Founded by Johannes Elias Lohbihler — creative technologist in Berlin, seventh generation carpenter from Bavaria.
He founded dadamachines, a studio for multisensory experiences & open-source music technology, supported by a network of collaborators and friends who create experimental sound tools for real life, opening new possibilities for artists and musicians.
The TBD-16 — a standalone desktop instrument with 50+ DSP plugins, standard MIDI, browser UI, and Ableton Link.
Built on CTAG TBD (ESP32 audio DSP platform) by Robert Manzke.
- ctag-tbd — dadamachines fork for the TBD‑16 with many changes and lots of UI/UX + docs changes.
- dada-tbd-app-template — Starting point for RP2350 apps
- dada-tbd-doom — DOOM 1 running on the TBD-16
The automat toolkit — our plug & play MIDI controller for building robotic music machines.
- automat — an awesome controller for musicmachines
- automat-software — SAMD21 firmware
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