Pikocore

The pikocore is a tiny, handheld, wonderfully hackable music device built for mangling samples on the fly. It holds minutes of gritty 8-bit audio and lets you twist, stretch, retrigger, and reshape sounds in real time using simple controls, tempo-synced effects, and a built-in sequencer. Powered by a single battery or USB-C, it’s designed to be portable, immediate, and fun—whether you’re jamming live, experimenting with custom firmware, or pushing lo-fi textures into unexpected territory.

• capable of holding 8 minutes of 8-bit 33 kHz monophonic samples.
• powered by a single alkaline AAA battery for up to 3 hours or by powered by USB-C.
• tempo-synced with a selectable BPM between 60 and 300, with samples mangled by beat-synced effects (stutter, retrig, gate, tunneling).
• loaded with real-time effects like a resonant filter, timestretching, volume, and wavefolding.
• sequenced with a 128-step sequencer with recording/playback.
• saved and loaded via EEPROM for instant patch recall.
• able to load custom firmware, new samples, all through USB-C.
• sync-compatible with Pocket Operators.
• open-source, wonderfully hackable.