Historic Synth With More Questions Than Answers - Steim Black Box Synthesizer

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

anymore info on the Black Box System (Zwarte Dozen) let veerle know! and likewise if you are in Utrecht and want to join the solder club! the link is in description.

[@zuur303]

I live in Utrecht and couldn't solder to save my life but would like to learn and build some eurorack or do repairs on my 303. 🎉🎉

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

@@zuur303 well check it out !

[@Elektortek]

@@zuur303 for sure come by and can teach you soldering and some repairs, from the 1st of may moving to a new bigger space but same location in Utrecht. It all starts with nice soldering iron and some good likeminded people around you to explore your new synth DIY enterprises. And before you know it you cannot stop ;)

[@flekkzo]

This is amazing. “Those are big knobs”, and then immediately starts to play with them:) You DIY analog synth peeps just seem like the nicest people to be around. Alway fun to see what sonic mayhem you get up to :)

[@Elektortek]

ohhh for sure, every day is another day to be spend on more sonic mayhem ;)

[@dimensionalineage]

This sh*t is SO RAD. A quintessential representation of why this channel itself is SO RAD - an exposition on obscure synthesizers, notably one so icebox cool as the Steim. Those sounds, those sexy knobs. Black electrical tape holding in the modules is wicked punk rock. Great interview tidbits with some folks behind the tools. Also always a delight in witnessing women who work with synthesizers. Extra love.

[@MirlitronOne]

Do people still say "RAD"? Good heavens above, how quaint.

[@KeritechElectronics]

@@MirlitronOne well, now we use becquerels, grays and sieverts, right?

[@KaijuInvadesNYC]

Super cool how she trusts you without hesitation to start taking a module apart like that. Love it!

[@dykodesigns]

Interresting to see Meccano beeing used in the construction of some of the modules. It’s kind of the ideal framework material for DIY electronics enclosures. My father often used bare aluminum panels in the 70’s for creating the enclosures of his electronics projects. Meccano is ideal to hold these things together and those angle profiles where readily available.

[@mennozijlstra6575]

Veerle! The lean mean solder queen from the netherlands!!!!!!!

[@trukxelf]

Inspirational!

[@gerardstrik2555]

It was a nice bonus listening to Veerles patch on the first night in cafe Bosch. Enjoyed the rest also very much. Hope to see you again in the Netherlands Sam.

[@andreasnewitsch59]

My setup is growing faster than I am learning how to use it.

[@dyscotopia]

Absolutely. I've taken to reading the manuals of what I have and learning all sorts of cool tricks that I'd never have discovered. Didn't keep me from buying a novation monostation (which is a beast, but takes some learning), but I think I'm at the point where I can sell off what isn't getting used much

[@andewprod]

maybe then dont grow it ;) i personally have the same very analogue eurorack system with 2 semis for 1.5 years already and i find more and more everytime i use it! I think that if you have many new modules, especially those fancy multi-function modules from fancy manufacturers you can get very overwhelmed. imo creativity comes from limitiation because there you *create* new ways to get to your idea.

[@vincentprimault4380]

Take a break

[@bricelory9534]

My unsolicited advice: If your main passion is making music, I encourage you to give yourself an acquisition hiatus - there will always be sweet kit to get at some point - and take the time to really dive into the instruments you have, explore each one individually and then together with one another. Then you'll start evaluating if gear will fulfill a role your others can't, or don't do well, etc. - meaning your future acquisitions are more purposeful to your music making. Unless of course your passion is more synths themselves rather than making music (and I personally don't see anything wrong with that if you're being responsible with your income).

[@Budsport_TV]

How much do these sorts of things cost

[@MixFox99]

I’ve been here since around Covid and love seeing what your mind concocts with every new video! Much love from USA bro! Keep killing it

[@princepaul5557]

You always manage to find the most unique instruments. Thanks, for sharing!

[@EntropicEcho]

Really cool, I was at the gig, pretty cool to have some more info on what the hell I actually listened to! Nice work Veerle!

[@Riistube]

Been watching you for literally years. I wish I could be a fly on the wall of your life man. Love it

[@endorphinsmusic]

"Mysterie, wel werkend", love it (a mystery, but working)

[@MirlitronOne]

Thanks to both of you for keeping these machines operating and accessible.

