Complete with a build guide as the kit is now past halfway!
Latvian synth specialists Erica Synths and Moritz Klein have announced the latest module in its series of educational DIY kits, the DIY VCF.
What you need to know:
- Latvian synth specialists Erica Synths and Moritz Klein have announced the latest module in its series of educational DIY kits, the DIY VCF.
- The EDU DIY VCF is a diode ladder-based low pass filter that sticks to super basic and widely available components.
- The VCF is the fifth of nine kits to be released with future releases including a wavefolder, a noise/S&H module, a mixer, and an output stereo mixer with a headphone amplifier.
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“Who doesn’t love a good resonant low pass VCF? It’s arguably the beating heart of any subtractive synth – adding character, dynamics, and a good deal of retro-futuristic oddness to your patches,” Erica Synths said.
“That’s why a diode ladder VCF that sticks to super basic and widely available components was created. On top of that, the architecture is as approachable as possible by avoiding the tricky diff-pair setup classic ladder filters rely on.”
The VCF is the fifth of nine kits to be released with future releases including a wavefolder, a noise/S&H module, a mixer, and an output stereo mixer with a headphone amplifier.
Users will be given four to six weeks between module releases to give them a chance to build each one as the intention is to “teach people with little-to-no prior experience how to design analogue synthesiser circuits from scratch”.
Erica Synths said “what you’ll find in the box is not simply meant to be soldered together and then disappear in your rack”.
“Instead, we want to take you through the circuit design process step by step, explaining every choice we’ve made and how it impacts the finished module,” they said.
Each kit will also include a build manual, covering both the fundamentals of synthesis as well as how the electronics in each module work.
Additionally, an affordable eurorack case with a DIY PSU will also be available.
“While these kits are easy to build, we did not compromise on design and functionality,” they said.
Head to Erica Synths for more.
