DIY Archives - Molten Music Technology

Befaco FX Boy DIY Build

October 31, 2023July 25, 2024robinv

You can build Befaco’s crazy cartridge-based effects module from a kit. It’s three PCBs of lovely through-hole soldering. I’ll take you through the whole thing and give you a bit of a demo at the end.

Dreadbox Hypnosis Reissue DIY build, demo and review

September 23, 2023robinv

Dreadbox has re-released the Hypnosis Time Effects Processor, but this time, it’s in a kit and Eurorack compatible, but it’a also much simpler than the original – they are not the same thing.

SebSongs Modular Poly SEQ DIY Build

August 31, 2023June 8, 2024robinv

This is a very interesting sequencer module that captures notes and lets you store them and send them out over three channels. It could be quietly revolutionary for my system.

Neutral Labs Elmyra 2 DIY Build

August 31, 2023June 8, 2024robinv

I built the fabulous new noise and drone machine from Neutral Labs. It’s a fascinating box with all sorts of stuff going on and a massive upgrade over the original.

AXiS Modular LK Delay DIY Build

May 4, 2023June 8, 2024robinv

A very cool little delay module with an instant feedback lock for building the chaos in an easy-to-build through-hole kit.

Making Sound Machines Farbfilter Series: crafting colours

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023robinv

Farbfilter is a collection of colourful filters and wave folders for generating or absorbing rich harmonics. They are simple, beautiful and very tweakable.

Beneath the Bush of Ghosts: Quad Lofi Sampler based on an answering machine chip

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023robinv

Beneath the Bush of Ghosts sounds a bit dodgy, but it revels in its clickiness and degenerative effect on audio. And there are four of them.

4MS Looping Delay and Sampler DIY modules looking uncomplicated

April 13, 2023April 13, 2023robinv

I like something simple. Something that does what it says and 4MS might have nailed it with the Looping Delay and Sampler DIY modules.

Erica Synths EDU DIY Compressor

April 6, 2023robinv

Yay! Erica Synths and Moritz Klein are at it again with the Compressor, the first in a new wave of educational DIY module kits.

Molten Motion Meter: Visualising voltages and seeing signals

November 15, 2022March 13, 2023robinv

This is it, my first Eurorack module, conceived by my addled brain and brought to life by the wizards at Befaco. The Molten Motion Meter provides audio VU metering, CV visualisation, mixing, offsetting and attenuverting while looking fabulous. I always felt the one thing software had over hardware was its ability to animate knobs and […]