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
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
- 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
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
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