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Showing posts with label Polykit. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Designing a DIY Envelope Generator Eurorack Module


video upload by POLYKIT SYNTH

"I'm looking into designing and building the next Eurorack module, an ADSR or envelope generator.

The PCBs are available at my store https://store.polykit.rocks

Join my Patreon and get a discount in my store and early access to the design files: https://patreon.com/Polykit"

Friday, January 12, 2024

Polykit Building an Analog Polysynth - Controls Part2


video upload by Polykit

"In this video I look into building a control board for my DIY analog polyphonic synthesizer. The board has sixteen rotary encoders which can be freely assigned to any of the synthesizer's parameter. There is a 16x2 display for user feedback.

Make sure to check out the video playlist on the build process of the voice card and the main board:" [part 1 in the playlist]

Saturday, January 06, 2024

Adding Controls to Polykit's DIY Analog Polysynth


video upload by Polykit

"I finally got the control board for my analog polysynth working. It's sixteen rotary encoders which can be freely assigned to any of the synthesizer's parameter. There is a 16x2 display for user feedback.

Make sure to check out the video playlist on the build process of the voice card and the main board:"

Thursday, June 08, 2023

A SEQUENCER FROM BERLIN - THE MFB-601


video upload by Polykit Synth

"In this video I look into the history of MFB, a Berlin based manufacturer of musical instruments, and repairing a vintage jewel, the MFB-601 digital sequencer from 1983.

The MFB-601 is sequencing my Kosmo modular synthesizer. Two VCOs are going through a Steiner diode ladder VCF and a spring reverb tank. The MFB-601 is also triggering the MFB-501 drum machine to stay in sync.

0:00 - Intro
0:15 - History of MFB
1:06 - The MFB-601 Digital Sequencer
1:37 - Repair
2:26 - Programming of Sequences
3:40 - Demo MFB-501 & MFB-601
5:14 - Conclusion"

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Superbooth23: Panel Art


video upload by Polykit

"Impressions from Superbooth 2023 - Front Panel Art."

Superbooth23: Beepboop Tape Loop/ Delay


video upload by Polykit

"Impressions from Superbooth 2023 - Beepboop Tape Loop/ Delay."

Thursday, April 27, 2023

PLAYING TETRIS ON the Polykit POLYSYNTH


video upload by Polykit

"I'm playing Tetris on my Commodore VIC-20, theme song is coming from my 8 voice DIY polysynth.

More details on the polysynth:" [posted here]

Thursday, March 16, 2023

Polykit BUILDING AN ANALOG POLYSYNTH - AGAIN PT1


video upload by Polykit

"I started building a fully programmable analog polyphonic synthesizer - again. In this video I’m going to look at the main components and give a first outlook on the hardware.

Video playlist on the voice card:"

Polykit-X Voice Card Synthesizer

Monday, March 13, 2023

Polykit PROGRAMMED A MIDI SEQUENCER IN BASIC (FOR THE COMMODORE VIC-20)


video upload by Polykit

"I've been playing around with a Commodore VIC-20 from the early 80s and a MIDI interface card. I decided to program a simple 16-step sequencer in BASIC - because there is none.

The BASIC source code can be found on my GitHub site: https://github.com/polykit/vic20-sequ..."

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Polykit FULLY PROGRAMMABLE DIY ANALOG POLYSYNTH


video upload by Polykit

"First tunes out of my analog polysynth based on the voice cards I've build last year. All eight voices are controlled by a microcontroller through a 16-bit DAC.

GitHub: https://github.com/polykit
Mastodon: https://chaos.social/@polykit"

Thursday, December 15, 2022

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PLAYING ANALOG SYNTHESIZER


video upload by Polykit

"I let an Artificial Intelligence play my DIY Analog Synthesizers. The outcome is most astonishing!

I used MuseNet from @OpenAI to compose all songs in this video. The song titles were also made up by an AI. See links below if you want to try it out yourself.

0:00 - Intro
0:06 - "The Machine's Lament"
2:42 - "Neural Dreams"
5:01 - "Artificial Harmony"

/*/*/*/*

808 Module PCBs: https://github.com/jbeuckm?tab=reposi...
GitHub: https://github.com/polykit"

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

How to CIRCUIT BEND a toy SOUNDBOX for a modular synthesizer


video upload by Polykit

"In this video I look into circuit bending a toy soundbox and make it programmable by a sequencer.

