The Pikocore is a DIY lo-fi music mangler based on the Raspberry Pi, developed by Zack Scholl. 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. a lo-fi music mangler based on the Raspberry Pi Pico (brother of the nyblcore). capable of holding 8 minutes of 8-bit 33 kHz monophonic samples. powered by USB-C. 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/playbacksaved and loaded via EEPROM for instant patch recall. able to load custom firmware, new samples, all through USB-C. sync-compatible with Pocket Operators. open-source, wonderfully hackable.
