[sdiy] Circuit Boards / kits

[Scott Gravenhorst]

music.maker at gte.net wrote:
>David Betz <dbetz at xlisper.com> wrote:
>>On Sep 24, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Antti Huovilainen wrote:
>>
>>> Minimalist circuits that favor low cost and good performance. IOW,  
>>> reduce complexity where the effect on stability etc is minimal. IOW,  
>>> don't do it the PAIA way :)
>>
>>Why are people on this list so down on the PAiA stuff? Is it really  
>>*that* bad? 

Sorry - here I was referring to the FatMan, not PAiA in general:

>I don't think so.  The "complaints" have pretty much been that it uses linear pitch
>CV, it's not patchable and the VCOs soft synch.  Patchable can be done by modifying.
> The soft synch is drastically reduced by one of two simple modifications.  I never
>had a problem with linear pitch CV and I found a way to modulate pitch with an LFO
>using the 555 timer's "FM" input (though this will NOT work for audio rate
>modulation).  All of this is documented on my web site URL (below).
>
>>I'm very tempted to order a FatMan kit partly because it's  
>>pretty inexpensive and comes with everything I need to assemble it. I  
>>don't have to source the parts myself which seems to be necessary for  
>>many of the other DIY synth projects. 
>
>And you can go here: http://home1.gte.net/res0658s/fatman/ for some simple mods that
>extend it's function.  
>
>>Are there better everything- included kits than the PAiA ones?
>
>Probably, but I think the operative phrase in PAiA's favor is "bang for the buck".
>
>
>
>-- ScottG
>______________________________________________________________
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>-- GateMan-III - FPGA-based Monophonic MIDI LA/FM Synthesizer
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>-- FatMan: home1.gte.net/res0658s/fatman/
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-- ScottG
______________________________________________________________
-- Scott Gravenhorst
-- GateManPoly - FPGA-based Polyphonic MIDI LA/FM Synthesizer
-- GateMan-III - FPGA-based Monophonic MIDI LA/FM Synthesizer
-- PolyDaWG/8 - FPGA-based 8 Voice Polyphonic MIDI Synthesizer
-- FatMan: home1.gte.net/res0658s/fatman/
-- NonFatMan: home1.gte.net/res0658s/electronics/
-- When the going gets tough, the tough use the command line.