[sdiy] Aaah...glad to be back.

[Jim Blair]

Hi all.

After many years away, I've recently revisited my modular synth 
hobby, and am really glad to be here again. (I was a member of 
synthdiy many years back.)

In the mid 1990's, a close friend and I were building two modulars 
together. I was starting with a little Penfold, and he was digging 
into a Formant.
About a quarter of the way into our projects, he drove his motorcycle 
into the front of a truck, and that was the end of that. It's taken 
about 15 years for me to even open the boxes of parts again.

But, here I am. It's time.

So I've been repairing my Penfold, and having a look at what he got 
done on the Formant.

I fully understand that the Penfold is kind of crappy, but whatever. 
It's a good way to jump back in.

My questions for today is, has anyone improved the Penfold designs? 
Better stability, sound, etc? I seem to remember that there were some 
errors in the schematics too. Are there updated Penfold circuits?

Also, what other easy non-Penfold 12v modules are recommended?

Thanks guys! Please be patient, I have 15 years of dumb questions accumulated!


Jim