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Sixty Four Pixels

3,981 orders since Jan 29, 2013

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

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Mahir | Sept. 20, 2014

Absolutely great product!

For Please see new product BANANA SPLIT!

MidiSplit is extremely easy to assemble product and works as it should, a great little simple gear.

Shipped in a tiny, sturdy box with all the parts inside secured correctly.

Instructions are clear and easy to follow. I am an experienced solderer but I believe people with no experience with soldering can easily complete the task with a little care and research before starting the assembly. All you need to do is read the instructions twice.

Board is pretty and sockets are in good quality. If you can solder the sockets correctly, they won't budge at all when you plug/unplug.

Round board design and layout is very cute but not that practical in use; when you start adding cables it becomes hard to route the cable neatly and also it starts to take too much space.. BUT!..

...it is so darn cute that you won't even be bothered with it. It looks like something you got to eat! Midi cookie! :D

I already got my eye on the Arpeggio from the same builder, I might pull the trigger for that soon.. :)

Highly recommended.

Cormac | Sept. 11, 2014

Great, simple to use midi splitter.

For Please see new product BANANA SPLIT!

Great communication from the seller. Simple clear instructions included. Should go together very easily even with basic soldering skills. Had it up and running in about an hour.

Works a treat. Can connect all my older gear without worrying about the lack of midi-thru ports. Flashing leds always a bonus!

Highly recommended.

Aaron | Sept. 8, 2014

Great product, easy to build, love it.

For Please see new product BANANA SPLIT!

It worked the first time, and was simple to put together. I would definitely buy it again. It's such a bargain. If you've ever soldered a board, it is easy as pie. Go for it!

Peter | Aug. 18, 2014

excellent device

For ARPIE - MIDI Arpeggiator Kit

Very well designed device; the kit is really easy to make with sufficient and accurate instructions.
Works like a charm, I am even considering buying a second one to chain them!

Tim | July 20, 2014

An excellent and unique piece of kit!

For LE STRUM - Hack-it-yourself model (PCB + PIC)

I've always been interested in different ways of controlling my synths and when I saw Le Strum I knew I wanted one. Not having any soldering experience I bought a soldering kit and taught myself to solder. After doing a few practice kits I started on Le Strum.

By following the excellent and easy to follow instructions I was able to complete Le Strum without too much difficulty (although I did forget the Mode button and had to unsolder and resolver the battery holder to get it on). Powered up, Le strum is a lot of fun to play and gives you different ways of playing your synths and other musical devices.

I bought the PCB + PIC as I was so impressed by Le Strum and how others have modded it, I've decided to build my own Le Strum guitar (similar to the Guitarp). For the price and with next day delivery you can't go wrong. So wether it's the PCB + PIC or the full kit I'd definitely recommend this to anyone who is interested in it or just interested in controlling your gear in different ways. It's an awesome bit of kit and a lot of fun to build and play!

Pablo | July 3, 2014

A+

For LE STRUM - MIDI Strummed Chord Controller DIY KIT

The person(s) who designed and packaged this did it with care and love for what he/she does. Feels great to receive this.
Small package (cheap shipping), easy to solder, great instructions, AWESOME wiki (further hacks are encouraged). Comes with printed intuitive manual so you can get LE Strumming right away!

Craig | June 9, 2014

Jam session essential

For midihub 6-way MIDI Thru and Metronome Module

Works great. Easy to use.
My friends and I use a couple of those for our equipment. Without it a good sync is nearly impossible!

Mark | May 27, 2014

Arpie is Ace.

For ARPIE - MIDI Arpeggiator Kit

My first kit, although I've circuit bent a Roland drum machine before. Excellent instructions, everything clearly labelled and easy to construct. Best of all, it worked, first time no problems.

Had time to play with it and it is amazing fun, I'm getting more musical enjoyment from this than my Doepfer Dark Time sequencer, I may buy a second one for more arpegiator based fun.

Christian | May 21, 2014

Very good - I suppose

For ARPIE - MIDI Arpeggiator Kit

As an an absolute beginner in soldering, it was very easy to get it together, the how-to is very useful and easy to understand. unfortunately, at the first two or three joints, some solder got sucked in some holes, where it shouldn't go in yet...so now I am in need for a solder sucker for just some three holes and I can't get the thing runnig, altough everything else is done...(which was some fun, by the way!)
that's a bit frustrating, but my fault alone. will write a review, as soon i figured out, how to get that tin outta those holes...

Adam | May 3, 2014

Brilliant little device

For midihub 6-way MIDI Thru and Metronome Module

Love it. Does what it sets out to do, and does it marvellously. Cheers!

