<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi Josh<br></div>Why not go old school all the way and etch the PCBs yourself?<br></div><div>Its quite easy to do!<br></div><div><br></div>In my experience the formant is a nice system, but also nothing special.<br></div>For modules that use difficult to source parts you can just use a different schematic with similar function.<br></div>Quite a few SDIY list members have plenty of suitable module schematics online.<br><br><div><div>While your at it, better add in a few other non formant modules too.<br></div><div>You might end up with a more musical system as the original is quite "technical" in its design.<br><br></div><div>Also please keep in mind, something complex like the formant may be less suited as a first project!<br><br></div><div>Go have fun,<br></div><div>Theo<br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature">Groetjes Theo</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 2:02 PM, josh wilkinson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:j_wilco@hotmail.com" target="_blank">j_wilco@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Hello All,<br>
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My name is Josh Wilkinson, i am part of a Hackerspace in Brisbane Australia.<br>
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Myself and a group of electronics enthusiasts (ranging form electricians to programmers to mechatronics) are keen to build the Elektor Formant synth.<br>
We have been reading book 1that was published with all the schematics and notes in it.<br>
Has anyone had any experience building this synth?<br>
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Our main priority obviously is generating a proper PCB file that we can replicate for the modules. Has anyone already converted the PCB schematics in the book to Gerber files?<br>
If anyone has and feels like sharing that would be incredibly helpful.<br>
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Also any leads on tracking down the tricky Fairchild chips?<br>
<br>
Really any experience with this build would be appreciated.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Josh and HSBNE Crew.<br>
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