[sdiy] Great DIY polysynths

[Luis Marka]

As you can imagine, building my first polysynth was a LOT of work (hope 
the link works):

https://i.postimg.cc/gkfxWVqR/photo1682192474.jpg

Cheers!


On 2026-08-07 10:55 a.m., Jacob Watters via Synth-diy wrote:
> For my first synth, I literally just stuck an old EQ front panel into 
> it and reused all the pots in my own circuits. It's not pretty, but it 
> got the job done.
>
> https://www.jacobwatters.com/images/synth/synth1.jpg
>
>
> *Jacob Watters*
> JacobWatters.com <http://jacobwatters.com/>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 7:37 AM Roman Sowa via Synth-diy 
> <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>
>     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
>     >>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     >> *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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