Hi!
Welcome to the soldering workshop at the Volt Music Store. For this workshop, we have Girts himself and Jacky Noise guiding the session, helping you take your first steps in soldering your module, or to let you nerd around yourself. In this workshop, we are building one of the pre-ordered Erica Synths mki x es.EDU or the picocore (limited amount available).
Before the workshop, we will provide an introduction to modular synths and their performance cases. You are more than welcome to stop by for a social chat, check out the gear, or solder a DIY kit. If you have a soldering iron, please bring it! We have some, but the more the merrier.
Workshop program:
Introduction to Modular Synthesis: How to start with Eurorack and the Basics of Patching
Introduction of the Erica Synths mki x es.EDU
Start the soldering workshop
Testing and Troubleshooting
Jamming and back to Dutch Modular Fest
Available kits (By filling this form, the KIT will be pre-ordered for you. Payment will be only in cash on the day itself):
EDU DIY VCO €60
Analog sawtooth-core oscillator with a reasonably accurate volt/octave tracking
https://www.ericasynths.lv/shop/diy-kits-1/edu-diy-vco/EDU DIY VCA €60
It has DC-coupled inputs so you can use the VCA both for audio and CV signals
https://www.ericasynths.lv/shop/diy-kits-1/edu-diy-vca/EDU DIY Noise/S&H €65
Perfect for self-sequencing, or for adding a dash of randomness into your patch. Noise is Queen.
https://www.ericasynths.lv/shop/diy-kits-1/edu-diy-noisesh/EDU DIY Mixer €50
A normal but also not a normal mixer. Case in point: this super simple three-channel mixer with built-in diode distortion will make your patches sound delightfully rough.
https://www.ericasynths.lv/shop/diy-kits-1/edu-diy-mixer/EDU DUAL EG €60
What is a world without Envelope Generators? This optimised ADSR has either an ASR or AD output, with the Release and Decay controlled by the same knob.
https://www.ericasynths.lv/shop/diy-kits-1/edu-diy-eg/
Reservations:
Fill in this form
Show up on the 6th of September at the Volt Store (with or without soldering iron).
6th of September
11:00 start workshop
12:30 testing and troubleshooting
13:00 back to Dutch Modular Festival
Location: Volt Music Store Rotterdam
Oude Binnenweg 38, 3012 JE, Rotterdam
We're happy to see advanced as well as beginner soldering people at this workshop. And the program is a great addition to the other synth events that are happening in Rotterdam that day.
The DIY kit (these will be pre-ordered for you!) Deadline is 3 pm, 4th September.
Notes:
Workshop places are limited, this form makes sure we bring the right gear that we need.
If you have your own soldering iron, you can bring this, but we have many soldering stations. We're happy to see advanced as well as beginner soldering people at this workshop.
Only cash or PayPal payment accepted.
Thank you, Moritz Klein and team Erica Synth, for developing these great DIY education kits.