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DIY SYNTHS FROM SCRATCH — 5-DAY INTENSIVE

“I gained enough knowledge of DIY synths to keep me busy building circuits for the next couple of months.” — Jamie, DIY Synth Workshop · Berlin School of Sound

“The workshop was amazing! I would love part 2.” — Rafaela W.H., DIY Synth Workshop · Berlin School of Sound

“She spent all six hours with us answering every question. Balanced perfectly from beginners to advanced.” — Alejandro, DIY Synth Workshop · Berlin School of Sound

 

5 evenings. Your own hands. Your own synthesizer.

Most people buy their instruments. You’ll build yours.

By the end of this week, you’ll have a functioning noise synthesizer that didn’t exist before you made it. CMOS logic circuits. Custom enclosure. Your own potentiometers, switches, audio jacks. Built by you, from scratch, in five evenings. It goes home with you on Day 5.

Led by Corazón de Robota — Chilean sound artist based in Berlin, Honorary Mention at Prix Ars Electronica 2020. She builds all her own instruments by hand, inside heart-shaped chocolate boxes. She’ll show you exactly how.

📅 Mon 6 – Fri 10 July 2026 · 17:00–21:00 · ACUD Kunsthaus, Berlin-Mitte

BY THE END OF THIS WEEK:

→ You’ll have built a real, functioning synthesizer with your own hands
→ You’ll understand how electronic circuits work — oscillators, logic gates, signal flow
→ You’ll have soldered, drilled, wired, and assembled a complete instrument
→ You’ll own something no one else has — because no two are exactly the same
→ You’ll play your synth at a public listening session on Day 5 at ACUD

This is not a kit. This is not a tutorial. This is you learning to build sound from electricity.

What Happens in 5 Evenings

Day 1 — Monday
Circuit theory basics. Reading diagrams. First breadboard prototype. You understand how electricity becomes sound.

Day 2 — Tuesday
Building the oscillator circuit. First sounds come out. You made that noise. It didn’t exist before tonight.

Day 3 — Wednesday
Soldering onto copper board. Your circuit becomes permanent. No more breadboard — this is real now.

Day 4 — Thursday
Custom enclosure: drilling, mounting potentiometers, switches, and audio jacks. Your synth gets its body.

Day 5 — Friday
Final assembly. Then — public group listening session at ACUD. All synths played together. Your instrument, your sound, your moment.

About Corazón de Robota

Constanza Piña Pardo is a Chilean sound artist and electronic musician based in Berlin. She builds all her instruments herself — exclusively DIY synthesizers housed in heart-shaped chocolate boxes. Honorary Mention at Prix Ars Electronica 2020. Her viral Instagram reel on DIY synthesis has reached over 62,000 views.

She doesn’t teach from a textbook. She teaches from her hands.

What’s Included

→ 20 hours hands-on instruction (5 evenings × 4 hours)
→ All electronic components and materials — provided by Matexy
→ Professional soldering equipment and tools
→ Your completed synthesizer to keep
→ Maximum 8 participants — extremely intimate group
→ Coffee, tea and workspace at ACUD Kunsthaus
→ Certificate of completion

Details

📅 Mon 6 – Fri 10 July 2026 · 17:00–21:00 daily
📍 ACUD Kunsthaus, Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin-Mitte
👥 Maximum 8 participants
🎓 No experience needed — complete beginners welcome
🧰 All materials provided, included in price

Who Is This For

You don’t need to know anything about electronics. You need to want to make something real with your hands. If you’ve ever looked at a synthesizer and thought “I want to understand how that works” — this is your week.

Musicians, artists, engineers, curious people. Anyone who wants to own an instrument they built themselves.

After this week, when someone asks about your synth — you’ll say: I made it.

FAQ

Do I need any electronics experience?
None at all. Complete beginners are welcome — and most participants have never soldered before. Corazón starts from zero and takes you all the way to a working instrument.

What exactly will I build?
A noise synthesizer based on CMOS logic circuits — oscillators, filters, and signal modifiers in a custom enclosure you design and build yourself. Every synth is slightly different because every person makes different choices.

What if I make a mistake?
That’s part of the process. Corazón is there every step of the way. Mistakes get fixed. That’s how you learn.

Refund policy?
No refunds. If you can’t attend, your payment applies to any future BSoS workshop or course. Spots are transferable at any time.

Questions? Write to contact@berlinschoolofsound.com — we reply within 24 hours.