US mki x es .EDU sets out to teach people how to design analog synth circuits from scratch 04/01/22 In total, 9 kits have been developed so users can create a fully featured modular mono-synth ...

New York-based littleBits has been making big waves in the design industry since their electronic modules-maker took over the MoMA Design Store. Instead of building talking puppets or electric ...

At Moogfest’s Modular Marketplace, attendees at the electronic music festival in Asheville got to browse some of the best indie and homebrew analog and digital synthesizers. Participating vendors ...

Make Magazine is now selling their Cellular Automata video synthesizer kit, allowing people to create musical tones from shifting video patterns. Don’t let the box fool you, hippies will hate this ...

Synth designers [Erica Synths] have devised a very cool, approachable way to get started with DIY synth hacking. Designed around a breadboard, the EDU DIY LABOR is a synth module with everything you ...

Here's a pro tip: if you want to make this editor smile, hand me something that makes a bunch of noise. There are few things more satisfying than pressing some buttons and turning a few knobs to ...

We talked to Manu from Befaco at the DIY workshop stand. Manu elaborated on how Befaco began with the ambition to create modular synthesizers in 2009. Initially, they explored circuits online and ...

The Pocket Operator Modular 400 from Teenage Engineering is an analog modular synthesizer that you put together yourself. If you’re at all interested in DIY kits or synths, this might be a great ...

For music geeks, building a synthesizer has always been a way to experiment with sound, far beyond what commercial synths will allow. But for those who have never picked up a soldering iron, it can be ...

Korg’s Nu:Tekt NTS-1 was a pleasant surprise when it arrived a few years ago. A DIY synth kit featuring a single monophonic digital oscillator, but with the ability to host custom sound engines ...

The Macchiato Mini Synth has a similar aesthetic to the recently-revamped Stylophone, but offers audio nerds and sound geeks the chance to get their hands dirty and build their own for under US$40, or ...