SYNTH LIBRARY NYC

🐦‍🔥 OPEN SYNTH TABLE 🐦‍🔥 This Thursday (5/14) | 3:30PM-6PM Synth Library NYC x La Balsa Eléctrica invite you to the second Open Synth Table of 2026 🎛️ Led by Sonora (SLNYC Artist-in-Residence), this is your space to learn, play, improvise, and experiment—together. No experience needed. Just curiosity. ✨ Bring your own gear or dive into our library of synths + machines ✨ Meet other music-makers + sound explorers ✨ All levels, all vibes welcome 📍 Hex House | East Williamsburg (exact address sent after RSVP) 🔗 RSVP via link in bio

Have you met our 2026 Artists-In-Residence yet? Please meet Amina Ross, Daniel Shinbaum, Jonah Senzel and Sonora! Swipe (or scroll down) to read more about them and what they will be doing this year.  👉

Our residents work as a collective to improve the library plus steward an individual project of their choosing.  Our next resident event is hosted by @sonoramarrr on May 14, as the second edition of her Open Synth Table project. Video captures are from Sonora’s last Open Table at @hexh0use . RSVP for May 14 is in our bio :). Our Artists-in-Residence are selected through a community review process from a pool of outstanding SLNYC member applicants, showcasing a diverse range of talent and innovative ideas.  Thank you again to all of those who took the time to apply.  Applications for the 2027 residence will be expected to open in Fall 2026. — Amina Ross is a Brooklyn-based artist, filmmaker, and educator whose interdisciplinary practice spans video, sound, sculpture, installation, and collective inquiry. During their SynthLibrary NYC residency, Amina will develop a workshop series that combines collective reading of liberation-oriented texts with synth-based sound baths to support embodied understanding. @aminaontheinternet Daniel Shinbaum (he/they) is a mediologist with a research focus on communication technologies and a builder of DIY modular electronic instruments. Jonah Senzel (he/him) is the designer of experimental at-cost Eurorack modules and composes music for indie games. In their collaborative residency project, Daniel and Jonah will lead a series of beginner-friendly, hands-on workshops where participants can learn about modular synthesis and solder their own DIY Eurorack modules. @aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.a.a @jewkulele Sonora is a Brooklyn based multidisciplinary artist from Bogotá, Colombia. For her residency project, Sonora will work with a collaborative improvisation practice developed through La Balsa Eléctrica, an art collective and methodology she co-founded in Bogotá, to lower barriers to electronic music and experimentation. @sonoramarrr

⚡️ OPEN SYNTH TABLE ⚡️ This Saturday (4/18) | 3–5PM Synth Library NYC x La Balsa Eléctrica invite you to the first Open Synth Table of 2026 🎛️ Led by Sonora (SLNYC Artist-in-Residence and LBE co-founder), this is your space to learn, play, improvise, and experiment—together. No experience needed. Just curiosity. ✨ Bring your own gear or dive into our library of synths + machines
✨ Meet other music-makers + sound explorers
✨ All levels, all vibes welcome 📍 East Williamsburg (exact address sent after RSVP)
🔗 RSVP via link in bio Come make some noise with us 💥

Sounds from the Gallery @culturelablic was such an incredible night. Thanks to @ghostofprovence for laying the visual foundation for @latinacroft , @chainwallet.xrns and @celebritybitcrush to rip. Thanks to @newyorkmodularsociety and @synthlibrarynyc for the organization support. And thanks to the fans of experimental electronic music who continue to show up and dance!

Synth Library NYC is a lending library of synthesizers, recording equipment, modular gear and other electronic musical instruments. We are a membership organization committed to making music technology accessible to all!  We create opportunities to share skills and build community. Membership is free and members have access to borrow instruments to take home for four weeks.  To apply, visit @synthlibrarynyc on Instagram and click Link in bio, or go to

Synth Library NYC is a lending library of synthesizers, recording equipment, modular gear and other electronic musical instruments. We are a membership organization committed to making music technology accessible to all!  We create opportunities to share skills and build community. Membership is free and members have access to borrow instruments to take home for four weeks.  To apply, visit @synthlibrarynyc on Instagram and click Link in bio, or go to

