MODULARHABIT 2026

As of 23 October · KST (UTC+9)

※ Evening live sets run for 30 minutes each, without breaks.

Watch live sets in the basement, browse the booths on 1F, then play instruments on 2F. On 3F, rest with live painting. One route connects all four floors.

1. 3F

   LIVE PAINTING · CAFE

   Live painting · Café

   Sat & Sun 12:00–14:00, 15:00–17:00

   Painter Yu Daeseon paints live with ambient music, with V/oct.

   Take a coffee break at the café next door.

   On Saturday, HATAKEN plays 12:00–13:00, NODENULL 13:00–14:00, DNS 15:00–15:30 and Léonard Steyaert 15:30–17:00. On Sunday, Song Jaesung plays 12:00–14:00 and 15:00–17:00.

   ※ The café and rest area are open during event hours.

   

2. 2F

   HANDS-ON & IMMERSIVE

   Hands-on · Workshop · Lucky draw

   12:00–18:00

   Play electronic instruments from sponsors and participating brands in the 2F hands-on zone. Twelve speakers above and around you (7.1.4 channels) spread sound throughout the room, so you can hear what you create right there.

   ※ The hands-on zone pauses during the workshop, demo and lucky draw: Saturday 14:00–16:00 and Sunday 14:00–16:00.

   

3. 1F

   BRANDS & LABELS

   Brand & label booths

   12:00–18:00

   Electronic instrument brands, modular and electronic instrument shops, and electronic music labels from Korea and abroad set up on 1F. Try the instruments, listen on headphones and buy on site.

   Label booths introduce their records and artists’ work.

   ※ The booth layout is an example. The final layout will be announced before the event.

   

4. B1

   LIVE

   Live

   Sat 12:00–14:00 · Sun 12:00–14:30 · 17:00–22:00

   Label live sets by artists from participating labels (Sat 12:00–14:00 · Sun 12:00–14:30), then live sets by Korean and international artists (17:00–22:00). All are modular and hardware live sets.

   ※ See the artist lineup in the timetable below.

   

※ Images are renderings of the planned venue and may differ from the actual event.

Sound from above and all around

Immersive sound reaches you from the sides, behind and above, as well as from the front. You can hear sounds move overhead or travel around the room.

7.1.4ch IMMERSIVE · 7 ear-level · 1 subwoofer · 4 overhead

Immersive sound system sponsor · GEARLOUNGE

GEARLOUNGE has brought music production equipment and pro audio products to Korea since 2005, including Ableton, Moog, Elektron and teenage engineering. Drawing on its experience building immersive audio systems in its own studio, it helps shape the sound of the hands-on zone. Hear immersive sound through IK Multimedia speakers and Austrian Audio headphones sponsored by GEARLOUNGE.

Buchla workshop with tamiX

Advance booking benefit

Fold the sound, not filter it

Where Moog filters sound, Buchla folds and twists waveforms. Join tamiX, director of Beijing’s Modular Commune, for a close look at how the Buchla 200e makes sound.

About Buchla

Created by Don Buchla in San Francisco in the early 1960s, this synthesizer uses touch plates instead of a keyboard. A complex oscillator folds waveforms to create harmonics, while a low-pass gate gives the sound a plucked quality. Often called “West Coast” synthesis, it contrasts with Moog’s approach of shaping sound with filters.

About tamiX

Based in Beijing, tamiX (Tang Nan, 汤楠) is an electronic music improviser and visual artist. A Buchla-supported artist, tamiX mainly performs with the Buchla 200e. tamiX is the director of Modular Commune, a Beijing modular event running since 2015, and has performed at Superbooth 2024 in Berlin and FoM Tokyo 2025. tamiX has led Buchla 200e workshops at SchneidersLaden in Berlin, in Tokyo and Osaka, and at Knobcon in the US. The album X New Year was released on Detroit Underground in 2022.

In the workshop

Explore how the Buchla 200e generates sound through tamiX’s explanations and performance.

Saturday 14 November, 14:00–15:00, on 2F.

Participation is free for the first 30 advance ticket holders in booking order. Promotion-discount tickets (MODULARHABIT 2026 promotion discount) and guests are excluded. Regular-price tickets and standard discounts, including student and military discounts, remain eligible.

※ This offer ends when all places are filled.

※ Cancelling your ticket also cancels your workshop place.

※ The workshop may be cancelled by the organiser.

Shakmat demo with Léonard Steyaert

Open to all

Drum Trinity: Inside the Design

Léonard Steyaert, firmware and DSP developer at Shakmat Modular, presents the design philosophy and inner workings of the Drum Trinity: three distinctive drum synthesizers, each with its own approach to electronic percussion.

About Shakmat

Shakmat is a module company in Brussels, Belgium. Founder François Gaspard and designer Steve Hackx have worked together from the start, with engineers, designers and musicians making modules as one team. Module names come from chess and myth; Battering Ram means a siege ram.

