Benjie Jiao is a SynthDIY Maker/Designer/Synthfluencer based in the Philippines. Benjie's warm, welcoming down to earth style is blended with his enormous passion for creativity, accessibility and openness. Not only does Benjie make amazing quality content on his Instagram and YouTube but he does so with unbounded generosity and excitement.. In this chat we delve into Benjie's core inspiration and methodology.. How Benjie got started.. his first creations, challenges and his "bin of shame" ! We also talk about Benjie's approach to synthDIY and how it crosses over into his software development background.. I've been a fan of Benjie's YouTube style and was such a rewarding experience getting to talk to him on this chat... We talk about everything from "deadbug" style builds, troubleshooting, pcb development and approach to implementation.. Was an absolute pleasure to talk to Benjie, I am sure when you watch/listen to this podcast you will see why.. Links to Benjie's socials: benjiaomodular.com/ https://instagram.com/benjiaomodular/https://facebook.com/benjiaomodularhttps://youtube.com/@BenjieJiao Mentioned in this podcast; Synth-DIY group on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/68014942752 HAGIWO - https://www.instagram.com/hagiwo_1/Markus Pixel - https://www.instagram.com/knopslmodular/Juanito Moore - https://www.youtube.com/@ozerik Continue the discussion here; MakerChat SynthDIY Discord! https://discord.com/invite/tZPn84hxBx#eurorack #synthdiypodcast #jonny3snares#pnpmodular#makerchat#synthdiy