Geek Funk Labs

This is a space for news about projects, ideas for future development, information that doesn't fit easily into documentation, and thoughts on technology, music, science, or whatever else I'm thinking about.

• Shipping the SquishBox

  March 30, 2026, 11:33 a.m.

  2026mar30 test .debs on fresh trixie final fixes to install script update documentation (keep it brief for now) upload schematics, STLs backwards compatibility tests try it with pi clone(s) move…

• Writing SquishBox Apps

  Oct. 3, 2025, 11:13 p.m.

  2025nov03 todo before releases: x add midi menu, auto connections using alsa-midi x fix loading time on fluidbox x check fpcli works x update fpedit.pyw x add/update docstrings x copy…

• Packaging FluidPatcher

  April 7, 2025, 2:12 p.m.

  2025apr7 todo: x design enclosure, finish code, make vids x fluidpatcher: add flag for internal vs. external router to Synth, MidiPlayer x sequencer: multi-track, loop counts, patterns Sequencer --> Sequence…

• SquishBox Isn't a Synth

  March 17, 2025, 2:03 p.m.

  2025mar17 squishbox software redesign more useful for designing general apps, such as: synths: amsynth https://amsynth.github.io/ setbfree https://github.com/pantherb/setBfree hexter and jack-dssi-host https://github.com/smbolton/hexter https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/1-jack-dssi-host/ pure data audio player using pydub + simpleaudio…

• SquishBox Major Hardware Redesign

  Oct. 24, 2024, 7:55 p.m.
  squishbox raspberry pi

  I've been working on another SquishBox PCB revision that's been cooking in my mind for a while. The basic idea started with something pretty mundane: I got tired of connecting…

• SquishBox Goes SMT

  May 7, 2023, 11:17 p.m.
  squishbox store

  I'm making another substantial revision to the SquishBox hardware, and this time I'm taking the opportunity to move from through-hole components to surface-mount technology. All of my SquishBox boards so…

• Taking Apart the Vortex

  Oct. 16, 2022, 10:46 p.m.
  controllers

  I decided to open up my Alesis Vortex Wireless 2 - partly because it needed cleaning, but mostly because I've been curious about what kind of hardware is actually inside…

• Knobcon 10

  Sept. 8, 2022, 5:01 p.m.
  conferences

  I'm heading to Knobcon for the first time this weekend, right next door in Chicago. No booth or anything (maybe next year?), just out to meet people, sit in some…

• FluidPatcher Lesson Videos

  Aug. 17, 2022, 11:08 p.m.
  fluidpatcher

  I've been posting a series of FluidPatcher tutorial videos on YouTube. They each cover different aspects of bank files, with lots of examples and explanations of FluidSynth and MIDI principles.…

• SquishBox Gets a New Body

  Dec. 15, 2021, 2:32 a.m.
  squishbox

  The SquishBox is starting to evolve a little beyond its original guitar-stompbox-inspired design. The latest hardware revision makes a couple of changes that seem small individually, but together make the…