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For Grenar, a throughhole version of the MI Branches

I bought the PCBs and LED switches only as I already had a good stock of the other components (had to order in some "B" STMs from ali was all). I speed watched the very excellent build video and then proceeded to put it together, only thing I did slightly different was to leave the outer edge STM female till last so it was easier to solder the panel components. The boards were well made and easy to understand and follow. Now I've got a super unobtainable Peaks for a fraction of the price and to my ears it sounds just as good. Well done Kristian for keeping the prices affordable and the kits available with the option to just buy PCBs only, it's a lesson that I wish a few more sellers would learn!

Eelco | Oct. 17, 2024

Excellent clone, even fits a Grayscale panel

Not too many components, just the order in which you solder things needs some thought, especially with a shrouded power header. Anyway, all doable!
One question: in the original design there are no 100k trimpots, just 100k resistors. What can be tweaked with these trimpots, and how? To get the original, one can just trim them all the way to 100k, but there must have been an idea behind adding these trimpots?

EDIT: the answer is in the video: these were inserted in order to not have to change the code ... setting the trimpots is not obvious but a matter of trial-and-error, I guess.

Response from Sourcery Studios | Oct. 18, 2024

I rely quite heavily on people to "build it with me" with the video as a companion, so most tips and tricks are there. However this kit needed a small extra note because of the power header being in the way. This little note lies in the component bag. And I realize when writing this that when someone just buys the PCB and Panel I need to add this note to that aswell. Noted. :)
So the trimpots are there because using the not so exact regulator on the arduino nano clones sometimes skews the probability... So using the trimpots you can hone in so that when totally to one of the sides no gates are coming on the other channel. And as you say in your edit, its trial-and-error method that works best I guess. Shown in the video. I will add some note about this.
Thanks for the honest review :)

Bruce | Oct. 8, 2024

Fantastic Price and Fast Shipping!

Apologies for such a late review.... I honestly don't know how the PCBs are so cheap and shipping is so reasonable. Thanks for putting this up for sale! Lots of support and plenty of documentation. ALMOST have my Braids finished!

Martin | Oct. 3, 2024

too dense build

For Grenar, a throughhole version of the MI Branches

The PCB is not labeled with values, component numbers are randomly oriented making it hard to find places.
PCB is populated too densely: jacks are mounted on top of components on the other side with minimal space between the metal parts of the jack and the component on the other side. And it is too dense to measure for short cirucuits - or to find and correct mistakes.
-> I cannot recommend this kit.
Kit was complete, PCB quality was good.

Martin | Oct. 3, 2024

Straightforward build...

...just needs some thinking in which order to solder jacks and sockets. Good PCB quality, nice look.

Mark | Oct. 2, 2024

Great board for prototyping.

For Proto (P-0+o) - Prototyping board

I do a lot of prototyping and even build my own systems but the layout of this board is really ideal for eurorack foo. Thanks!

Neil | July 23, 2024

Great Buy. I got my first Braids.

For Grenar, a throughhole version of the MI Branches

Need to just order the parts my next buy. Looking forward to the build love the THT components. It will be my first digital oscillator. Gotta get into programming.

Jonas | July 11, 2024

Great module! Highly recommended!

Very fast shipping and a easy pleasant build. I freestyle'd most of the build with the exception of the parts that needed to go in a particular order. Watched some snippets from the build video to double check some things. I wish there were build videos for the modules I built when I started out, it's truly a luxury. The silkscreen is very clear so there is not much one can mess up.

I was a bit intimidated at first by flashing the Arduino with the hex file from linux but I pretty much copied and executed the avrdude line used by the Arduino IDE and it worked like a charm.

I've only verified that it works so far but I immediately got some sick beats out of it when playing around with it for only a couple of minutes.

Highly recommended in every regard! Looking forward to getting GRIS next. :)

PS thank you so much for the extra gift.

