[sdiy] beginner(2)

[David Reichert]

Another great source of info is the Formant manual, go to the link below
and download the pdf files.

synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl

This may take you a while, but it'll answer all of your questions and
more!

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of patchell
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 11:10 PM
To: Jimmy Gogas
Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] beginner(2)

    I am not really too sure I really understand what you are asking....
but.....

    http://www.paia.com/2720.zip

    Download that file.  This is where I got my first real exposure to
what a synthesizer can do (I knew about them before hand, but, a
synthesizer was a piece of equipment I could never hope to afford before
I saw this article).  There is enough of a discusion of how the moudles
interact, I think, to answer what I think your question is (by the way,
when I first read that article, I was going to college, I would go into
the library and read magazines, finding that issue of Radio Electronics
was the luckiest thing that ever happened to me).

Jimmy Gogas wrote:

> Thank you guys for all the feedback. I might have forgotten to tell
> you that I actually know how to use a soldering iron. So actually
> implementing the circuit is not really a problem (even though I am
> almost certain that problems WILL arise). What I really need to figure
> out is the theory. I have many questions (most of them pretty "stupid"
> to your eyes) that deal with the calculations and theory. So what I
> was wondering is if someone can send me some info on the actual theory
> part. Theory for instance about what the CV and FM inputs actually do;
> the various stages of a VCO; how the ADSR actually control the VCA and
> VCF... What I'm trying to say is that I know what each module does
> (I've read all the sites many times), I just don't know the nitty
> gritty about how they go about doing it. As I said in the previous
> email, I'm currently in university, so don't be too shy about
> terminology. I've taken some basic circuit, electronics, filter, DSP,
> etc. courses, so I'm aware of most principles. I also wanted to note
> that I'm not really interested in buying a kit. I'm more interested in
> taking a certain schematic, putting it on a board, testing it, looking
> at the results and learning as I go. Thank you all in advance.
>
>
>
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