[sdiy] Inexpensive synth kit for bass use?

[harrybissell]

If your friend has the chops to build something beyond the beginner level...
the EFM "Bassace" might be good... its a single oscillator monosynth with
a ladder filter.  Google search for "Electronics for Music" and you will find
the
site.

This has a midi to cv converter... I'd bypass that and add a keyboard (CV)
interface instead. EFM has one of those also

H^) harry

Glen wrote:

> I talked to a fellow today that wanted to hook up a small pedal board
> (taken from a broken old organ), and use them as a stand-alone bass pedal
> type instrument. There are many ways to do something like this, including
> cannibalizing some of the old organ bass circuitry, but that might not be
> feasible in his case.
>
> If a person wanted to build an inexpensive synth and connect it to a small
> bass pedalboard, what sort of kit or pre-built module would *you* advise?
> I'm thinking of something fairly simple, and something that will be
> primarily used to play bass notes. However, being able to play other types
> of sounds would probably interest this person as well.
>
> So what's a good simple synth to build or use for this purpose? He plans to
> play the instrument in church, so it doesn't need to be the latest word in
> extreme techno sound and effects. It doesn't have to be too exotic, and it
> doesn't have to do a perfect imitation of any acoustic instrument. It just
> needs to have a pleasing character, especially  when used for bass, and not
> be too expensive.
>
> thanks,
> Glen Berry