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I make films, photographs and electronic music. I build electronic musical instruments

Author: Andre Theelen

  • The Klee v2 analog sequencer (part 2)

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    Before I could proceed with building the Klee I had to make some custom Aluminum brackets to mount the two PCB’s on. Below you can see a picture. I went for two separate brackets for the analog and digital PCB. After an evening of soldering the backside of the Klee looks like this.

  • The Klee v2 analog sequencer (part 1)

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    I started building to most complex module so far for my modular: the Klee v2 analogue sequencer designed by Scott Stites. It is a very different sequencer compared to other designs. You can use it as a “normal” sequencer but it can do much more… The complexity of the build lies within the massive amount…

  • Modular cabinets

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    Today I finished the final cabinets for my modular analog synthesizer. I built a lot of modules and they’re isn’t enough space for them in one cabinet. So I built two which fit nicely on top of each other. I’m very happy with how they turned out. I used several layers of mahony finish to…

  • New studio furniture

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    I finished my new studio furniture today. I’ve been building it for about 2 weeks and today the final coat of finish was dry. The furniture consists of a desk with two cabinets below and two little cabinets on top of it. The little cabinets each are 8HE high. Then there are two 22HE cabinets.…

  • Temporary modular cabinet

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    I build a temporary cabinet out of MDF and scrap wood for the first modules to be installed in. When I’m out of room in this cabinet I will built a final cabinet which will look much nicer than this one! I used mounting rails from Bridechamber for easy mounting of the modules. And here…

  • First modular modules done

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    I finished the first modules for my modular synthesizer: two Oakley VCO Issue 4 modules. The build process was straight forward but I had to get used a bit to soldering with flux based organic solder and no-clean solder and washing the PCB to remove the flux. But all went well and both modules worked…

  • Building a modular analog synthesizer

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    When you reach a certain age you will do strange things. You will finally buy that Harley, let your hair grow or try to find a girlfriend who’s 20 years younger than yourself 😉 Fortunately I didn’t do any of those things, instead I decided it was finally time to do something that I have…

  • Skatewheel dolly

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    To be able to move the camera in a professional way I decided to built a track based dolly. After researching a bit I came up with the following design. The track uses 28mm metal pipes. The platform is 80 by 100cm (about 31″ by 43″) and is supported by 16 skate board wheels (hardness…

  • An exercise in rotoscoping: My clones and I

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    Being interested in visual effects I wanted to try out some rotoscoping. Rotoscoping is painting masks to block out parts of a film frame to be able to replace it with something else. The idea was to make a short film where several of my clones and myself walk through the frame. On a sunny…