Enrico | April 24, 2024

Very good

For MU ltiple - A simple passive multiple for modular

Good product, very simple to put together and solder and very useful on my modular setup, thank you very much

David | Feb. 15, 2024

Great trough hole version, straightforward build.

Great trough hole version, straightforward build. Kit had no missing parts. Works as it should. And if you unsure about anything he has a build video explaining everything. Thanks!

David | Feb. 15, 2024

Exactly what the name suggests. :)

Easy first build, great price, working great. Thanks!
Easy first build, great price, working great. Thanks!

Jonas | Feb. 1, 2024

All 5 stars!

Ordered a couple of products and this is the first one I finished. Came in just a couple of days!

Communication has been great and the youtube tutorials are extremely informative and easy to follow. Easy to build even though its been a year since my previous build.

Highly recommend and I hope Sourcery Studios will release more fun DYI's to play with!

Anthony | Jan. 30, 2024

A Total Joy!

This is the second order. First GRIS I messed up. ( amateur error) I did not read the documentation before I started. ( I was just excited to solder) Anyway, I needed to order another PCB but didn't not need the face plate. (Let Kristian know) Kristian was awesome! Was super helpful and sent me the PCB and some extras. MI stuff is beautiful and I thank Kristian for figuring out through hole builds for people like me, just starting out and learning.

Cuneyt | Jan. 26, 2024

Great Alternative

For Grenar, a throughhole version of the MI Branches

Great DIY project and nice alternative to the clones. Took me about an hour and a half to put it together.

Tyler | Dec. 28, 2023

Fun build and a fantastic product with great documentation!

Received product in the US(California) from Sweden 10 days after ordering which was great. Built the module in about 2 hours and was a pretty straight forward build. Beautifully laid out board with only one PCB for control and mainboard. It gets a little tight in some places but should be ok for anyone that is comfortable soldering. Firmware was easy to load and works wonderfully! I have some multifunction modules (o_C and Europi) that I usually use for Bernoulli gates and this dedicated module will allow me to free those up for other uses.

Benjamin | Nov. 27, 2023

Brilliant module

The STM32F103CBT6 is currently hard to find. There's a person on eBay selling STM32F103C8T6 (notice the last 8 instead of B) that have been replaced with 128kb variant STM32 SOIC, effectively turning it into the STM32F103CBT6 that's needed for this project. I went for this option and it worked out very well but you could also do it yourself and save quite a bit of money. Other than that the module was pretty easy to assemble. I'm not a fan of the 0204 through-hole resistor package (0207 is more common) which I didn't have at hand. I forced regular 0207 resistors in, which worked fine. And about Braids... well... it's almost like a cheat code. This thing is incredibly powerful and fun the play with. Recommended!

Steffen | Nov. 11, 2023

Amazing

Super fast shipping, very kind seller, great quality and easy to assemble, thanks to the YouTube Videos he made !

Cory | Aug. 16, 2023

An excellent little mixer. Easy to build and easy to use!

This kit is easy to build, and the mixer is great. Would recommend! I bought two at once, and one kit arrived without the stereo jacks it needs, but Kristian was quick to respond and put the jacks in the mail asap!

Jasper | Aug. 14, 2023

Thank you Kristian

Early this year I was thinking about generating drum patterns, so I googled about it and then I found about `GRIDS` and this made convince to start playing with music creation again and dive into the Eurorack rabbit holde.

Emilie already stopped with Mutable Instruments by then so buying a new original one was out of scope. I could have bought a clone and played with software only derivatives, then I came here, solder through GRIS made with so much passion.

So finally I will built 2 myself, thank you Kristian!!

Shipment took less then a week to the Netherlands, thanks!!!

Paris | Aug. 13, 2023

the asmr is great especially with the amex expander

The Asmr build was really easy and the Amex was easy to build as well both work great together. and are welcome in the eurorack I am building

Rutger | May 12, 2023

Excellent!

For +/-12V and 5V Powersupply for Eurorack

Great little mixer. Parts are good, design is good and the options for modifying the output are very handy. This was shipped very quickly, good packaging. All in all a great module!

