[sdiy] First DIY synth

[Tim Escobedo]

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Have you considered the PAIA Fatman? Not too expensive way to DIY
synth. 

I've been kicking around in my head a minimal DIY synth, perhaps
something that'll realistically run off a 9V battery. Something that
would be simple for anyone to make. Something stand-alone that would be
capable of one or two cool sounds. The hardest thing is keeping it
simple. I find I always want to add "just one more thing". 

--- Passive Matrix <passive_matrix at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I wanted to build a bear bones system for more of a learning
> experience then
> anything else.  I planed to build the VCO and ADSR from simple
> circuts I
> found based around 555 timer chips and I was going to use CEM chips
> for any
> or all of the VCA,VCF and LFO (if I included one). I would use
> batterys in
> lue of a powersupply.  My father is an EE, but i am just a teen.  He
> agreed
> to help me build this project.  I am new to analog DIY but not to
> sound in
> general.  I have a prophecy and love making sounds. I decided to ask
> anyone
> if they had any advice for this project and if anyone had some spare
> CEMs
> they might want to sell to me ( I know where to get them, but a
> person to
> person would be more ideal in my situation).  I would build something
> like a
> fatman but, even though this is very simple I want it to be somewhat
> origional, if you know what i mean.  Thanks in advance.
>
>
>                             Henry

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