DIY Synthesizers Explained: How to build your own synth // Summer of Synths

Why should you build your own synthesizer? And where to start? In this Summer of Synths episode, Bo and Floyd try to give some answers to that question and show some existing popular projects. Want Summer of Synths to continue next year? Support it here:   / bobeats  

Todays guest: Floyd
   / @mr_floydst  

Content
00:00 Intro
00:54 Music demo by Floyd
01:18 Why build your own synth?
02:32 What is a microcontroller?
05:08 How difficult is it to assemble a DIY synth?
06:35 Bo test a DIY synth
08:14 How to get parts for DIY synths?
08:55 DIY synths worth checking out
12:50 How to find DIY synth projects
13:15 Can you buy them assembled?
14:08 Where to start with your own DIY project?
15:18 Floyds top 1 DIY synth for beginners

Resources about DIY synths

Synth projects
BPSynth:    / @synthetech   /    • BP Synth.. a DIY Virtual Analog Monos...  
MiniDexed https://github.com/probonopd/MiniDexed
MicroDexed touch https://codeberg.org/positionhigh/Mic...
Samplerbox https://www.homspace.nl/samplerbox/
Zynthian https://zynthian.org/
Picotracker: https://github.com/democloid/picoTracker
Dirtywave M8 headless https://github.com/Dirtywave/M8Headle...

Microcontrollers
Teensy 4.1 https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy41.html
Raspberry PI https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/...
Daisy Seed https://electro-smith.com/products/da...
PicoADK https://github.com/DatanoiseTV/PicoAD...
Blackpill STM32 https://stm32world.com/wiki/Black_Pill

If you want to start coding
Visual Studio Code https://code.visualstudio.com/
Teensy for VS Code https://www.visualmicro.com/page/Teen...
Raspberry PI coding https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/codi...
How to make a synth in python https://plainenglish.io/blog/making-a...
An introduction to ALSA MIDI coding https://fundamental-code.com/midi/
Floyds MIDI door, with example code https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/play...

Beginners’ kits
Freenove https://freenove.com/
Elegoo https://www.elegoo.com/blogs/arduino-...

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