The Eight Innovation – Electro Synth kit (EES5341) is a fun, solder-it-yourself project to build your own synth. Assemble your own electronic musical instrument! Includes all electronic components Clear, step-by-step …
In 1973, Radio Electronics (magazine) published a series of articles for building your own modular synthesizer, created by John Simonton. This DIY project resulted in the Paia 2700 synthesizer, which …
The Bob Moog foundation offers this Theremin mini kit in their shop. Actually it is a product offered by Microkits, which you might know for their small STEM low-budget inventions. …
The original version might have been released almost 25 years ago, but Propellerhead’s Roland-aping ReBirth software still holds a special place in many computer musicians’ hearts. Take Sam Battle (AKA Look …
Music Synthesizers – A Manual of Design & Construction, by Delton T. Horn was a book on a DIY synthesizer project, published in 1980. Although the book seems to be …
We found this little book, written bij M.K. Berry in 1981. It offers a modular approach for building: a single chip synthesizer, built around the SN76477N, analog delay line, programmable sequencer, building VCO’s, ADSR Envelope shaper and more. Find a downloadable version of the book on our website page.
Reverb did this background story of DIY synth projects and kits and the current state of DIY projects. Please note that this article does not cover all synth projects, and …
Update: May 15, 2023: The second part of this series has been available for quite some time. Rolf Kasten from Czech Republic owns an interesting website about microcomputers and (DIY) …
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In our pile of vintage documentation we found this interesting magazine called ‘Patchcord‘. This seems to be a magazine supporting the works of the interest group for synthesizers in German …
Benjie Jiao from the Philippines started this fun project ‘SynthCard‘. This is what he writes: “During the lockdowns of 2020 to 2021, I taught myself electronics by building guitar pedals. …