Thomas Henry

Thomas Henry of Mankato, MN, USA is the respected author of many electro-music designs with works appearing in books and publications such as Electronotes, Polyphony, Radio Electronics, Nuts & Volts etc.

Biography
He helped form and played guitar with the East Side Pharaohs for around eighteen years. Becoming interested in guitar effects and electronic music synthesizers, in 1981 he took a job as an Audio Specialist at the School of Music, University of Iowa and started building an analog synth. He later finished a MA. in mathematics, and then taught both mathematics and computing at colleges and universities in Minnesota, USA. Together with Jerry Hagen he founded Midwest Analog Products, which he closed in 2005 to teach full-time. He retired in 2013.

Books

 * Build a Better Music Synthesizer, Tab Books, 1987, 167 pages, ISBN 0-8306-0255-0


 * An Analog Synthesizer for the 21st Century, Lulu.com, 2012, 36 pages - a collection of 2006 schematics and parts lists only, no explanatory text.


 * Making Music with the 3080 OTA, Lulu.com, 2003, 32 pages, uses 3080 OTA
 * Making Music with the 566, Lulu.com, 2003, 31 pages, uses 566
 * Making Music with the NE570 Compander, Lulu.com, 1998, 26 pages, uses NE570
 * The Electronic Drum Cookbook, Lulu.com, 1996, 54 pages, uses 3080, 566
 * The Noise Generator Cookbook, Lulu.com, 2003, 32 pages
 * The VCO Chip Cookbook, Lulu.com, 2007, 124 pages, 566, uses 8038, XR-2206

Online
At Thomas Henry projects, birthofasynth.com:
 * 8038 Audio generator
 * Bass ++ drum voice
 * Mega percussive synthesizer
 * Quadrature function generator, also PCB layout by BugBrand
 * SN-voice
 * UD-1 drum voice
 * VCA-1
 * VCF-1
 * VCO-1
 * VCO maximus
 * X-4046 VCO
 * XR VCO, also PCB layout by BugBrand

Video

 * Building a Synthesizer, 2009

Projects

 * Electronic Music Circuits: The Reprints, Vol 1
 * Controller LFO, Aug 2012, electro-music.com forum
 * The VCO-555, Aug 2012, electro-music.com forum

Blogs

 * Spurts of Ink, memoirs
 * A Commonplace Book, current doings
 * PIC Projects in Pascal, electronic projects