<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">You can’t get rich writing a book on modular synth design either: find a PDF copy of my book Electronic Music Circuits….<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Barry</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 8, 2024, at 4:40 PM, Pete Hartman via Synth-diy <synth-diy@synth-diy.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 5:54 PM Paulo Constantino via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Hi all,</div><div style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)">I want to build an analog synth from scratch. I currently work as a digital IC design engineer at a semiconductor company and I have good knowledge in analog circuit design, but I'm not that good at advanced analog circuitry.</div><div style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Can anyone recommend me a book or some tutorial on synth electronics?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This is a perennial topic. I'm sure there are good things in the archive:<br><a href="https://synth-diy.org/">https://synth-diy.org/</a> (about half way down the page are the archive links)<br><br></div><div>If you can find a copy, Electronotes taught a lot of folks here the foundations of what they know, and worked out and explained a lot of what is considered standard now. Unfortunately they're no longer available from Bernie (and please, list members, let's not turn this into another debate about that topic), so you will have to find someone who is selling their copies. Join the sister list <a href="mailto:marketplace@synth-diy.org">marketplace@synth-diy.org</a> for your best shot at this.</div><div><br></div><div><div>A lot of folks will recommend _Make: Analog Synthesizers_ by the late Ray Wilson, whose website is still available here: <a href="https://musicfromouterspace.com/">https://musicfromouterspace.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div>I learned a lot from several books by Thomas Henry which are available at <a href="http://lulu.com">lulu.com</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://electro-music.com/forum/">https://electro-music.com/forum/</a> has a lot of discussion and lots of contributions by various folks with "names" in this area, as well as a wiki containing a lot of circuits. You'll find recommended websites to look into such as <a href="https://yusynth.net/">https://yusynth.net/</a> <a href="https://ijfritz.byethost4.com/">https://ijfritz.byethost4.com/</a> <a href="https://www.schmitzbits.de/">https://www.schmitzbits.de/</a> and a ton of other discussion. <a href="https://modwiggler.com">https://modwiggler.com</a> has some fora that also cover this sort of thing, but there are lots of other topics there too, like discussions of the latest gear from the major manufacturers etc etc. Some of that goes on on E-M as well but modwiggler has been the main hub for that for a while now. It's all background that would be good to have even if not directly about the electronics.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Aaron Lanterman has kindly made his Georgia Tech course "Analog Circuits for Music Synthesis", which covers a lot of the common blocks that a lot of analog synths/modules use as standard, available on youtube. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYk8r3QlNi8&list=PLOunECWxELQS5bMdWo9VhmZtsCjhjYNcV">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYk8r3QlNi8&list=PLOunECWxELQS5bMdWo9VhmZtsCjhjYNcV</a><br><br>And there is some very good advice from Paul Schrieber of Synthesis Technology here, about things which aren't usually given much thought: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBGyEBQnIws">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBGyEBQnIws</a> </div><div><br></div><div>As for getting rich :) I think Paul S has some relevant commentary about that as well which should be findable in the archive.</div><div><br></div><div>Pete</div></div></div>
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