From daf73af79354bfe36d4532438aceacd2a866e362 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Runge Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 00:10:43 +0200 Subject: posts/*: Moving all posts to year-based ordering. --- posts/201604-mssw.rst | 240 -------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 240 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 posts/201604-mssw.rst (limited to 'posts/201604-mssw.rst') diff --git a/posts/201604-mssw.rst b/posts/201604-mssw.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 1ad578f..0000000 --- a/posts/201604-mssw.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,240 +0,0 @@ -.. title: Modular Synth Selbstbau Workshop -.. date: 2016-04-06 22:00 UTC+02:00 -.. modified: 2016-04-06 22:00 UTC+02:00 -.. tags: c-base, berlin, eurorack, modular, synthesizer, befaco, 000, rebel technology, bastl instruments, 4ms, lithium, battery, apple -.. category: events -.. slug: modular-synth-selbstbau-workshop -.. summary: How I got affiliated with a bunch of modular synthesizer vendors to do awesome workshops at a space station. -.. authors: David Runge - -In the beginning there was one -______________________________ -| Last year, when I started building |abbr_eurorack|, what eventually took it's peak of craziness in `building my own suitcase `_, I got to know the great folks at |befaco|, a Spanish group of friends that started designing and eventually selling their own modules. -| Back then, the |nk| still existed as a venue and it was host to many concerts alongside the DIY workshops of |befaco| (taken care of by |florian_hanisch|). -| When it |nk-closing-statement|, I had already spent some time at |c-base| and found it to be a great place for synthesizer workshops (I mean, what better place for synths is there, but a space station? Well, maybe cats *and* synthesizers at a space station!). -| - -But wait, there's more! -_______________________ -| Just how it is with the meeting of like-minded people: They tend to find more of a kind! -| |befaco| are long time friends with |victor_mazon|, who just started to design his own modules under the moniker |zero_zero_zero| and spent workshops together with |rebel_tech| at |london_hackspace|. -| All of these people are most excellent, provide open hardware and I am very happy to now have them over at |c-base| for doing their workshops! -| So by the end of 2015, |zero_zero_zero|, |befaco| and |rebel_tech| started as a joint effort under the name |mssw|. -| - -The Überworkshop -________________ -.. figure:: /images/mssw_workshop.jpg - :alt: The seminar room with an ongoing modular workshop. - - The |c-base| seminar room with workshop attendees, vendors |befaco|, |four_ms|, |bastl_instruments| and the usual suspects like Jeremy Bernstein - -| Last weekend for the first time the three were in Berlin at |c-base| at the same time (due to |superbooth|), accompanied by the great folks of |bastl_instruments| and |four_ms|. -| Although everyone was pretty much destroyed from three days of listening to noise and talking to synthesizer people, they still managed to squeeze out a workshop day with all vendors combined! Hence, the **"Überworkshop"**. -| I somehow finished the |bastl_instruments_grandpa| and |bastl_instruments_little_nerd| of |bastl_instruments| (really looking forward to spend some time with those the coming weeks!) and a |befaco_power_bus| for the |c-base_soundlab| (gotta start somewhere, right?). -| - -The suicidal machine -____________________ -| Then this happened: -| -| |mssw_burning_laptop| -| -| Some short notes on the burning laptop: - -* Laptops use |lithium| based batteries. If they get too hot, they can burn! -* |lithium_reacts_with_water| (so don't ever spill water on Lithium or a laptop for that matter) -* Extinguishing the burning laptop with water worked here, because most of the |lithium| had reacted already and the water took away the oxigen for the reaction (the burning). This could have gone another way! -* Burning laptops generate **A LOT** of smoke. Leave the room! (Your