[sdiy] Synth Electronics

Roman Sowa modular at go2.pl
Mon May 6 11:03:48 CEST 2024


You're gonna need a bigger towel pretty soon!

Roman


W dniu 2024-05-05 o 22:19, Jeff Whitman via Synth-diy pisze:
> 
> Paulo,
> 
> I also wanted to build an analog synth, mainly so I could learn more 
> about analog synth design using off the shelf osc, filter, vca, etc 
> chips. I am mostly a digital guy and experienced in writing embedded 
> code, but my analog skills date back to when electrons were much bigger 
> in the late 70’s :)  After a lot of research, I decided to use Sound 
> Semiconductor chips. I find their data sheets excellent and very 
> detailed with lots of application examples, they have some eval boards 
> you can buy and can download the schematics. They also have been really 
> good at taking feedback to make the data sheets even better.
> 
> Thus far I have built an osc card, a VCA card, a main board, and a 
> pole-mixing filter board that I am just now testing. I am making my 
> boards and layout in a way as to make debug easier. I am using an STM32 
> micro for all the firmware. I started by breadboarding most of the 
> circuits, and now have moved to making real boards in the last six 
> months from JLCPCB. Using Sound Semiconductor chips was a great choice 
> for me and I have essentially implemented what is in their data sheets, 
> but with digital control.
> 
> Ok, now make fun of my green towel electro-static mat :)
> 
> Jeff
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