[sdiy] WP-20 Mini Synth

[Grant Richter]

Hi Ray,

You certainly have a prolific imagination. The VCA on the MS-20 design is
the smallest parts count I have seen. Thank you for posting these many
designs, there are a lot of good ideas there, and the designs are right up
to date with 13700s for OTAs.

It's very public spirited to post such a generous amount of useful
information.

Best Regards,

Grant Richter

From: "Ray Wilson" <rayw at csd.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 20:40:04 -0600
To: "Nick Prionas" <nickprionas at hotmail.com>, <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] WP-20 Mini Synth


Hi Nick
 
The WP20 is not what I would consider a synth but it is more of a sound
generator. Its a very old design and I'm betting you will find far better
ones. I whipped it up (I can hardly say designed) when I was very
inexperienced in electronics 22 years ago. As a project it will provide:
parts gathering, PC board making, soldering, and construction experience and
you can make some half decently cool sounds with it but... The circuit
designs are all very rudimentary and if I do say so myself quite low
quality. My suggestion... keep looking and you will find a better design or
even a kit. The WP20 link is more for historical information than anything.
 
I am designing a new sound generator that I will recommend to beginners as
soon as it is completed its here:
 
http://atlas.csd.net/~rjwsoft/soundlab.html
 
Again the circuits aren't temp compensated or drift free but they are better
than in the WP20. It will provide a newbie with a very fun device for making
cool sounds and getting a better understanding of how electronic sound
generation works.
 
Hope this helps.
 
Ray
 


----- Original Message -----
From: Nick Prionas <mailto:nickprionas at hotmail.com>
To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 6:39 PM
Subject: [sdiy] WP-20 Mini Synth

Has anyone made this simple synth?It is my first DIY synthy and i wanted to
know how this is compared to other modular synthesizers.By the way does
anybody know how to add a jack to plug my guitar?
http://atlas.csd.net/~rjwsoft/WP20/WP20_PG1.html
 
Nick Prionas
Greece



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