ministar (2026)

ministar is a small touch synthesizer with drums, chords, melody, a looper and effects. Twelve brass paper fasteners soldered through the board act as the keys, so you touch them rather than press them, and four knobs, an encoder, a toggle and an OLED screen do the rest. It plays through a 3.5 mm jack and speaks MIDI over USB. It’s all through-hole, built to be assembled by hand.