Paris | May 3, 2023

absolutely perfect

I was building a station for calibrating my builds I did not want to over tax the power supplies for my euro-racks and needed a small but robust PS, the price , speed in shipping, and simplicity made this unit perfect, 1/2 hr build and I was able to mod the build to my specific needs , too cool, thank you very much, I will be in touch for more kits! I did give you 10 stars across the board

Maxine | April 18, 2023

very functional , easy build

For POW - Modular Power Panel

Thank you , the kit arrived safe and sound and was built in about 1/2 hour, tested and functional , it is to be used in a testing station I built for calibrating other builds like VCA's, cant wait for the power supply to arrive

Bert | April 6, 2023

Very nice trough hole clone of MI grids!

For +/-12V Powersupply for Eurorack or DIY synths

Love the pig! Love the support and direct contact with the creator, Kristian on his discord! Love the simplicity of the build! Love the solution to the chip-ocalypse (little daughter boards for the chips that were only available as SMD).

Thanks, Kristian!

Sebastian | March 31, 2023

Nice little PSU with an issue

I bought two of those PSUs almost 3 years ago and I finally build one up for a small eurorack case. It is a nice PCB with a small footprint. But the first time I powered some of my modules with it I realized something is strange. There was a weird (cross) modulation type of effect on the output signals of the VCOs. I had another look at the board and remembered why I was a bit sceptical about the design and especially with the values of the 470uf filtering caps. My gut told me that this value is way too low. And yes, the value is too low to completly filter out the 50hz/60hz oscillation of the AC input and to prevent crosstalk between the modules. This causes all kind of weird frequency modulation in the system and becomes very much noticeable with VCOs. Luckily there is an easy fix for that issue. I soldered a pair of 3300uf caps in parallel with the 470uf caps and the problem was solved. No more weird fluttering and unstable sounds. Another thing to be aware of is the fact that there is no mounting hole on the pcb which can be a bit of an annoyance.

Dennis | March 30, 2023

good lil kit, easy build for the mildly experienced

For MU ltiple - A simple passive multiple for modular

Module works great.

Packaging was minimal, which is awesome, also got from Sweden to Alaska in a hurry

Thank you for your work on this

Doug | March 27, 2023

Very nice and narrow card.

I love it. I replaced my 6 HP card that did the same thing with this card. It works great. I also upgraded to "better" quality Thonk connectors when I built it. It was confusing for about 10 seconds until I realized that the ground holes are shared between adjacent connectors - neat idea - I may need to do that myself to get connectors closer.

Olha | March 6, 2023

Good module for the great price

This a very friendly and pretty easy to build kit. The only trouble I had was with the led buttons. Don't be like me, check the video instructions to understand how to place them correctly :)

The module works and sounds really well (omg, those drums are massive)

Ionut | Jan. 21, 2023

awesome kit, awesome shop, 10/10 will buy again

For MU ltiple - A simple passive multiple for modular

OMG so Kristian is so cool, he labeled all resistors and caps so it was very easy to put it all together, also the pcbs are very well spaced and everything is clearly marked AND bonus you also have a building video to check anytime you feel lost. One of the best kit building experiences ever! And Kristian is one of my favorite DIYers and video content producers.

Jos | Jan. 11, 2023

Great product, delivered in 4 days.

The product seems to be very simple in nature, but is a must have for everyone who is building a eurorack which spans a few layers of hp.

Ken | Jan. 6, 2023

Great!

For +/-12V and 5V Powersupply for Eurorack

Quick shipping, easy build and very responsive. I would and probably will order again from this store.

Tommy | Dec. 6, 2022

Excellent product at a really good price

This PCB kit is a great starting point for building your own MI Braids. You will have to source the components yourself but that is easy since it is standard components that are easy to get hold of. The frontpanel looks great!

Jaime | Nov. 4, 2022

I got one!