[sdiy] ultimate newbie question

[Tim Parkhurst]

Hi Alexander,

Welcome to SDIY. If you're looking for a complete synthesizer kit and/or
schematic, there actually aren't that many out there (unless you get
schematics for a commercial synth like a MicroMoog and clone your own... a
formidable task, especially for someone just starting out). A lot of the
schematics you'll see on SDIY member sites will be for individual modules,
rather thatn an all-in-one synth. As mentioned before, there is the PAIA
Fatman and Ray Wilson's Sound Lab, but you might also want to check out the
ASM-1. The official home page (with lots of schematics) is at

http://home.swipnet.se/cfmd/synths/friends/stopp/


IF you want to order a PCB or a kit of parts, you should definitely check
out

http://www.elby-designs.com/

Laurie has kits, schematics and PCBs for the ASM-1 AND the new, improved
ASM-2. Neither one of these has MIDI built in however, so you're still
probably going to be looking for a MIDI to CV converter. The subject of a
simple synth with exponential response (1 volt / octave) and built in MIDI
has come up before, but I don't really know if anyone came up with a good,
commercially available kit. 

Anyway, happy searching, ordering and building!



Tim (good, but not commercially available) Servo

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexander Dunbar [mailto:adunbar at risd.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 11:24 AM
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: [sdiy] ultimate newbie question
> 
> Hello List,
>   I am a brand new subscriber to this list and I wanted to start off by
> asking a semi-urgent piece of advice; Today or Tomorrow I MUST put in an
> order with All Electronics to finish an instrument I am making, and in
> an effort to save on shipping I wanted to order parts for a DIY synth at
> the same time. So...
> 
> Can anyone recommend a DIY schematic? I'm a big fan of Peter B's
> instruments and a die-hard moogaphile. My only requirement of the
> schematic is built in MIDI control- phrase looping would be a big plus
> but I know that's a stretch.
> 
> I've been looking at PAiA's fat man (not terribly DIY, if you ask me),
> and the Sound Lab Mini-Synth (dubious midi capacity). Thanks for
> entertaining my question
> 
> 
> 
> Alex
> 
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