furniture is most likely ruined by now) - -.. figure:: /images/mssw_workshop_macbook_suicide.jpg - :alt: A burnt up MacBook after its Lithium battery got too hot. - - On Sunday, 5th April 2016 at approximately 19:27 this MacBook gave its life for a future without Apple products. - -Poor Martin of |bastl_instruments| lost his laptop (and I heard his iPhone died just a week later). - -* Don't use Apple devices! -* Backup regularly! - -The showcases -_____________ - -| Not even the |ijon_twitter_macbook_suicide| could keep us from having a nice showcase evening together with Dan Snazelle of |snazzyfx| and the |mssw| crew afterwards! -| As special (self-invited) guest, we had |der_warst| aka. |simon_schaefer| (another very interesting acquaintance from 2014's |bended_realities|) with his awesome DIY circuit bending hardware. -| - -.. figure:: /images/mssw_workshop_befaco_showcase.jpg - :alt: |befaco| showcasing their equipment. - - Diego and Manu of |befaco| showcasing their equipment. - -| |befaco| did a nice set, of which I unfortunately only recorded beginning and end (the missing chunk is barely noticeably though ;-) ) due to running out of space on my |tascam_dr40|. Next time I'll be better prepared! |showcase_befaco| -| -| In return I don't have a picture of Martin Klang (|rebel_tech|), but hey... a nice recording will do: |showcase_rebeltech| -| -| With |zero_zero_zero| it's unfortunately the same, although they played the longest set: |showcase_000| - -.. figure:: /images/mssw_workshop_snazzy_showcase.jpg - :alt: |snazzyfx| showcase - - Dan Snazelle of |snazzyfx| showcasing his equipment. - -| Dan, much more than the others, went into a danceable direction. Listen for yourself: |showcase_snazzyfx| - -.. figure:: /images/mssw_workshop_jan_wilhelm_showcase.jpg - :alt: Jan Wilhelm showcase - - Jan Wilhelm (the |superbooth| party machine) showcasing his equipment. - -| Jan Wilhelm seems to have been all partied out from |superbooth| (where he apparently did techno sets all day long), as his showcase was rather experimental: |showcase_janwilhelm| -| As mentioned before, |simon_schaefer| (aka. |der_warst|) popped by, when everything was nearly over and introduced his magnificent multi-use telephone: |showcase_derwarst| - -| All in all the event prooved to be great fun, but also meant a lot of work and little sleep. Not something one organizes on a weekly basis (I hope). - -.. |befaco| raw:: html - - Befaco - -.. |befaco_power_bus| raw:: html - - power bus - -.. |c-base| raw:: html - - c-base - -.. |c-base_soundlab| raw:: html - - soundlab - -.. |florian_hanisch| raw:: html - - Florian Hanisch - -.. |ijon_twitter_macbook_suicide| raw:: html - - suicide of a MacBook - -.. |lithium| raw:: html - - Lithium - -.. |lithium_reacts_with_water| raw:: html - - Lithium reacts with water - -.. |mssw_burning_laptop| raw:: html - - - -.. |nk| raw:: html - - NK - -.. |nk-closing-statement| raw:: html - - closed down - -.. |victor_mazon| raw:: html - - Victor Mazón Gardoqui - -.. |zero_zero_zero| raw:: html - - 000 - -.. |rebel_tech| raw:: html - - Rebel Technology - -.. |london_hackspace| raw:: html - - London Hackspace - -.. |mssw| raw:: html - - Modular Synth Selbstbau Workshop - -.. |superbooth| raw:: html - - Superbooth - -.. |bastl_instruments| raw:: html - - Bastl Instruments - -.. |bastl_instruments_grandpa| raw:: html - - grandPA - -.. |bastl_instruments_little_nerd| raw:: html - - LITTLE NERD - -.. |four_ms| raw:: html - - 4MS - -.. |snazzyfx| raw:: html - - SnazzyFX - -.. |der_warst| raw:: html - - der Warst - -.. |simon_schaefer| raw:: html - - Simon Schäfer - -.. |tascam_dr40| raw:: html - - Tascam DR-40 - -.. |bended_realities| raw:: html - - Bended Realities - -.. |showcase_befaco| raw:: html - - - -.. |showcase_rebeltech| raw:: html - - - -.. |showcase_000| raw:: html - - - -.. |showcase_snazzyfx| raw:: html - - - -.. |showcase_janwilhelm| raw:: html - - - -.. |showcase_derwarst| raw:: html - - - -.. |abbr_eurorack| raw:: html - - Eurorack - -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf