[sdiy] Newbie

[Luís Marka]

You can buy only the printed circuit board and manual from Paia and try 
to get the components locally. This way you will keep import taxes and 
shipping costs within acceptable values, and you don't need to spend the 
money in one single step.. I did this with Paia's MIDI2CV8 and it works 
like a charm! Just make sure to get the components *before* getting the 
board, or you may get stuck with half a board assembled, missing several 
components!
Personally I decided to go for a modular system, the cost of each module 
alone is small and you can upgrade your system at the rate your pocket 
allows. But it is much harder to build a synth this way... many boards, 
many panels, lots of wiring - and you will only "hear" what you built 
after a certain number of modules are running: at least one power 
supply, one VCO, one VCA, one filter and one envelope generator (and a 
CV/Gate source) is the absolute minimum.

Best regards, and greetings from Brazil,
Luis Marka
PS. My English is less worse than my Spanish...

Andre Majorel wrote:

>On 2005-11-03 03:25 +0000, senna guillermo wrote:
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>>Well, kits would be a wonderful choice if I lived in USA or Europe,
>>but as I am from a 3rd World country- Argentina- I cant afford one.
>>So, I was hoping that someone could send me the schematic of a
>>monophonic, MIDI-controlled synth.
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>The schematics of the FatMan are online :
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>  http://paia.com/fatmwork.pdf
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>If you can source all the components, I suppose you could hack one
>together on perfboard. Though you may find that the parts alone
>cost more than the whole kit from PAiA, especially if you're
>buying in small quantities.
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>Not to sound discouraging, but if you can't even afford a
>FatMan, you're in trouble. I don't think you can make a
>two-oscillator, one-knob-per-function MIDI-controlled synth for
>much less than that.
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