Scintillator
Firmware for Workshop System Computer (Music Thing Modular)
Analog-computer argument/function chain, a triggerable kick drum, and Geiger-style collision gates.
by Matt Allison
- Distribution
- Prebuilt image you flash yourself
- Source
- github.com https://github.com/TomWhitwell/Workshop_Computer/tree/main/releases/107_scintillator
- Homepage
- computer.musicthing.co.uk https://computer.musicthing.co.uk/programs/107-scintillator/
- Synced from
- upstream metadata, raw.githubusercontent.com https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TomWhitwell/Workshop_Computer/main/releases/107_scintillator/info.yaml. Corrections belong upstream.
- analog-computer
- kick
- drums
- random
- utility
- cards
Description
An analog-computer-style test-gear card. Two audio inputs feed an 8-way "argument" stage (add, subtract, multiply, ratio, magnitude...) and then a 6-way classic analog-computer "function" stage (log, root, square, differentiator), blended dry-to-wet on Audio Out 1. Audio Out 2 is a synthesised kick drum triggered from Pulse In 1 - deliberately independent of the rest of the card so it holds a steady rhythm underneath - tuned by the MAIN knob, with CV In 1 and CV In 2 shaping its attack and decay and a tap of the switch cycling three envelope presets. Two pulse outputs behave like Geiger-counter gates, firing stochastically when the two inputs "collide", with the collision's "violence" setting both the odds of firing and the pulse width. Switch Up swaps Knob X/Y/MAIN into a simple 2-input mixer with a dry/wet blend.
Install notes
Copy the UF2 onto the Computer's program card (RP2040 bootloader drive).
Version history
| Version | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | 2026-09-05 | Version and date from the card's info.yaml. |