Having finally purchased a Plinky after too long waiting for Thonk to get their **** together, although this thing sounds wonderful, it's let down by the fact that everything is squeezed into Eurorack dimensions. I agree with Loopop that Plinky should've been designed slightly bigger. But apart from that, this slice of DSP wonder can really sing, in particular within the granular synthesis section. Also, I should add (I note you raise concern about calibration) that although Plinky runs great from a USB power-bank, the touch sensitivity is highly susceptible to what power-bank you use. The first one I used which wasn't very powerful, made the pads behave very abnormally and quite unresponsive. More juice equates to a far better playability. Also if you are to recalibrate, try touching very lightly in the middle of the pads, as this greatly improves dynamic expressiveness.

I just got my kit, cant wait to put it together and explore

I got my Plinky the original one already assembled to focus on only Granular Synthesis. It was pretty cheap, just a couple of hundred dollars.

Thanks for the video, ordered V3 yesterday and will be my first build, a bit nervous but also excited

Great video! The new version have USB-C jacks and also MIDI Input/Output via TRS. Waiting for mine to arrive :)

What a fantastic sounding synth. Having looked at the manual, the interface is very clear for the variety if offers. I think I'll wait for the stylophone drone synth. Different architectures for sure, but these seem to go for a lot more than their initial price on the used market and I have enough gear to master I don't feel like building my own

finally got mine! it was USB C and is revision 3

thank you very much for this video

Got mine too. Been ages.

Very cool, curious whether when you reverse the ambient granular sound, the grains are reversed or if it’s just the playback that’s reversed

Thank you for your video - this is quite an interesting little synth. Now I want to order one. I am curious though, what is your device that is holding your samples? That looks quite interesting as I have never seen one. Just curious where I can find one and is it something you build or does it come built. I need a small little sample player (hoping it is relatively cheap). Love how you explore the many capabilities of plinki.

i wanna hear a plinky and a norns and a cosmos

Now I've got that tw/itch in my hand that results from part of my brain wanting to solder and another part saying "whoaaa no." (Why isn't there a soldering iron emoji? C'mon.)

I'm having lots of calibration trouble with mine too

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"Do you think users will be able to remember what 56 buttons do?" "You're right, let's add 56 obscure, non-descriptive icons for usability"

Is there a two different synths? Plinki and Plinky?

how do you know which button produces which note?

Can I play with plinky with a midi keyboard?

Hm, am I right that you can't play melodies and at the same time adjust the parameters?

To little to late