Mike!?!?! I thought u were Rod?! Next thing, we discover you're not actually a spooky looking ghost. Maybe the internet really did make me stupid. Great job on the vid and tunes. Thanks for sharing.
Hi, thanks for putting out this DIY! I plan on building an Expert Sleepers Midi breakout as a first module and then trying to tackle this and a Noise Plethora...Needless to say I'm pretty nervous as I've never soldered before. You're video had great tips and I'll follow it through each step of the build. As a more experienced builder. Can you give me any tips or should I probably do several more builds before trying this one as a second build?
Also do you have any tools you'd recommend? I bought a soldering iron but i don't know which solder to buy or what other tools might be helpful other than a multi meter, tweezer, pliers and some wire clippers.
Noise Plethora is the most difficult Befaco build I've done. (Mutable Rings was harder). Watch my video on building the Noise Plethora, I ended up having to hack the Cutoff1 potentiometer because I messed up the pogo pins underneath it. I'd say put off Noise Plethora until you've done enough kits that you know you feel comfortable. For Befaco stuff, kits like Kickall, Dual Atenuverter, Out, STMix and VC ADSR are pretty easy. Also, check out Zlob Modular stuff, especially Diode Chaos, which you can get off Amazon for ~$55. Amazon also has Gikfun practice soldering kits, maybe look into one of those, as they're usually less than $10. Practice before attempting a Noise Plethora, maybe consider doing an Ornament & Crime kit so you have some experience dealing with Teensy and Pogo Pin stuff.
@@TheMachinesWon Don't use a soldering iron, use a work station, something that you can control the temperature. I use the Hakko FX888D which a lot of DIY'ers love, but is over $100. There's a Weller one for about half that, but you need to be able to control the temperature and have it at 350 degrees C, and irons are often unreliable. If you're using an iron and it feels like you're constantly fighting, chances are the temperature isn't right. Aside from that, a multimeter is good for continuity checks (something I forgot to do with the Percall, but I demonstrate in the Noise Plethora video), you will need wire cutters to clip the legs of resistors, diodes, and the like. When looking for tweezers, you want something that's NOT magnetic, and needle noise pliers always come in handy. You'll probably also want a desoldering pump (aka "solder sucker") and/or desoldering braid in case you make mistakes. I highly recommend watching other DIY eurorack build videos too. Molten Music Technology has a bunch, that's what got me started. Also check out Skinpop, Synth DIY Guy, and Domestic Music Scene.
Oh, and if you do use a soldering iron, 25W is not good enough. I built a Paia 9700s back in 2007 using a 25W Weller soldering iron and... yeah, do not recommend. If you go the iron route, I believe the minimum wattage you want is 40W, but definitely search for more info on that.
@@mtodead thanks for the additional tips, I’ve watched Robins videos at MM. will def look into getting the right set up as you detailed for the best case scenario. That being said is the percall a tall order as a second build you think? I’m def gonna hold off on noise plethora per your suggestion. I saw both u and robin mention issues with the build at points which doesn’t sound fun lol.
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Mike!?!?! I thought u were Rod?! Next thing, we discover you're not actually a spooky looking ghost. Maybe the internet really did make me stupid. Great job on the vid and tunes. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Hi, thanks for putting out this DIY! I plan on building an Expert Sleepers Midi breakout as a first module and then trying to tackle this and a Noise Plethora...Needless to say I'm pretty nervous as I've never soldered before. You're video had great tips and I'll follow it through each step of the build. As a more experienced builder. Can you give me any tips or should I probably do several more builds before trying this one as a second build?
Also do you have any tools you'd recommend? I bought a soldering iron but i don't know which solder to buy or what other tools might be helpful other than a multi meter, tweezer, pliers and some wire clippers.
Noise Plethora is the most difficult Befaco build I've done. (Mutable Rings was harder). Watch my video on building the Noise Plethora, I ended up having to hack the Cutoff1 potentiometer because I messed up the pogo pins underneath it. I'd say put off Noise Plethora until you've done enough kits that you know you feel comfortable. For Befaco stuff, kits like Kickall, Dual Atenuverter, Out, STMix and VC ADSR are pretty easy. Also, check out Zlob Modular stuff, especially Diode Chaos, which you can get off Amazon for ~$55. Amazon also has Gikfun practice soldering kits, maybe look into one of those, as they're usually less than $10. Practice before attempting a Noise Plethora, maybe consider doing an Ornament & Crime kit so you have some experience dealing with Teensy and Pogo Pin stuff.
@@TheMachinesWon Don't use a soldering iron, use a work station, something that you can control the temperature. I use the Hakko FX888D which a lot of DIY'ers love, but is over $100. There's a Weller one for about half that, but you need to be able to control the temperature and have it at 350 degrees C, and irons are often unreliable. If you're using an iron and it feels like you're constantly fighting, chances are the temperature isn't right. Aside from that, a multimeter is good for continuity checks (something I forgot to do with the Percall, but I demonstrate in the Noise Plethora video), you will need wire cutters to clip the legs of resistors, diodes, and the like. When looking for tweezers, you want something that's NOT magnetic, and needle noise pliers always come in handy. You'll probably also want a desoldering pump (aka "solder sucker") and/or desoldering braid in case you make mistakes.
I highly recommend watching other DIY eurorack build videos too. Molten Music Technology has a bunch, that's what got me started. Also check out Skinpop, Synth DIY Guy, and Domestic Music Scene.
Oh, and if you do use a soldering iron, 25W is not good enough. I built a Paia 9700s back in 2007 using a 25W Weller soldering iron and... yeah, do not recommend. If you go the iron route, I believe the minimum wattage you want is 40W, but definitely search for more info on that.
@@mtodead thanks for the additional tips, I’ve watched Robins videos at MM. will def look into getting the right set up as you detailed for the best case scenario. That being said is the percall a tall order as a second build you think? I’m def gonna hold off on noise plethora per your suggestion. I saw both u and robin mention issues with the build at points which doesn’t sound fun lol.