This vactrol low pass gate is another of Forest Caver’s prototypes. As usual I soldered the surface mount parts first. Then added the panel components. I had to kludge the resonance pot because it’s backwards – something to be fixed in a future revision. The vactrol had to be mounted upside down due to the … Read more“Bat” LPG
The boards for this pair of 3340 VCOs were given to me in a trade with the designer, Forest Caver. They’re part of a range he’s designing which I believe he’ll be releasing soon. I had a lot of the parts in stock already as it uses a lot of common components. I soldered all … Read more“Bat” VCOs
It seems like madness that I’ve gone so far with my modular system without a buffered multiple, so when a lovely chap offered some free boards in one of the DIY groups I jumped at the chance and got lucky. It’s a very simple dual 1:4 buffered mult and I had everything I needed to … Read moreBear Face Multimult
I basically built this because it looked difficult. It’s a fucking amazing module as well, but my main motivation was challenging myself. I’ve done the SMR and this is a similar UI, but with a lot more going on and a lot more circuitry! I started gathering the parts. I wasn’t really in a hurry, … Read moreSpherical Wavetable Navigator
As my system has grown and the number of possible voices has increased, of course I have found myself needing more and more effects. I use a lot of reverb and delay (who doesn’t?) and I like to treat each voice separately, so I found myself needing another unit. As soon as Rick at Frequency … Read moreStasis Leak
I wasn’t aware this “thing” existed until I saw someone post a picture of a PCB they had in one of the trading groups on Facebook. I missed out on that one, but a friend had some made up in China and sent me a PCB/panel. RectangularThing is a fully analogue synth voice based on … Read moreTiNRS RectangularThing
This was another PCB/panel I picked up in a trade and it looked very interesting, offering traditional LFOs alongside some more chaotic options and lots of control. This was my first attempt at soldering QFN chips (I started this before Tuesday) and it initially seemed to go very well. I built up the rest of … Read moreTiNRS Wobbler
Tuesday is a procedural sequencer, offering 12 different algorithms for generating sequences, with lots of outputs and control. I’ve picked up a few of the TiNRS (This is Not Rocket Science) PCBs recently and this was the first I’ve completed. Initially, this was quite a scary build, as the microcontroller and some of the other … Read moreTiNRS Tuesday
For a while now, I’ve had my eye on Non Linear Circuits and the crazy, chaos based circuits Andrew designs. He’s a super clever guy, who has studied chaos extensively alongside electronics and brought many chaotic systems to the world of modular. I decided to get some chaos into my system and the obvious place … Read moreTriple Sloths
I’ve been on a quest to perfect my live performance case for about a year now and I’ve finally arrived at a configuration I’m 100% happy with. I’ve done a couple of gigs with this system now and made minor changes after each, but I’m keeping it like this for now. Here it is on … Read moreLive Performance Rig