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'''Books''' relevant to Synth DIY. See [[Electronics#Further_reading|Electronics]] for a list of electronics books and [[Synthesizer#Further_reading|Synthesizer]] for a list of synthesizer books. |
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Synth DIY '''Books''' |
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=== ''49 Easy Electronic Projects for Transconductance and Norton Op Amps'' by Delton T. Horn === |
=== ''49 Easy Electronic Projects for Transconductance and Norton Op Amps'' by Delton T. Horn === |
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TAB, 1990, ISBN 0830674551, 216 pages |
TAB, 1990, ISBN 0830674551, 216 pages |
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=== ''Electronotes'' by ed. Bernie Hutchins === |
=== ''Electronotes'' by ed. Bernie Hutchins === |
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[http://electronotes.netfirms.com Electronotes] is a newsletter-like publication produced by Bernie Hutchins, covering technical details of music synthesis and sound processing: back-issues up to the very first issue in 1972 are available, and the complete set is a rich repository of circuits, techniques and ideas. The ''everything'' package is a huge amount of information - it amounts to about 30 useful-sized volumes, and occupies over 18 inches of shelf space! For those not wanting to go to the expense of getting everything, the ''Musical Engineer's Handbook'' and the ''Builder's Guide and Preferred Circuits Collection'' is a good compromise. Tim Stinchcombe has compiled an [http://www.timstinchcombe.co.uk/synth/Electronotes_EN_index.txt index of Electronotes], which may give an indication of the totality of subjects covered. (The index covers up to August 2003.)<ref name="ts"/> It features commented historical designs by pioneers like Robert Moog and others.<ref name="sdiy-may-13"> |
[http://electronotes.netfirms.com Electronotes] is a newsletter-like publication produced by Bernie Hutchins, covering technical details of music synthesis and sound processing: back-issues up to the very first issue in 1972 are available, and the complete set is a rich repository of circuits, techniques and ideas. The ''everything'' package is a huge amount of information - it amounts to about 30 useful-sized volumes, and occupies over 18 inches of shelf space! For those not wanting to go to the expense of getting everything, the ''Musical Engineer's Handbook'' and the ''Builder's Guide and Preferred Circuits Collection'' is a good compromise. Tim Stinchcombe has compiled an [http://www.timstinchcombe.co.uk/synth/Electronotes_EN_index.txt index of Electronotes], which may give an indication of the totality of subjects covered. (The index covers up to August 2003.)<ref name="ts"/> It features commented historical designs by pioneers like Robert Moog and others.<ref name="sdiy-may-13">[http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/pipermail/synth-diy/2013-May/thread.html Hello, and some questions], Synth-diy email list, May 2013</ref> |
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=== ''IC LM3900 Projects'' by H. Kybett === |
=== ''IC LM3900 Projects'' by H. Kybett === |
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Typical Babani pocket-book. Many older synthesizer circuits made use of the LM3900 chip, which is slightly harder to figure than an op amp. Finding books that even mention this chip is hard, never mind one dedicated to it. This is a nice, tractable introduction to the chip, what it is and what it does, and contains dozens of simple utilitarian circuits.<ref name="ts"/> |
Typical Babani pocket-book. Many older synthesizer circuits made use of the LM3900 chip, which is slightly harder to figure than an op amp. Finding books that even mention this chip is hard, never mind one dedicated to it. This is a nice, tractable introduction to the chip, what it is and what it does, and contains dozens of simple utilitarian circuits.<ref name="ts"/> |
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=== ''Make: Analog Synthesizers'' by Ray Wilson === |
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Maker Media Inc., 2013, ISBN 1449345220, 184 pages |
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=== ''Making Music with the 3080 OTA'' by Thomas Henry === |
=== ''Making Music with the 3080 OTA'' by Thomas Henry === |
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=== ''More Advanced Electronic Music Projects'' by R.A. Penfold === |
=== ''More Advanced Electronic Music Projects'' by R.A. Penfold === |
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Bernard Babani, 1986, ISBN 0859341488, |
Bernard Babani, 1986, ISBN 0859341488, BP174, 78 pages. |
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Typical Babani pocket-book. This contains slightly more advanced/complex circuits than its predecessor, ''Electronic Music Projects'', BP74 (q.v). Amongst the circuits here: a simple phase shifter; BBD-based flanger/chorus/vibrato unit; a ring modulator; and the latter part of the book details a 'percussion synthesizer', though this doesn't appear to use the more traditional method of 'pinging' a resonant filter, so heaven knows what it would actually sound like... Many of the circuits make use of the now obsolete LM13600 OTA, and so presumably would need some small adjustments to use the LM13700 instead.<ref name="ts"/> |
Typical Babani pocket-book. This contains slightly more advanced/complex circuits than its predecessor, ''Electronic Music Projects'', BP74 (q.v). Amongst the circuits here: a simple phase shifter; BBD-based flanger/chorus/vibrato unit; a ring modulator; and the latter part of the book details a 'percussion synthesizer', though this doesn't appear to use the more traditional method of 'pinging' a resonant filter, so heaven knows what it would actually sound like... Many of the circuits make use of the now obsolete LM13600 OTA, and so presumably would need some small adjustments to use the LM13700 instead.<ref name="ts"/> |
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=== ''Practical Electronic Music Projects'' by R. A. Penfold === |
=== ''Practical Electronic Music Projects'' by R. A. Penfold === |
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Bernard Babani, 1994, ISBN 0859343634, |
Bernard Babani, 1994, ISBN 0859343634, BP363, 122 pages |
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Typical Babani pocket-book. There are many circuits to interest the guitarist: distortion units; a guitar tuner; pseudo echo etc. More general circuits include: a metronome; a pseudo stereo unit; mixers etc. There are also some interesting MIDI circuits, including: a MIDI comparator, which looks for a specific bit pattern; a simple MIDI tester; a MIDI controller pedal; a MIDI lead tester etc.<ref name="ts"/> |
Typical Babani pocket-book. There are many circuits to interest the guitarist: distortion units; a guitar tuner; pseudo echo etc. More general circuits include: a metronome; a pseudo stereo unit; mixers etc. There are also some interesting MIDI circuits, including: a MIDI comparator, which looks for a specific bit pattern; a simple MIDI tester; a MIDI controller pedal; a MIDI lead tester etc.<ref name="ts"/> |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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*[http://electronotes.netfirms.com/free.htm Electronotes], application notes of interest in the areas of analog and digital music synthesis, audio, and general signal processing. |
*[http://electronotes.netfirms.com/free.htm Electronotes], application notes of interest in the areas of analog and digital music synthesis, audio, and general signal processing. |
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*[http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/index.php?MAINTAB=SYNTHDIY&PROJARG=CVANDGATEDIST/CVANDGATEDIST.html&VPW=1127&VPH=776 Synth-DIY], Music From Outer Space |
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[[Category:References]] |
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