E&MM SDIY articles index

Articles relevant to synth DIY that were published in the UK magazine Electronics & Music Maker (E&MM):

Month	Year	Article name	Author	PPNo	Classification	Key components	Comments	Corrections	On Web
Mar	1981	IC's for Electro-Music	Charles Blackey	12	Information
Mar	1981	The Spectrum Synthesiser	Chris Jordan	16	Synth		Spectrum Synth Part 1
Mar	1981	Hi-Fi Sub Bass Woofer	Jeff Macauley	30	Audio			May81-96
Mar	1981	Balanced Line System	Chris Lare	38	Audio
Apr	1981	The Syntom Drum Synthesiser	Clive Button	4	Drum	741,3403,CA3080		Oct81-80
Apr	1981	The Spectrum Synthesiser	Chris Jordan	10	Synth	CA3240	Spectrum Synth Part 2
Apr	1981	IC's for Electro-Music	Charles Blackey	13	Information
Apr	1981	Direct Inject Box	Chris Lare	29	Audio			May81-96
Apr	1981	The Matinee Organ	Not Given	6	Organ	M108, LM13600	Matinee Organ Part 2	May81-96
May	1981	Noise Reduction Unit	Dr. David Ellis	4	Audio	NE570N, 3403, 3302		Jun81-95, Aug81-95, Oct81-80
May	1981	The Spectrum Synthesiser	Chris Jordan	10	Synth	CEM3340	Spectrum Synth Part 3
May	1981	The Matinee Organ	Not Given	22	Organ		Matinee Organ Part 3
May	1981	Vero Project 3: Metronome	Not Given	34	Music	TDA2006
Jun	1981	MOSFET Amplifier	Dave Goodman	20	Audio			Aug81-95, Sep81-78
Jun	1981	The Matinee Organ	Not Given	30	Organ	M147, LM13600	Matinee Organ Part 4
Jun	1981	Guitar Tuner	Clive Button	42	Music	LM2917
Jun	1981	Disco Tek	Ben Duncan	62	Audio			Jul81-96
Jul	1981	Alphadac 16 Synthesiser Controller	Charles Blackey & Ken Hitchmough	8	Synth	ZN428-E, CA4340			Digisound 80
Jul	1981	Synwave	Mike Beecher, Robert Penfold	20	Synth	CA3080		Aug81-95
Jul	1981	The Matinee Organ	Not Given	30	Organ	M108, LM13600	Matinee Organ Part 5
Jul	1981	Circuit Maker: Syntom Trigger Input	Not Given	40	Drum
Aug	1981	PA Signal Processor	Chris Lare	6	Audio			Sep81-78
Aug	1981	Hexadrum	Not Given	21	Drum			Sep81-78, Oct81-80
Aug	1981	The Matinee Organ	Not Given	26	Organ		Matinee Organ Part 6
Sep	1981	Synpac Battery Eliminator	Not Given	18	Effect
Sep	1981	Noise Gate	Dave Roffey	20	Audio	NE571
Sep	1981	PA Signal Processor	Chris Lare	26	Audio
Oct	1981	Harmony Generator	Paul Williams	8	Effect
Oct	1981	Effects Link FX-1	Glenn Rogers	26	Effect
Oct	1981	Circuit Maker: Guitar Tuner Mod	Michael Scott	35	Music
Nov	1981	Toneboost	Robert Penfold	36	Effect
Nov	1981	Using Microprocessors	Peter Kershaw	62	Drum		Micro used in Electric Drummer
Nov	1981	Electric Drummer	Peter Kershaw	65	Drum		Part 1
Nov	1981	Auto Swell	Clive Button	70	Effect			Mar82-79
Dec	1981	Electro-Music Engineer	Charles Blackey	70	Information	CEM3310
Dec	1981	The Synclock	Glenn Rogers	84	Synth			Mar82-79
Dec	1981	Circuit Maker: Syntom Snare Mod	Brian Jones	93	Drum	MM5837
Jan	1982	Micromusic – Making Music with the ZX81	Peter Maydew	68	Synth			Mar82-79
Jan	1982	Electric Drummer	Peter Kershaw	72	Drum		Part 2
Jan	1982	Volume Pedal	Robert Penfold	82	Effect	634SS2, CA3140T, MC3340P
Jan	1982	The Spectrum Synthesiser	Not Given	84	Synth		Part 1
Feb	1982	Digital Delay Effects Unit	Tim Orr	60	Effect		Part 1
Feb	1982	The Spectrum Synthesiser	Not Given	64	Synth	CEM3340	Part 2
Feb	1982	Electric Drummer	Peter Kershaw	72	Drum		Part 3 – Percussion Sound Generator Board
