Zeptocore: Handheld Sample Player

US Open-source pocket operations      29/04/24

The zeptocore is an open-source handheld device for playing with samples which bares more than a slight resemblance to the Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators. It has 16 banks of samples, with each bank capable of holding 16 samples - and can load up to 8GB of samples via an SD Card. You'll find all the details on their website: https://zeptocore.com/
 

Specs: 

  • stereo playback of 16-bit audio files @ 44.1 kHz sampling rate
  • sd-card storage for up to 8 gigabytes of samples
  • recalls up to 256 audio files (16 banks of 16 tracks)
  • 16 different effects (saturate, fuzz, delay, reverb, etc...)
  • single-cycle wavetable synthesizer
  • realtime sequencer with optional quantization
  • clock sync in (or midi sync with ittybittymidi)
  • optional clock sync out
  • tiny built-in speaker
  • powered by two AAA batteries or USB-C

 

And another little video: 

 

More info https://zeptocore.com/

 

About the author [midierror]: midierror is co-founder of Potato Audio, he makes nifty Max For Live devices, award-winning Sample Packs and hosts the 'midierror meets...' interview series speaking with all kinds of people working in sound & music. 

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