GitHub: https://github.com/polykit

0:00 - Intro
0:46 - Modifications
1:08 - The Circuit
2:00 - Power Supply
2:40 - Output Protection
3:07 - Panel
3:14 - Proto Board
3:44 - First Test
5:09 - Ending

Music by LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER"

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

The Polykit X1 DIY Semi-Modular Analog Synthesizer


video upload by Polykit

Follow-up to Prototype of a PATCHABLE analog SYNTHESIZER

"The Polykit X1 - a DIY semi-modular, analog synthesizer. It is based on the voice card I’ve build over the last months. It brings out all parameters of the card and offers a lot of variations through patching.

I've been so happy with the outcome of the voice card for a polyphonic synth that I've build an interface for a single card. It holds jacks for control voltages and signals, pots for all parameters, switches for filter responses, utility circuits and a power supply. It is the first time I used SMD components for all major parts.

You can find all needed files to build one yourself on my GitHub site https://github.com/polykit/polykit-x-...

0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Design Process / SMD
1:46 - Specs of the Voice Card
2:16 - Specs of the Semi Modular Interface
3:00 - Patching Details
8:26 - Other Controls
8:57 - Conclusion

Friday, September 02, 2022

Prototype of a PATCHABLE analog SYNTHESIZER


video upload by Polykit

"This is a demo of a prototype of a patchable analog synthesizer. It is based on one of my voice cards I have build over the last months."

Github: https://github.com/polykit

Voice Card Specs:
• A single oscillator with saw, triangle and pulse output
• Multiple VCAs to blend between different input signals, a main VCA for the envelope and a panning VCA for stereo output
• An additional external input that can be mixed in, eg. a noise signal
• One envelope generator for the VCA. It can also modulate filter frequency and resonance, also with an inverted signal
• A pole mixing multimode filter with 8 filter responses:
◦ 4P LP
◦ 2P LP
◦ 4P HP
◦ 2P HP
◦ 4P BP
◦ 2P BP
◦ 3P AP + 1P LP
◦ 4P N
• There are multiple options two switch and blend between different signals and filter responses
• PWM, FM and synchronization inputs

Videos on the voice card:

Saturday, June 11, 2022

Polykit DIY open source SPRING REVERB driver module


video upload by Polykit

Wednesday, April 06, 2022

MFB 501 vintage DRUM MACHINE from 1980


video upload by Polykit

"This is the MFB 501 drum machine from 1980. I needed to make a custom power supply cable for this rather unusual plug. I'm pretty excited about this because it was made in my home town!"

Sunday, January 16, 2022

Thinking of a New Design for the Polykit-6 Analog POLYPHONIC SYNTHESIZER


video upload by Polykit

"In this video I discuss a new design for a full analog polyphonic synthesizer. It will have voice cards with all important components on it and should be easy to scale."

Github: https://github.com/polykit

Specs of the voice card:
- AS3372E for VCF, VCA and waveform mixer
- AS3340 as VCO
- AS3310 as ADSR

Specs of the mainboard:
- Holds 6 voice cards
- Microcontroller for voice control and MIDI input
- i2c DACs/ADCs/demultiplexer for parameter/pitch control
- Control and user input

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Build an analog POLYPHONIC SYNTHESIZER From Scratch with Polykit-6


video upload by Polykit

"In this video I talk about the technical details of my DIY digitally controlled analog polyphonic synthesizer. All schematics and PCBs can be found on my GitHub site.

Polykit-6 Demonstration: [posted here]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/polykitsynth
Github: https://github.com/polykit

Specs are:
- 6 voices polyphonic analog DCO based on Roland Juno 106
- Sawtooth and square signal
- PWM control (manual, LFO)
- Voice stacking and de-tuning
- MIDI input
- MIDI pitch bend
- CEM3350/AS3350 state variable filter
- Lowpass and bandpass output
- Frequency cutoff/center control (manual, ADSR, LFO)
- Resonance control (manual, LFO)
- LFO
- 2x ADSR based on CEM3310/AS3310 (SVF, VCA)
- Roland Juno 60 chorus clone"

Monday, December 20, 2021

POLYKIT-6 - New DIY Digital Controlled Analog Polyphonic Synthesizer


video upload by Polykit

"Over the last year I built this digitally controlled polyphonic synthesizer. All schematics and PCBs I created myself (except of the chorus). It was harder than I thought to finish this project but I learned how to layout PCBs and a lot about vintage synthesizers.

Specs are:
- 6 voice polyphonic analog DCO based on Juno 106
- Sawtooth and pulse
- PWM control (manual, LFO)
- MIDI input
- CEM3350/AS3350 state variable filter
- Lowpass and bandpass output
- Frequency cutoff controlled by ADSR and LFO
- Resonance control (manual, LFO)
- LFO
- 2x ADSR based on CEM3310/AS3310 (SVF, VCA)
- Juno 60 chorus clone

All schematics and PCB layouts can be found on https://github.com/polykit

Attention! This not for beginnners in electronics nor a finished product."
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