Crafting the Legendary Solina Wall of Sound
1.1 // THE LEGACY OF EMINENT, ARP AND THE '70 STRING MACHINESTo understand why this specific circuit is a masterwork of vintage emulation, we have to look back...
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The Haible Schulte Krautrock Phaser
1.1 // THE LEGACY OF GERT SCHULTE AND COSMIC GERMANYTo understand why this specific circuit is so revered, we have to travel back to the experimental music scene...
A Journey Into the Ultimate DIY Headphone & Speaker Amp
1.1 // THE POWER ARCHITECTURE: A TWIN ENGINEWhen you run four Class A amplifier boards, they pull a massive amount of continuous electrical current. They run hot, which...
Building the AMB Beta24 power Amp
1.1 // THE ARCHITECTURE: NO SAFETY NETBefore you dive into building a Beta24, you have to understand what you are getting into. It is a fully differential, fully...
Building a Great DIY 51x & 500 Series Analog Rack
1.1 // 500 SERIES FORMAT EXPLAINEDIf you are new to outboard gear, you might be wondering what a "lunchbox" is. In the 1970s, Automated Processes Inc. (API) created...
Building the CBT-36: My Journey with Constant Beamwidth Transducers
1.1 // WHY NOW?Once I got back home from my US trip, I couldn't get that sound out of my head.I started looking online to see what it...
Building the Beast: My Journey to a Large Analog Synthesizer
1.1 // THE GATEWAYEvery obsession has a starting point. For me, it was Blacet Research. They offered both complete and DIY modules for the core building blocks: Oscillators...
Back to 1981: Recreating the Roland Jupiter 8
1.1 // A MASTERPIECE OF MINIATURIZATIONUnlike its sibling, the Deckard's Dream, the ISE-NIN is impressively compact. The kit consists of the main PCBs, a high-quality front panel, and...
The Beat That Changed Everything: The TR-909 Legacy
1.1 // A MEMORY FROM 1985My own fascination with this machine started decades ago. When I bought my first analog synthesizer in 1985, the Roland HS-60, which is...
Building a Beat: The Sound of a Roland TR-808
1.1 // WHY ?My obsession with this machine started when I listened to Tangerine Dream's Poland album and hearing the magical sounds emanating from its tracks.I remember seeing...