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<p>As you can imagine, building my first polysynth was a LOT of work
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<p>Cheers!</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2026-08-07 10:55 a.m., Jacob Watters
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<div>For my first synth, I literally just stuck an old EQ front
panel into it and reused all the pots in my own circuits. It's
not pretty, but it got the job done.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Roman Sowa via Synth-diy <<a
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first DIY modules had marking printed on paper, sprayed with <br>
transparent acrylic paint and glued to (mostly) aluminium
panels.<br>
Still looks good today, reaching about 25 years.<br>
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<a href="http://sowa.synth.net/modular/index.html"
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And my polysynth made a decade earlier didn't have any
markings at all! <br>
Just beautfull color spray painted all over the steel plate
panel. It <br>
didn't actually need any marking, because all controll was
done by <br>
up/down & left/right arrows with 1x40 LCD. Kind of like
the synth vibe <br>
was in early 90's<br>
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Roman<br>
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W dniu 2026-08-06 o 22:33, Oren Leavitt via Synth-diy pisze:<br>
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> On 8/6/26 11:47 AM, Mike Bryant wrote:<br>
>> Actually comparing a lot of modern DIY stuff with
1960s/70s electronics,<br>
>> I think I know which looks a lot more 'homemade' 😄<br>
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> When I built my first modular synth, I made front panels
from sheets of<br>
> Masonite. I spray painted them white, applied labeling,
dial ticks, and<br>
> other art with a fine ink pen with the aid of rulers or
stencils.<br>
> Applied a top coat of Krylon to seal it all in. Came out
pretty nice.<br>
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> One of several pictures of it on my Flickr:<br>
> <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2stGyzF" rel="noreferrer"
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>> *Subject:* Re: [sdiy] Great DIY polysynths<br>
>> On Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:20:09 +0000<br>
>> "Chromatest J. Pantsmaker via Synth-diy" <<a
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>>> Your complaint is that the labels are on printed
material instead of<br>
>>> silk screen? Really?<br>
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>> "This DIY synthesizer being discussed on the
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>> looks distinctly DIY, what's up with that!?"<br>
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