{"id":9290,"date":"2026-05-11T05:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biyer.com.tr\/?p=9290"},"modified":"2026-05-11T05:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:39:00","slug":"the-bastl-kalimba-is-a-wild-synth-that-thinks-its-a-thumb-piano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biyer.com.tr\/?p=9290","title":{"rendered":"The Bastl Kalimba is a wild synth that thinks it\u2019s a thumb piano"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bast Kalimba, a synth in the form factor of a thumb piano, being played outdoors.\" data-caption=\"It\u2019s already raised over $700,000 on Kickstarter. | Image: Bastl\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Bastl\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/bastl_kalimba_preview_04cr.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tIt\u2019s already raised over $700,000 on Kickstarter. | Image: Bastl\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Make no mistake, the <a href=\"https:\/\/bastl-instruments.com\/instruments\/kalimba?srsltid=AfmBOoqzAk77YvvCOi2jUaqY16BsChZK7ZjUW7mavFd511HDGrjoaonm\">Bastl Kalimba<\/a> is a synthesizer, you just play it like a kalimba. Its tines don&#8217;t really make much sound. There is an internal mic that you can blend in for a little acoustic spice, but it&#8217;s mostly driven by the synth engine that combines physical modeling and FM. The tines are actually touch and velocity-sensitive triggers. And, while it can sound somewhat like a real kalimba, it&#8217;s a lot more sonically versatile and offers features you can only find on a synth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Beyond the synth sounds that range from pluck to pads, there are also built-in effects covering basic spatial effects like delay and reverb, as well as distortio \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/927638\/the-bastl-kalimba-is-a-wild-synth-that-thinks-its-a-thumb-piano\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/927638\/the-bastl-kalimba-is-a-wild-synth-that-thinks-its-a-thumb-piano\" target=\"_blank\">Orijinal Kayna\u011fa Git<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s already raised over $700,000 on Kickstarter. | Image: Bastl Make no mistake, the Bastl Kalimba is a synthesizer, you just play it like a kalimba. Its tines don&#8217;t really make much sound. There is an internal mic that you can blend in for a little acoustic spice, but it&#8217;s mostly driven by the synth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biyer.com.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biyer.com.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biyer.com.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biyer.com.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biyer.com.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biyer.com.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9291,"href":"https:\/\/biyer.com.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9290\/revisions\/9291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biyer.com.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biyer.com.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biyer.com.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}