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== Ability and know-how ==
The single most important factor in synth DIY is your skills. You'll need to be able to read and understand [[Schematics|circuit diagrams]], identify [[electronic component]]s, and [[fault-find]] non-working circuits.<ref name="ks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20170420052751/http://www.cgs.synth.net
== Tools ==
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{{See also|PCB and kit suppliers}}
[[PAiA Electronics Inc|PAiA]] have been producing analogue synth [[kit]]s since 1967. The [[PAIA Fatman]] is a complete synth to build from a proven design. It has two [[VCO]]s and a good [[VCF]] similar to that of the second-series [[ARP Odyssey]]. The schematics are easy to follow and anyone is allowed to build it providing they don't market it as their own.<ref name="sos" /> There is a selection of links to bare [[Printed circuit board|PCBs]] and kits at [https://web.archive.org/web/20130530023107/http://www.cgs.synth.net/modules/index.html Ken Stone's Modular Synthesizer site].
== Designs ==
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Things changed when ETI, in conjunction with a company called [[Powertran]], released the design and a kit of parts for a single-oscillator synth called the [[Transcendant 2000]]. The article (by [[Tim Orr]], formerly of [[EMS]]) was well planned, and Powertran provided everything you needed, down to the last nut and bolt, even including a mains plug. It was very popular, and spawned a range of synths including the [[Transcendant Polysynth]], which was the kit-builder's [[Jupiter 8]] without the memories. In 1979 ETI also published schematics for the [[Digisound 80]] modular. This, like the Transcendant Polysynth, featured [[Curtis Electro Music]] synth [[chips]]. The CEM chips made kit building much easier.<ref name="sos" />
The Elektor [[Formant synthesizer]] design was published in 1977/78,<ref>[
Bear in mind that magazine designs are frequently inaccurate or incomplete. The [[Practical Electronics Analogue Sequencer]], for instance, published in April 1977, will not function correctly without the modifications published in September 1977.<ref name="sos" />
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There is an introduction to SDIY at [http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/ Music From Outer Space], as well as parts and kits available for purchase. Use the [http://wayback.archive.org/ Wayback Machine] to view former websites, now no longer available.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia] is a great resource. [http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/ All About Circuits] for well explained stuff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121227110224/http://www.doctronics.co.uk/resources.html Doctronics] is a good reference for [[Integrated circuits|ICs]] when you're not sure what something does. At [http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~lanterma/sdiy/datasheets/ Aaron's Synth DIY] there is a list of useful parts. At [http://www.birthofasynth.com/Thomas_Henry/Pages/VCO-1.html Birth of a synth] there are some DIY modules, with explanations, for example the [[VCO-1]]. Although it is better to practice with very simple circuits before starting this kind of project, even though this is a fairly simple circuit.<ref name="sdiy-may-13">The Synth-diy Archive, [https://web.archive.org/web/20141010194214/http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/pipermail/synth-diy/2013-May/thread.html Hello, and some questions], May 2013</ref>
Aaron Lanterman's lectures [http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~lanterma/ece4803 ECE4803B: Theory and Design of Music Synthesizers], 2006 as well as [http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~lanterma/ems10 ECE4893A: Electronics for Music Synthesis], 2010 and [http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~lanterma/ems 2008] are available online.
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