Patching With Modular Synthesizers

🎛 Virtual Edition 🖥️

About the Online Course

A beginner, 4-day course on modular synthesis in VCV Rack. The course 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.

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: March 2, 9, 16, & 23. Sign up for the morning option 10am-1pm EST or the afternoon option 2pm-5pm EST.

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!

Course 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 $180. That comes to only $15 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 - QUICKPATCHER

    • $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