[@traumgeist]

Very inspirational considering I’m collecting parts to build a synthesizer out of obsolete laboratory scrap. Definitely seen a lot of those DIN sockets.

[@zemertz]

Wow I love the huge circular matrix, the sounds and all the other stuff to, this is great ❤, the open space playability is awesome

[@Colin_Ames]

Another unique instrument. Thanks for showcasing it.

[@Knobsterific]

Aa, cool! I just met Veerle at Hainbach's show at Cafe Bosch last night. Will definitely be joining that acid solder club!

[@hanshandkante5055]

The idea of ​​building a modular system in which the modules are not directly connected to each other but rather led into a matrix so that every module can be connected to every other module is brilliant. By looking at the matrix you could see how the sound is constructed without having to laboriously trace every single cable between the modules. In addition, it is much easier to access the module controls if there are no cables hanging in front of them.

[@neuzethmusic131]

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing Sam!

[@MyOtherNick]

I have been working on electronics and music for over 40 years and I never new there was such a thing as the ACID Solder Club. Back in the day I built an interface to control the various modules from an Atari ST computer at the Amsterdam conservatory. This had an R&D group similar to STEIM that made a lot of nice things, mainly for educational purposes.

[@ALehrer-s8f]

6:09 could put one of those sine wave display screen thingies there 😃 WAY COOL, always great!!

[@unsoundmethodology]

STEIM have done some amazing stuff - i built a copy of their Cracklebox/Krakadoos a while back and it's amazingly fun for such a simple circuit.

[@TheCriticalMastermind]

I watched you last video amazing life performance dude! Absolutely perfect 👍🏻

[@padders1068]

Sam and @Elektortek , thanks for an awesome video. Even if though my electrical engineer's brain is blown by how the fudge these things work and how you can actually make awesome tunes on them. Thanks for sharing guys! Much ❤! 🙂😎🤓

[@KeritechElectronics]

Nice synth! Cool to learn about the Dutch hacking scene too. Veerle is right on the money with making vintage equipment accessible! So much of it ends up either scrapped or hoarded by collectors who can afford to buy it, and while these people are often nerds like us and care about the tech, it leaves the likes of me, a gal on a low income even by my country's standards (and since I live in Poland, exchange rates make it prohibitively expensive to buy internationally) but passionate about old electronics, with very limited access to vintage tech. I hoard whatever I get for free or can buy inexpensively on local secondhand markets, but buying cool things on eBay is no-go here. 14:47 nice calculator, I wonder what model it is. Pretty much alike my Soemtron 220, but I bet that being Western, it was built with ICs rather than discrete germanium DTL and ferrite core memory.

[@Sparky_D]

Sam loving playing with her Steimy knobs

[@dyscotopia]

I just wanted to let you know that, by accident, my mom stumbled across your live set with the blur cover and thought you were very talented, if rather frenetic energy 😂

[@funguy4290]

I liked the part where you launched the Christmas tree into the ceiling using a bungee cord and a skateboard. Keep up the great work.

[@EntropicEcho]

Was it a skateboard? I thought he used 6 bananas! Absolutely bonkers!

[@colinstu]

where was that?

[@Random_Routine_]

Great content, verry interesting. thanks for sharing.

[@kammingaelijah3672]

Sounds remind me of dewanatron melody gin. Very wild full range beast.

[@edda673]

In the mid-nineties I visited the electronic music studio of Amsterdam Conservatoire were they had (I hope still have!) a differt type of STEIM modular system. Maybe it would help to solve some mysteries Veerle! (or create more :-)

[@ipezmusic]

Now that's vintage! Nice video.

[@brettlemmings]

ultracool, never heard of this system 👍

[@j.g.b.2350]

Keep bringing em' bruh..... The modular and (evolution of) the mainstream scene depends on it.... I'm holding out for the day a modular act crushes the mainstream and cracks open the plastic it is made of. Making it happen in unison with artists owning their original recordings will rid the landscape of record company trolls..... I'm allowed to dream so shutup when you're talking to me.

[@sende_pause]

Veerle you f@&king legend!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@elmegil]

Kilpatrick format maybe took some inspiration here, he has enclosed modules that subregulate from a common bus.

