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Synth Printer

Hey kid, wanna extrude a synth?

Synth Printer is a very very lightweight system letting you create faceplates for your DIY modular synthesizer, using simple Python code — code so simple you don’t need to know any Python at all. You don’t need to install a complex Python environment either, it uses a self-contained program. In just a few minutes, you’ll get a STL file ready to print, and your components will fit just right, without having to bust out the calipers. With live visualization as you edit the code, and realistic previews of the size of the elements, it’s much less fiddly than using CAD software, and much easier to get clearances right.

Overview of the system, showing code, 3D render, finished product

Alpha quality! Work in progress! Risk of falling rocks!

What I said.

Eventually, this page will have all the info about Synth Printer. For now, it’s under heavy development, so it’s all on its git.gay page.

Cool Jaypegs to peep

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