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Knobster

Wireless MIDI controller. Open hardware.

$50 Pre-orders open

Knobster has things you can feel.

Eight sealed potentiometers. Two buttons. Class-compliant USB-C MIDI — no drivers, no software, no configuration tax. Cast aluminum enclosure. Built to live on a desk and survive the gig bag.

Eight sealed potentiometers, not encoders. The knob remembers exactly where you left it — there's no ambiguity, no "current value" hidden in software. Where you set it is where it is.

What it feels like.

60–90 seconds. Fingers on knobs. The DAW responding.

[ demo · 60–90s · click to play with sound ]

Knobster in the wild.

Stage, studio, lab, classroom, anything else. Send us yours.

◉ video Stage
Stage
Psychosis — Live electronics
Taipei

Two Knobsters wired into a hardware synth chain. No laptop on stage.

◻ photo Studio
Studio
Arae — Producer
Kaohsiung

Mapped to Serum macros. One row of pots for filter and envelope, one for FX sends.

◻ photo Lab
Lab
NCKU Acoustics Lab
Tainan

Modal-analysis sweep controller. Replaces a borrowed lab interface that used a mouse.

◻ photo Education
Education
NCKU EE Dept.
Tainan

Undergrad signals & systems lab. Students solder their own kits.

◻ photo Other
Other
Lin Yi-fan — Field recordist
Yushan National Park

Gain and HPF for a portable preamp. Knobs you can feel through gloves.

Open hardware.

Knobster is published. Schematics, PCB, firmware. Build your own. Just give us a shout.