I first encountered Rangel Bookbinder in my hometown. Chiptune I met him recently at an event in the Ann Arbor area where he was kind enough to drop off my copy. Homemade low-fi NES shooting game GunTneR I don’t know what goes on in Rangel’s mind, but he always comes up with some crazy project, and it’s always amazing, so of course when I heard about his new work I was intrigued. Bleeper.
The Bleepler is a handheld synthesizer toy that you can build yourself, or you can get it ready to use with no soldering required. Deceptively simple, the instrument consists of a single mechanical keyboard key and a potentiometer that combine to produce a sound known as a “bleepler” through the onboard speaker. In reality, this simplicity is not so misleading: a button controls the flow of power from the battery, and a knob controls the pitch. Here’s what it looks like:
Bleepler is currently crowdfunded on KickstarterThere are only 3 days left, so if you’re interested in this quirky handheld chiptune fidget synthesizer, head over to the campaign page now!Press the button and turn the knob” That voice has stuck in my head all day!
