My Modular Synthesizer
System in December 2014
Sometime in the summer of 2013 I began to build a modular synthesizer.
The panels are roughly Buchla sized. Patching is primarily banana jack.
Each cabinet holds 10 modules and provides +/-12V power.
The core of the synth is based on MFOS circuit boards augmented with pad per hole daughterboards, and some modules are of my own design built on pad per hole boards.
The keyboard was from an old Lowrey organ, and the bass pedals (which are now cased up) are from an old Wurlitzer/Hohner organ.
It is primarily a subtractive analog synth. I have a couple digital modules including a MIDI2CV8 from PAiA, a twin PT2399 based digital delay module (MFOS), and a Boss PH-3 built into a module panel.
The MIDI2CV8 is polyphonic, and my mixing section can mix down up to 10 sources, so it can be patched up as a polyphonic multitimbral synth. It also makes for a great mono synth or an ambient modular noise maker. The beauty of the modular is how flexible it can be (at the expense of long setup times!).