[sdiy] Synth DIY beginner

[Troy Gray]

Yeah the one's on paia just sounded like sounds I have on my cheap Casio keyboard. I'm looking for more like moogish bass. Something that will provide really raunchy bass lines but will be able to create some nice etheral synthesizer strings. Something that would be good for an Art rock setting that's more musical sounding. But I still think I'll get the Fatman.
Also I'm interested in making this thing modular. Would it be that difficult to convert?

--- Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net> wrote:
>banana_8_ape at herzeleid.net wrote:
>>I appreciate the info to get me started. I found a wealth of 
>>information. The Fatman seems just what I need to start, but I 
>>listened to the sound samples and it doesn't really sound that 
>>good. Were they just bad samples or is that what I'll have to 
>>expect from it?
>
>I'm not sure what you mean by "not that good".
> 
>I think it's difficult to use sound samples to show what a synth
>does.  If done well (i.e., no clipping or noise) they show what
>one set of settings does, but not the entire dynamic range of
>what the instrument will do.  
>
>If you're referring to the sounds on my site, they are some bass
>sounds that I converted to sound fonts and don't represent all
>of what the instrument does.  They also may not be the best 
>quality samples.  They are there for a "rough idea" of perhaps
>more "natural" sounds and not crunchy electronic sounds.  So
>these bass samples may be rather boring.  The main purpose of 
>those sounds was to replace the use of a U-110 rompler for bass.
>I don't use a lot of real "synthy electronic" bass sounds.
>
>If they are sounds on the PAiA site, I don't know because I've
>never heard them.  Perhaps you can tell me what sounds exactly
>you refer to, I can listen and then give a better opinion.
>
>What I can say is that the FatMan is capable of Moogish and ARPish
>sounds given a patch that looks like the FatMan.  Namely 2 VCOs
>mixed and sent to a VCF controlled largely by an A(S)R and then a 
>VCA controlled largely by an ADSR.
>
>There are many sounds, like the phasing between two closely tuned
>VCOs or filter sweeps, or a plethora of other things we play with
>that are probably not represented, possibly because these are
>"been there done that" sounds that may not be of general interest
>even though they sound very nice.
>
>Perhaps also I should have asked what it is you want to do with
>a synth.  If you are making noise-scape stuff, clicks and pops with
>random pitch bloops and bleeps and noise, the FatMan is a very poor 
>choice.  If, however, you do more melodic music, it will work quite 
>well.
>
>>--- Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net> wrote:
>>>banana_8_ape at herzeleid.net wrote:
>>>>I've been making guitar fx boxes for about 3 years and I'm 
>>>>wanting to get into synths. Does anyone have any good advice of 
>>>>where I could start.  
>>>
>>>PAiA FatMan (MIDI triggered analog synthesizer).
>>>
>>>For more info, go to: 
>>>
>>>http://home1.gte.net/res0658s/fatman/FatManProsAndCons.html
>>>
>>>and
>>>
>>>www.paia.com
>
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