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 Muff's Modules & More
• Synthtopia Synth DIY Forum, Archive.org
• Geekslutz forum
• GMSN! forum
• DIYGear, Reddit, for people to discuss DIY effects boxes, amps, mods, instruments, etc.
• synthdiy, Reddit
• diysynth, Reddit
• DIYGear, Reddit
• 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

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
• Bergfotron, DIY analog synthesizer pages
• DIY Synthesizer Community
• Evil Turtle Productions
• Fabricastronaut
• jhaible.com
• John Ellinger's DIY Analog Modular Synthesizer
• Modular Synthesis
• Music From Outer Space
• Music Thing
• Music Thing Modular
• Osamu Hoshuyama's website
• SDIY.org hosting a few small SDIY sites
• Soul Machine
• Stooge Larry’s "Wise Guy" Synthesizer page
• Synth DIY Project series, FluxWithIt.com
• The Modular, Chris Beckstrom's website
• 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

Social media

• SDIY wiki on Twitter
• Synth DIY, Facebook group
• SDIY PCB/SCHEMATIC/CODE Critique, Facebook group
• Synth D.I.Y. on Facebook and Twitter
• Synthesizer Spares or Repair, Facebook group
• The Muff Wigglers, Facebook group, occasionally mentions DIY
• Technician Larry, Facebook page, reports of repair jobs, insights to trouble shooting, tips and links to resources

Sales and trades

• DIY Trade Thread [ Parts, PCBs, Panels ], Muff Wiggler forum
• Eurocrackhead's DIY PCB European Continent Trade Emporium, Facebook group
• Reverb.com
• Synthesizer Spares or Repair, Facebook group

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

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
• Synth DIY
• Sequence 15
• Synthacks Sharing some weird pieces of circuitry.

Re-usable images

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

Social networking

Facebook

• Synth DIY
• Synth-DIY
• Pusherman
• Pusherman's Eurorack DIY Noobs

Twitter

• Synth D.I.Y.
• SDIY wiki

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 Muff's Modules & More 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

• SDIY books
• Datasheet
• Schematics and manuals
• Magazines