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MFOS | Synth-DIY Experimenter Board

Description

If you've been wanting to get started in synth-diy by building a cool sound effect box you can't do better than this project. You will have a veritable plethora of sound generating devices in the palm of your hand although I recommend some kind of case (last joke I promise). This board is packed with simple circuits that sound cool. You'll be surprised by the number of sound possibilities it supports. You don't have to build all of the modules either. You can just build what you want to make a specific sound. You want wind... just build the White Noise Generator and one VCF. You want better wind build the White Noise Generator both VCFs and the output mixer. How about birds or bell sounds... just build the Sound Effect Oscillators an AR Envelope Generator and an LFO. You can go as far as you like with this project.

Synth-DIY Experimenter Board Features

A great introduction to synth-diy!
A circuit benders playground!
Perfect for adding a Sound element to your art installation!
Great undergrad electrical engineering project!
Science fair BLUE RIBBON anyone!
Great adult and child project activity.
Two sound effect oscillators (not 1V/oct)
Two Voltage Controlled Filters (not 1V/oct)
Two Voltage Controlled Amplifiers (Linear Response)
Two Triangle/Square Wave LFOs
Two Simple AR Generators
White Noise Generator
Use any or all of the circuits on the board!
Flexible power supply options (Two 9V batteries or a bipolar supply)
Flexible two op amp kludge area for adding glue circuitry.
BrandMFOS
ModelSynth-DIY Experimenter Board
DeviceSynth
TypeDesktop
Engine TypeAnalog
EngineVCO
Voices (max)1
Oscillators2
LFO2 Square, triangle
NoiseY
Engine Detailed2 VCO, Square, Triangle, White Noise
Filter (VCF)2 12dB Slope (2-pole), Low Pass, Resonance
Envelope (VCA)2 Attack, Decay, Looping
Keys0
Key typeN/A
VelocityN/A
AftertouchN/A
CV-gateCV/Gate I-O
Extra infoDIY
Produced:2010
Legend: Obvious Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable
VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillator DCO Digital Controlled Oscillator
LFO Low Frequency Oscillator Sub Sub Oscillator
VCF Voltage Controlled Filter VCA Voltage Controlled Amplifier
Velocity As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key. Aftertouch Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel.
Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise.

Manuals, patches etc.

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