Elektor SDIY articles index

Articles relevant to synth DIY that were published in the UK edition of the magazine Elektor:

Issue	Month	Year	Article name	Author	PPNo	Classification	Key components	Comments	Corrections	On Web
002	Feb	1975	Minidrum	Not Given	208	Synth
002	Feb	1975	Microdrum	Not Given	222	Synth
003	Apr	1975	Minidrum	Not Given	428	Synth
003	Apr	1975	Compressors	Not Given	440	Audio
003	Apr	1975	A/D Convertor	Not Given	448	Circuit design
005	Jul/Aug	1975	Integrated Rhythm Generator M252	Not Given	726	Organ
005	Jul/Aug	1975	Integrated Rhythm Generator M252	Not Given	727	Organ
005	Jul/Aug	1975	Rhythm Generator power supplies	Not Given	728	Power
005	Jul/Aug	1975	Gated Key contacts for Organs	Not Given	734	Organ
005	Jul/Aug	1975	Tremolo, LED controlled	Not Given	748	Effect
006	Sep	1975	Phasing	G. Knapienski and F. Mitshke	922	Effect
006	Sep	1975	OTA	Not Given	927	Information
009	Jan	1976	Function Generator IC 2206	Not Given	119	Information
009	Jan	1976	Digital Master Osillator (1)	Not Given	144	Organ
010	Feb	1976	Digital Master Osillator (2)	Not Given	241	Organ			Apr76,454
012	Apr	1976	IC Rhythm Generator	Not Given	420	Information	M252, M253
015/016	Jul/Aug	1976	Three Channel Mixer	Not Given	735	Audio
015/016	Jul/Aug	1976	Piano Tuner	Not Given	742	Test equipment			Sep76,9-57, Mar77
015/016	Jul/Aug	1976	Tremolo	Not Given	745	Effect
015/016	Jul/Aug	1976	Hand Effect Organ	Not Given		Organ
020	Dec	1976	Phasing and Vibrato	Not Given	12-36	Effect	TDA1022,XR2207		Jun-77
024	Apr	1977	LED VU/PPM	Not Given	4-32	Effect
025	May	1977	Formant – the Elektor Music Synthesiser (1)	C. Chapman	5-14	Synth		Introduction to synthesizers and basic operation of Formant		Emusic DIY
025	May	1977	Precision V to F convertor	Not Given	5-29	Synth
026	Jun	1977	Formant – the Elektor Music Synthesiser (2)	C. Chapman	6-14	Synth		Kbd and kbd interface		Emusic DIY
027/028	Jul/Aug	1977	Tremelo	Not Given	8-26	Effect		Summer Circuits
027/028	Jul/Aug	1977	TV Games	Not Given	8-40	Synth	AY-3-8500	Summer Circuits
027/028	Jul/Aug	1977	Frequency Voltage Converter	Not Given	8-41	Synth	RC4151	Summer Circuits
027/028	Jul/Aug	1977	Phaser	Not Given	8-52	Effect		Summer Circuits	Sep77,9-25
027/028	Jul/Aug	1977	Fuzz Box	Not Given	8-54	Effect		Summer Circuits
027/028	Jul/Aug	1977	Guitar Preamp	Not Given	8-64	Guitar
029	Sep	1977	Formant – the Elektor Music Synthesiser (3)	C. Chapman	9-42	Synth	723	Kbd resistance divider, kbd case and description of PSU and module case	Mar78,3-07
030	Oct	1977	Formant – the Elektor Music Synthesiser (4)	C. Chapman	10-40	Synth	μA726	Discussing VCO and waveforms	Jan78,1-31
031	Nov	1977	Formant – the Elektor Music Synthesiser (5)	C. Chapman	11-41	Synth	μA726	Construction and adjustment of VCO	Jan78,1-31
