbox program card<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It\u2019s inspired by the utility section of the 0-Coast. It has a mixer\/VCA with attenuverter, a second simple VCA, S&amp;H, clock generator, clock with probability and a noise source with different types of noise (different sampling rates).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/toolbox.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/toolbox-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/toolbox-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/toolbox-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/toolbox-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/toolbox.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ben Regnier\u2019s history-inspired patching tools<\/h2>\n<p>Ben Regnier built cards that take two ideas from patching history:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ms20_patchbay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ms20_patchbay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ms20_patchbay.jpg 771w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ms20_patchbay-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ms20_patchbay-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tomwhitwell.github.io\/Workshop_Computer\/programs\/31-esp\/index.html\">ESP<\/a><\/strong> is inspired by the iconic MS-20 External Signal Processor section, giving you a preamp, bandpass filter, envelope follower, gate, and 1v\/oct pitch outs.<\/p>\n<p>Vink is a program card sporting dual delay loops with sigmoid saturation, intended for feedback patching in the style of Jaap Vink and Roland Kayn. What\u2019s that now? Let\u2019s see it explained in a video:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ring-Modulated Feedback in BEA5\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X_Bcr_HS9XM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Workshop workshops! Loaners, ensembles, AM radio!<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to working away in his literal woodshed, Tom has been doing the real-life workshops the system\u2019s name implies. And these Workshop Systems are more than meets the eye: \u201cAt the Dyski Radio Music residency in Cornwall we used modified Workshop Systems that work as ultra short range AM radio transmitters,\u201d Tom tells us. We\u2019ve got photo evidence of these.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/workshopworkshop2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/workshopworkshop2-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/workshopworkshop2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/workshopworkshop2-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/workshopworkshop2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/workshopworkshop2.jpeg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/workshopworkshop1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/workshopworkshop1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/workshopworkshop1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/workshopworkshop1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/workshopworkshop1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/workshopworkshop1.jpeg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Tom has also been sending Workshop Systems out on the road, he says: \u201cJake Mehew (a Richie Hawtin PhD scholar at University of Huddersfield) borrowed the Workshop System loan set to run a workshop with students and create a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQT9a8-jGgM\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Workshop Ensemble<\/a>\u00a0who played live in Leeds.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DQT9a8-jGgM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>And more: \u201cA bunch of South London improvisers borrowed Workshop Systems for a gig, playing in duos and quartets,\u201d Tom says.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DQ8t-hbjHuJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where to find program cards<\/h2>\n<p>Find, document, and download program cards via this new system created by j__r0d:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tomwhitwell.github.io\/Workshop_Computer\">https:\/\/tomwhitwell.github.io\/Workshop_Computer<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/find-program-cards.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/find-program-cards-1024x917.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/find-program-cards-1024x917.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/find-program-cards-768x688.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/find-program-cards-1536x1375.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/find-program-cards-2048x1834.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/find-program-cards-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where to buy<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thonk.co.uk\/brand\/music-thing-modular\/\">Thonk<\/a>, the list of stockists has grown, both for finished systems and kits (depending on reseller), shipping to your part of the world:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.signalsounds.com\/music-thing-modular-workshop-system-desktop-eurorack-synthesiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Signal Sounds<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Glasgow<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.perfectcircuit.com\/t\/v1\/8-12626-300308-9759?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perfectcircuit.com%2Fmusic-thing-modular-workshop-system-diy-kit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Perfect Circuit<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 California (both <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.perfectcircuit.com\/t\/v1\/8-12626-300308-9759?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perfectcircuit.com%2Fmusic-thing-modular-workshop-system-diy-kit.html\">kits<\/a> and, coming soon, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.perfectcircuit.com\/t\/v1\/8-12626-300308-9759?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perfectcircuit.com%2Fmusic-thing-modular-workshop-system-assembled.html\">assembled<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.exploding-shed.com\/\">Exploding Shed<\/a> \u2013 Leipzig<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/schneidersladen.de\/en\/music-thing-modular-workshop-system-assembled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SchneidersLaden<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Berlin<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.schneiderskeller.co.uk\/\">SchneidersKeller<\/a> \u2013 London (the new UK outpost of SchneidersLaden)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.perfectcircuit.com\/t\/v1\/8-12626-300308-9759?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perfectcircuit.com%2Fmusic-thing-modular-workshop-system-diy-kit.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MusicThingModular_Workshop_System_Assembled_N13-10536_03_1-1024x761.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MusicThingModular_Workshop_System_Assembled_N13-10536_03_1-1024x761.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MusicThingModular_Workshop_System_Assembled_N13-10536_03_1-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MusicThingModular_Workshop_System_Assembled_N13-10536_03_1-1536x1142.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MusicThingModular_Workshop_System_Assembled_N13-10536_03_1-2048x1522.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdm.link\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MusicThingModular_Workshop_System_Assembled_N13-10536_03_1-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><em>Photos of Workshop System: Marcus Fischer. 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