Modular Synth Project

All the parts lists for the modular are now dated so that you will be able to see if you have the latest version. There have been some minor corrections made to some of them , and if you spot any mistakes, please let me know.

Oakely Modular:

Control 3 updated 25th February 2004

Superladder 3 8th December 2003

SVF 8th December 2003

S&H 8th December 2003

Triple VCA 8th June 2003

MidiDAC 2 updated 10th April 2003.

VCO Mk2 updated 23rd March 2003

ADSR & VCA updated 27th March 2003

Multiladder Mk2 21st January 2003

Triple Basic LFO 21st January 2003

Noise & Filter 21st January 2003

Equinox 22nd January 2003

Audio Mixer 23rd January 2003

Sequencers

The main sequencer I use is a homebrew version of Colin Frasers' Sequentix P3. This is a microprocessor-based, 8 track hardware midi sequencer.

Pictures taken during construction of P3 No 007

Steve Thomas did the CNC work on my P3 Hammond case.

P3 Sequencer Parts List:

P3 Main Board 8th December 2003

P3 Other Boards 8th December 2003

I also have one of Paul Perrys' Frostwave fatControllers, a 16 note analogue unit.

Workspace

Photos of my workspace are here.

Recording and mixing via a Yamaha AW16G digital workstation.

Monitoring on PMC DB1 loudspeakers.

Chameleon

After hearing several of these at the SDIY 2003 gathering, and being convinced by Paul Maddox's evangelising, I coughed up for a Soundart Chameleon. This is a very versatile 24 bit programmable audio DSP engine, housed in a 1U 19" rack box. In essence, you can load different Soundskins via midi sysex and effectively turn the unit into different instruments. For the adventurous, there is also a Developers Kit freely available to allow you to custom program your own soundskins. Checkout the dedicated website for Chameleon projects.

Other Stuff

Other Projects undertaken :

Ray Wilson's Soundlab Minisynth

Trevor Page's 9090 Drumsynth

Oakleysound 3031

3 Octave monophonic Midi Keyboard utilising Roma Sowa's MIDI4B Keyboard controller, fitted to a keyboard kindly donated by Peter Swarbrick at Synth-DIY 2005.

Quad Flanging Delay 4xD designed by Seb Francis

Synth-DIY UK

Here is a link to Paul Maddox's page for Synth-DIY meetings in the UK and around the world:

Contact Details

You can contact me here, Andy Wilson

Publications

Audio Engineers Reference Book Edited by Michael Talbot-Smith. Butterworth Heinemann. I contributed the chapter on Analogue Recording and Reproduction

Suppliers

Links

Frostwave Analogue music machines from Australia.

Synth-DIY Great place to learn about all things related to building DIY synths.

Oakley Synths Yahoo Group Discussion forum for Oakley users.

Synth.net The ultimate synthesiser resource site, owned by Paul Maddox, who kindly provided this web space.

Wiseguysynth The late Larry Hendry's website, which amongst other synth stuff, has Oakley parts listings for Stateside builders.