Online resources

Online resources relevant to Synth DIY.

Email lists and forums

 * The synth-diy mailing list, (archived, March 1970 until the present).
 * GroupDIY forum
 * Analogue Heaven mailing list. Created by Todd Sines in 1993. Currently administered by Rob Williams and Mike Perkowitz. Search the Analogue Heaven Archives
 * DIY Hardware and Software at electro-music.com and RSS feed
 * Music Tech DIY at Mod Wiggler
 * Synthtopia Synth DIY Forum, Archive.org
 * GeekZone forum, Gearspace.com
 * Lötkunst at Synthesizerforum
 * KVR Audio forum DIY: Build it and they will come
 * Stompbox Builder's FAQs & How To's
 * Modular Synths and DIY Instruments, Experimentalists Anonymous message board
 * Baltimore SDIY Users Group
 * SDIY Ireland
 * Sequencer.de forum
 * DIY – building & repair forum, 99Musik.se
 * DIY Electronics & Studio Design, Sound on Sound forum
 * Look Mum No Computer, Discourse group
 * Yahoo! Groups Archives, an archive of selected Yahoo! Groups at Synth-DIY.org
 * DIY - bygg & reparation at 99musik (Swedish)
 * DIY et créations at Anafrog (French)

Reddit

 * r/synthdiy
 * diysynth, read-only subreddit. Please head to r/synthdiy
 * r/DIYGear, for DIY music gear

Courses

 * Fundamentals of Audio and Music Engineering: Part 1 Musical Sound & Electronics
 * Learning Modular Synthesis Online Courses

SDIY websites

 * Befaco, an open hardware platform focusing on professional DIY musical hardware
 * benjiaomodular
 * Bergfotron, DIY analog synthesizer pages (archived)
 * DSL-man.de
 * Eddy Bergman.com
 * Evil Turtle Productions (archived)
 * Fabricastronaut
 * Haraldwerk
 * jhaible.com
 * John Ellinger's DIY Analog Modular Synthesizer (archived)
 * Modular Synthesis
 * Moebius Synths
 * Music From Outer Space
 * Music Thing
 * Music Thing Modular
 * Niklas Rönnberg's homepage - Audio DIY (archived)
 * Osamu Hoshuyama's website
 * SDIY.org hosting a few small SDIY sites
 * Skull and Circuits
 * Stooge Larry’s "Wise Guy" Synthesizer page (archived)
 * The Modular, Chris Beckstrom's website (archived)
 * Synth pages by Tim Stinchcombe
 * Synthesizer DIY pages of René Schmitz – Circuits and tutorials
 * Synth-From-Scratch. DragosRotaru, GitHub - "... the story of how I spent 2 years overcoming the many obstacles one faces when they decide to build an advanced electronics project with no previous experience and a lack of tools."
 * SynthR
 * www.colinfraser.com
 * YuSynth.net

YouTube
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Fediverse

 * sdiy@friendica.me, Friendica
 * s-diy@allturn.space, Hubzilla

Twitter

 * SDIY wiki
 * Synth D.I.Y., inactive

Facebook
Groups etc. about SDIY in general, not about any particular brand unless especially affordable.
 * 4U Modular Collective
 * DIY Modular Synth Case Builders
 * DIY Synth Database
 * Eurorack DIY
 * Eurorack SMD DIY
 * Magpie Modular
 * Otto's DIY Eurorack User Group
 * Pusherman
 * Pusherman's Eurorack DIY Noobs
 * SDIY PCB/SCHEMATIC/CODE Critique
 * Synth D.I.Y., inactive
 * Synth DIY
 * Synth-DIY
 * Synth DIY Aggregator
 * Synth DiY Guy
 * Synth-DIY
 * Synthesizer Spares or Repair
 * Technician Larry, reports of repair jobs, insights to trouble shooting, tips and links to resources
 * The Mod Wigglers, occasionally mentions DIY
 * Vintage Synth Chip DIY SN76477 etc

Patreon

 * Learning Modular
 * DivKid

Sales and trades

 * DIY Trade Thread &#91; Parts, PCBs, Panels &#93;, Mod Wiggler forum
 * Wiggle Hunt, a new and used modular gear shop search engine
 * Reverb.com

