Synthesizers

[bengood]

The hss3i is basically what all of my homemade synths sound like. No video, though. Honestly have no idea how to handle that outside of a microcontroller.

how did you learn how to make this stuff?

got a basic electronics book (can't remember the name, but it's basically the premiere intro book and is hand-written. it's weird)

tinkered a bit. could make sound generators. hit a stopping point.

took a class at the community college.

kept reading.

It's not going to take you too far as a hobby, you'd need to specialize in it. I haven't played anything live in almost two years but I used to take this stuff live and it was generally reliable and usable. I've made one synth with keys (basically gutted a $5 goodwill casio).

I'm pretty ambitious about this stuff but I've been doing it for like 5 years and still am fairly limited. I also still won't play with higher voltages so I can't make anything really portable for fear of killing myself or starting a fire.

ok cool
yeah i've been thinking of taking a course here at night and picking up a book

or maybe starting with some of those stomp box pedal kits or something... i dunno.. i can solder but can barely read a circuit flow chart and have no concept about what really does what

[pantsoclock]

The hss3i is basically what all of my homemade synths sound like. No video, though. Honestly have no idea how to handle that outside of a microcontroller.

how did you learn how to make this stuff?

got a basic electronics book (can't remember the name, but it's basically the premiere intro book and is hand-written. it's weird)

tinkered a bit. could make sound generators. hit a stopping point.

took a class at the community college.

kept reading.

It's not going to take you too far as a hobby, you'd need to specialize in it. I haven't played anything live in almost two years but I used to take this stuff live and it was generally reliable and usable. I've made one synth with keys (basically gutted a $5 goodwill casio).

I'm pretty ambitious about this stuff but I've been doing it for like 5 years and still am fairly limited. I also still won't play with higher voltages so I can't make anything really portable for fear of killing myself or starting a fire.

Did you wind up signing up for that MIT EE course online?
I've been doing it starting basically from no electronics knowledge at all. It's basically all circuit analysis. So far resistor networks, dependent current/voltage source analysis, incremental characteristics for non-linear devices. Haven't gotten to capacitors yet.

[Broncobama]

I did sign up for it. Though it seems like it's not quite up to building anything there's a lot of background there I haven't actually gotten in a CC class, no surprise.

[pantsoclock]

It'd be cool if after this class I could figure out all the problems my old Paia has.

[bengood]

is that a free online class?

[fresh salad]

goddamnnnnnn, fresh salad. would you id the ones that aren't obvious?

i have a juno 60 and DSI mopho. but i wanna sell the mopho.
pm an offer if ur interested. (desktop edition/in montreal).

Oberheim Matrix 6
Korg Wavestation
Sequential Circuits Prophet 600
Roland HS60
Korg Delta
Roland RS09

The others are pretty obvious I guess
I also have a Darkstar Vocoda that I haven't even plugged in yet

[nibelheim]

really close to clicking "add foe" here, freshsalad

[fresh salad]

If I told you how much I paid for each one, you surely would

[fresh salad]

fresh salad, what's the details on the tele? looks amazing. here's my gang

sonofa bitch... that Paul looks so sweet
I used to have an SG, a Ric 360, and a 481 (with slanted frets!) but I had to sell them all to pay the mortgage.
The tele is a 62 reissue, early 90's, I think made in Japan?

[bengood]

here's my weird little home setup - not as impressive as some of the stuff you guys are posting but it works - my so far small venture into modular is sitting on the desk

there's a rehearsal space too with more stuff

should really find a classier stand for the Voyager than an Ikea rack that i used to keep my socks and underwear in

[pierrot]

sick uke bro

[pierrot]

jk i like your studio zone

[pantsoclock]

What do you use for tape for the RE-201?

[Kevin McCallister]

sick uke bro

This was like a game of I Spy.

But I would like to rob all of your apartments.

[grizzleb]

Has to be one of the coolest analog synths from that era I've seen ... sheet

[Philcollins]

The hss3i is basically what all of my homemade synths sound like. No video, though. Honestly have no idea how to handle that outside of a microcontroller.

how did you learn how to make this stuff?

got a basic electronics book (can't remember the name, but it's basically the premiere intro book and is hand-written. it's weird)

Getting Started In Electronics - Forrest M. Mims

p.good book.

[fresh salad]

Minneapolis peeps:
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/msg/2959901767.html

[CoolRanch]

yall have some nice synths on here.

i just went a little crazy and picked up a teenage engineering OP1 and a korg emx. i was debating between the dsi tetra and the op1 forever, but the op1 just looked way more fun.
hoping to use the emx w ableton and midi out for live sets.

[fresh salad]

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/wsh/msg/3070055186.html

[CoolRanch]

thats a crazy deal for the jx3p

just got a korg radias off of CL for $450, been looking for one for a while. i think that was a good deal (in canada at least)

[baleen]

yeah someone in the twin cities better be all over that. great price on the Juno.

I never played w a Radias but I feel like Korg is sneakily dropping a lot of underrated synths on the market and letting them fade. they could really blow shit up by basically just re-issuing the MS-20, 100% analog & contemporary components, at a decent price point.

[johnny utah]

i just went a little crazy and picked up a teenage engineering OP1

awesome, how do you like it?

[CoolRanch]

the op1 is pretty cool so far, i need to get into it more. the price seemed over the top but after messing around with it i think its like a real achievement in design. i use ableton a lot but i would like to rely on hardware more.

I never played w a Radias but I feel like Korg is sneakily dropping a lot of underrated synths on the market and letting them fade. they could really blow shit up by basically just re-issuing the MS-20, 100% analog & contemporary components, at a decent price point.

yeah i love korg! the ms20 looks great. i think the monotribes have been really successful at least.

the radias appealed to me because it seemed like a fancier electribe. i got obsessed with it after watching a jexus demo video of it:


i also have a wave drum and a mircosampler, 2 other unpopular korgs that i got for really cheap/i think are fantastic.

[CoolRanch]

Intro to Synthesis Part 1 - The Building Blocks of Sound & Synthesis 1988

[CoolRanch]

new dream synth






are any of you into video synths
i've been eyeing the milkymyst
looks like it might be a steep learning curve to program though

[FourLegsGood]

My friend makes video synths for lzx. I'm saving up to buy one.

[Kevin McCallister]

are any of you into video synths
i've been eyeing the milkymyst
looks like it might be a steep learning curve to program though

Thanks for the link.
Generally speaking I try to avoid stuff that reminds me of Windows Media Player visuals.
I've been really digging the HSS3i, the visuals are simple, works well with the luminance key in the Edirol V4.

[Kevin McCallister]

My friend makes video synths for lzx. I'm saving up to buy one.

I was looking into buying this dude's DVD. Then I saw this Kickstarter to buy him an LZX and honestly fuck everything.

I would do anything for an analog video synthesizer from LZX,
but I won't do that.
No, I won't do that.

[CoolRanch]

Thanks for the link.
Generally speaking I try to avoid stuff that reminds me of Windows Media Player visuals.
I've been really digging the HSS3i, the visuals are simple, works well with the luminance key in the Edirol V4.

I kind of like the Windows Media Player visuals. Same with the korg kaoss entrancer, it has a kind of Much Music video dance party look to it.
the lzx looks amazing but also tooo expensive for me
Critter and Guitarri make a little video synth for $129 http://www.critterandguitari.com/products/video-scope

I think the best thing to do probably is buy max msp + jem for $300 or whatever and build my own

[Hot Piece]

just bought a roland d-50. p. stoked.