We are proud to announce that we have received a 2025 Creative Equations Fund award from Brooklyn Arts Council!  We feel so honored that BAC recognizes our contribution to the arts landscape in Brooklyn and are grateful for their support to launch our residency program and bring on over 200 new members this year!    Thank you @bkartscouncil for your leadership and to @powrplnt , our amazing non-profit partner, for your support to administer the grant funds.   Pictured here are photos from our latest event - a community used-gear trade/sell event that brought together over 200 folks to our East Williamsburg home at @hexh0use in an effort to support affordable gear ownership.  The event was also a pop-up marketplace for artists to sell their albums, zines and other creative products and generally mingle and meet.  What a great thing it is to build community IRL - we hope to do more of these. Thanks to all who volunteered, showed up, and made it a great day for all.  *Music by @djharam - a Synth Library NYC member!   — More info about the BAC Creative Equations Fund: This year, Brooklyn Arts Council is distributing $1.82million to help support 378 Brooklyn creatives and cultural organizations through their grant and arts education programs. To view the full list of 2025 BAC Grantees and Teaching Artists,visit brooklynartscouncil.org!   The Creative Equations Fund is sponsored by the Howard Gilman Foundation, administered by @bkartscouncil . #BrooklynArtsCouncil #BAC #BAC2025grantee

Our inaugural Gear Sale happens Sat May 17, 2-4pm in East Williamsburg (RSVP link in bio, for exact address)! Synth Library NYC will be selling some great gear at great prices to raise funds and SUPPORT AFFORDABLE GEAR OWNERSHIP! Some of the items include: Korg SQ1, Moog Werkstatt, Novation launchpad, Earthquaker Devices Levitation, Korg M1 61-Key Synth, several Pocket Operators, audio interfaces and more surprises! PLUS, we have a bunch of Synth Library NYC members who are selling their own used instruments, gear, music and other related merchandise including zines, records, tshirts etc :) Come check it out! Even if you aren’t buying, come out + connect + say hi! Thanks to SLNYC members @wtpsbyzjk1pojbfyxvhh and @proudfamilythemesong for all your work to bring this event to life! 💓

*Breath in* *Breath out* We are taking our first deep exhales on our way into an effervescent, busy spring at SOLA Market! @newinc has been our hibernation den of choice this winter with plenty of room for deep reflection. We are doing a deep body stretch you only can find after a good nap and rest, to bring you MAKESTREAM, our DEMO 2025 installation! To bring you into the flow of Makestream, join us next Wednesday, April 2nd at NEW INC @newinc (@newmuseum ) @ 250 Hudson Street from 6-8:30p for MAKESTREAM: Circularity 101, an art and cultural production workshop for the artist, culture maker, and creative business. Circularity 101 is a workshop that guides artists, cultural producers, creative teams, and art-based businesses through a 360 creative process that is inherently more generative, cooperative, and sustainable through circularity and peer-to-peer, community-based production models. SOLA Market's Circularity 101 debuted at Miami Art Basel + Miami Art Week this past December! Since then, SOLA Market's Circularity 101 workshop has been shared at @parsonsschoolofdesign 's Graduate School. Now, we are kicking-off NEW INC's DEMO 2025 installation with a special edition of Circularity 101! To follow, we will have a short panel with Heidi Sabertooth, co-founder of @synthlibrarynyc , Hannah Dehardunwala, CEO of @raeri.co , our DEMO 2025 partners. Plus, the team of @thewasteshed will be joining remotely, a very popular and community-built creative reuse in Chicago! Come check out SOLA Market's first in-office pilot of MAKESTREAM, a creative reuse powering NEW INC's DEMO 2025, this June 4th-22nd at @waterstreetprojectsnyc There will be a couple of batch @rosaluna Mezcal cocktails (plus a Non-Alcoholic option) + snacks to summon more of spring. You can grab an in-person or virtual seat at the link in bio.

Patchbay moves to Saturdays starting March 22nd, from 4-8pm. Link to RSVP in bio!

Synth Library NYC is excited to welcome Austin Johnson, Rachel Jihye Han and Delaney Benstead to our inaugural Artist-In-Residence program!      Residents will work as a collective over the year to improve the library plus they will steward an individual project of their choosing with the support of our infrastructure and membership!    Swipe to read more about them and what they will be doing this year.  👉 Our three residents were selected through a community review process from a pool of outstanding SLNYC member applicants, showcasing a diverse range of talent and innovative ideas.  Thank you again to all of those who took the time to apply.  Applications for the 2026 residence will be expected to open in Fall 2025.

Roulette’s FREE Open House feat. @laraaji_official is this Sunday 10.20, 4:30-9pm! Synth Library NYC will have an interactive SYNTH ZONE, where you can get hands-on with some of the electronic instruments from the Library’s collection and learn more about how to get involved. Synth Library NYC is a lending library and community education resource dedicated to democratizing access to music technology and synthesizers in NYC. Come early for a DJ set from singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Heidi Sabertooth (co-founder of Synth Library NYC), plus DJ Jordan Michael @jmcaggregate (of @temporarystateuni ), vendors, guided tours, and more! RSVP in Roulette’s bio. 🔗 Roulette’s Open House is a free, recurring event for the community to learn about Roulette and the Roulette Rental Program. More info @ roulette.org