Synth.f is a performance by Aymeric Mansoux, Tom Schouten and Marloes de Valk. It's a live improvisation using home grown 1bit synths. The synths are build using the CATkit board, an open hardware project. The boards contain a PIC 18F microcontroller, and have 5 knobs and 4 buttons as interface. The microcontroller is programmed using the purrr programming language.

Synth.f was first performed at Piksel festival, friday the 13th 2006. During this performance 3 synths were used, 2 connected to computers and 1 stand-alone (in the shape of a toy piano), to produce a wall of 1bit sound. The second iteration of the performance took place on Sunday the 18th of November 2007.

A video of synth.f @ piksel festival, 13.10.06, Bergen, Norway: synth.f_preview.ogg (07'18'', 48MB)

A recording of synt.f @ piksel festival 2007, 18.11.07, Bergen, Norway: synth.f.ogg (9.6MB) (Many thanks to the crew of horitzo TV for this recording!)

more information about the CATkit board and the purrr programming language can be found on packets.goto10.org