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Part 7: putting it in the case
This was the easiest part of my project by far. The case was something I had been given by a friend and I have been wanting to use it in...
May 151 min read


Part 6: assembling and testing the PCB
Here is where I ran into some PROBLEMS. At some point during my design process, I dropped a very important resistor from the design. ...
May 151 min read


Part 5: Adding Octaves
Next I decided to add two extra octaves to my keyboard. This can be done with either a frequency divider or a frequency multiplier: I...
May 131 min read


Part 4: Designing The Keyboard PCB
Many weeks later.... I have come up with the final design for sound generation (the keyboard). I decided on 12 separate 555 timer...
May 132 min read


Part three: making the music happen (surprise, it's Math!)
Once I had chosen a basic design, it was time to start dialing in the tone generation. I would need 12 555 times, one for each note. I...
May 131 min read


Part two: breadboard 555 mini-synth
This was the first draft of my synth, I followed a post by lonesoulsurfer: https://www.instructables.com/Moog-Style-Synth/ I decided to...
May 131 min read


Part One: sound generation strategy
Originally I wanted to use voltage-controlled oscillators for sound generation. This is the classic synth method, used in the original...
May 131 min read
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