Mission DIYsynthI

Here the steps to your DIY synth is shown

The overall goal of these exercises is to make a DIY synth to perform a piece of music from one to three minutes long.

As a basis for development, we use the repository: 'DIYsynthi'

https://git.iem.at/cm/DIYsynthI.

The Seven Levels of Making

You can explore the seven levels of DIYsynthI:

... depending on your prior knowledge and how much time you are willing to spend on the project. Anything beyond Level 3 is acceptable.

Level 1: Collection and get hands-on on parts

  • Collection of basic hardware, parts, pieces, breadboards, power supplies, and information about them.

Level 2: Get used to development

Understand the basic electronic circuit of an oscillator and how to operate it.

Hacking to try and get any sound out of the circuit.

Level 3: Play interface

Understanding buttons, switches, potentiometers and other sensors for playing.

Lay out your play interface and buttons for playing oscillators.

The basic circuit comprises four oscillator stages.

Level 4: Monitoring

Add a speaker for monitoring and a jack plug with a capacitor to output sound. Make the speaker more efficient using baffles or other tricks.

Level 5: Building an instrument

Setting up a DIY synth project and evaluating the musical output.

Level 6: Fixing your instrument

After the first draft, add more ideas to perfect your instrument and make it playable. Create your own version of the DIYsynthI.

Level 7: Concert

Show off your instrument by playing it and making a recording to demonstrate your concept.

Compose and improvise a short piece, perform it and record it as a video or audio file, then write a description.