[sdiy] Anyone built a EFM SBM?

[Robert P. Donker]

Maybe the PAiA 9700?
http://www.paia.com/p9700s.htm

vitreousflux wrote:

> Hmm well, I'm not really a newbie to electronics and soldering. Also I have
> much experience using the PC softsynths, designing modular synths from the
> ground up - some of them very complex. This is where the DIY project comes
> in, as I would like to break into hardware now that I've "gone modular and
> can't go back"....
> 
> The Fatman was one I was considering but it really seems sonically limited
> for what I want. Viewing the ASM-1 and SBM PCB's, that should be ok (yet
> still a large project) for my soldering skills.
> 
> Ummm well the TB303 sound is not really of much interest/usefulness to me, I
> mostly use 1 and 2+ osc synths with a lot of slow, flowing filter modulation
> and such, customizing is the key. The main idea I have for adding a modular
> synth to my studio is the flexibility, control and integration with existing
> gear.
> 
> Probably the only thing I don't want to jump headlong into is etching my own
> PCB's. I have no problem adding small protoboards if I decide to mod or
> change the modular (again, provided I go the route of designing the panel
> myself)
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> Rob
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tomg at efm" <efm3 at mediaone.net>
> To: "vitreousflux" <vitreousflux at wwnet.net>; "Synth DIY Maillist"
> <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 8:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Anyone built a EFM SBM?
> 
> 
>> Hi Rob....How much of a newbe are you? The SBM is really not for absolute
>> beginners. If you know a little about how synths work, have soldering
>> experience
>> and can read schematics we will help on the EFM list.
>> 
>> http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/EFM_Synth
>> 
>> If you are a complete beginner. Hang out for a while and wait for the 303C
>> or"Blue Box". It's a TB sound alike that's so close you'll swear it's that
>> little silver thing. It is however not a TB clone at all......not even a
>> little bit...;-)
>> Well ok.. I did use the single pnp saw to square circuit ( it was
> 
> absolutely
> 
>> necessary to clone the sound) but that's it.
>> 
>> It has been designed especially for beginners. Everything except the
> 
> output
> 
>> jack, power switch, led, transformer and midi-in jack is mounted on one
> 
> 3X9
> 
>> pcb. The complete kit w/1r panel is expected to be about $80. It looks
> 
> like
> 
>> 4-6
>> weeks....If you can wait, if not may I suggest the PAiA Fatman as a good
>> place to  start. It's a fairly good synth that will teach you a lot about
>> what you
>> need to know for about $200. You can always sell it once you have moved on
>> to other things.
>> 
>> http://www.paia.com/fatman.htm
>> 
>> Tom
>> 
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I'm looking at building the EFM SBM (single board modular).
>>> 
>>> I would love to see if anyone has built the SBM with custom panels, kind
>> 
>> of
>> 
>>> like what some ASM-1 users have done.
>>> 
>>> Being that this will be my first DIY synth project aside from existing
>> 
>> synth
>> 
>>> mods, can anyone recommend whether the SBM is indeed a good project for
>>> starting out? (I am adept at soldering, decent at parts knowledge, have
>>> basic schematics comprehension). Or would I be better off with something
>>> like Fatman or ASM-1?
>>> 
>>> I was impressed with the variety of filters that EFM has (jeez it's like
>> 
>> he
>> 
>>> has it down to a science almost), maybe someone can shed light on how
>> 
> they
> 
>>> sound, compared to other DIY VCF's.
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> 
>>> Rob
>>> 

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