workshops

17 Dec, 14:00 – 19:00: Sound Machine Workshop - Polyphony Square Wave Oscillator by AA..LL
This workshop is for beginners! On the basis of a digital logic chip (40106) we create a beautiful noisy sound machine. In that chip we have 6 integrated circuits with always one input and one output, so with a few capacitors, resistors and potentiometers you can get up to 6 separate voices out of it. In this workshop we create 3 for polyphony! This chip produces square waves, in a second output we can have triangle waves as well. We can add a simple low pass filter and volume control.  

• Fee: 39 Euro (incl. Materials: all electronic parts, no box!)
• Participants should bring: 9V battery, solder gun, nippers, small amplifier
• Register, more info and questions: andrealange.al@gmx.de
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1746438492262310/
   

19 Dec, 17:00 – 22:00: Berlin Modular Session #4 The Random*Source Warmup

We will build Serge Modular for Eurorack from Random*Source. As usual we will provide the tools and the guidance. If you are a beginner, you will only want to build a DSG, or an SSG. If you have some experience you can build the other ones, but you will want to get there right at 5pm so we can finish up. If are confident in your soldering skills, then you can build the ResEQ. We look forward to solder with you!! All the components are hand sourced, and better parts are used than in the thonk kits.

More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1822723091319274

Berlin Modular is a community that aims to bring the modular synthesizer, the experience of building one, and it's luscious sounds to all people and aliens alike. They meet up with other enthusiasts to build modular synthesizers, have jam sessions, showcases, plan future events, share demonstrations and performances with. 

19 Dec, 19:00 – 22:00: Workshop Electro-acoustic sound art production for women by Vero Mota (Urban Arts)

In this workshop female participants will learn how to produce their own sound works, using their own recordings (recorded in the workshop), and further processing and presenting them using Ableton Live or free software (Audacity). The mentor will focus on Musique Concrète techniques mixed with electronic sound production. This electro-acoustic workshop uses Delia Derbyshire and John Cage’s works as intellectual and sonic reference points.

TECHNOLOGICAL NEEDS:
 Please bring a laptop with audacity and/or Ableton Live already installed. We provided the rest.

• Time: from 19:00 – 22:00
• Fee 30 Euro pro participant
• Limited to 10 participants
• Language: English/German
• More infos: veromota.urbanartsberlin@gmail.com

Vero Mota is a Mexican sound artist better known as Cubop and Espectra Negra in the creative scene of Berlin. She works as sound designer, performance art creator, fanzine writer and cultural curator. As sound artist Verónica Mota is producing sounds and composing experimental music focusing on surrealism, dream territories and human subconscious. Her sound compositions play an important role in film as in performance and live video/sound installations art works. As ritualistic noise producer Espectra Negra researches Shamanism, The Occult and Paganism. Since 2005 Verónica Mota does collaborative art works with different artists such as Kiril Bikov (Bulgaria), Jon Evans (Australia), Lady G (Romania), Annie Stubbs (UK), John Murphy (Australia), Miriam Wuttke (Germany), Giorgos Efthimiou (Greece), Miro Mastropasqua (Italy), Jamie Weiss (US), Julien Kafard (France), Chris Dreier (Germany), among others. Her career has being very prolific. Including her curatorial works since 2005.