Synth Design Crash Course

We're very happy to host a guest workshop by Roey Tsemah, founder of the Synthux Academy, a community of DIY musicians and synth designers.

This is a hands-on workshop on synth design and development using the Simple Synth DIY kit and Daisy Seed microcontroller. Learn how to synthesize, design and program your first synthesizer and continue developing your instrument long after the workshop with video courses and community support.

Topics

Fundamentals of sound design with VCV Rack
Fundamentals of interface design
Soldering basics
Getting started with Arduino synth programming and Daisy Seed

Requirements

There is a limited amount of places available for this workshop. If you want to participate, please fill out the form below.
We don't require special knowledge on electronics or programming.
If you registered we'll send you a page with preparation instructions. Make sure to do these before the workshop!

Project

You'll design and prototype your own synthesizer using the Simple Synth DIY kit and Daisy Seed microcontroller.
We can't provide the kits for free, but you can buy a synth kit for a heavily reduced price after the workshop.

Synth Manual

Agenda

10:00 Explaining the kit
10:30 Introduction to sound design
11:00 Playing with VCV rack
12:00 Break
13:00 Soldering the microcontroller pins, a knob and a socket
14:00 Running some example code and learning how it works
15:00 Experimentation and troubleshooting

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