In this video, Ugandan Bamanya Brian (TheDIYer) discusses building a DIY in Africa, and demonstrates his personal system.

Here’s what he has to say about it:

A few months ago I dipped my feet into the world of modular synths. The entire African continent has only one shop selling Euro rack modules, which is really sad. Also, Eurorack modules are over priced, for someone in my context. My only option was to go the DIY route.

I looked up schematics and started modifying some circuits and building others from scratch. All parts in my modular were sourced locally. In a few months I have learnt so much about electronics and analog synths and I have built what is an almost decent modular synth.

I believe this is Africa’s first home made modular synth.

I hope this video inspires someone out there to build their own synth. Feel free to ask any questions and please share and subscribe.

via Briac