[@pom5716]

Holy sh*t, I live in Arnhem. How could I have missed this

[@woosix7735]

the internal regulation inside the modules is probably a good idea, worth revisiting.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Doepfer do it too in their oscillators

[@AnalogDude_]

Nah, just a waste of heat and parts, you should only do that if you need precision references or voltages. If you power an inverting opamp setup from +/-12 volt and another such setup powered from +/-6V connected to the first, a normal 10V.p.p. signal would pass at same amplitude a properties as the first opamp powered with 12V accept less headroom. I use the Roland approach with 100R and a 10uF electrolytic capacitor as done in the TR-909, TR-606, etc and run the modules at a slightly lower potential as the PSU of the eurorack system, so the PSU has higher potential and frequencies, noise don't leak back.

[@AnalogDude_]

​@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER Doepfer does that to have a stable 10V witch is easier to divide, calculate RESISTORS with the 1 Volt octave standard.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

@@AnalogDude_ dieter actually said it was to stop oscillator tuning lock when i asked, so who knows! it was to 12v he mentionned. the 10v for the ref yeahh!

[@AnalogDude_]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER check the CV input chain of the A110 it's based on 10V, as the timing cap, it simplifies the calculation of resistors relative to 1Voct. the timing cap would charge faster using 12V giving you all sort of problems to solve with resistors. Dieter is German and they like precision, it's their nature. i stared few hours to this schematic, it's a really good VCO, temperature stable using the CA3046 configured as tempco.

[@FranciscoCosta-d6t]

Look Mum is the hacker in the Matrix

[@iwanskiwi]

Yeah Veerle!!

[@swaggerbauer]

Swarmatron at 4:05 !!

[@Dubmayer]

Please restock the KOSMO modules. LFO needed! 😥

[@reggiep75]

Wicked synf 🤟

[@studiotakt3865]

Veerle!!! ❤ ✌🏼

[@xnaut_g]

Is there a way to describe to the electronic music producers how important it is that CV be used responsibly and efficiently?

[@snowbeddow]

I think I have watched too many of your videos, made me laugh when you corrected yourself saying comporator 😄

[@Elektortek]

but this word! there's something with it I can't pronounce it either, comperrrator, comparaator , commmmperator aaaaaaaahgg!

[@roninheart_music]

Sounds like R2D2 had a bad day.

[@ChromosomeSyndicate]

Is this the same from the Kraakdoos?

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

same institute yes

[@franny231123DMT]

epic matrix

[@andreasnewitsch59]

Collaboration with Ren????

[@wideyxyz2271]

🤩💥💫❤

[@alexvdvelde]

She sounds Dutch is that right?

[@BiggusNickus]

Yep!

[@agent007asdfgh]

Hi

[@3D6Space]

I'm pretty sure that taking it apart and poking around is going to void the original warrantee. Just sayin'! lol

[@AnalogDude_]

Cool, you're where in the Netherlands, rather top notch country, not? There is none that can compare accept maybe Dubai, even the rich Belgium has roads full of pot holes everywhere.. check: bernacomp lockbox ring modulator, based on a gilbert cell, as before the chip is less than 1€ at the moment.

[@AATRAXX]

[@Frogdog0007]

All I hear is envelop generator and matrix

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

cool... :)

[@ShadeCandle]

Mysteries, not mystery's

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Mysterrers?

[@ches74]

​@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER Your stirrers?

[@sal-1337]

you can tell he's really in germany because the antifa stickers at 0:40 seconds lmao

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

it was the netherlands :O

[@slipknotboy555]

Well, technically, you can potentially see antifa stickers (in general) just about anywhere, heh, but yeah. It's always nice to see them.

[@PontiacS.]

Yuck!!!!

[@weapea]

Hey woman,are you single? 😅😊

[@Elektortek]

I used to be in a relationship before I married my soldering iron and syntheseizers 😅

[@WolfRhymesEntertainment]

Wow how to build synthesizers?! I don't know how to use them really yet just experimentation. I'm glad there are sources that teach how to build I see it far in my horizon but I love 80s and 90s so I see myself eventually mastering not just music theory and composition but also sound synthesis and now building them ! Awesome perfect! 👍😎🤖🦾🙏🎶🎹🎵🎹🎶✝️