Simple synth DIY: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Content added Content deleted
(separate to articles with schematics in external links) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
For more complex all-in-one synthesizer projects, see [[:Category:Projects]]. |
For more complex all-in-one synthesizer projects, see [[:Category:Projects]]. |
||
== Simple passive circuits == |
|||
=== Passive mult === |
|||
| ⚫ | Probably the easiest module to possibly build, all you need is some [[jack]]s, some wire, and a soldering iron. This module allows you to split a signal to be sent to multiple destinations. ''Passive mults are not suitable for V/octave CV control, because the voltage may drop when split, due to varying impedances in the destinations''' |
||
==== Schematics ==== |
|||
* simply wire all jack tips together, and all barrels together. More complex designs can use switched jacks to split multiples into smaller sub-groups. |
|||
* [https://aisynthesis.com/ai001-multiple-build-guide/ AI synthesis have a schematic] for a splitable passive multiple, as well as full PCB-based kits available. |
|||
== Entry level projects == |
== Entry level projects == |
||
| ⚫ | * [[Passive mult]] - Probably the easiest module to possibly build, all you need is some [[jack]]s, some wire, and a soldering iron. This module allows you to split a signal to be sent to multiple destinations. ''Passive mults are not suitable for V/octave CV control, because the voltage may drop when split, due to varying impedances in the destinations''' |
||
* [[Atari Punk Console]] |
* [[Atari Punk Console]] - one of the simplest audio-generating circuits. There are [[CV]]-controllable versions available, however,''they do not track voltage'', and so are not suitable as melodic voices. |
||
* [[Baby 8 step sequencer]] |
* [[Baby 8 step sequencer]] |
||
== Further reading == |
|||
* ''Make: Analog Synthesizers'' by Ray Wilson, Maker Media Inc., 2013, ISBN 1-4493-4522-0 - easily readable, contains a lot of practical advice about soldering and construction, yet does contain some technical explanations of how some of the circuits actually work. |
|||
== External links == |
== External links == |
||
* [https://www.lookmumnocomputer.com/ Look Mum No Computer] |
|||
=== General sources of schematics and layouts === |
=== General sources of schematics and layouts === |
||
* [http://electro-music.com/forum/forum-169.html Electro-music Layout Factory] has hundreds of strip-board layouts for various modules. The [http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-56660.html Schematics Vault] also lists lots of schematics in one thread. |
* [http://electro-music.com/forum/forum-169.html Electro-music Layout Factory] has hundreds of strip-board layouts for various modules. The [http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-56660.html Schematics Vault] also lists lots of schematics in one thread. |
||
{{Split to|[[Passive mult]]|3 July 2019}} |
|||
[[Category:Synth DIY]] |
[[Category:Synth DIY]] |
||
[[Category:Modular DIY]] |
[[Category:Modular DIY]] |
||
Revision as of 11:45, 3 July 2019
This page is intended as a list of simple but useful components that can be built for a modular synth.
If you're new to DIY electronics, please read the Synthesizer do it yourself page first.
This list of modules is intended to be format-agnostic (so, can be built for Eurorack, 4U, 5U etc.). Because of this, complete DIY kits are not included.
For more complex all-in-one synthesizer projects, see Category:Projects.
Entry level projects
- Passive mult - Probably the easiest module to possibly build, all you need is some jacks, some wire, and a soldering iron. This module allows you to split a signal to be sent to multiple destinations. Passive mults are not suitable for V/octave CV control, because the voltage may drop when split, due to varying impedances in the destinations'
- Atari Punk Console - one of the simplest audio-generating circuits. There are CV-controllable versions available, however,they do not track voltage, and so are not suitable as melodic voices.
- Baby 8 step sequencer
Further reading
- Make: Analog Synthesizers by Ray Wilson, Maker Media Inc., 2013, ISBN 1-4493-4522-0 - easily readable, contains a lot of practical advice about soldering and construction, yet does contain some technical explanations of how some of the circuits actually work.
External links
General sources of schematics and layouts
- Electro-music Layout Factory has hundreds of strip-board layouts for various modules. The Schematics Vault also lists lots of schematics in one thread.
This page has been split to Passive mult on 3 July 2019. The history of this page serves as the attribution history for the contents of that page, before then.