[sdiy] where the **** do I start...

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Harry Bissell Jr <harrybissell at prodigy.net> wrote:
>you can start by washing your filthy ****ing mouth
>out with soap...   :^P
>
>I'd suggest a kit for your first experience... maybe
>a PAiA Fatman or some other small kit.
>
>It will have documentation that leads you through the
>process step by step... and will work 'ok' when
>complete.

I disagree with "works ok".  That implies that it's operation
may have problems, as in cheap or toy like.  That is not so.
 It's very musically useful, and it stays in tune for _weeks_
and regardless of temperature variations.  The MIDI to CV
converter doesn't crash.  The sounds are very nice.

Maybe you mean "limited in functionality".

It's limitation is more in the fixed patch than it's sonic
quality.  A FatMan can easily be modularized and thus
expanded with waveshapers, EGs, VCOs, etc.  That would
overcome such limitations.

>There are more advanced kits/manufacturers... but they
>are usually a little more pricey.
>
>I'd also check out Ken Stone's CGS_Synth site to see
>some of his boards.  He does not sell the parts so you
>would have to buy those separately... but his board
>layouts are very good (and I don't just say that about
>everyone).  
>
>1st choice would be Fatman because you get a complete
>working synth for the money.  My first synth was a
>PAiA
>2720 (in 1974)
>
>H^) harry
>
>
>
>--- Kevin <flightofharmony at comcast.net> wrote:
>> I am a grade-a newbie to this, no real experience
>> whatsoever (in this
>> field), and am trying to find a good first-timer DIY
>> synth schematic.
>> Something I can piece together as my funds are on
>> the low side. I have been
>> learning a lot from this list and am quite
>> overwhelmed by all the info I
>> have researched. I do have some experience in
>> soldering, and used to wire
>> generator systems and their controller networks. I
>> am going to school in a
>> few months to start on my EE, but I really want to
>> start making pretty
>> noises as soon as I can. :) Something simple, so I
>> can figure how to put all
>> the bits I have learned together?
>> 
>> Kevin
>> 
>

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