[sdiy] My latest project

[Tom Wiltshire]

Eric,

> Looks fantastic! You put a lot more care into bending your  
> protoboard wires than I do. :)

Thanks. I'm not always that careful, but I knew I'd get lost otherwise.

> Presumably you'll condense this down to a small board layout and  
> then tie a gang of them together for a poly-synth. Any thoughts on  
> where that's going?

That's the obvious way to go, isn't it? Paul's not the only one who'd  
like to build his own PPG!
I'm supposed to be finishing the monosynth I've had on the go for  
nearly three years though.

> PS - Any sound samples? (ear-pr0n)

Well, I *could* play you the pan law tests, but I don't think it's  
quite what you've got in mind...

At the moment my ability to make nice sounds with it is considerably  
hampered by it having no envelopes, keyboard, or control panel of any  
sort. This makes it pretty much unplayable. My recent questions about  
an LCD display were in connection with me trying to make a all- 
purpose Xpander-style test interface with a couple of 2x40 displays  
and eight encoders. This would give me a simple way to edit any  
number of parameters in a synth whilst testing. If I added MIDI IN to  
it, I could even play a tune. Well, maybe not a 'tune'...

T.