#1

I was going to troll https://llllllll.co/t/3d-printed-modular-panels with this link but thought better of it. On the other hand the concept of ‘survivalist electronics’ definitely deserves it’s own thread!

http://chrisbeckstrom.com/main/the-modular#my-synth-format-and-construction

to my eye this is truly beautiful - point-to-point wiring, plywood panels everywhere, sharpie graphics, bolts & alligator clips instead of jacks. Even better - the inventor drives it using tidal/emacs & prototyped using puredata.

So yeah, share tips & tricks here to keep on hacking after the government comes for your pcbs!

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#2

wow i love this! thanks for sharing and starting the convo.

#3

Reminds me of Look Mum No Computer’s stuff a bit. I love this aesthetic and wait, what?! Driven by Tidal/emacs?! <clicks link really hard> Ohhh! I’ve seen this guy’s videos before but nothing was documented yet.

Sweet! Can’t wait to learn more from all this.

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#5

This topic led me to eurorack years ago. I decided things were looking grim and I should learn archery and ham radio for the impending end times. I shot arrows for a while but realized the only people you can talk to on ham radio were ham radio people (sorry ham radio people). At some point I realized the radio learning I’d done wasn’t so different than synthesizers.

Now I talk to a lot of synth enthusiasts. Only a small step up from ham radio enthusiasts. :wink:

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#6

I just saw this a couple days ago and was looking for the right place to put it – I think this will do.


Edit: It’s a bit of a hijack but it’s a great video!

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#7

BRB, sourcing carbon rods.

Seriously though I may just play around with this idea with modular 3d-printed cells.