[sdiy] Formant?

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Ingo Debus <debus at cityweb.de> wrote:
>
>
>modlar at gmx.de wrote:
>> 
>> > Would the Formant Synthesizer be a good idea, too?
>> >
>> 
>> Yes, a very good idea. But NEVER try to build the new formant MSS2000 (or
>> so).
>
>Was this a question for a beginner's project? IMHO the (old) Formant is
>not a good choice for a beginner. Out-of-date design, 741s all over the
>place, some obsolete parts, poor effort-to-usefulness ratio. Perhaps
>some modules are good for a beginner, but not the whole synth.
>
>Ingo
>

I think the FatMan fits this issue.  Maybe Tomg's Mad Mouse too?

I don't know anything about the Mad Mouse.  The FatMan is an
'all included' kit with flawless instructions (IMHO).  I think
the main drawback of it is that it's linear and not expo.
But, it is a real analog synth with MIDI control.  I imagine that
a linear to expo converter could be built, but I don't really
know what's involved with that (op amp with a diode in the feedback
loop?  Temp comp?).

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