Music, especially electronic music, is a great passion and interest of mine. It went so far that at the end of my master’s degree I did an additional semester abroad at the Institute of Sonology in The Hague to deepen my knowledge of computer- and experimental music.
Besides that I developed great interest in synthesizers during my studies. I was particularly fascinated by modular synthesizers but during that time as a student I could hardly afford any equipment.
Fortunately there are some manufacturers in the modular scene who offer their products as DIY kits or publish their complete designs under an open source license what made it possible for me to build modules and experiment with them without spending huge sums of money.
Above all, I would like to mention Mutable Instruments and Émilie Gillet, she designed and build awesome modules like Clouds and Rings, that almost everyone has in their rack and she published them under an open source license. Unfortunately she stopped releasing new modules but you can still find the hardware design and source code on her GitHub. Building these modules not only was great fun but also resulted in a steep learning curve as a student. Thanks Émilie!
After these fun times during my studies I lost a bit of interest in modular synthesizers when I started working professionally as an electronic engineer but when the world was hit by the pandemic and a lot of time was spent at home, I got my case of modular synthesizers back out of the basement and started playing again. And what can I say, I was immediately hooked again 🙂
I remembered how great it was to have access to the design files of these modules back then and decided to start designing my own modules and publish them under an open source licence to make it possible for others to get access to this scene without a big budget like I did back then. That’s how SOLI.SYNTH was born. My goal is it to build the basic eurorack synthesizer modules you need to get started. Feel free to check out and download the designfiles on my GitHub and build them yourself. I promise its lots of fun!
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