[sdiy] Practical Elecronics "Minisonic2"

Julian Bunn Julian.Bunn at caltech.edu
Sat May 1 00:45:38 CEST 2004


Thanks Roman.

I can tell you: I wish I'd known about this email list a few months ago
before I started on the project.

On the other hand, if I had I would probably have been too daunted to
even contemplate it :-)

Julian 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl 
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Roman
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 1:32 PM
> To: Julian.Bunn at caltech.edu
> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Practical Elecronics "Minisonic2"
> 
> hi, and welcome.
> I just visited your site - that's a lot of good work. Fresh 
> meat - a site I
> haven't seen before ;). Sometimes I forget there may be 
> people building
> synths that are not on this list.
> 
> Roman
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julian Bunn" <Julian.Bunn at caltech.edu>
> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Cc: <julian at cacr.caltech.edu>
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 7:31 PM
> Subject: [sdiy] Practical Elecronics "Minisonic2"
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have just joined this list, after coming across Rick's 
> Formant web pages
> > by Google accident ...
> >
> > I'm currently in the final stages of building an analogue sound
> synthesizer
> > from the 70's, called the Minisonic2. This has a pair of 
> VCOs, a pair of
> > envelope shapers, a ring modulator, a VCF (based on a 
> Moog-like ladder),
> > a noise generator, envelope inverter and features a switching system
> rather
> > than patch wiring.
> >
> > I've been documenting my progress for a while at the 
> following Web site:
> >
> > http://pcbunn.cacr.caltech.edu/jjb/Synthesizers/Minisonic2/
> >
> > I also have some images of the precursors to the Minisonic2 here:
> > http://pcbunn.cacr.caltech.edu/jjb/Synthesizers/
> >
> >
> > Julian Bunn / California Institute of Technology
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 



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