Ask HN: Tired of Arduino, how can I get started to build hardware synth?
I tried to look for video tutorials or books, but the material I found never covers the basic electricity principles behind the making.
Any recommendations?
Many thanks!
Any recommendations?
Many thanks!
Delton T Horn's Music Synthesizers a manual of design and construction. http://lucmorton.com/lucstuf/pdf/Music%20Synthesizers%20-%20...
Miller Puckette's theory and technique of electronic music http://msp.ucsd.edu/techniques.htm
Dave Bensons music a mathematical offering: https://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/d.j.benson/pages/html/maths-mus...
Here is a list of other good reference books: https://sdiy.info/wiki/Synth_DIY_books Also, if you don't mind digital - have you seen the daisy ecosystem?
https://www.electro-smith.com/ https://github.com/electro-smith/DaisyWiki/wiki
They have built a DSP library with a lot of the basics, there are plenty of example projects, and a supportive community.
https://github.com/electro-smith/DaisyExamples https://forum.electro-smith.com/
If I did, this is where I would start:
https://archive.org/details/electronic-music-circuits
There is a link to download the PDF below the viewer.
Hard copies are more expensive than most books but less expensive than many analog synths.
Good luck.
*Edit*
Came back to say, I would also consider Eurorack simply because that would simplify decisions about form factors, power supply voltages, manufacture, testing, etc. during design.
https://archive.org/details/radioelectronicsmagazine
https://blog.adafruit.com/2022/02/07/70s-electronic-music-ma...
https://worldradiohistory.com/Elektor.htm
There are still some kits available as well to learn by doing:
You can also get schematics for some classic synths:
http://www.arpodyssey.com/schematics.html
https://archive.org/details/arp_ARP_Quadra_Schematic
https://electronotes.netfirms.com/
The "Start Here" loads a PDF and in there you can find URL's to access the actual content (very strange way to build a web site!). Some of it might be in the Internet Archive also.
This is a good youtube channel to learn diy synth stuff https://www.youtube.com/c/MoritzKlein0/videos