[sdiy] Synth Electronics

[Scott Bernardi]

I would disagree that Electronotes was only for beginners. I was an analog
IC designer many years ago (Precision Monolithics) and I found Electronotes
to be invaluable.
Just because you know IC design doesn't mean you know how to build/design
analog synth circuits.
Like I used to get asked, "Oh, you have a degree in electronics? Can you
fix my TV?"
Uh, no.

On Mon, Apr 8, 2024, 11:51 PM Roman Sowa via Synth-diy <
synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:

> You're an IC design engineer and your asking for Electronotes? Which I
> believe was destined for begginer amateurs?
> I always thought IC design was the top of the top of electronic design,
> so you already know it all anyway.
> BTW you don't need advanced analog circuitry for a synth. Advanced
> starts above 1GHz. Most of it is DC.
>
> IMHO you are approaching it from the wrong side. If getting rich with
> super synth is your starting point you might look closer to Uli
> Behringer career and follow this path.
>
> Read the books that were already mentioned, but they cover what you
> already had in school (or not, I don't know what they teach today). But
> most of all, utilize the enthusiasm that you undoubtfully express, to
> make any basic small synth. Don't be affraid to do it wrong, try
> different ideas, and do it quick. You will learn a lot making it, so
> next one will be 10x better. By the time you gain all the expertise to
> make a supersynth, you may become a grumpy old guy who doesn't give a
> damn about synths anymore.
>
> Roman
>
> W dniu 2024-04-09 o 04:00, Paulo Constantino via Synth-diy pisze:
> > Does anyone know where I can find a copy of Electronotes? They seem
> > rare on the internet...
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 12:39 AM Pete Hartman <pete.hartman at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >     On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 5:54 PM Paulo Constantino via Synth-diy
> >     <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
> >
> >         Hi all,
> >
> >         I want to build an analog synth from scratch. I currently work
> >         as a digital IC design engineer at a semiconductor company and
> >         I have good knowledge in analog circuit design, but I'm not
> >         that good at advanced analog circuitry.
> >
> >         Can anyone recommend me a book or some tutorial on synth
> >         electronics?
> >
> >
> >
> >     This is a perennial topic.  I'm sure there are good things in the
> >     archive:
> >     https://synth-diy.org/ (about half way down the page are the
> >     archive links)
> >
> >     If you can find a copy, Electronotes taught a lot of folks here
> >     the foundations of what they know, and worked out and explained a
> >     lot of what is considered standard now.  Unfortunately they're no
> >     longer available from Bernie (and please, list members, let's not
> >     turn this into another debate about that topic), so you will have
> >     to find someone who is selling their copies.  Join the sister list
> >     marketplace at synth-diy.org for your best shot at this.
> >
> >     A lot of folks will recommend _Make: Analog Synthesizers_ by the
> >     late Ray Wilson, whose website is still available here:
> >     https://musicfromouterspace.com/
> >
> >     I learned a lot from several books by Thomas Henry which are
> >     available at lulu.com <http://lulu.com>
> >
> >     https://electro-music.com/forum/ has a lot of discussion and lots
> >     of contributions by various folks with "names" in this area, as
> >     well as a wiki containing a lot of circuits.  You'll find
> >     recommended websites to look into such as https://yusynth.net/
> >     https://ijfritz.byethost4.com/ https://www.schmitzbits.de/ and a
> >     ton of other discussion. https://modwiggler.com has some fora that
> >     also cover this sort of thing, but there are lots of other topics
> >     there too, like discussions of the latest gear from the major
> >     manufacturers etc etc.  Some of that goes on on E-M as well but
> >     modwiggler has been the main hub for that for a while now.  It's
> >     all background that would be good to have even if not directly
> >     about the electronics.
> >
> >     Dr Aaron Lanterman has kindly made his Georgia Tech course "Analog
> >     Circuits for Music Synthesis", which covers a lot of the common
> >     blocks that a lot of analog synths/modules use as standard,
> >     available on youtube.
> >
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYk8r3QlNi8&list=PLOunECWxELQS5bMdWo9VhmZtsCjhjYNcV
> >     <
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYk8r3QlNi8&list=PLOunECWxELQS5bMdWo9VhmZtsCjhjYNcV
> >
> >
> >     And there is some very good advice from Paul Schrieber of
> >     Synthesis Technology here, about things which aren't usually given
> >     much thought: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBGyEBQnIws
> >
> >     As for getting rich :) I think Paul S has some relevant commentary
> >     about that as well which should be findable in the archive.
> >
> >     Pete
> >
> >
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