167 Results for "DIY"
Why even bother with Windows (rather than Apple)?
05 Feb in Tech
The eternal question: Which operating system is the best for music production, Windows or macOS? Let's find out.
Midweek Modular: DIY Hats, Nibbles and Daisy Seeds
13 Dec 2023 in Synths
This week in Midweek Modular we learn how to build a HiHat module, try to fathom bit accumulation, and plug a Daisy Seed into an FX Boy.
E-mu Emulator II: How I upgraded a 1984 sampler for modern production
22 Nov 2023 in Synths
In this post we look at how to go about restoring a vintage Emulator II sampler from the 1980s and retrofit it for use in a modern studio.
JHS NOTAKLÖN – $99 DIY Solderless Klon clone
16 Nov 2023 in Guitar
The JHS NOTAKLÖN is a new $99 DIY Solderless Klon kit and sold out overnight. Plus some lucky buyer has received a Golden Ticket in their box
Catalinbread Knight School Fuzz DIY pedal kit
21 Sep 2023 in Guitar
Catalinbread Knight School Fuzz pedal is based on the Jordan Boss Tone and is available as a DIT kit or a fully built pedal.
NAMM 2023: 4MS Looping Delay and Sampler modules with DIY options
13 Apr 2023 in Synths
4MS is announcing a new line of modules and kits kicking off with the simple but effective Looping Delay and Sampler, either fully built or DIY.
Korg Nu:Tekt HD-S and Nu:Tekt TR-S: DIY pedals?
26 Jan 2023 in Guitar
Can Korg convince the guitar community with the new Nu:Tekt TR-S and Nu:Tekt HD-S or are they too expensive? And do you want to build them?
Midweek Modular: ChikiPower, EuroDexed and Crazy 6-eyed sequencing
18 Jan 2023 in Synths
This week in Midweek Modular Befaco gives us a cool little PSU, Noisy Fruits packs Dexed into Eurorack, and we explore 32 steps of Crazy Chicken.
Home recording pioneers: How to sound like Eurythmics
Easily one of the most influential synthpop acts of all time, Eurythmics took the world by storm in the early 80s. We find out how!Dreadbox Erebus and Hades DIY Kits available now in limited numbers
08 Nov 2022 in Synths
The discontinued Erebus analog synthesizer and Hades bass synth are being brought back to life as Eurorack-style DIY Kits: get them while they're hot!
Erica Synths mki x es.EDU DIY System: An entire DIY modular synth
20 Oct 2022 in Synths
This is the whole series of Erica Synths educational DIY modules in a completely fascinating modular system, with or without the case and power supply
Erica Synths EDU DIY Wavefolder: Time for unusual timbres
11 Oct 2022 in Synths
The final module in the Erica Synths and Moritz Klein EDU DIY modular Eurorack series is here, and it's a very cool little Wavefolder.
Cut your own vinyl with the Teenage Engineering PO-80 Record Factory
29 Sep 2022 in Tech
We check out the Teenage Engineering PO-80, a portable monophonic record cutter that also plays 7-inch vinyl. Smells like Teenage spirit!
Erica Synths EDU DIY Output module: Line and headphone output
05 Sep 2022 in Synths
The latest EDU DIY module from Erica Synths is the humble Output module. It provides line level and headphone output for better integration.
MicroDexed-Touch: FM, VA, Sampling and sequencing in a neat little box
05 Sep 2022 in Synths
MicroDexed gets another makeover into a touch-screen and Teensy-based mini-synth called MicroDexed-Touch. It offers FM, VA sampling and sequencing.
Erica Synths EDU DIY Noise/S&H: Understanding randomness
03 Aug 2022 in Synths
The next module from Erica Synths & Moritz Klein is the EDU DIY Noise/S&H. It can add ballast to your filter sweeps and randomness to your modulations
Synthux Academy Simple: Build your own synthesizer
21 Jul 2022 in Synths
Simple is a versatile DIY platform for synthesizer design for musicians who want to learn how to code and make their own instruments.
ST Modular Euphoria: Semi-modular, analogue, Easel-inspired DIY synth
15 Jul 2022 in Synths
Euphoria is a deeply beautiful semi-modular synthesizer inspired by the Buchla Music Easel and available only as a DIY project for passionate builders
Build yourself a Eurorack VCO with a $9 Raspberry Pi microcomputer
11 Jul 2022 in Synths
Modular artist and engineer HAGIWO's latest Eurorack module is a Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) built on the Raspberry Pi based Seeed Xiao RP2040
Neutral Labs Scrat: Steiner-Parker filter with hackable resonance
05 Jul 2022 in Synths
Scrat features some patch wire points on the front for swapping out diodes, resistors and capacitors letting you hack into the resonance circuit.
Erica Synths EDU DIY Mixer: Mix 3 channels with distortion
28 Jun 2022 in Synths
The latest module in the Erica Synths and Moritz Klein educational DIY modular series is a 3-channel mixer with built-in diode distortion.
MicroDexed: an 80s home studio in a Teensy box
17 Jun 2022 in Synths
Floyd Steinberg is at it again with MicroDexed which offers 2 DX7s, a VA synth, drum computer, piano, audio tracker and effects in one tiny box.