Guest Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 I am interested in building my own syntheziser. I've searched all over the web but couldn't really find any resources for it. At the moment, I'm looking for reliable ways to generate different shapes of waves at certain frequencies as well information on what I need to do to get the signal to the amp. Does anybody have a site or anything they can point me at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Weddle Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 I believe a synthesizer is just an oscillator with enough added to make it variable. I know that there are but a few major designs for oscillators like the Hartly, Colpitts, and Clapp. A synthesizer could be a variable one of these. I would be interested in any advice concerning the operation of synthesizers. I must mention that there are frequency changers, but wouldn't they be a variation of the variable oscillator? Also, a synthesizer uses an oscillator as a reference frequency and gives you variance.http://www.computerpro.com/~lyle/pc-syn/pc-syn.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 PAIA electronics used to sell kits for synthesizers. You might be able to find some of their stuff on the web. They went out of business some time ago when they started gearing their synthesizers to commadore PET control. I do not think it was a good combination.Every so often, I see some of their VCOs and filter circuits on the web.MP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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