Punk Confusion
Firmware for Workshop System Computer (Music Thing Modular)
Punk by name, split-brain by design: Atari Punk Console synth, broken-basement PA effect, and venue-linked vocal calls.
by Adrian Vos
- Distribution
- Prebuilt image you flash yourself
- Source
- github.com https://github.com/TomWhitwell/Workshop_Computer/tree/main/releases/77_PunkConfusion
- Homepage
- computer.musicthing.co.uk https://computer.musicthing.co.uk/programs/77-punkconfusion/
- Synced from
- upstream metadata, raw.githubusercontent.com https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TomWhitwell/Workshop_Computer/main/releases/77_PunkConfusion/info.yaml. Corrections belong upstream.
- synth
- effect
- sample-playback
- noise
- lo-fi
- performance
- web-serial
- cards
Description
Punk Confusion is a deliberately confused card built around two very different meanings of "punk". Switch Up is a voltage-controlled Atari Punk Console-inspired synth voice with two timing controls, hard gate input, and nasty stepped tones. Switch Middle is Broken Venue, a wrecked-room audio effect for external signals: slapback, grit, feedback, and collapsing PA energy inspired by the cramped, abrasive feel of rooms like CBGB, the 100 Club, the Marquee, and the Whisky a Go Go. Hitting Switch Down or Pulse In 2 throws the current venue's original recorded punk-inspired vocal call through the same Broken Venue processing chain.
Install notes
Copy the UF2 onto the Computer's program card (RP2040 bootloader drive).
Version history
| Version | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0-beta | 2026-08-16 | Version and date from the card's info.yaml. |