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Building A Granular Sampler Synth

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Lewin Day

Synthesizing sounds from scratch is all well and good, you just use a bit of maths. However, the latest build from [Daisy] eschews such boring concepts as additive or subtractive …read more Continue reading Building A Granular Sampler Synth→

Posted in daisy, Daisy Seed, granular synthesis, musical hacks | Tagged Synthesizer

DIY Synth Takes Inspiration From Fretted Instruments

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Lewin Day

There are a million and one MIDI controllers and synths on the market, but sometimes it’s just more satisfying to make your own. [Turi Scandurra] very much went his own …read more Continue reading DIY Synth Takes Inspiration From Fretted Instruments→

Posted in midi, midi controller, musical hacks | Tagged Synthesizer

Building a Simple Ribbon Synth

Posted on November 29, 2025 by Lewin Day

The usual input device for playing a synthesizer is the good old piano keyboard. However, you don’t have to stick to such pedestrian interfaces when making music. [Daisy] has a …read more Continue reading Building a Simple Ribbon Synth→

Posted in musical hacks, potentiometer, ribbon potentiometer, ribbon synth, synth | Tagged Synthesizer

Designing an FM Drum Synth from Scratch

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Dan Maloney

How it started: a simple repair job on a Roland drum machine. How it ended: a scratch-built FM drum synth module that’s completely analog, and completely cool. [Moritz Klein]’s journey …read more Continue reading Designing an FM Drum Synth from Scratch→

Posted in drum, fm, musical hacks, synth, VCA, vco | Tagged Filter, Synthesizer

70 DIY Synths on One Webpage

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Elliot Williams

If you want to dip your toes into the deep, deep water of synth DIY but don’t know where to start, [Atarity] has just the resource for you. He’s compiled …read more Continue reading 70 DIY Synths on One Webpage→

Posted in analog, ATtiny Hacks, digital, Echo, music from outer space, musical hacks, synth-diy | Tagged Synthesizer

Reviving a Maplin 4600 DIY Synthesizer From the 1970s

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Donald Papp

A piece of musical history is the Maplin 4600, a DIY electronic music synthesizer from the 1970s. The design was published in an Australian electronics magazine and sold as a …read more Continue reading Reviving a Maplin 4600 DIY Synthesizer From the 1970s→

Posted in classic hacks, diy, maplin 4600, musical hacks, refurbished, synth, vintage | Tagged Synthesizer

The Mystery of the Messed-Up Hammond X5

Posted on December 24, 2024 by Elliot Williams

[Filip] got his hands on a sweet old Hammond X5 organ, but it had one crucial problem: only half of the keys worked. Each and every C#, D, D#, E, …read more Continue reading The Mystery of the Messed-Up Hammond X5→

Posted in musical hacks, organ, repair hacks, top octave generator | Tagged Repair, Synthesizer

The Math Behind the Music of the 80s

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Bryan Cockfield

Although there might have been other music produced or recorded in the 1980s, we may never know of its existence due to the cacophony of all of the various keytars, …read more Continue reading The Math Behind the Music of the 80s→

Posted in 1980s, dx-7, dx7, Music, musical hacks, synth, synth pop, yamaha | Tagged Instrument, Synthesizer

Linus Live-Codes Music on the Commodore 64

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Elliot Williams

In this tremendously educational video, [Linus Åkesson] takes us through how he develops a synthesizer and a sequencer and editor for it on the Commodore 64, all in BASIC. While …read more Continue reading Linus Live-Codes Music on the Commodore 64→

Posted in chiptune, commodore 64, editor, linus akesson, live coding, musical hacks, retrocomputing | Tagged Sequencer, Synthesizer

Solving a Retrocomputing Mystery with an Album Cover: Greengate DS:3

Posted on October 14, 2024 by Adam Fabio

[Bea Thurman] had a retro music conundrum. She loved the classic Greengate DS:3 sampler, but couldn’t buy one, and couldn’t find enough information to build her own. [Bea’s] plea for help …read more Continue reading Solving a Retrocomputing Mystery with an Album Cover: Greengate DS:3→

Posted in GoodGreat, greengate, musical hacks, retrocomputing, sampler | Tagged Synthesizer

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