DIY Synthesizers Explained: How to build your own synth // Summer of Synths

Why should you build your own synthesizer? And where to start? In this Summer of Synths episode, Bo and Floyd try to give some answers to that question and show some existing popular projects. Want Summer of Synths to continue next year? Support it here: http://www.patreon.com/bobeats Todays guest: Floyd https://www.youtube.com/@mr_floydst Content 00:00 Intro 00:54 Music demo by Floyd 01:18 Why build your own synth? 02:32 What is a microcontroller? 05:08 How difficult is it to assemble a DIY synth? 06:35 Bo test a DIY synth 08:14 How to get parts for DIY synths? 08:55 DIY synths worth checking out 12:50 How to find DIY synth projects 13:15 Can you buy them assembled? 14:08 Where to start with your own DIY project? 15:18 Floyds top 1 DIY synth for beginners Resources about DIY synths Synth projects BPSynth: https://www.youtube.com/@Synthetech / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV-m3LPFPdk MiniDexed https://github.com/probonopd/MiniDexed MicroDexed touch https://codeberg.org/positionhigh/MicroDexed-touch Samplerbox https://www.homspace.nl/samplerbox/ Zynthian https://zynthian.org/ Picotracker: https://github.com/democloid/picoTracker Dirtywave M8 headless https://github.com/Dirtywave/M8HeadlessFirmware Microcontrollers Teensy 4.1 https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy41.html Raspberry PI https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-5/ Daisy Seed https://electro-smith.com/products/daisy-seed PicoADK https://github.com/DatanoiseTV/PicoADK-Hardware Blackpill STM32 https://stm32world.com/wiki/Black_Pill If you want to start coding Visual Studio Code https://code.visualstudio.com/ Teensy for VS Code https://www.visualmicro.com/page/Teensy-for-Microsoft-Visual-Studio.aspx Raspberry PI coding https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/coding-on-raspberry-pi-remotely-with-visual-studio-code/ How to make a synth in python https://plainenglish.io/blog/making-a-synth-with-python-oscillators-2cb8e68e9c3b An introduction to ALSA MIDI coding https://fundamental-code.com/midi/ Floyds MIDI door, with example code https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/playing-the-doors-with-a-door-and-a-raspberry-pi/ Beginners’ kits Freenove https://freenove.com/ Elegoo https://www.elegoo.com/blogs/arduino-projects/elegoo-uno-project-super-starter-kit-tutorial Business contact bonurmimusic ( a t ) gmail.com #bobeats #summerofsynths #DIYsynthesizer