synth kits

[smopo24]

does anyone know where to get a build your own synth kit? i've heard that radio shack used to sell them in the early-mid eighties, but i've never seen one (with the possible exception of the theremin....but that doesn't realy count). how much would one cost? would it be easy to make?

[dolivas]

I'm pretty sure you can find a kit. Right off the bat a google search revealed this:
http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2004/...own-synth.html

[Chaorta]

www.paia.com

[johnS]

This electronic musician article filled me with delusions of soldering together a giant wall of analog synth modules:

http://emusician.com/elecinstruments...ing/index.html

All of these modules are avail. as DIY kits:
http://www.synthtech.com/

[Drengur Grar]

if you plan on building a big ole' modular unit from scratch...prepare yourself for a lifetime achievement award...that's what you'll get at the end of the tunnel. Murphy's Law is a b*tch and it can honestly take a lifetime to build one. Smaller units..go for the Paia kits...they even have scheme's for a vocoder i believe

[dolivas]

here's a cool little program i've been using on and off lately to create some simple synths and some cool little vst effects:
http://www.synthmaker.com/

its kinda simple, very nice looking, but you can do some nifty things with it without having to solder any crap onto a real life PCB board.