Huge Synth Sounds from Tiny Mixtape Alpha

Jie Qi, from Media Lab’s High-Low Tech Group, took a synthesizer and distilled it into a compact, no-frills interface. About the size of an audio cassette, it has setting for multiple tones, looping ability, and five note polyphony. The sound has an 8 bit feel to it, but the real magic is in how it’s controlled They packed a ton of functionality into a small space, including the ability to share tracks with friends.

As for documentation, they’ve made a homepage and a wiki page for it, so users can obtain one and start hacking it.

[via The Creators Project]