I have finally decided that sitting on the edge of the Monome world watching really isn’t going to get me anywhere. I’ve been lurking on the main forums, reading blog posts and watching video snippets of people playing with these intriguing devices for over a year. Enough is enough.

After some recent research and discovery that I probably won’t find an authentic new Monome of any size until well into 2009. I attempted to look on ebay and the monome trade forums. After seeing the base 40h model go for $1000 (well over twice) and 256 models on there at buy it now price of $2,500-3,000 it all looked very bleak.

So I’ve decided to build my own.

This blog will document my steps, the process and hopefully the wonderful outcome at the end.