The three modules

From the Battering Ram, a straightforward, great-sounding bass drum developed in collaboration with Ableton’s Marc Résibois, to the analog-digital hybrid hi-hat Archer’s Rig and the versatile digital snare drum Lancer’s Lash, this workshop explores how these instruments were conceived and how they work under the hood.

In the workshop

Discover the unique features that make each module stand out, including extensive randomization possibilities, velocity-sensitive control, and built-in memory functions. Whether you’re interested in sound design, modular percussion, or the technical side of synthesizer development, this workshop offers an inside look at the ideas and engineering behind Shakmat’s approach to drum synthesis.

Sunday 15 November, 14:00–15:00 on 2F.

Open to all visitors.

The hands-on zone pauses during the demo.

Entry gift · First come, first served

An Obf blank panel for visitors

A 4HP blank panel that fits a Eurorack 1U case. Add a ring and it works as a key ring too.

Given to visitors on entry, first come, first served.

Format

Intellijel 1U · 4HP

Size

20.00 × 39.65mm

Material

Black PCB, white Obf logo

For

Visitors on entry, first come, first served

What is 1U · 4HP?

A standard for Eurorack module height and width. 1U is a small row about 40mm high, and 4HP is about 20mm wide.

※ The offer ends when all panels have been given out.

Provided by Sama Sound and Arturia, the draw for 2-day pass holders takes place in B1 right after the last set on both Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November. It is separate from the daily 15:00 lucky draw on 2F. Promotion-discount tickets (MODULARHABIT 2026 promotion discount) and guests are excluded. Regular-price tickets and standard discounts, including student and military discounts, remain eligible.

Only same-day 1-day passes are sold at the door.

The 2-day pass is advance only and saves KRW 10,000 compared with two 1-day passes (KRW 60,000).

Discounts

Primary school students

Free entry

Visitors with disabilities

Free entry

Please bring proof, such as a disability welfare card.

Middle & high school students

50% off

Please bring a youth ID or student ID.

University & graduate students

20% off

Please bring a student ID.

Military personnel

50% off

Please bring a military ID.

※ Advance sales at Melon Ticket close on Friday 13 November at 22:00 KST.

Please note

※ Please follow staff guidance when using instruments on display and in the hands-on zone.

※ The organiser may change the schedule or programme. Any changes will be announced.

※ Ticket cancellations and refunds follow Melon Ticket’s cancellation policy.

※ We recommend using public transport.

The entry number written on your wristband is your draw number.

The draw takes place daily at 15:00 on the second floor.

If you are not present when your number is called, another number will be drawn.

Gongwon Script Garosu-gil is a café and music space with a listening room where you can hear instruments clearly. The event uses B1 to 3F, with a capacity of approximately 200 people.

Gangnam-daeroDosan-daeroGarosu-gilSinsa Stn.12Sinsa Stn. Exit 83Gongwon Script Garosu-gilAbout 9 min walk · 670 mN100 m

Close-up of the arrivalGarosu-gilApple Garosu‑gilGongwon Script Garosu‑gil↑ From Sinsa Stn.N20 m

Walking directions

1. 1

   Leave Sinsa Station by Exit 8 and walk about 270 m along Dosan-daero.

2. 2

   Turn left at the start of Garosu-gil and walk about 400 m up the street.

3. 3

   About 25 m past Apple Garosu-gil, the venue is down the lane on your left.

Address

49-1 Garosu-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

Nearest station

Sinsa Station Exit 8 (Line 3, Shinbundang Line) · about 9 min walk, 670 m

Capacity

Approximately 200 people

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Venue Partner · Gongwon Script Garosu-gil

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2026. 11. 14–15 · Seoul

MODULARHABIT

Touch, listen and play across four floors

Electronic instrument brands, labels and artists from Korea and abroad meet audiences in Korea face to face. Play the instruments on display and explore performances, exhibitions, demos and hands-on sessions in one building.

After Modular Commune in Beijing and Festival of Modular in Tokyo, now in Seoul.

Organizer

Obf

A Seoul community for modular synthesizers and electronic music.

Since 2025 Obf has run SYNC live-set nights, PATCH live-set workshops and VOICE FROM FIELD open talks. It works to lower the threshold so anyone can make electronic music, and, drawing on its exchange with modular communities in Tokyo and Beijing, brings MODULARHABIT to Seoul.

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New or experienced

New to it?

Make your own sounds in the 2F hands-on zone, with guidance from staff.

Already playing?

Try electronic instruments on 1F, talk directly with brands and buy on site.

Making music?

Get a close look at how artists perform during the B1 live sets.

Families & students

Free for primary school students and visitors with disabilities. 50% off for middle and high school students and military personnel. 20% off for university and graduate students.

Visitors other than holders of promotion-discount tickets (MODULARHABIT 2026 promotion discount) and guests are automatically entered in the lucky draw with their entry number. Regular-price tickets and standard discounts, including student and military discounts, remain eligible.

Hosted by

Obf

Produced by

Obf · AFTERNODE

Contact

contact@obf.kr

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