Tine | April 16, 2014

great product and your service

For Hard Disk Motor Driver (TDA5144AT breakout)

I had problems with wiring and blow the circuit - mr Jason was very kind to arrange special price with next purchase
maybe there could be additional modul / optional with speed control and assembled wiring for people with less electronic knowlage

Tibor | April 9, 2014

Shepherd of the midi flock :)

For midihub 6-way MIDI Thru and Metronome Module

The device have arrived in time, and works perfectly.
It is highly recommended for all people who use more than one midi instruments which need to be in sync - yes, the devices theoretically have the possibility to sync midi clock, but in practice this is barely possible (at least in our case).
Devices:
Roland SP-555
KORG Kaoss pad pro
KORG Kaossilator
KORG Electribe ER-1
KORG Electribe EA1
After many sync attempt I just gave up - I got unwanted program changes, halfed and doubled tempo...
Then I found midihub++ on the Net, and ordered it in that second, and now: everything is synced! All effects, patterns, synths are played in tempo, and you cannot believe the euphoria we got last evening when we heard the whole setup working.
Now we can focus on music, and this is incredible.
Thank you for creating this perfect, affordable device! :)

Johan | April 4, 2014

Very happy with the product

For Please see new product BANANA SPLIT!

It was easy to build with great instructions and it works perfetcly!! So pleased with it Review Image

Andy | March 28, 2014

Does exactly what it says on the tin

For Please see new product BANANA SPLIT!

Got my splitter today really easy build and works like a charm heartily recommend getting one these

Samuel | March 17, 2014

The ARPIE is Excellent

For ARPIE - MIDI Arpeggiator Kit

Love the ARPIE. Kit came quickly to the US in an impressively small package. Build instructions (especially on the wiki) and user's manual are very thorough. The ARPIE has been great in helping me dig deeper into some of my smaller, less feature-rich synths. I never got into them too much because playing while tweaking is a big distraction and sequencing through the computer seems like so much overhead. But just sitting down with a little ARPIE has made me spend more time exploring their sounds. The no-input mode is very great too; I can just plug a small, battery-powered nugget into a synth to start making sound with it.

My only feature request so far is to make it easier to bypass the ARPIE and simply pass through the notes as played. I was able to do this with an empty pattern and with global setting to forward original notes. But a single toggle in the Mode menu would be nice. Or maybe there's an easier way and I just missed it in the manual.

Polo Jonatan | Feb. 25, 2014

Easy to build

For LE STRUM - MIDI Strummed Chord Controller DIY KIT

Everything is ready for build, manual is easy to understand

Owen | Feb. 11, 2014

Fantastic

For ARPIE - MIDI Arpeggiator Kit

I built my Arpie in one night and it's the first major soldering kit I've built without someone helping me. The components were extremely well-organized with everything carefully divided and clearly labelled. The tips and tricks throughout the instructions, like how to get the LEDs flush with the board, were extremely useful.

Everything went smoothly until I burne out a trace running down from the primary blue LEDs, though. At first I thought I burned out the LED itself and spent a long time trying to remove it (and then clearing the hole I had filled :( ...), but adding a bridge wire between the two terminals fixed the problem. I had to do this twice. So when making the UI board be careful and solder quick!

And of course the software is on github making this really a dream tool for music hackers. Highly highly recommended Review Image

Daryl | Feb. 2, 2014

recommended

For midihub 6-way MIDI Thru and Metronome Module

Works great, very useful, just what i needed for my MIDI system, and for a great price. thanks!

Theo | Jan. 26, 2014

Midi switcher to control record lathe

For MIDI Switcher: Set your MIDI free!!

I've been searching the internet for months trying to find a solution to put gaps in between each track when I'm cutting a vinyl record.

With the midi switcher , it gives me the freedom to automate my vinyl cutting machine without Any manual handing whilst I'm cutting a record.

For example when I cut five tracks on side A, I setup cubase (daw) to trigger a midi signal between Each track, this puts a gap in between each song, without me manually turning the lathe handle by hand.

Not only was this easy to build, it's the fact that there's no c+
Code that you have to write. This is great for electronics newbies like me who have no programming skills or a electronics background.

Works well thanks!!
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Andy | Jan. 16, 2014

Awesome

For LE STRUM - MIDI Strummed Chord Controller DIY KIT

Just got my Le Strum today very straightforward build looking forward to having a proper explore of it . But so far looks to be a brilliant piece of kit

Patrick | Jan. 16, 2014

Amazing Kit

For ARPIE - MIDI Arpeggiator Kit

As with Le Strum this is a straightforward, well-explained build even for a novice.

The end result is a solidly constructed and extremely inspiring and musically useful piece of kit.

Christoph | Jan. 13, 2014

Arpie

For ARPIE - MIDI Arpeggiator Kit

The Arpie kit was my first electronic soldering and i´m very happy about the easyness and the result.
Thanks a lot, fantastic work.