032	Dec	1977	Analogue Frequency Meter	Not Given	12-02	Test equipment	RC4151
032	Dec	1977	Formant – the Elektor Music Synthesiser (6)	C. Chapman	12-27	Synth	CA3080, CA3080A, CA3084	VCF	Feb78,2-16
033	Jan	1978	CMOS Noise Generator	Not Given	1-05	Synth	MM5837, XR4212		Mar78,3-07
033	Jan	1978	Elektor Equaliser	Not Given	1-08	Audio
033	Jan	1978	Peak Programme Meter	Not Given	1-17	Audio
033	Jan	1978	UAA180 LED Voltmeter	Not Given	1-20	Audio
033	Jan	1978	Formant – the Elektor Music Synthesiser (7)	C. Chapman	1-34	Synth	CA3080, CA3084	ADSR
034	Feb	1978	Formant – the Elektor Music Synthesiser (8)	C. Chapman	2-10	Synth		Dual VCA
035	Mar	1978	Formant – the Elektor Music Synthesiser (9)	C. Chapman	3-26	Synth		LFO and noise source
036	Apr	1978	Vocoders (1)	C. Chapman	4-27	Synth
036	Apr	1978	Formant – the Elektor Music Synthesiser (10)	C. Chapman	4-33	Synth	4136	Control and output module, wiring diagram, expansion possibilities
037	May	1978	Digital Reverberation Unit	Not Given	5-08	Effect	AM2533, AM2583, MM5058, FX209		Dec78,12-54
037	May	1978	Vocoders (2)	C. Chapman	5-21	Synth
038	Jun	1978	Constant amplitude squarewave to sawtooth convertor	Not Given	6-14	Synth
039/040	Jul/Aug	1978	Analogue Delay Line	Not Given	7-01	Effect	SAD512
039/040	Jul/Aug	1978	Luminant		7-48	Audio
039/040	Jul/Aug	1978	Digital Delay Line	Not Given	7-57	Effect	2112
041	Sep	1978	Master Tone Generator	Not Given	9-09	Organ			Oct78,10-08, Dec78,12-54
041	Sep	1978	Elektor Piano	Not Given	9-12	Piano			Oct78,10-08
041	Sep	1978	24dB VCF	C. Chapman	9-34	Synth	CA3080, CA3080A	Formant 24 dB HP/LP VCF
042	Oct	1978	Resonance Filter Unit	Not Given	10-12	Synth		Formant resonance filter
042	Oct	1978	Analogue Reverberation Unit	Not Given	10-44	Effect	SAD1024
044	Dec	1978	Disco Drums	L. Witkam	12-14	Drum
044	Dec	1978	Variable Fuzz Box	Not Given	12-31	Effect
044	Dec	1978	Extending the Elektor Piano	Not Given	12-51	Piano
045	Jan	1979	Improved LED VU/PPM Meter	Not Given	1-12	Audio
046	Feb	1979	Delay Lines	Not Given	2-11	Effect
046	Feb	1979	Formant – An invitation for our readers	Not Given	2-39	Synth
047	Mar	1979	Ring Modulator	Not Given	3-14	Synth	LM1496N
049	May	1979	Delay Lines (2)	Not Given	5-18	Effect	TDA1022
051/052	Jul/Aug	1979	Metronome	W. Kluifhout	7-06	Music		Summer Circuits 8	Dec79,UK16
051/052	Jul/Aug	1979	Octave Shifter for Guitars	H. Schmidt	7-10	Guitar		Summer Circuits 12
051/052	Jul/Aug	1979	Frequency Counter for Synthesisers	J. Naudts	7-58	Synth	Minicounter Display from E39	Summer Circuits G
051/052	Jul/Aug	1979	Sawtooths up or down and octave	N. Nielsen	7-62	Synth		Summer Circuits 66
051/052	Jul/Aug	1979	Digitally controlled phaser	G.Daffau	7-67	Effect		Summer Circuits 70