Mar	1982	Digital Delay Effects Unit	Tim Orr	66	Effect	2114, DAC76, AM2502	Part 2
Apr	1982	Electric Drummer	Peter Kershaw	38	Drum	MC3340	Part 4
Apr	1982	MF1 Sync Unit	Mac Fison	44	Effect
Apr	1982	Multireverb	Robert Penfold	54	Audio	TDA2006
May	1982	Soft Distortion Pedal	Dave Rogers	50	Effect
May	1982	Quadrmix	Robert Penfold	60	Audio
Jun	1982	Panolo	Mike Beecher, Robert Penfold	50	Effect	CA3240E, LM13600
Jun	1982	Multisplit	Mike Beecher, Robert Penfold	54	Effect
Jul	1982	Universal Trigger Interface	Mike Beecher, Robert Penfold	50	Synth
Jul	1982	Electric Drummer	Peter Kershaw	58	Drum	SN76477, MC3340	Part 5
Aug	1982	8201 Line Mixer	Ben Willcocks	54	Audio
Sep	1982	Comp-Lim	Paul Williams	56	Audio	LM13600			CAG
Oct	1982	Amdek Distortion Effects	Not Given	66	Effect
Oct	1982	Electromix 842	Paul Bird	74	Audio		Part 1
Nov	1982	Sweep Equaliser	Paul Williams	60	Effect
Nov	1982	Amdek Chorus	Not Given	66	Effect
Nov	1982	Electromix 842	Paul Bird	68	Audio		Part 2
Dec	1982	The Transpozer	Paul Williams	56	Effect	2114, DAC76 or AM6070, AM2502	Part 1		CAG
Dec	1982	Amdek Percussion Synth	Not Given	70	Drum
Dec	1982	Canjak	Paul Williams	74	Audio
Jan	1983	Amdek Compressor	Not Given	43	Effect
Jan	1983	The Transpozer	Paul Williams	56	Effect		Part 2		CAG
Jan	1983	Synblo	Kenneth McAlpine	63	Synth	LM13600, CA3080			CAG
Feb	1983	Synbal	Kenneth McAlpine	78	Drum	LM13600, CA3080
Feb	1983	Caltune	Charles Blackey	82	Test equipment	SG3402, CA3140T
Feb	1983	Amdek 6 into 2 mixer	Not Given	86	Audio
Mar	1983	Amdek Rhythm Machine	Not Given	78	Drum
Mar	1983	The Shaper	Paul Williams	94	Synth	LM13600
Mar	1983	842 Meter Bridge	Not Given	98	Audio
Apr	1983	Amdek Metronome	Not Given	82	Music
Apr	1983	Syntom II	Kenneth McAlpine	106	Drum	LM13600
May	1983	MicroMIDI	Kenneth McAlpine	84	MIDI	6850, 8255
May	1983	Amdek Flanger	Not Given	104	Effect
May	1983	Home Studio Active Speaker	Jeff Macauley	106	Audio
Jun	1983	Amdek Power Distributor	Not Given	100	Effect
Jun	1983	OMDAC	Jim Grant & Kenneth McAlpine	105	Synth	ADAC0804, DAC0801, 8255			CAG
Jul	1983	Digital Signal Processing	Charles Blackey, Steve Thornton & David Hall	92	Effect		Part 1
Jul	1983	Amdek Delay Kit	Not Given	106	Effect
Aug	1983	Amdek Delay Kit	Not Given	102	Effect
Aug	1983	Digital Signal Processing	Charles Blackey, Steve Thornton & David Hall	106	Effect	ZN425, CEM3320	Part 1
Sep	1983	Amdek Tuning Amp Kit	Not Given	90	Effect
Sep	1983	The Synclap	Kenneth McAlpine	92	Drum	LM13600
Oct	1983	Amdek Graphic Equaliser	Not Given	102	Effect
Oct	1983	Circuit Maker: Guitar Headphone Amplifier	Robert Penfold	104	Audio
Oct	1983	Circuit Maker: Auto Switchover	Robert Penfold	104	Audio
Oct	1983	Mains Distribution Board	Not Given	108	Power
Nov	1983	Circuit Maker: Real-Time F.M. Harmonic Generator	D. G. Walton	80	Synth
Nov	1983	Software Envelope Generator	Charles Blackey, Steve Thornton & David Hall	88	Synth		Uses a ZX81
Dec	1983	Valve Driver	Paul Williams	92	Effect	LM13600
Jan	1984	Amdek Octaver Kit	Not Given	78	Effect
Jan	1984	Circuit Maker: Building A Headphone Attenuator	Ben Duncan	88	Audio
Jan	1984	Digital Metronome	Stephen Ibbs	90	Music
Feb	1984	Amdek Handclapper	Not Given	94	Effect
Feb	1984	Voltage Controlled Clock	Dr. W.J. Phillips	74	Synth	CEM3340			CAG
