mki x es.EDU DIY System

Erica Synths and Moritz Klein – have developed a series of educational DIY kits under the brand name mki x es.EDU with one specific goal in mind: to teach people with little-to-no prior experience how to design analog synthesizer circuits from scratch. What you’ll find in the box is not simply meant to be soldered together and then disappear in your rack. Instead, they want to take you through the circuit design process step by step, explaining every choice we’ve made and how it impacts the finished module.

mki x es.EDU DIY System includes:

• DIY eurorack case for mki x es.EDU system
  
• 3 x braided patch cables (sets of 5 pieces) of different lengths
  
• EDU DIY VCO
  
• EDU DIY VCA
  
• 2x EDU DIY EG
  
• EDU DIY Sequencer
  
• EDU DIY VCF
  
• EDU DIY Mixer
  
• EDU DIY Noise/S&H
  
• EDU DIY Output
  
• EDU DIY Wavefolder
  

In total, they have developed 9 kits to build a fully-featured modular monosynth: a sequencer, a VCO, a wavefolder, a noise/S&H module, a mixer, a VCF, an Envelope generator, a dual VCA, and an output stereo mixer with a headphone amplifier. Additionally, it includes an affordable eurorack case with a DIY PSU. While these kits are easy to build, they did not compromise on design and functionality. For each kit, there is an extensive user manual (40+ pages; must be downloaded separately) that will dive deep into not only the electronics behind each circuit but also the fundamental principles of sound synthesis. We hope that the mki x es.EDU project will inspire future engineers and will contribute to the ever-growing diversity of electronic music technology.