051/052	Jul/Aug	1979	256 Note Sequencer	T Emmens	7-96	Synth	ZN425, 2112	Summer Circuits 100	Oct79,10-51
051/052	Jul/Aug	1979	Programmable Melody Generator	R. Pfister	8-04	Synth	2107, 2101, XR2206	Summer Circuits 105
051/052	Jul/Aug	1979	Chorosynth	J. D. Mitchell	8-07	Synth		Summer Circuits 106	Oct79,10-51
053	Sep	1979	Using an Equaliser	Not Given	9-04	Audio
053	Sep	1979	Parametric Equaliser	Not Given	9-26	Audio
053	Sep	1979	Audio Analyser	Not Given	9-38	Audio
054	Oct	1979	PCB for variable Fuzzbox	Not Given	10-20	Effect	From E44
054	Oct	1979	Programmable Sequencer	C. Voss	10-38	Synth	2102			SynthDIY.com
056	Dec	1979	Vocoders Today	F. Visser	12-02	Information
056	Dec	1979	Talk Funny	Not Given	12-27	Effect	XR2206	Ring Modulator
056	Dec	1979	Sewar	Not Given	12-30	Effect	XR2206, XR2207	Addon to Analogue Reverb
056	Dec	1979	Tailoring potentiometers	Not Given	12-36	Information
057	Jan	1980	Frequency Doubler	Not Given	1-22	Guitar
057	Jan	1980	Elektor Vocoder (1)	Not Given	1-30	Synth			Apr80,UK16
057	Jan	1980	Talk Funny on Board	Not Given	1-30	Effect
058	Feb	1980	FET Opamps in the Formant	Not Given	2-09	Synth		Upgrading the FET buffers to FET op-amp buffers
058	Feb	1980	Elektor Vocoder (2)	Not Given	2-14	Synth			Apr80,UK16
058	Feb	1980	Analogue Delay Technology	Not Given	2-34	Synth
059	Mar	1980	Clavitar	Not Given	3-04	Synth
059	Mar	1980	A piano that sounds like a piano	Not Given	3-13	Piano
059	Mar	1980	Chorosynth	J. D. Mitchell	3-17	Synth			May80,5-47
062	Jun	1980	Luxury Transistor Tester	Not Given	6-14	Test equipment
063/064	Jul/Aug	1980	Legato gate interface for Formant	M. Bertuch	7-15	Synth		Summer Circuits 20
063/064	Jul/Aug	1980	Precision VCO	A. van Ginneken	7-40	Synth		Summer Circuits 54
063/064	Jul/Aug	1980	Sample and hold for synthesisers	J. Binder	7-43	Synth		Summer Circuits 57
063/064	Jul/Aug	1980	Sound effects generator	Not Given	7-58	Effect		Summer Circuits 61
063/064	Jul/Aug	1980	IC Tremolo	T. Stohr	7-62	Effect		Summer Circuits 64
063/064	Jul/Aug	1980	Voltage Controlled harmonic generator	M. Bertuch	7-67	Synth		Summer Circuits 70
063/064	Jul/Aug	1980	A better piano	Not Given	7-85	Piano		Summer Circuits 91
063/064	Jul/Aug	1980	Two more piano octaves	D. Butler	7-89	Piano		Summer Circuits 96
065	Sep	1980	Using the Vocoder	F. Visser	9-38	Synth
066	Oct	1980	Switched Capacitors	Not Given	10-12	Information
068	Dec	1980	Xylophone	Not Given	12-09	Effect
069	Jan	1981	Sound Pressure Meter	Not Given	1-14	Test equipment
069	Jan	1981	Mini Mixer	Not Given	1-22	Audio
069	Jan	1981	The big VU meter	Not Given	1-33	Audio
070	Feb	1981	Wagnephon	Dr. Wagner	2-36	Music	ICL8038
071	Mar	1981	Sound Generator	Not Given	3-22	Effect	SN76477
072	Apr	1981	Transistor Match Maker	Not Given	4-04	Test equipment
