[sdiy] just getting started with synthesizers

[Kylee Kennedy]

Sounds like you're well on your way to making a nice little synth system.
Look into a few books like
Make: Electronic Music from Scratch: A Beginner's Guide to Homegrown Audio
Gizmos
or
Ray Wilson's one of the similar title Make: Analog Synthesizers: Make
Electronic Sounds the Synth-DIY Way

Those should cover all the basic to intermediate overview of synthesis
building ideas.
Another great resource is software like VCV Rack that allows you to build a
modular synth with their free modules and get you making sounds quickly and
help give ideas of what you might want or need to build next in your own
home system.
Also ask questions here to the group if you don't understand something or
what to find alternatives to something. BTW I love Barton's circuits, he
has a lot of neat DIY modules.

Take Care,
Kylee

On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM david walker via Synth-diy <
synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:

> hello i am just getting into synthesizers i have all read made sum basic
> things like a VCA envelop shaper a vibrato oscillator a tone generator
> and even a white noise generator square wave triangle wave and all so a
> sine wave to and a drum machine ( yet to assemble ) got it from Barton
> musical . As you can see i do have a few bits and bob's to hand but what
> i like to know please  what ells be best to get next as i can get sum
> sounds but a little limited to what i can do . i even made my self a very
> simple keyboard it only has six buttons on it so far . Any way love to
> expand it a lot more and any advices would be very help full thanks o and
> sum thing fairly simple would be nice to as skills are on the modish side
> LOL :) . But as i say any help would be a big help thanks
>
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