DIY Digital Synth

[Jim Patchell]

Glen wrote:

>
> I also want to say that I've been following your thread about a DIY
digital
> synth, and I find it very interesting. I hope you follow through with
your
> ideas, and create something really interesting. When you're finished,
do
> you intend to share the design with the other people on this list, and
let
> us build one also?
>

    Share?  Yes.  Although, I am not sure how to do that.  If I do
follow
through, this is going to involve at least 4 layer PC boards with
surface mount
components.  Not exactly DIY freindly.

>
> Final question: Is there such a thing as a "modular digital" synth?
I'm not
> referring to a virtual synth that mimics an analog modular synth. I
mean to
> actually have digital *hardware* that can be expanded in a modular
fashion.
> I think a digital synth that is also expandable and customizable
through
> hardware additions seems like a very interesting idea.
>

    Anything is posible.  Actually the best modular digital I know of is
the
Nord Modular.  Although, it is only modular because of "software".  A
digital
"hardware" synth would be much more of a challenge.  Patch cords would
be a
bitch :^)

>
> Later,
> Glen Berry

    -Jim