Patching With Modular Synthesizers

🎛 Virtual Edition 🖥️

About the Online Workshop

A beginner, 4-day workshop on modular synthesis in VCV Rack. The workshop is designed to give you a strong foundation in general synthesis and modular synthesis, and will help you get started making music with modular synths.

Open to participants worldwide! For musicians & non-musicians alike. No prior experience with music or synthesizers is needed.

You’ll be patching along as we explore module types, signals, basic building blocks of a patch, subtractive synthesis, sound design, making full tracks, & more!

Classes occur on four consecutive Saturdays: Sept 14, 21, 28 & Oct 5. Classes run from 11am-2pm (ET) with a 30min lunch break in the middle.

Classes are online via Zoom! Each class is limited to 15 participants.

Classes will be recorded in case you miss a day and available for future viewings.

No hardware synths required! You only need a computer with VCV Rack (free) and Zoom (free) installed. 💻

There are no refunds. Please consider this when booking. Thank you for understanding!

Workshop Overview

Day 1

  • Introduction to the history of modular synthesizers

  • Overview of fundamental principles, modules, terminology

  • 3 or more class patches to learn the fundamentals. I’ll be leading in VCV Rack & my own modular synth, while you follow along in VCV Rack! 🎛

Day 2

  • Students can share any patches made at home (screen share in Zoom), and I’ll help with any questions and give further guidance.

  • ✨ More patching ✨ We’ll dive deeper into concepts

Day 3

  • Same as day two, but new patches & topics 💥

  • This day will be partly dedicated to looking at strategies for creating full songs / compositions with the synth 🎶

Day 4

  • Share a “complete” patch with the class you made (no pressure to do so, but for those who were able to work in between classes and would like to share)

  • We’ll cover some advanced concepts as time allows

  • Chat about how to get started with building a synth & acquiring modules 💡

Pricing

The full course fee is $200. That comes to only $20 an hour!

There are discounts for signing up early, BIPOC folks, & practicing artists. Please only use these discount codes if they apply to you and if you need them. Paying the full price helps make this course possible. Thank you!

  • Early Bird Code - EARLYPATCHER

    • $20 off

    • Limited to three people

  • BIPOC Code - PATCHFRIENDS

    • $30 off

    • Limited to three people

  • Practicing Artist Code - ARTISTPATCHING

    • $30 off

    • Limited to three people