Hello! I will get straight into it… This first post is about why I am here, what I am doing, and where I am going. It will be the only post about myself to get it all out of the way and on to the good stuff! I will be sharing all kinds of content here but it is mainly about my main desire / goal. My complete vision.
I decided it would be fun to start a blog so I could document my journey as I work towards my ideal space. I am a musician / designer / DIY electronics enthusiast with a vision of building the ultimate workstation, mostly analog, big, bulky and very hands on. Imagine a Keystep Pro but each sequencer or arpeggiator, or each section, being right in front of you. Instead of it being confined into a small digital workstation keyboard it will be built all around you as you sit in the main chair.
That is what I want and that is what I need to build.
I got into the world of DIY synths / drums / sequencers a few years back when I decided I wanted a 64 step drum machine which was fully analog without any menu diving. I soon realized what I wanted would have to be self made so I got started! I think this was back in 2015 and, thankfully, my father is an electronics engineer whizz who has loads to teach me. He had many amazing books, instruments and tools (along with endless information to share with me) so we got to work.
Over the years we both learned a lot. He was teaching me all about DIY electronics and I was teaching him all about the electronic music hardware and how all the best hardware was stuff from the 70s-90s (in my opinion). I love trigger outputs and gates and clocks and switching circuits in music and we both found a shared appreciation for how it all works and sounds. We built a few devices during that time, and cloned some of the 606/808 drum sounds but soon found ourselves working on a fully analog 32 step CV/Gate sequencer. The image below is how it looks in its current state and there will be many updates on it to come. At the moment it is a prototype but I want to learn how to design PCBs (which will also be documented here) and make a more “professional” one.
Roughly 70% completed.
I am a huge fan of all the Roland gear like the TB-303, MC-202, SH-101, TR-606 / 808 / 909, Jupiter 6… and all the wonderful effects processors they have made. Their design approach was stunning back then and the inside workings were even more impressive. Analog circuitry at its finest! They are a big inspiration for me and I want to create fantastic looking pieces which can all work together as one huge analog workstation “modular” unit. It wont exactly be standard modular pieces but the approach is the same.
Below you will find links to the first builds we did back in 2016 and a bit of a documentation of the Nava 909 kit I built for a friend. I wanted to share them since they were what kicked off this entire journey.
Next post will be about the 32 step sequencer.
Thanks for reading!
P.S. I also just started up a Patreon!
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