Mar	1984	S-trigger Convertor	Paul White	90	Synth
Mar	1984	Lead Checker	Paul White	91	Test equipment
Mar	1984	Amdek DMK-200 Delay Machine Kit	Not Given	94	Effect
Apr	1984	Syndrom	Ken Pykett, Clive Buxton, David Ellis	90	Drum	DAC0800, 2716			CAG
Apr	1984	Universal Bass Pedal Synth	Paul White	92	Synth	DAC0800			CAG
May	1984	E&MM Digital Music	Alan Boothman	86	Synth		Clef PDSG Part 1
May	1984	The String Damper	Paul Williams	92	Effect
Jun	1984	BeeBMIDI	Jay Chapman	52	MIDI	6850	Part 1
Jun	1984	E&MM Digital Music	Alan Boothman	86	Synth		Clef PDSG Part 2
Jun	1984	The Syndrom	David Ellis	90	Drum		Part 2		CAG
Jun	1984	Multi Waveform LFO	Paul White	94	Effect				CAG
Jul	1984	BeeBMIDI	Jay Chapman	60	MIDI		Part 2
Jul	1984	E&MM Digital Music	Alan Boothman	88	Synth		Clef PDSG Part 3
Jul	1984	The Rack Pack	Paul White	90	Effect
Jul	1984	BeeBMIDI	Jay Chapman	68	MIDI		Part 3
Aug	1984	The Syndrom	David Ellis	86	Drum		Part 3
Aug	1984	MiniBlo	Paul Williams	88	Synth	LM13600			CAG
Aug	1984	The SynthMix	Paul White	92	Audio		Part 1		CAG
Sep	1984	The SynthMix	Paul White	61	Audio		Part 2		CAG
Sep	1984	Dual Voltage Controlled LFO	Charles Blackey, Steve Thornton & David Hall	67	Synth	CEM3360, CEM3374	Digisound Synth		Digisound 80
Oct	1984	OMDAC Update	Jim Grant & Kenneth McAlpine	80	Synth
Oct	1984	Powertran MCS-1	Tim Orr, R Monkhouse, Paul Bird	62	Effect		Part 1		CAG
Oct	1984	Analogue Electronic Drum System	Marek Bokowietz	67	Drum
Oct	1984	E&MM Digital Music	Alan Boothman	80	Synth		Clef PDSG Part 4
Oct	1984	OMDAC Update 2	Jim Grant & Kenneth McAlpine	89	Synth
Nov	1984	Powertran MCS-1	Tim Orr, R Monkhouse, Paul Bird	57	Effect		Part 2		CAG
Nov	1984	E&MM Digital Music	Alan Boothman	80	Synth		Clef PDSG Part 5
Nov	1984	BeeBMIDI	Jay Chapman	90	MIDI		Part 4
Nov	1984	Electronic Drum Sequencer	Dave Burden	96	Drum		Uses OMDAC and BBC Micro
Nov	1984	Powertran MCS-1	Tim Orr, R Monkhouse, Paul Bird	62	Effect		Part 3		CAG
Dec	1984	The Syndrom	David Ellis, Clive Buxton & Ken Pykett	78	Drum		Part 4
Dec	1984	BeeBMIDI	Jay Chapman	90	MIDI	CEM3340	Part 5
Jan	1985	Powertran MCS-1	Tim Orr	57	Effect		Part 4		CAG
Jan	1985	BeeBMIDI	Jay Chapman	92	MIDI		Part 6
Feb	1985	Digisound Voice Card	Charles Blackey, Simon Bailey & Pete Blakey	58	Synth	2xCEM3310, 2x CEM3340, CEM3360, CEM3372	Part 1 – Digisound Synth		Digisound 80
Mar	1985	Digisound Voice Card	Charles Blackey, Simon Bailey & Pete Blakey	59	Synth		Part 2 – Digisound Synth		Digisound 80
Jan	1985	Powertran MCS-1	Tim Orr	73	Effect		Part 5		CAG
Mar	1985	BeeBMIDI	Jay Chapman	92	MIDI		Part 7
Apr	1985	The Time Machine	Paul White	62	Synth
Apr	1985	Powertran BBC MIDI Interface	Jim Grant & Tim Orr	81	MIDI	6850	Part 1
Apr	1985	BeeBMIDI	Jay Chapman	92	MIDI		Part 8
May	1985	Short Circuit:Time Machine Revisited	Steve Hartwell	68	Synth
May	1985	Powertran BBC Software	Jim Grant & Tim Orr	70	MIDI		For Powertran MCS-1
Jun	1985	An Emulator for £10	Patrick Shipsey	72	Effect		For Powertran MCS-1
Oct	1985	BeeBMIDI Monitor	Jay Chapman	94	MIDI		Part 9
Nov	1985	BeeBMIDI Monitor	Jay Chapman	63	MIDI		Part 10
Jun	1986	E&MM MIDI Thru	Steve Hartwell	77	MIDI

References

• Compiled by Mike Gorman from the original magazines