I was given a LittleBits/Korg synth kit of my own for Christmas (my friends ‘get’ me), and I was excited to build my first ever synthesizer from parts. These minor points aside though, the littleBits concept is hugely fun and can be very inspiring, and these new modules make the whole system more powerful than ever. This project combines the littleBits KORG Synth Kit with the entire KORG volca line of products: volca beats, volca bass, and volca keys. When the gadget-creating company partnered up with Korg to offer a Synth Kit, some folks in the music world began to take notice. We had a lot of fun using a pressure sensor and CV module to control the filter on my MS-20, and their light and bend sensors could be used for any number of control purposes too.Īs with the original Synth Kit, littleBits modules can be a little fiddly in use, and tend to unclip from one another quite easily. It's worth exploring modules away from littleBits' audio-specific range too. For instance, a pair of USB I/O modules will allow you to use the littleBits filter and delay modules as an external effects chain over USB.
LITTLE BITS KORG PRO
The Synth Pro bundle itself might not necessarily be the best way to spend your money, however - an alternative arrangement might suit your creative needs better. Once you start combining the littleBits modules with a modular or semi-modular set-up - be it hardware or a virtual set-up created with something like Max - things get really interesting there's hours of fun to be had using the oscillators as modulation sources, processing sounds with the effects, and generally arranging and rearranging the modules to create unexpected results. Given the flexible nature of littleBits' snap-together system, the list of practical applications for these three modules is near enough endless.Īt the most obvious level, it allows users to integrate their Synth Kit creations in with a DAW, by pumping MIDI in via USB at one end and USB audio out the other, perhaps using CV to sync an analogue synth or drum machine at the same time. The module can be switched between V/oct and Hz/V modes via its small central switch. It can also send and receive CV, for hooking modules up to CV compatible programs like Max, and features single littleBits in and out connectors.įinally, the CV module features separate mini-jack in and out connectors for hooking the kit up to analogue gear, along with littleBits in and out connections (plugging something into the CV jack input overrides the littleBits in). USB I/O, meanwhile, is a basic audio interface module allowing audio to be sent and received between a computer and littleBits kit over USB (again, it can only either send or receive at any one time, selectable by an In/Out switch).
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