[sdiy] Great DIY polysynths

[Roman Sowa]

My first DIY modules had marking printed on paper, sprayed with 
transparent acrylic paint and glued to (mostly) aluminium panels.
Still looks good today, reaching about 25 years.

http://sowa.synth.net/modular/index.html

And my polysynth made a decade earlier didn't have any markings at all! 
Just beautfull color spray painted all over the steel plate panel. It 
didn't actually need any marking, because all controll was done by 
up/down & left/right arrows with 1x40 LCD. Kind of like the synth vibe 
was in early 90's

Roman

W dniu 2026-08-06 o 22:33, Oren Leavitt via Synth-diy pisze:
> 
> 
> On 8/6/26 11:47 AM, Mike Bryant wrote:
>> Actually comparing a lot of modern DIY stuff with 1960s/70s electronics,
>> I think I know which looks a lot more 'homemade' 😄
> 
> When I built my first modular synth, I made front panels from sheets of
> Masonite. I spray painted them white, applied labeling, dial ticks, and
> other art with a fine ink pen with the aid of rulers or stencils.
> Applied a top coat of Krylon to seal it all in. Came out pretty nice.
> 
> One of several pictures of it on my Flickr:
> https://flic.kr/p/2stGyzF
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>> *From:* Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org> on behalf of John
>> via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
>> *Sent:* 06 August 2026 17:07
>> *To:* SDIY List <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [sdiy] Great DIY polysynths
>> On Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:20:09 +0000
>> "Chromatest J. Pantsmaker via Synth-diy" <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Your complaint is that the labels are on printed material instead of
>>> silk screen? Really?
>>
>> "This DIY synthesizer being discussed on the synth-DIY mailing list
>> looks distinctly DIY, what's up with that!?"
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