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24 alternatives to Pocket Operator Modular System
A modular and affordable synthesizer 🎛️
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Pocket Operator Modular System launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A wall of sound in your pocket
2018 · teenage.engineering · its alternatives →
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Making electronic music has never been this much fun
2016 · teenage.engineering · its alternatives →
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Hardware and software projects by Ali Roberts
Nov 2025 · bitsnpieces.dev · its alternatives →
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Analogue Pocket ▲182A modern hand-held for playing old GameBoy gamees
2019 · analogue.co · its alternatives →
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Sequence sound and video. Available for Pixel 5 or later.
2022 · its alternatives →
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Operator▲546Looking for something? Make a request and we'll find it.
2015 · operator.com · its alternatives →
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Haxophone▲526I built this during Covid. When I released it, some of the parts went out of stock or skyrocketed in price, no longer making this an economic DIY project. Now that things are getting back to almost normal, I thought I'd share it here and request feedback. This is a very niche project for people who like the same things I do: saxophones, Rust, mechanical keyboards and the Raspberry Pi.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · catnapgames.com · its alternatives →
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Synthsational▲131Jam on a synth that makes you sound good, w/o musical talent
2025 · synthsational.boondoggle.studio · its alternatives →
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Synth, drum kit, a 4-track tape loop, and FX app
Aug 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, not many will know what this tool is about, but it's launch day and I always dreamed of posting on HN. Let's start! This is a tool for people using eurorack gear. For synth people. What is cool about my tool is that I show the signal flow with a graph. Here's the official press text: After a decade of stagnation in this space we are excited to present patcher.xyz: the modern way to manage everything modular. It’s a tool for professionals, enthusiasts, and casual wigglers. Novadays artists must develop their own means of taking notes, often on paper, since there is no common format…
2022 · patcher.xyz · its alternatives →
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Pocket 7.0▲282Save and read news, articles, & videos that fuel your mind
2018 · getpocket.com · its alternatives →
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Beats, a web-based drum machinefree▲160Hello all! I've been an avid fan of Pocket Operators by Teenage Engineering since I found out about them. I even own an EP-133 K.O. II today, which I love. A couple of months ago, Reddit user andiam03 shared a Google Sheet with some drum patterns [1]. I thought it was a very cool way to share and understand beats. During the weekend I coded a basic version of this app I am sharing today. I iterated over it in my free time, and yesterday I felt like I had a pretty good version to share with y'all. It's not meant to be a sequencer but rather a way to experiment with beats and basic sounds,…
Jan 2026 · beats.lasagna.pizza · its alternatives →
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PocketScan▲110Portable, smallest wireless scanner than fits in your pocket
2016 · dacuda.com · its alternatives →
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Ever since childhood I've wanted to play around with modular synthesis, so now I'm building an application to do just that!
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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SYNTHI-JS is a JavaScript emulation of the legendary EMS Synthi A analog synthesizer.
2016 · alexnisnevich.github.io · its alternatives →
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TheBoringNotch▲205Open source Dynamic Island for your Mac's Notch
2025 · theboring.name · its alternatives →
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A pocket synthesizer based on the hit show
2019 · teenage.engineering · its alternatives →
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Emulation of the Roland Juno-106 analog synth. Contribute to stevengoldberg/juno106 development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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EP–133 K.O. II▲146The latest synth from Teenage Engineering
2023 · teenage.engineering · its alternatives →
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