[sdiy] Newbie alert :-)

[Ryan Williams]

check out www.oakleysound.com for a few MIDI/CV interfaces (mono or 
poly). I haven't built either myself (yet) but I have several Oakley 
modules that are great.  This might be slightly more difficult than a 
kit since you buy the PCB/assembly instructions, but have to order the 
parts on your own. It's not very difficult to do that because for most 
modules, other builders have provided parts lists/numbers so you can 
just order those. This helped move me along to doing my own circuits 
quicker than just a kit because I got experience selecting components.

-Ryan

Nicolai Czempin wrote:
> I think you've convinced me to start with a MIDI/CV interface rather 
> than building the old-style keyboard for now.
> In fact, just so I'd know I asked about one at the local music store 
> "Sound 'n' Drumland".
> All they could offer me was one from Doepfer:
> http://www.doepfer.de/home_e.htm
> 
> Can someone in the know advise me as to the differences between this one 
> and the one from paia.com?
> 
> Two very significant (for me) but non-functional differences are:
> 1) The Doepfer one I can just pick up at the store in Berlin, for 111 
> Euros, whereas shipping, taxes, tolls, payment, etc. are a real nuisance 
> when dealing with importing directly from the US.
> 2) Obviously, one is a kit while the other is a ready-to-use product. 
> Since I'm into DIY, I may prefer the Kit, although I don't think I have 
> to build *everything* myself.
> 
> What differences in function will be significant?
> 
> mfg Nicolai
>