073	May	1981	Frequency Doubler	Not Given	5-06	Effect	S042P
075/076	Jul/Aug	1981	Polarity Convertor	Not Given	7-09	Test equipment		Summer Circuits 6
075/076	Jul/Aug	1981	LED audio level meter	Not Given	7-25	Audio	LM3915	Summer Circuits 23	Oct81,10-07
078	Oct	1981	Synthesiser IC's	H. P. Baumann	10-18	Synth				CAG
079	Nov	1981	New Synthesiser	Not Given	11-14	Synth		New Elektor Synthesiser
079	Nov	1981	Mini Organ	Not Given	11-26	Organ
080	Dec	1981	The New Elektor Synthesiser	Not Given	12-39	Synth		New Elektor Synthesiser		CAG
081	Jan	1982	Combined VCF/VCA Module	Not Given	1-22	Synth	CEM3320, CA3080	New Elektor Synthesiser		CAG
082	Feb	1982	Dual ADSR and LFO/Noise Modules	Not Given	2-24	Synth	CEM3310	New Elektor Synthesiser		CAG
082	Feb	1982	CX and DNR	Not Given	2-41	Audio	LM13700
083	Mar	1982	Wind Sound Generator	H. Pietzko	3-16	Effect
083	Mar	1982	Adding the finishing touches to the New Elektor Synthesiser	Not Given	3-18	Synth		New Elektor Synthesiser		CAG
083	Mar	1982	The DNR printed circuit board	Not Given	3-28	Audio	LM13700
083	Mar	1982	A/D and D/A conversion	T. Schaerer	3-42	Information	ZN427, ZN426
083	Mar	1982	Polyphonic Synthesiser	Not Given	3-51	Synth		Polyphonic Synthesiser		CAG
084	Apr	1982	Electronic Tuning Aid	S. Akkal	4-24	Test equipment	MK50240,AY-3-0215, AY-3-0216
084	Apr	1982	When is an OTA not an OTA?	Not Given	4-35	Information
084	Apr	1982	The 13600, a new OTA	Not Given	4-50	Information		Applikator
085	May	1982	Polyphonic Synthesiser	Not Given	5-17	Synth		Polyphonic Synthesiser		CAG
085	May	1982	Z80-A CPU Card	U.Goetz and R. Mester	5-28	Synth	Z80, 2114 RAM	Polyphonic Synthesiser	Jul/Aug 82, 8-02	CAG
085	May	1982	The Elektor Artist	Not Given	5-33	Audio		Guitar Pre-Amp	Sep82,9-53
086	Jun	1982	The 'Poly' bus	Not Given	6-36	Synth		Polyphonic Synthesiser		CAG
087/088	Jul/Aug	1982	Square Triangle VCO	Not Given	7-47	Synth		Summer Circuits
087/088	Jul/Aug	1982	Graphic Oscillator	Not Given	7-48	Synth		Summer Circuits
087/088	Jul/Aug	1982	Voltage Controlled Waveform Generator	Not Given	7-63	Synth		Summer Circuits
087/088	Jul/Aug	1982	Universal VCF	Not Given	7-65	Synth		Summer Circuits
087/088	Jul/Aug	1982	VCOTA	Not Given	7-80	Synth		Summer Circuits
087/088	Jul/Aug	1982	12dB VCF	Not Given	7-84	Synth		Summer Circuits
087/088	Jul/Aug	1982	Voltage Controlled Filter	Not Given	7-84	Synth		Summer Circuits
087/088	Jul/Aug	1982	Output unit and keysoft for polyformant	Not Given	7-92	Synth	ZN426	Polyphonic Synthesiser	Sep82,9-53
089	Sep	1982	Synthesised Sound Animation	Not Given	9-52	Synth
091	Nov	1982	Drum Interface	G. Lausberg	11-20	Drum			Dec83,11-41
091	Nov	1982	Guitar Tuner	Not Given	11-33	Guitar	MK50240
