I’ve done some DIY, but I’m still learning about electronics. I’d like to do some prototyping, and eventually build a few Daisy-based eurorack modules. Patch is really interesting to me, but is also way overkill for what I’m going to be building. However, Patch certainly contains many of the kinds of circuits I’m going to need for the module I end up building, for example:
CV in
Gate in
CV out
Gate out
MIDI in
MIDI out
Audio in (eurorack level)
Audio out (eurorack level)
Encoder
LCD screen
LEDs
Buttons
Potentiometers
Are there any good resources or schematics for building any of these “parts” of a Daisy-based eurorack module? If so, please share!
An exellent way to learn about Eurorack circuits is building DIY Kits. Befaco from Barcelona have great analogue modules with open source schematics. Bastl Instruments has a lot of simple, interesting open source DIY kits. For digital modules you might need to take the plunge into SMD but Mutable Instruments has fantastic resources on github, or you build something from her archive.
@antisvin@teleplayer Hahaha maybe I phrased that the wrong way.
The advantages I see (and that work for us in this matter) are that you have a real-world tested and working object with behaviour you can probe, that you can then study the schematics to.
The thinking goes, “Hey I want an attenuated bipolar CV input with an RG LED that scales to 5V. Do I have a module that does that? Hang on, Mutable Instruments [Module Name] does that.” Then look at the schematics. Does it really do what you thought or are e.g. the Inputs and driving the LED different circuits?
You can’t leave the studying the schematics out. But if you do you can learn a lot from those projects.
In case if anyone missed this a few weeks ago, DIY module schematics by Erica Synths have been released after they’ve discontinued their production - https://github.com/erica-synths/diy-eurorack