Playing my home-made nearly finished virtual-analog Synthesizer

[JamesGraysStudio]

cool amp

[holasoyneto]

it has sort of a deadmau5y sound, you should sell it to him

[Justinkz3895]

is it me or does this sound like something deadmau5 would make ;)

[meedily]

Have you tried implementing MIDI on it? That would be unbelievably awesome.

[KrassesZeug]

@meedily yes, the notes are actually played by MIDI. this is also the bases for my home-made sequencer that can play this synth (see my other videos).

[meedily]

@KrassesZeug Wow. That's really cool. Did you base this synth off of a particular schematic or is this all made from scratch? Either way it sounds incredible.

[vidzane]

You should make Dubstep with this!

[electro257]

sounds great... very gritty and raw. want one.

[PhobiaGuy]

you ought to call the synth 'dirty girl' lovely gritty sound, i'm jealous!

[menga111]

jack white would love this thing

[windowlicker1]

that's a mean sounding saw >:o

[FrederikMeyer]

Can you make a video, how you made it?

[Kaillick]

i would love to make a wobble bass out of the sound at 0:55

[ZelarKyton]

Best sounding imo at 0:55

Awesome device, would be cool to have one. Great work!

[LifevsMusic]

how the heck do you build a synthesizer? :O

[SweetBanginRobotics]

Awesome! Will you make a video of the components inside?

[KrassesZeug]

@SweetBanginRobotics no... it looks quite messy ;-)

[raydeen2k]

That is just too cool! Wish I had enough money to ask you to build me one!

[SidechainSound]

wow

[Misterelmanto]

Oh man, what a great sounding synth, great job.

That sequence you play reminds me of Sigur Ros. :)

[keogh7776]

love that sound



[airstrx]

sickk

[tinghuta]

Recognizable analog sound:) I've made analog synthesizer with one square oscillator and simple filter. The most difficult thing - is making keyboard, though I used keyboard of cheap Cortland.

[mootbooxle]

Fantastic!!!

[purpsmur]

Dude i hope u kno that this synth is crazy and amazing and u shud do this professionally if u rnt alredy.

[error204]

can i make one??



[RGAF1987]

This is the best homemade synthesizer I've heard. The other ones are good crafts for amateurs, but this one is almost a professional synthesizer. You just need to give it a more polished exterior.

[fisco130]

fat and warm, i like it!

[quadcam24v]

@KrassesZaug

Got any circuits for us? =)



[quadcam24v]

super raw =)

probably the best synth ive heard in a while =D

[KrassesZeug]

@quadcam24v thanks

[Saudre]

Thanks. Now I have to clean jizz off my keyboard.

[andrewgoldringmusic]

Awesome!!

[JeanKhule]

raw, juicy and warm, perfect !

[RussianHatRevival]

excuse me bro, whats more exspensive? building an analog synthesizer or buying one?

[KrassesZeug]

@RussianHatRevival its approximatelly equal ;-)

[myleftnutts]

@KrassesZeug Really???. that's shocking,i recall a time when it was cheaper to build one,what has changed???.

[Deadinagrave]

actually if you made another id prolly buy it from you

[Deadinagrave]

Excellent. my favorite sounds were the first that you put on.

[grabngonuts]

bravo

[KrassesZeug]

Thanks!

[synthlab]

Great work!

[KrassesZeug]

@VerminTwins The Keyboard is connected to the synth by a MIDI-Interface. It can also be used to control the oscillators by a sequencer. Right now I´m planing an Arduino-based step-sequencer (8 or 16 steps). As soon as it works, I will post the plan somewere. The Synth connected to another step-sequencer can also be seen in one of my videos "Home-made Synthesizer played by Step-Sequencer "

[VerminTwins]

@KrassesZeug

So the midi gets converted to CV/Gate somewhere ? Did you build the Midi / CV interface yourself? I think It's really phat sounding, especially with the The self made tube amp! Nice job, I am really curious about the insides/schematics you used :-)

[KrassesZeug]

@VerminTwins The Synth connected to another step-sequencer can be seen also in one of my videos "Home-made Synthesizer played by Step-Sequencer ".

[KrassesZeug]

@VerminTwins Hi, thank you very much! The the MIDI-Keys are hocked up via a MIDI interface. Thats also how it´s connected to a sequencer.

Right now I am planing a Arduino-based Step-Sequencer (8 or 16 steps), which I will post somewhere, as soon as it works.

[paperpichu]

Are the keys smaller than nomal? They don't look full size.

[KrassesZeug]

@paperpichu yes they are indeed smaller

[KrassesZeug]

@KrassesZeug or my hands are very big :-)

[paperpichu]

what do you mean by nearly finished? it seems done and awesome to me. cou use a bit of painting or something, but it looks like the next minimoog to me. good job!

[PhotoAnimationGuy]

dude it sounds hella fat!

[darkazesim]

Nice! Really nice gritty sound man! I havn't heard anything like that since the Moog Prodigy! =D

[KrassesZeug]

@darkazesim Thanks! ;-)

[GonzoCRO]

yep... thats the 1... but same shit... its ok cuz its hardwer... so try more... but ok

[Qbranch1024]

great job. that's a kickin synthesizer

[KrassesZeug]

@Qbranch1024

[STEAKJOHNS0N]

really nice phase sound on that synth

[ICandyflippingI]

amazing!

[Grefintiuk]

very nice

[guinguinpenguin]

did u get those knobs from a microkorg? haha

[VeXorian1337]

GJ 5/5 :)

[MusicMiK]

Sounds really nice. Welcome to the DIY world, keep up this work!

[rabidmongoose51]

very nice, I am hoping to build something like this in the future., but its going to be a bit more complex. I am hoping to have 3 VCO's two ADSR Envelopes, 2 LFO's A sample and Hold and a 16 step sequencer all on one panel. I just finished a MFOS Soundlab synth and will be posting a video soon.

[KrassesZeug]

You are right, my synth is not that complex. It has 3 VCOs, one Noise Generator and only one ADSR (for filter and VCA). A LFO to control the VFC will be built next.

[KrassesZeug]

Thanks for your votes!

[orthojt]

nice

[buchla300]

sounds great!

[francislalan]

@buchla300 great? I guess you meant AWESOME!!

Really good work, Zeug

[KrassesZeug]

@francislalan Thanks for your feedback!

[mufte]

Sounds awesome! I´ve really been wanting to make a synth myself, with keyboard. Where did you buy the pcb´s? :)

[KrassesZeug]

I took an old MIDI-Keyboard for the keyboard section. As I opened the keyboard, it turned out, that it consisted of 2 pcb´s that could easily be devided into 2 parts. So I took only the longer part (with more keys). I will use the rest keys to generate swith events to controll the sound unit (keys are connected to switches on the front control plate).

[KrassesZeug]

Does anyone have an idea how to build a small pitch bend wheel? I just need to connect it to a potentiometer.

[frostedminipete]

You could try heading to a thrift store and finding an old joystick - the way they move potentiometers with elastic bands/gears is pretty similar to a pitch bend wheel. You might be able to derive something from that, or at least get an idea. I'm in class now but will watch this video once I get home~

[KrassesZeug]

Thanks for the idea. I have an old joystick, but it´s too big to build it in. Maybe I will also try to use a FSR (force sensing resistor).

[jenamu6]

Sounds great. Own design or did you use existing pcb's?

[KrassesZeug]

I used existing pcb´s.

[grae888]

fantastic.