091	Nov	1982	Mini Organ Extension	Not Given	11-56	Organ	CA3080
092	Dec	1982	A dozen and one sounds	Not Given	12-59	Effect	SN76477
093	Jan	1983	Fourier Synthesis	E. Muller	1-50	Information
094	Feb	1983	R5620 … a programmable universal filter with switched capacitors	Not Given	2-59	Information		Applikator
098	Jun	1983	Spectrum Display	Not Given	6-38	Test equipment	Futaba DM-4Z Display
099/100	Jul/Aug	1983	Stepped Voltage Generator	Not Given	7-32	Synth	CA3140
099/100	Jul/Aug	1983	Electronic Tuning Fork	Not Given	7-34	Test equipment
099/100	Jul/Aug	1983	Simple D/A Converter	Not Given	7-86	Audio
099/100	Jul/Aug	1983	Variable Zener	Not Given	7-88	Circuit design
102	Oct	1983	Music Quantizer	Not Given	10-30	Synth	ZN427, ZN426		Dec83,11-41
103	Nov	1983	Electronic two-tone metronome	Not Given	11-48	Music	TDA2003
104	Dec	1983	Disco Phaser	Not Given	12-50	Effect
105	Jan	1984	Universal Active Filter	Not Given	1-42	Audio	R5620		Sep84,9-41
107	Feb	1984	Real Time Analyser (1)	Not Given	3-48	Audio
108	Mar	1984	Real Time Analyser (2)	Not Given	4-50	Audio
109	Apr	1984	Real Time Analyser (3)	Not Given	5-60	Audio
110	May	1984	Disco Drum	Not Given	6-32	Drum	XR2206
110	May	1984	Versatile Audio Peak Meter	A. B. Hill	6-63	Audio
111/112	Jul/Aug	1984	Guitar Preamplifier	Not Given	7-34	Guitar		Summer Circuits
111/112	Jul/Aug	1984	Touch Pad Potentiometer	Not Given	7-34	Audio		Summer Circuits
113	Sep	1984	Active cross-over filter	Not Given	9-28	Audio
114	Oct	1984	Tuning Fork	Not Given	10-28	Music	50240		Mar85,3-41
116	Dec	1984	The XR2206 in the Function Generator	Not Given	12-24	Information	XR2206
117	Jan	1985	Guitar Amplifier	Not Given	1-30	Guitar
118	Feb	1995	Microphone Preamplifier	Not Given	2-32	Audio
118	Feb	1995	Programmable Rhythm Box	H. de Lange	2-46	Drum		Uses a ZX81
121	May	1985	A/D and D/A Conversion	Not Given	5-22	Information
121	May	1985	PanoramA Mixer	J. Wallaert	5-67	Audio
122	Jun	1985	Digital Oscillators	Not Given	6-54	Synth
123/124	Jul/Aug	1985	Melodic Sawtooth	H. Millian	7-32	Synth		Summer Circuits
123/124	Jul/Aug	1985	Sound Level Indicator	Not Given	7-40	Audio		Summer Circuits
123/124	Jul/Aug	1985	Swell Pedal	Not Given	7-76	Effect		Summer Circuits
123/124	Jul/Aug	1985	Wah-Wah box for guitars	Not Given	7-87	Effect	CA3080	Summer Circuits
123/124	Jul/Aug	1985	Disco Mixer	Not Given	7-61	Audio		Summer Circuits
123/124	Jul/Aug	1985	Blow That Synthesiser	Not Given	8-03	Synth		Summer Circuits
126	Oct	1985	Sound Rotator	T. S. Norris and M. M. Bhalsod	58	Effect	NE566, TDA1022
127	Nov	1985	Fantasia on a MIDI Theme	D Meyer	52	Information
214	Sep	1993	Harmonics Enhancer		14	Effect
459/460	Mar/Apr	2015	Guitar Overdrive		46	Effect

References

• Compiled by Mike Gorman from the original magazines