Just a few ideas of future developments of the Kit: CV-outports, integrated USB, easier updating of the programs, different sequences for different midi channels.



John | Jan. 12, 2014

Awesome Kit

For ARPIE - MIDI Arpeggiator Kit

This thing is awesome. It's well documented and easy to build. It was exactly what I was looking for and more. Well done and highly recommended!

Patrick | Jan. 8, 2014

Excellent Kit, Excellent Controller

For LE STRUM - MIDI Strummed Chord Controller DIY KIT

I'm not experienced at soldering but having done one project I found no problems with this.

The finished kit is sturdy, very small and very cute. As a controller it is like nothing else out there and is a lot of fun to use.

Mattzog | Jan. 7, 2014

Digging my Arpie

For ARPIE - MIDI Arpeggiator Kit

I bought an Arpie a little while back, and I'm really digging it. It's surprisingly easy to use and seem fully featured. I still need the reference sheet to remember which button takes me to which parameter, but I'll memorize all that eventually. Flexible enough that I can reconfigure on the fly, and since it's external I can drive a bunch of synths at once. A lot to like.

I'm slightly concerned that the open frame will be less than ideal for gigging, but I think it'll be safe stuck down in my pedal board case.

All in all, I'm a fan.

Matt | Jan. 1, 2014

Yay!

For USB to MIDI cable

Great service thanks tindieeeeeeee

Ben | Dec. 23, 2013

What fun! Great kit - great instructions

For LE STRUM - MIDI Strummed Chord Controller DIY KIT

This was a very well put-together kit. Everything was included (even a few extras of this and that) and the kit went together relatively quickly. I would say that I'm an intermediate-level assembler of soldered kits and this took me about 1.5 hours to put together. You will need an iron with a fine point, but that's a given with this type of assembly.

Once assembled the controller works flawlessly. I haven't had a chance to use it very much yet - I just connected the DIN-out to a midi to USB interface and ran that to GarageBand on my MB Pro. The number of preset settings packed into the device is really impressive and I've been having a lot of fun with the various guitar modes.

Outstanding! Thanks for taking the time to create and share this.

Benoit | Dec. 17, 2013

Great kit!!!

For SixtyFourPixels: LoFi Gamer Kit

Really cool kit! Really easy to built and fun to play! Thanks!!!

Mark | Dec. 10, 2013

A creative way to play your guitar samples or synth.

For LE STRUM - MIDI Strummed Chord Controller DIY KIT

A nice kit that works.
I originally bought this because I wanted to strum my guitar samples - which it does very well.
Instructions are clear and straightforward and it's easy to put together.
Team this up with your favourite sample player or synth and you can add a new creative dimension to your tracks.
Looking forward to modding it a bit and experimenting.
Will definitely be using it in my next album.
marksmusicaustralia.com

Basilio N. | Nov. 26, 2013

Super Idea that opens up synth playing to different dynamics

For LE STRUM - MIDI Strummed Chord Controller DIY KIT

Excellent idea and great Midi implementation!

It could use some ergonomics tweaking (I know it has been done this way to save on PCB costs) because it is not the best for playing too frantically, but it sounds super!

Using a 6 voice poly synth, some distortion and delay, it sounds killer. The functions and presets are quite useful, and allow for a wide variety of playing.

Kit was well packed and instructions clear and precise. It took about an hour and a half in experienced hands, but anybody with patience and solder can do it!

Basilio N. | Nov. 26, 2013

Surprisingly playable!

For SixtyFourPixels: LoFi Gamer Kit

It is amazing how low in the pixel count one can go and still have a satisfying retro gaming experience.

This proves you don´t need much to video game on the go.

Kit is excellently packed and the final product once assembled is tiny and great looking in it´s own way.

The possibility of making your own games is icing on top, the included games work very well with the available controls.

Assembly takes about an hour in experienced hands, but beginners would not find this to big too much of a challenge provided they have patience and follow the online instructions.

Lovely kit with loads of character!

Michael | Nov. 24, 2013

shit is sick

For ARPIE - MIDI Arpeggiator Kit

This thing rules - wish it had a case tho

Jason | Nov. 23, 2013

This is the coolest thing I've ever built in my life!

For ARPIE - MIDI Arpeggiator Kit

Very fun and satisfying to build.
Plus there is no other product like it.

Basilio N. | Nov. 22, 2013

Super Useful!

For Please see new product BANANA SPLIT!

A must have for MIDI enthusiasts!
Excellent kit with very clear instructions.
Build level is fairly basic, with about an hour of build time.
Although the Star layout of the sockets seems like a nice idea at first, the design would benefit from a layout with all sockets on one side since MIDI connections can be quite bulky. This is not to say that the current design isn´t attractive or the layout clear and easy to set up!
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