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.
Maplin 5600 demonstration
Johan Dunér is a fanatic Maplin synthesizer builder, user and he also runs 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…
10 Weirdest (DIY) instruments in electronic music
This article, created by William Stokes, was published by Musicradar, August 23rd, 2022. Please note…
DG-2500 project
David Goodman, a Synth DIY’er showed some pictures of his DG 2500 Synthbuild project: “Drilling…
Elektor Formant – Dirk Vanden Berghe
We met Dirk (from Belgium) on Facebook as a serious and enthousiast Formant user. On…
Roundabout – a small patchable CMOS synthesizer
Roundabout – a small patchable synthesizer – developed by Matt Kuebrich – all details can…
Selezione Radio – DIY Synthesizer (final part)
In 1976/1977 a DIY synth project series was published in the Italian electronics magazine Selezione…
Selezione Radio – DIY Synthesizer (part 5)
In 1976/1977 a DIY synth project series was published in the Italian electronics magazine Selezione…
Selezione Radio – DIY Synthesizer (part 4)
In 1976/1977 a DIY synth project series was published in the Italian electronics magazine Selezione…
Vintage synth EPROM’s archive
Vincent from Canada created a website with EPROM contents of Vintage synthesizer. For those of…
Helmuth Tünker – DIY Synth
Helmuth Tünker wrote several books on building organs, sound effects, rhythm machines and synthesizers. The…
Selezione Radio – DIY Synthesizer (part 3)
In 1976/1977 a DIY synth project series was published in the Italian electronics magazine Selezione…