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Pocket Scion: Affordable Synth Control via Biofeedback

9/7/2025

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The Verge’s weekend editor, with 18 years of experience, reviews the Pocket Scion.
Artist Modern Biology gained popularity on TikTok for using mushrooms to control a modular synth.
Pocket Scion provides affordable biofeedback control for synths, converting signals from plants or skin.
It triggers notes and adjusts filters via electrical fluctuations, featuring MIDI out and a companion app.
Priced at $149, the initial run sold out quickly, with preorders for the next batch available.

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Story summary

The Verge’s weekend editor, with 18 years of experience, reviews the Pocket Scion.
Artist Modern Biology gained popularity on TikTok for using mushrooms to control a modular synth.
Pocket Scion provides affordable biofeedback control for synths, converting signals from plants or skin.
It triggers notes and adjusts filters via electrical fluctuations, featuring MIDI out and a companion app.
Priced at $149, the initial run sold out quickly, with preorders for the next batch available.