[sdiy] Going beyond kits

[Trevor Cunningham]

Holy cow! Back up, Grannie, there's oil in that field! I'm so glad I
reached out. Thanks already for the feedback. I've just ordered
​ a couple Thomas Henry books and the​
 *Musical Engineer’s Handbook*, the *Electronotes Builder’s Guide and
Preferred Circuits Collection*
*​. *Keep it coming!*​* And thanks for the heads-up, David.


On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Gordonjcp <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:

> On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 11:19:57PM -0700, Kylee Kennedy wrote:
> > Yes with Electronotes...But really best to start looking at schematics
> > from Electro-Music forum, Muffwiggler DIY and CGS stuff. I'd highly
> > recommend doing something simpler then a VCO for your first build from
> > scratch. Like an LFO, or a VCF...these need less calibration steps and
> > you'll have more hair after you build those than a VCO.
> >
>
> I'd go along with the idea of building a VCF rather than a VCO.  VCOs are
> pretty boring and don't really contribute much to the overall picture -
> they're just a wee box that goes "beep" at somewhere within 10% of the
> correct frequency.  VCFs actually shape the sound, and if you build one you
> can get started right away filtering and vandalising other audio sources.
>
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