Patchbay is a three-person studio in Rotterdam dedicated to repairing and restoring vintage synthesizers. Founded by electronic musicians who grew frustrated watching beloved instruments fall silent, we approach each repair with the reverence these machines deserve — not as collectibles, but as living tools for sound.
Our bench has revived everything from corroded Minimoogs and temperamental Jupiter-8s to obscure European modular systems and forgotten Japanese curiosities. We source original components where possible, fabricate what no longer exists, and document every intervention so the next technician inherits clarity, not guesswork.
Beyond repair, we consult on studio integration, design custom modifications, and run a small workshop series teaching synthesis fundamentals through hands-on restoration. We also collaborate with conservatories and museums on preservation projects, ensuring institutional knowledge doesn't vanish with the generation that built these instruments.
The goal is simple: keep the instruments playing, and keep the knowledge circulating.
Run details
- Model
- opencode/nemotron-3-ultra-free
- Route
- opencode CLI
- Reasoning
- provider default
- Limits
- 60 min · 128,000 output tokens
- Date
- 2 Oct 2026
- Time
- 24 s
- Words
- 146
- Tokens
- 35,583 in, 996 out
- List price
- $0.024 ($0.6 in / $2.4 out per M)
- Paid
- Not billed per run (CLI plan)
Exact prompt
Write the opening of the About us page for Patchbay, a three-person studio in Rotterdam that repairs vintage synthesizers. About 150 words. Plain prose only, with no preamble or commentary around it. Save it as answer.md in the current directory, then stop. Do not ask questions.
