[sdiy] About Paia Fatman

[Scott Gravenhorst]

I've built two of them as kits, and there are many others
who have built the kits as well.  I have studied these 
schematics quite extensively and have found no errors 
nor have I heard of anyone else discovering errors.

It's going to be a big project I think and for the amount
of work you will put into it, I would suggest a modular 
design, such as the ASM-1.  Many here can help with 
getting the ASM-1 running properly.  I believe that the
ASM-1 is only the analog synth part and has no integrated
MIDI->CV converter, however, there are schematics and
code available for those.  People here have made those
with various microcontrollers.

I would be more inclined to suggest the FatMan as a first
synth to be built as a kit from PAiA, perhaps with a 
custom front panel.  Much can still be learned from doing
this and from adding modifications.

See:
http://home1.gte.net/res0658s/fatman/FatManProsAndCons.html

and

http://home1.gte.net/res0658s/FatMan/index.htm


"Kutsal Kaan Bilgin" <kaanb at ug.bilkent.edu.tr> wrote:
>Hi everyone!
>I am a new one in this list, also in the synth-developer 
>community:) I am studying computer science and I have been 
>playing music (elc.guitar&piano) for many years but analog synths 
>attracted my attention just 4-5 months ago. I want to start with 
>a synth project and some resources say that the Paia Fatman is a 
>good project for starters. But instead of ordering the whole 
>pieces and assembling them, I want to build iyt whole myself, 
>just using the schematic and the part list given at the Paia web 
>Page. I am currently drawing the scematic in Protel99, then I 
>will go into the PCB. I wonder if there's any problem with this 
>schematic or if there is a way to check it. I've worked on 
>digital and some analog electronic during a summer traineeship 
>but my information is not enough to understand if a synth 
>schematic is complete or not. Anyway, I'd be glad if someone 
>could enlighten me about this subject. Take Care Kutsal K. Bilgin 
>

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