i'm a computer scientist by day, and an experimental - with th
emphasys on "mental" - musician with interest in synth DIY at night.
the opamp en filter cookbook by jung (i think) are very heavy to get
into, but i learned a lot by the small books from R.A.Penfold
(Practical Electronic Music Projects ISBN 0859343634) and A Flind -
Pratcical Oscillator Circuits ISBN 0859343936. both books are about 6
or 7 dollars and there are a lot more in both series.
a book which also grabbed my attention is one i both when i got my
first DIY kit from PAIA electronics. the book is called Electronic
Projects for Musicians and it's written by Craig Anderton. the
writing style is clear and it has a lot of basic electronic info. the
circuits are mainly guitar FX, but who says you can't put a synth or
oscillatorsignal in there ;-) US ISBN 0825695023
http://www.paia.com/proddetail.asp?prod=EPFM&cat=14
but as the others said too, the best thing to do is to "buy a kit"
and build that one with one or two books on the side to start
understanding what you're doing. basic analog electronic knowledge
will come to you, but it won't be overnight.
i have the luck of being a computer scientist with analog as well as
digital electronics in my background, and debugging faulty pcb's has
been easier because of that.
hope this helps.
cheers,
bauke
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emphasys on "mental" - musician with interest in synth DIY at night.
the opamp en filter cookbook by jung (i think) are very heavy to get
into, but i learned a lot by the small books from R.A.Penfold
(Practical Electronic Music Projects ISBN 0859343634) and A Flind -
Pratcical Oscillator Circuits ISBN 0859343936. both books are about 6
or 7 dollars and there are a lot more in both series.
a book which also grabbed my attention is one i both when i got my
first DIY kit from PAIA electronics. the book is called Electronic
Projects for Musicians and it's written by Craig Anderton. the
writing style is clear and it has a lot of basic electronic info. the
circuits are mainly guitar FX, but who says you can't put a synth or
oscillatorsignal in there ;-) US ISBN 0825695023
http://www.paia.com/proddetail.asp?prod=EPFM&cat=14
but as the others said too, the best thing to do is to "buy a kit"
and build that one with one or two books on the side to start
understanding what you're doing. basic analog electronic knowledge
will come to you, but it won't be overnight.
i have the luck of being a computer scientist with analog as well as
digital electronics in my background, and debugging faulty pcb's has
been easier because of that.
hope this helps.
cheers,
bauke
> I started w/ the Forrest Mims III books from Radio Shack, though they--
> probably don't have them there anymore. You could find them on eBay or
> Amazon I'm sure.
>
> Cheers,
> Scott Deyo
> The Bridechamber
> contact@...
> http://www.bridechamber.com
> Jealous Edison Record Kompany
> http://www.jealousedison.com
>
>
> On Sep 10, 2008, at 6:22 PM, Russ in Minneapolis wrote:
>
>> I'm in the same situation - software developer by day, wanna-be synth
>> diy-er by night. I've been searching for both general resource on
>> circuits, as well as resource which focus on synth (or audio effect)
>> circuits. I've yet to find anything that works for me. If you do
>> find
>> anything good, I would love to hear about them.
>>
>> Russ
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