DIY Opto-rack Course Documentation

this is a documentation of the 6 weeks long course in building (from scratch!) full Optotronics eurorack system. The course took place at Iklectik, London between 11/21-03/22. The system consists of: VCOs, LFOs, VCAs, VCF, AD, power supply, wavefolder, delay, S&H, rungler. we have also built our own cases and racks. check out participants' work (in progress) made while building the system and final cases and tunes made with it! Workshop participants: Pete McPartlan, Martin Tenaglia, Sean Declean Norris, Rik Adriaans, Aimee Lockwood, Craig Johnson, Agnieszka Dragon, Oliver Orwell, Hamish Campbell-Legg, Gillian Allan, Alice Revel, David Miller, Andrew Olley, Rupe Cole, Becca Rose, David Henckel, Katharine Sparks, David Jolly; special thanks to: Aimo Scampa, Eduard Solaz, Atay Illgun and Iza Barzizza

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fulfilment has been achievement ! pure joy! all of the chakras have been activated! and no, this is not an awkward picture ;)

well done everyone!!!

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Here’s a jam with the modules from the first few weeks

The complex oscillator is on kick drum / pyoink duty. the floaty sounds are the filter self-oscillating.

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photo - documentation from Martin Tenanglia.

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beautiful animation and live improv recording using optotronics system by Pete McPartlan

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one of the participants' system :)

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some patches made with the optotronics system

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