About the project

The project called Electronic Sound Machines is at its grandest an attempt to combine the joy of creating stuff and music, with sharing knowledge about electronics. The backup plan is to at least have fun while trying.

It is about DIY electronics, and finding out how things work.

It is also about finding sound and music in unexpected materials.

It will be about building things out of electronics and other things, and make sound. It is not the sole purpose, it is not necessarily just about putting a kit together; there will also be time for discussion about the circuits, to talk about what the components do, time for experimentation – if that is what the group is interested in. You will learn how to solder, and gain at least a rudimentary understanding of analogue electronics.

No previous knowledge is required, but if you do have knowledge about electronics, soldering, etc., I would appreciate if you are willing to assist those in the group that need help. I have worked a bit with analogue audio electronics in the past, and have built a couple of guitar pedals, but I am by no means any electronics wizard. I believe that we can learn from each other.

About language

This information is written in English, simply because I didn’t want to exclude people that don’t speak Swedish, and I lack the patience, time, and web skills, to maintain a site with multiple languages.

About me

I am no expert on electronics, I would not be surprised if there are participants in the workshop that knows more than I do. But I do know some, enough to, for instance, build a guitar pedal and – given the basic pedals we are talking about here – most likely figure out what is wrong if it doesn’t work.

I have worked with repairing music electronics, a long time ago, and I do have a degree in Electrical Engineering, but I have not practiced my knowledge for many years, hence my humble attitude. I have picked it up lately, though, and rediscovered how much fun it can be. The last year I built one distortion pedal from a schematic I found on the net, and one I kind of made up myself, as a mixture of own ideas and snippets from the net.

So, I may not be an expert, but I am confident that it will be fine anyway, basically because a) to just get a little idea of how these things work can make a huge difference, and b) I am sure we can help each other.

About contact

The workshops will take place at STPLN in Malmö. Not all dates are set, keep an eye on their website and Facebook events to see if anything is happening.

Or contact me! About this project, or pretty much anything else (except spam). My email is at the bottom of this page. Oh, and there is a Facebook page as well: https://www.facebook.com/electronicsoundmachines/