Facebook
Facebook groups and pages for end user selling and trading, or economical alternative sources.
 * SDIY Parts Trading
 * Synth Sales and Trades
 * Modular Synth Trades (Europe)
 * Modular Synthesizer Sales and Trade (Europe)
 * 5u for sale/trade
 * Synthesizer Spares or Repair
 * The Mostly-Modular Synthesizer Garage Sale
 * Synth Trades and Sales! - Synths and related music equipment - FS, FT, WTB
 * Vintage Synth Repair And Mods.
 * Nonlinearcircuits Builders Guild
 * Post Brexit Modular Synth Sales and Trades UK only
 * Synth DIY for non-engineers
 * Synthesizer Freaks
 * Eurorack DIY
 * Vintage Modular Synthesizers - Marketplace & Discussion
 * Eurocrackhead's DIY PCB European Continent Trade Emporium
 * Synth DIY Aggregator, community bookmark system for deals on components like pots and jacks, good starter gear like solder workstations, etc.
 * 4U Modular Collective
 * Eurorack PCB and Panel Trades
 * Frac Rak Modular
 * Magpie Modular
 * Eddy Bergman DIY projects discussion and help

Less directly relevant

 * Surplus Electronic Components Exchange
 * Circuit Bending Buy-Sell-Trade
 * DIY / Cheap Electronics, Kits and Projects
 * Vintage Audio Repair and DIY.
 * New and Used Sound Equipment, sound system equipment and related gear

Books and manuals for download

 * Synth & Studio Docs Archive

File sharing

 * synthdiy.eu, simply for hosting synth-DIY related files

Hardware projects documented online

 * Ken Stone's Modular Synthesizer
 * Yusynth.net:Projects
 * Ivanohé I The Analog Beast
 * Seb's Synth-DIY Pages
 * Syntiac synthesizer
 * Home Made Synth
 * Scott Stites Pages
 * Thomas Henry Project Index
 * Wise Guy Synth
 * Grant Richters synth-DIY page
 * ModularSynthesis
 * Techman.synth.net
 * Bill and Will's MOTM Analog Synthesizer
 * MOTM-porium
 * The Persimmon Synthesizer
 * danjec.com
 * Buchla Tech, building, repairing, cloning and adding to the buchla electric music box.
 * Dintree – Synth DIY
 * Analog Synth – From Scratch
 * David Leith's site
 * ShedSynth, a Eurorack-sized modular synthesiser built from scratch using hand-tools.

Information about electronic music gear

 * Vintage Synth Explorer
 * Synthmuseum.com
 * Synthtopia, a portal devoted to electronic music
 * Modular Analog Synthesizers Return! Article about new modular systems.
 * Eurorack Modular Synthesizer Manufacturers A guide to manufacturers of Eurorack modular synth modules.
 * Synthlearn's list of modular synthesizers manufacturers
 * ModularGrid

Related wikis

 * SynthWiki.nl, in Dutch
 * Sequencer.de wiki, in German and English
 * DIYstompboxes.com Wiki
 * FPGA-Synth Wiki
 * The MIDIbox wiki
 * /r/synthdiy wiki

Blogs and RSS feeds

 * Synth DIY bundle on Inoreader
 * The Synthesizer Academy
 * PatchPierre.Net
 * Tone's Analog Synthesizer Projects and Products
 * MATRIXSYNTH
 * Clacktronics
 * Sequence 15
 * Synthacks Sharing some weird pieces of circuitry.
 * ShedSynth

Re-usable images

 * Wikimedia Commons:Category:Synth DIY, the parent categories are also relevant
 * Flickr:synth diy, with Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licensing

Social and facilities

 * Hackerspaces community-operated physical places, where people can meet and work on their projects.
 * Makerspaces directory
 * Synth-DIY Events page
 * Gatherings, Events & Meets at Mod Wiggler forum

SDIY links lists

 * dibcadbu – Links
 * Yusynth.net:Links
 * Links page at E-music DIY archive
 * MATRIXSYNTH
 * DIY synths and electronics big list of links at electro-music.com
 * DIY Site No Frills Quick Reference at electro-music.com
 * Links page at Ken Stone's Modular Synthesizer
 * Fonitronik link page
 * Links page at Metasonix
 * Links page at DIY Synthesizers
 * Analog Music Synthesizers at SolOrb
 * J. Donald Tillman' Analog Synthesizer Resources
 * Build your own Analog Synthesizer
 * Analog Notes