Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Dorkbot Sprockit Mini-Synth Seminar! Saturday February 25th at 2pm

Dorkbot Sprockit Mini-Synth Seminar! Saturday February 25th at 2pm



Matthew Heins presents a synth-building workshop using the Sprockit kit he designed!

Order a Sprockit kit -- http://hackmeopen.com/?shopp_product=chicago-sprockit-build-seminar -- and get hands-on guidance from its designer, building your very own synthesizer! Or contact Matt -- matt@hackmeopen.com -- if you'd prefer to pick one up at the workshop.

Matt says:

"We will be building complete Sprockits. This will be the circuit board only as the case is still in development. I plan on interspersing plenty of chit chat about how Sprockit works and will be totally open for questions about how to design and build your own synthesizer. This seminar is open to people of skill levels from novice upI’ve taught soldering before to people who’ve never touched a soldering iron, so please don’t be ashamed and come learn how to build electronics."

Key Sprockit Details:

- 4"x4" Circuit Board

- Totally Open-Source Hackable Hardware and Software Design

- Rockit Digital Synthesis Engine with 2 Detunable Oscillators

- 8 Physical Knobs (All Rockit Parameters Accessible Via MIDI)

- 4-Pole Digitally-Controlled Analog Low-Pass Filter with MIDI Accessible Envelope

- Amplitude Envelope with Physical Attack and Decay, MIDI Sustain and Release

- LFO with 3 destinations and 3 waveshapes (more accessible through MIDI)


DATE:

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25 2012

TIME:

2 PM - 6 PM

LOCATION:

Enemy Sound
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl.
Chicago, IL 60622
http://www.enemysound.com

COST:

FREE!
( NOTE: Sprockit synth kit is $50 and available to order at http://hackmeopen.com/?page_id=523&shopp_pid=10 or contact Matt -- matt@hackmeopen.com -- if you'd prefer to pick one up at the workshop )

WTF:

What is a "dorkbot"?! The idea of the international dorkbot network is "people doing strange things with electricity" and meeting in informal, friendly environments to discuss their projects. These projects could include hardware hacks, New Media Art projects, creative code, circuit bent musical instruments or wild DIY garage science!