Modulogue ADE Masterclass

Date: Thursday, October 23rd, 2025
Location: Volta, Houtmankade 336, 1013 RR Amsterdam
Times: 12:00 – 19:00

+ €1,- service fees

4 Expert Masterclasses

Learn from the best, and level up your modular skills.

Broaden your network

Meet your fellow noodlers and lay ground for new collaborations.

Club Night
(Optional)

All artists will be performing live in the evening.

Mastering Modular

Are you a sound designer, musician or songwriter that wants to create fresh and inspiring modular music? Maybe even perform live? Then this masterclass is for you.

 

Modular synthesizers are incredibly versatile instruments. In this masterclass you’ll dive deep into the creative process, workflow, and mindset of 4 modular artists.

 

Learn to know their approach to modular synthesis, their songwriting process, how they record, perform, and collaborate. See what motivates each artist to work with modular, their struggles, secrets and advice to fellow modular artists like you.

Making modular accessible

Eurorack has only been around since 1996, that’s still pretty new for a musical instrument. While it’s slowly getting popularity, mastering modular synthesis seems like a dark art.

 

If you’ve invested a lot of money into a modular setup you want to make sure you know how to use it. To turn these ideas you have in your head into actual patches. Not just bleeps, bloops and fart sounds. Not that there’s something wrong with fart sounds from time to time, but how cool would it be if you can turn your modular patches into actual, structured tracks that sound amazing!

 

At Modulogue we aim to connect artists with people like you, that want to level up their skills, to finally tame this giant spaghetti monster. Collaboration is key in this industry. We support each other. By sharing knowledge, opening up our stage for up-and-coming artists, and collaborating with industry professionals.

 

After this masterclass you’ll go home inspired, motivated to finish those ideas you’ve been working on forever. You’ll have clear goals and guidelines to experiment and collaborate with your machine, turning your noodles into finished compositions with zero to no effort.

MASTERCLASSES

In this masterclass you’ll gain valuable insights into modular synthesizers from different artists active in the electronic music scene. Each workshop will take up to 60 minutes with small breaks in between. All artists are approachable and ready to answer your questions.

Creative Sound Design

Klankspoor

Quiten de Jongh a.k.a. Klankspoor is a true modular mastermind. He brings a massive case combined with an overwhelming amount of enthusiasm. Learn all about his journey as touring session drummer and his switch to modular.

You’ll learn everything about improvisation, what to prepare and what not to prepare, his setup and approach to modular rhythms.

Improvisation & Live Jamming

Modulogue Collective

Hosted by the Modulogue crew itself, Tripodal (Melvin Rijlaarsdam), Kyoshi Kraag and Ola Moonk (Peter de Haan) will tell you everything about their innovative live setup. The struggles they’ve overcome on a technical and creative level. Communicating live and creating buildups and drops. Making sure everything is running smoothly and having a backup plan if things go south. Using analog mixers like musical instruments and hooking everything up efficiently without it being overwhelming.

SURCO Live Modulogue ADE 2025

Creative Sound Design

Surco

The master class led by SURCO will focus on how he designs a live hardware setup focused on improvised live performances. It will detail his equipment preparation for performing fully improvised live sets written live in the moment. The class will dive into selecting the right gear for performance, creating a signature sound, connections and control, signal processing, and live improvisational performance techniques.

Composition & Live Performance

Julia Bondar

Julia Bondar is a dark soul, a poet of sound, and a master of drama. As a music producer and co-founder of Endorphin.es, she has embraced Eurorack as her creative medium, translating her unique vision and emotions into music that is both mysterious and unconventional.

 

In this rare masterclass, Julia shares her perspective, knowledge, and experience in music creation, aesthetics, and live performance—playing purely DAWLESS, machine-based, Designed to be accessible for beginners yet rich in insights, the masterclass avoids overwhelming technicalities while remaining deeply informative and artistically inspiring.

 

What You’ll Learn:

  • Essential Eurorack building blocks for composing, recording, and performing music on stage.
  • How to structure a complete track within an all-Eurorack setup and treat your rack as a portable studio.
  • External gear beyond Eurorack that can enhance your compositions and help achieve a more defined sound.
  • Live mastering techniques for the stage.
  • The advantages of modular synthesis for live musicians.
  • Considerations when recording multitrack from modular gear in the studio.
  • How to believe in yourself—even when the whole world seems against you.

Upcoming Events

Join us for a Modular Techno night during ADE and prepare your senses for ground shaking rhythms, unearthly textures and dark and twisting melodies.