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This little book, published by Maplin, contains details (circuits, graphs, PCB layouts and parts lists etc.) of about 20 audio projects: as well as several power amplifier circuits, there are a few relevant to synth DIY, namely several LM13700 circuits (VCA, VCF, VCO and more), an SSM2044-based VCF, a couple of bucket-brigade delay lines, and even an MF10-based voltage-controlled switched-capacitor multimode filter!
This little book, published by Maplin, contains details (circuits, graphs, PCB layouts and parts lists etc.) of about 20 audio projects: as well as several power amplifier circuits, there are a few relevant to synth DIY, namely several LM13700 circuits (VCA, VCF, VCO and more), an SSM2044-based VCF, a couple of bucket-brigade delay lines, and even an MF10-based voltage-controlled switched-capacitor multimode filter!


=== ''Build a Better Music Synthesizer'' by Thomas Henry ===
=== ''An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics'' by Daphne Oram ===
Tab Books, 1987, ISBN 0-8306-0255-0, vii+167 pages
Anomie Academic, 2016, ISBN 1910221112, 160 pages<br/>
Galliard paperbacks, 1972, ISBN 852491093, 145 pages

A proper hardbound book by Thomas Henry. Perhaps understandably there is some commonality with the information in this book and many other of Thomas Henry's smaller booklets. The book explains how to put together a complete synthesizer, including things like the PSU and the case. It contains circuits for most usual synth components, VCO, VCA, VCF etc., but unfortunately is a little dated in that many of them are based around hard-to-get chips, like the CEM3330, CEM3340, SSM2056, SN76477 etc. There is also an introductory chapter on what a synthesizer is and what the major components of one are.<ref name="ts" />


=== ''Electronic Drum Cookbook'' by Thomas Henry ===
=== ''Electronic Drum Cookbook'' by Thomas Henry ===