[sdiy] Hello!

[synth at oldmail.charlielamm.com]

Ray Wilson's soundlab might be just what you're looking for, although it 
uses lots o' IC's....

http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/analogsynth/SOUNDLABMINISYNTH/soundlab.html

I don't know of any discrete VCO's (old Minimoog designs?) but you can 
find discrete VCA's, VCFs etc on the web all over.

Starter info: well, I don't know how "starter" it is, but this book has 
good info on the basics of designing all the core modules:

http://electronotes.netfirms.com

I would recommend these two publications.

Musical Engineer's Handbook                    

Builder's Guide and Preferred Circuits 
   Collection                              



Have fun!  --CL



On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Dave Silvester wrote:

> Hi All!
> 
> After SynthDIY UK, I'm feeling rather inspired to build a DIY analogue synth 
> at some point in the not-so-distant future.  I thought I'd drop in here and 
> say hello, and maybe lurk a little in the hopes of picking up the odd gem of 
> wisdom!
> 
> I'm not a complete noob when it comes to electronics, but it's been almost ten 
> years since I did anything serious.  (I was only a kid at the time, hell-bent 
> on dismantling any electronic devices I could get my hands on!)
> 
> Anyone got any good resources with starter information?  For example, how to 
> build oscillators, filters, EGs etc?
> 
> I think I just want to make a fairly basic (discrete components, the less ICs 
> the better) fixed signal path monosynth that can be used to make some 
> interesting noises from time to time.
> 
> Cheers for a great weekend!
> 
> ~Dave
> 
>