A UK based blog about synthesizer DIY, mods/bending, and Eurorack.
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My interest in electronic music started as a kid in the early 80’s with synth pop like the Human League and Depeche Mode, before I quickly become obsessed with Electro via the Streetsounds compilations and US import 12″s from HR Cloakes in Croydon.
I did the whole rave & clubbing thing at the tail end of the 80s and all through the 90s, doing some synth and sampler programming for friends writing music to play out on white labels, and producing house music and ambient house myself.
I played live for about ten years or so in several bands, mainly punk/funk and acid jazz, before giving it up to become a professional boudoir photographer after a brief spell trying set up a seahorse breeding farm in the USA.
Lockdown in 2020 forced my photography studio to close and gave me a load of time on my hands, so to stop driving myself insane I taught myself electronics and found myself more and more drawn to modding and circuit bending, then vintage synth repair (out of necessity, as anyone with 40 year old synths will tell you) and finally the endless rabbit hole that is Eurorack and modular synths.
I love most music, from house, techno and d&b through to Cardiacs (most of my PCBs have some Tim Smith lyrics somewhere as an easter egg. RIP Tim), industrial such as TG, goth, classical, krautrock, Eno, and drone like Eliane Radigue.
Always happy to talk music production and music tech, so if there’s anything in this blog you want to chat about, just hit me up.
Disclaimer
I share what’s worked for me and what hasn’t. Got a better way? Let me know.
I take no responsibility for you screwing a build up following one of my posts, or burning yourself holding a soldering iron the wrong way up, or hitting yourself in the eye with a flying 0603 MLCC capacitor or whatever. No guarantee is offered regarding accuracy of project files, gerbers, etc, so any posts here are given for entertainment purposes only.
Finally – don’t fuck around with mains voltages, unless you’re certain you know what you’re doing. Some things can give you a nasty shock – or worse – without even being plugged in. Be particularly careful with CRTs.
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