January, 2026 - cerkit.com

Mercury FPGA with abstract "echoes" emanating from inside

Project Skyverb Part 2: Implementing the Basic Echo

Implementing a digital delay on an FPGA using Verilog

Mercury 2 Baseboard FPGA with musical notes surrounding it

Project Skyverb Part 1: Building the Digital Wire

Posted at January 29, 2026 by cerkit in Electronics ⋅ FPGA ⋅ Hardware ⋅ Music ⋅ Programming

Exploring the use of FPGAs as audio processors (reverb, delay, etc.)

Illustration of a synthesizer sending musical notes to the cloud

Project Skyverb (Intro): Chasing the “Cloud” Sound with a Homemade Computer Chip

Posted at January 27, 2026 by cerkit in FPGA ⋅ Music ⋅ Tech

The Dream: A Studio Effect from Scratch If you produce music, play an instrument, or just love listening to ambient tracks, you’ve probably heard that sound. It’s a huge, washing reverb that sounds less like a room and more like a choir…

Artistic rendition of the cerkit music studio

The Hardware Hub: A Tour of My Dawless Studio

Posted at January 7, 2026 by cerkit in Hardware ⋅ Music

Step inside my dawless music studio where the AKAI MPC Live II reigns supreme. Discover the unique signal flow connecting Moog, Waldorf, and Roland synths through Mackie and Zoom mixers for a truly tactile, hardware-driven workflow. From custom 3D-printed mods to analog summing, see how I produce music without a mouse.