building a gadget

i have too many interests and too little time for any of them, which is why i recently started a new project. heavily inspired by the Oskitone Scout, and for the purposes of having a handheld pitch generator (for an a cappella group i'm a part of), but also because i wanted a cool synth toy, i made this sketch:

the idea is to be able to change octaves by hitting the shoulder buttons, so you only "need" one octave of notes. it was intended to be played via thumbs.

a few days later, i wanted to lean into the game controller vibe, so it has a joystick, probably for changing pitch by aiming left/right and some other sound qualities like vibrato or duty by aiming up/down. i've been modeling it in build123d, one because i like python as a scripting language and two it feels pretty intuitive (in algebra mode at least).

i am building my 3d printing skills up (i should probably blog about the Catan-like board game i made pieces for), i already am confident in my ability to write code (i've even done low-level microcontroller audio code for the bitbox), but the but the one skill i don't yet have is wiring up circuits and microcontrollers. i'm terrified but also looking forward to trying to develop this.