Synth I’ve Been Loving You…

[tegendemuur]

Since this is a DIY site, I felt some fun by LMNC is appropiate thread contamination. The synth community, well, eurorack really, knows no bounds.

It's sort of an extention of this popular video:

 

[kristopher]

I started with the Beats, for a simple drum machine to practice guitar with. I still use it for that. But after watching some youtubers show off their volca stylings, I wanted the Keys for some classic weird synth. No regrets with that purchase.
I haven’t bonded with the Volca Sample. Maybe it’s not my thing. That being said, I plan on getting the Teenage Engineering PO 30(?). It’s a sampler too. But ya know, it’s different.

 

[tegendemuur]

I started with the Beats, for a simple drum machine to practice guitar with. I still use it for that. But after watching some youtubers show off their volca stylings, I wanted the Keys for some classic weird synth. No regrets with that purchase.
I haven’t bonded with the Volca Sample. Maybe it’s not my thing. That being said, I plan on getting the Teenage Engineering PO 30(?). It’s a sampler too. But ya know, it’s different.

Some sort of sampler is essential to have with synths, as some sounds you make on a synth will be kind of stuck on that device otherwise. Not everything plays nice in pitches through a keyboard. Running it in a sampler helps a lot making something coherent out of these strange happy accident sounds you stumble into when half-thoughtlessly messing around with the knobs.

I had hoped the Chompi was half-way affordable when word got around of its existence! The Chase Bliss collab version is glorious!

CHOMPI Club

Inviting you into the magical world of sound design with our quirky, Tape Music Instrument: CHOMPI... Portable, Customizable, Hot-swap Keyboard, Endless Encoders, Preset Sample Slots, Built-in Microphone, Midi in/out, & More...

chompiclub.com

 

[tegendemuur]

Oh, and then I was reminded of this. How could I forget?!

DIY kits to make your own little modular system. It's basically a course in designing your own modules through video lessons / manuals of core synth blocks..

mki x es.EDU DIY System

We – Erica Synths and Moritz Klein – have developed a series of educational DIY kits under the brand name mki x es.EDU with one specific goal in mind: to teach people with little-to-no prior experience how to design analog synthesizer circuits from scratch. What you’ll find in the box is not...

www.ericasynths.lv

 

[kristopher]

That Chompi looks adorable. And tasty, like the lucky charm marshmallows

 

[Coda]

An item has shipped…and Sweetwater had this new service were Brian Eno comes to your house to set it up…