The Workshop Computer is part of the Music Thing Workshop System. This site provides access to all the available program cards, their documentation, and downloadable firmware files (.uf2)

Simple MIDI

Takes USB midi, sends it to pulse and CV outputs, also sends knob positions and CV inputs back to the computer as CC values.

  • CreatorTom Whitwell
  • Version0.5
  • LanguageArduino-Pico
  • StatusWorking but simple
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BYO Benjolin

Rungler, Chaotic VCO, Noise Source, Turing Machine, Quantizer

  • CreatorDune Desormeaux
  • Version1.0
  • LanguagePico SDK
  • StatusReleased
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chord blimey

Generates CV/Pulse arpeggios

  • CreatorTom Waters
  • Version0.9
  • LanguageC (RPi Pico SDK)
  • StatusMostly complete (for now)
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USB Audio

USB audio output

  • CreatorChris Johnson
  • Version0.1
  • LanguageC (RPi Pico SDK)
  • StatusProof of concept
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Bumpers

'Bouncing ball' style delay and trigger generators

  • CreatorChris Johnson
  • Version1.0
  • LanguageC++ (ComputerCard)
  • StatusReleased
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bytebeat

Generates and mangles bytebeats

  • CreatorMatt Kuebrich
  • Version0.1
  • LanguageC++/Arduino-Pico
  • StatusFunctional but WIP
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twists

A port of Mutable Instruments Braids with a web editor

  • CreatorRandom Works
  • Version0.1
  • LanguageC (RPi Pico SDK)
  • StatusFunctional but WIP
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goldfish

Weird delay/looper for audio and CV

  • CreatorDune Desormeaux
  • Version1.0
  • LanguagePico SDK
  • StatusReady
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AM Coupler

AM radio transmitter / coupler

  • CreatorChris Johnson
  • Version1.0
  • LanguageC++ (ComputerCard)
  • StatusReleased
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CVMod

Quad CV delay inspired by Make Noise Multimod

  • CreatorChris Johnson
  • Version1.0
  • LanguageC++ (ComputerCard)
  • StatusReleased
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sheep

A time-stretching and pitch-shifting granular processor and digital degradation playground with 2 fidelity options.

  • CreatorDune Desormeaux
  • Version1.1
  • LanguagePico SDK
  • StatusReleased
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SlowMod

Chaotic quad-LFO with VCAs

  • Creatordivmod/@olt
  • Version0.1
  • LanguageC++ (RPi Pico SDK) compat. w/ cmake and Arduino IDE.
  • StatusReleased
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crafted volts

Manually set control voltages (CV) with the input knobs and switch. It also attenuverts (attenuates and inverts) incoming voltages.

  • CreatorBrian Dorsey
  • Version(see source repo)
  • LanguageRust (Embassy framework)
  • StatusReleased
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Utility Pair

25 small utilities, which can be combined in pairs

  • CreatorChris Johnson
  • Version1.0
  • LanguageC++ (ComputerCard)
  • StatusReleased
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eighties bass

Bass-oriented complete monosynth voice consisting of five detuned saw wave oscillators with mixable white noise and adjustable resonant filter.

  • Creator@todbot / Tod Kurt
  • Version0.1
  • Languagearduino-pico core and Mozzi 2 library
  • StatusFunctional but WIP
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cirpy wavetable

Wavetable oscillator that using wavetables from Plaits, Braids, and Microwave,

  • Creator@todbot / Tod Kurt
  • Version0.1
  • LanguageCircuit Python
  • StatusFunctional but WIP
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compulidean

Generative Euclidean drum + sample player.

  • CreatorTristan Rowley
  • Version(see source repo)
  • LanguageC++/Arduino, with vscode+platformio.
  • StatusFunctional, but WIP
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od

Loopable chaotic Lorenz attractor trajectories and zero-crossings as CV and pulses, with sensitivity to initial conditions.

  • CreatorM. John Mills
  • Version1.0
  • LanguageMicroPython
  • StatusReleased
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backyard rain

Nature soundscape audio. A cozy rain ambience mix for background listening. You control the intensity. This card plays rain ambience which was recorded in my backyard.

  • CreatorBrian Dorsey
  • Version(see source repo)
  • LanguageRust (Embassy framework)
  • StatusReleased
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glitter

Granular Looping Sampler

  • CreatorSteve Jones
  • Version0.1.0
  • LanguagePico SDK 2.1.1
  • StatusBeta Test
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fifths

A quantizer/sequencer that can create harmony and nimbly traverse the circle of fifths in attempts to make jazz

  • CreatorDune Desormeaux
  • Version1.0
  • LanguagePico SDK
  • StatusReady
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Placeholder

Reserved for secret project

  • CreatorNone
  • Versionunknown
  • LanguageNone
  • StatusNone
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Talker

Proof of concept speech synthesizer, based on TalkiePCM, inspired by 1970s LPC speech synths.

  • CreatorChris Johnson
  • Version0.1
  • LanguageC++ (ComputerCard)
  • StatusProof of concept
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Blank

Reserved for blank 88 cards

  • CreatorTom Whitwell
  • Versionunknown
  • LanguageNone
  • StatusNone
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