<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">I see that the Elektor Formant book is up there too. Also a good read:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://archive.org/details/elektor-formant-music-synthesiser/page/n1/mode/2up">https://archive.org/details/elektor-formant-music-synthesiser/page/n1/mode/2up</a></div><div><br></div><div>Ben<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 31 May 2025, at 18:00, Vesa Lahteenmaki via Synth-diy <synth-diy@synth-diy.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/electronic-music-circuits" id="LPlnk642649" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">https://archive.org/details/electronic-music-circuits</a></div><div class="_Entity _EType_OWALinkPreview _EId_OWALinkPreview _EReadonly_1" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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display: inline !important;"></span><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Lähettäjä:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org</a>> käyttäjän ShedSynth via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> puolesta<br><b>Lähetetty:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>lauantai 31. toukokuuta 2025 12.53<br><b>Vastaanottaja:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'david walker' <<a href="mailto:mort_win@yahoo.co.uk" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">mort_win@yahoo.co.uk</a>>; 'Mike Bryant' <<a href="mailto:mbryant@futurehorizons.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">mbryant@futurehorizons.com</a>><br><b>Kopio:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>><br><b>Aihe:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [sdiy] books on synthesisers</font><div> </div></div><div lang="EN-GB" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="x_WordSection1"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.worldradiohistory.com/ETI_Magazine.htm" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">https://www.worldradiohistory.com/ETI_Magazine.htm</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Elektor-USA.htm" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Elektor-USA.htm</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Practical_Wireless_Magazine.htm" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Practical_Wireless_Magazine.htm</a></span></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>david walker via Synth-diy<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>31 May 2025 02:40<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mike Bryant <<a href="mailto:mbryant@futurehorizons.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">mbryant@futurehorizons.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [sdiy] books on synthesisers</span></div></div></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">ok thanks for the info </span></div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div><div id="x_yahoo_quoted_8721705284"><div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">On Saturday 31 May 2025 at 02:21:37 BST, Mike Bryant <<a href="mailto:mbryant@futurehorizons.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">mbryant@futurehorizons.com</a>> wrote:</span></div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"> </span></p></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"> </span></p></div><div><div id="x_yiv9502422891"><div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Might be better to look for old magazines - Electronics Today (ETI), Elector and even Wireless World published designs. The parts used now are more integrated but the basic concepts of analogue synths are covered. </span></div></div><div id="x_yiv9502422891yqt99287"><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"> </span></p><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">On 31 May 2025 02:17, david walker via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:</span></div></div></div><div><div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">hello all does any one know of a good book or books on how to make your own synthesiser for beginners to intermediate skills i got sum bits a bobs made but be nice to have sum books on it any help will be a grate help thanks </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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