<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 7/26/2002 1:33:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, michael.schulze@oberlin.edu writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">> Alan Podjursky wrote:<BR>
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>> What are the cheapest synth circuits (in terms of construction costs) that<BR>
>> I could build, yet still get a halfway-decent sound from? (I have a local<BR>
>> copy of TomG's Cookbook, if that's any help.) Being a student with little<BR>
>> money majorly blows.<BR>
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The Tom Cat looks like a possibility for you, "initial estimates indicate that a complete kit with a professional panel should be available for well under $100 dollars. A PCboards w/pic could be as little as $25.00 dollars depending on the interest level".<BR>
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http://www.ele4music.com/tomcat.html<BR>
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