Hello from England

[simmonite]

Hello,

New here, looks like a great resource. I'm a softwre developer and keyboard player, just setting myself up in the Linux world for the first time, hoping to create some music and get some knowledge of the open source world.

I have a big interest in electronics too, particularly analogue synths, an ambition to hand build a synth to an old design, when I have time

Music interests are varied, love all the old synth bands from the 80s, right through 90s dance music to the recent analogue revivals.

Looking forward to getting to know you all

[steevc]

Welcome, from a fellow Englishman. Want to tell us what gear you have? We always enjoy that.

Good luck with building a synth. I know a little about electronics, but wouldn't know where to start with that. I guess you start with oscillators and add filters, modulators etc. I'm more into guitars myself.

I remember the 80s bands like Human League, OMD, Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk. I think they had to build a lot of their own gear back then.

Ignore the spam here or just flag it. We seem to get a lot of it.

[Flymo]

Hi Simmonite (and Stevec too) !

I just joined, been looking around and have just done my 'Hello World' first post too.

@Simmonite - go for it! There's never been a better time to DIY, especially since you have coding skills. Most Analogue stuff can be emulated pretty well in software these days, although I usually prefer an analogue filter myself. We built a PAIA 'Fatman' mono analogue synth kit about 12 years ago - it lives up to its name!

PAIA do a lot of interesting stuff in this area, but it does look expensive to me now that I'm retired.

There is more interesting stuff in the Open Hardware cloud around the Arduino project neighbourhood...
Like this Arduino Synthesiser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LKmtJHSLF0
And the Meeblip:
http://meeblip.com/

I'd really like to marry up some keys and a breath sensor with a free synth project to produce an affordable wind instrument/MIDI controller design for publication.