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

• The West of Scotland Synth Building Community
• Befaco workshops
• 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

See Videos

Social media

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 [ Parts, PCBs, Panels ], 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

See also

• Synth DIY books
• Datasheet
• Schematics and manuals
• Magazines
• PCB and kit suppliers
• Online resources for electronics
• Electronic component suppliers
• Open source music hardware projects
• List of GitHub synth DIY repositories
• Videos