[sdiy] Beginners project questions

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Hi Mikeal,

Welcome to our esteemed list.  We sincerely hope that you enjoy your exposure
to our "insanity" (c:

Check out the PAiA FatMan kit.  It's a MIDI triggered analog monosynth.  It's
very modifiable, can even be converted to a modular.

Please see my website:
http://home1.gte.net/res0658s/FatMan/

for some interesting details.  There is a "Pros and Cons" page that will answer
most of your initial questions.  I have posted all of my own mods as well as
those of several others there.  It's a great beginner's project in that you
will have a complete usable synth at the end (most people complete it in less
than 20 hours, I built 2 of them, each in about 12 hours), it's very affordable
(see http://www.paia.com/ for details), has a good "how it works" section in
the manual, and I as well as others here are capable and willing to help you
with any problems you might encounter.

mikael at mikmo.dk wrote:
>My name is Mikael, i'm new on the list.
>
>I have couple of "beginners project" questions.
>
>I would like to start a DIY synth project.
>
>And i would like to her your opinion on what would be a suitable beginners
>project.
>
>I have done a lot of web surfing on the subject, and i found lots of info,
>almost too much :-)
>
>Now the thing i want to build should be modular of course, expandable,
>patchable. So i want a beginners
>project that can still be the base for expansion is that too much to ask :-) ?
>
>I have looked at stuff like:
>
>	Sound lab mini synth, but i looks very "closed" an not expandable.
>
>	The Eklector Formant - maybe too complex ?
>
>	ASM-1 (soon ASM-2 ?)
>
>I have some electronics skills, i can solder, make (not too complex) PCB's,
>understand (not too complex)
>Schematics. I have lots of computer experince, including programming.
>
>What can you suggest ?
>
>Any good books ?  Which WEB sites ?
>
>Thanks
>
>Mikael
>

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