[sdiy] DIY Polysynths

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Tom,

> It seems to me that the pinnacle of ambition (and, optionally, success)
> in the Synth DIY world is to build a polysynth.

for me, it's almost the holy grail of SDIY.
I lvoe creating new modules and new sounds, but building 16 of the  
same thing seems tedious (one advantage of code).

> There are only a few
> people in the world who seem to have done this. I've managed to find
> these below. Can anyone add anyone else to this list?
>
> 	Roman Sowa:	http://www.sowa.synth.net/poly/index.html
> 	Juergen Haible:	http://www.jhaible.de/tonline_stuff/hj_jh4.html
> 	Adam  
> Stan:		http://www.vintagesynth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42230&sid=b5fc84d95f64f83b62a91a45eab0e1a0
>

I might be tempted to add <don's flame proof suit> my Phoenix polysynth ;-
http://www.vacoloco.net/synths/phoenix/
Though not 100% finished, it's missing some modulation routing, it's a  
perfectly useable 6 voice polysynth, though it's DSP based, it's still  
DIY and it's still synth.

> There are also a couple in progress:
>
> 	Paul Maddox's Defender: http://www.vacoloco.net/synths/defender/
> 	George Hearn's XL8:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/65274469@N00/3738928623/in/set-72157621748003486/
>

I'd actually push Georges to "almost complete" having played with it at SDIY.

> Special Mention: Scott Gravenhorst's FPGA projects.

Awww, they at least need to go in the "in progress", I seem to recall  
he did release a poly version of one.

Paul