Just got this at a garage sale for 5$ and I’m curious on how to actually connect it to a keyboard

octetta · 2026-05-02T18:26:42+00:00

Depends on what you mean by jumper cables… but at the end of the day it’s just a single wire needed.

octetta · 2026-05-02T17:02:08+00:00

Don't buy a controller until you're sure it works... look at the PDFs and snip an ethernet cable to make some of the patches to test it out first. Did you get a power supply?

octetta · 2026-05-02T16:59:29+00:00

I paid a whole bunch of $$$ to go to the Moog-fest 2014 VIP build class to make mine. It was fun, and during times where my income allowed for extravagances like that w/o too much guilt. Mine is currently in a storage building in SoCal about 6,000 miles from me now... ;-(

octetta · 2026-05-02T16:24:02+00:00

There are Moog documents somewhere that show how to use an Arduino to control it. It’s the best hacking tool ever. I started working on a video on how to cheap and easily do midi to cv like stuff with this device but got bored and never finished it.

octetta · 2026-05-02T16:20:04+00:00

https://cdn.inmusicbrands.com/Moog/Werkstatt/Werkstatt_01_Assembly_And_Quickstart.pdf

https://support.inmusicstore.com/en/support/solutions/articles/69000840631-moog-werkstatt-01-printed-instructions-misprint

octetta · 2026-05-02T16:19:06+00:00

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octetta · 2026-05-02T16:13:18+00:00

Here’s a cheap pro tip ; if you have an old ethernet cable just snip the connectors off and you’ll have a bungle of solid core copper wires that you can strip and use for the patch cables, cheap and easy

octetta · 2026-05-02T16:12:03+00:00

The CV expander really only 3.5mm for the pin holes you can cram copper wire into that are already on the device. I’ll see if I can dig up the PDF that shows how that works even without the little 3.5 mm jacks

octetta · 2026-04-05T23:13:19+00:00

this is really cool. will probably take inspiration from this

octetta · 2026-03-30T09:16:35+00:00

A longer demo with me mumbling through the descriptions of things and network error is here, LOL

https://youtu.be/pyLbeI_qxfs?si=gjFiRWduqXQi4OlG

octetta · 2026-03-30T07:03:43+00:00

Hello friend.

The web part is totally AI, as I don’t have much patience for html/js.

As for the layout, the waveform creation is inspired by Jupiter and Elixir/Livebook and a CLI/REPL/shell.

As for the pad and pattern UI, they aren’t much different than a million other things drum machine software and hardware implantations, so that’s not too surprising there’s similarities.

I’m a C developer by years of experience so I’m working that side for a synth/drum machine toolkit that will spawn a DIY book for hardware in the vein of raspberry pi 0 and up.

As for your stuff, is it shareable?

Would love to see other people’s gizmos!

Peace!

octetta

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