Do It Yourself projects
There are many Do it Yourself synthesizer projects: some of them are famous, some of them aren’t. We do focus however on the older DIY projects, such as the Formant and Digisound systems. But there is a lot more to discover …. use this page to start browsing in our archives.
Rebirth reborn as a hardware synthesizer
The original version might have been released almost 25 years ago, but Propellerhead’s Roland-aping ReBirth…
Music Synthesizers – Design and construction
Music Synthesizers – A Manual of Design & Construction, by Delton T. Horn was a…
Berry – Electronic Synthesizer projects (book)
The history and current state of DIY Synth kits
Reverb did this background story of DIY synth projects and kits and the current state…
Patchcord – A German synthesizer interest group
In our pile of vintage documentation we found this interesting magazine called ‘Patchcord’. This seems…
SynthCard DIY – By Benjie Jiao
Benjie Jiao from the Philippines started this fun project ‘SynthCard’. This is what he writes:…
Joel Thurman’s MFOS project
Some time ago I found out about Joel Thurman, who’s building an MFOS synthesizer. I…
PERU – Live in Heerenveen
Jan van Althuis, one of the organisers of the Heerenveen concert of Peru, contacted us…
PERU – Live in Nieuw Lekkerland
We found a video (in two parts) of Peru Live performances. Recorded during their concert…
(Updated) PERU – Live in Zwijndrecht
Update February 21, 2023: we asked Rob Papen about his memories of this show… “I…
(Updated) Maplin 5600 demonstration
Update January 30: Johan Dunér has uploaded a couple of new video’s on the Maplin…
Build your own 1V/Octave VCO
We noticed this interesting article on Allaboutcircuits . It was created by Robin Mitchell in…
Scott Raymond’s Electronium
This article appeared in the Gear History range of features at Reverb.com, November 15, 2022….
SynTesla VII – by Pierre-Jean Tardiveau
The SynTeslas, no Elon Musk doesn’t build synths yet, The Synteslas are a range of…
SynTesla II – by Pierre-Jean Tardiveau
The first SynTesla DIY Synthesizer was a steampunk design based on the Waldorf Streichfett by…
Thonk 10 Year anniversary – Sale!
The DIY-synth-for-breakfasters amongst you – or the Eurorack modular builders/collectors probably know Thonk already: a…