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Built an analog subtractive synthesizer entirely on breadboards 19
Built an analog subtractive synthesizer entirely on breadboards
View Reddit by rytone – View Source
Built an analog subtractive synthesizer entirely on breadboards
View Reddit by rytone – View Source
Inspired by all the breadboard computers people have built over the years, I took my passion for synthesizers and electronic music and made this: an analog subtractive synthesizer which I call BS-1. It features a dual-rail power supply, a MIDI-to-CV converter, two oscillators, two LFOs, a noise source, a mixer, a Polivoks VCF clone, two ADSRs, and a VCA.
Be sure to check out my [writeup](https://ryt.one/blog/bs-1/) to get all the details, and watch my quick [demo video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–L100JvWc4) to hear how it sounds. I will also be releasing a song made exclusively with sounds from BS-1 (excluding effects and mixing) on my [Bandcamp](https://rytone64.bandcamp.com/) in the next coming days.
Watched the video. I’m beyond impressed with all that sound from a breadboard. Are the long white wires control voltage?
Damn that sounds really great, nice job
I’d love to see someone show up to a gig with a synth on a breadboard
this is amazing, good work. the video you posted sounds great. Going to try and replicate this at some point
Impressed.
When is the PCB version expected?
Impressed by a few things. The relative long supply runs with out bypass caps (maybe power supply droop/noise improves synthesizer sound); Neatness; Time it took.
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Good job.
The best synth on the internets!
Fuck, this is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing!!
Thanks for documenting everything! That’s very helpful
Super impressed! Is that 5 small breadboards taped together? It looks like far fewer and simpler components than I would have thought was possible (but still more more complex than anything I would try to build).
The closest to that I ever got was soldering together a tiny [Lunetta synthesizer](https://electro-music.com/forum/index.php?f=160). That was fun but sounds horrible. I can recommend it for anyone that wants to make noises with a few components on breadboard, but does not have the skills or patience to do anything like a real analogue synthesizer (or even a proper digital synthesizer).
You impressed me sooooo much. This type of synth i wanna do for once in my whole lifetime. I’m motivated. Saving this post!
Oooo very nice
I love this
This is absolutely marvellous.
Must sound terrific!
!remindme 2 years
Would you want to make it on a pcb?
That’s awesome man! Great job on the demo as well, you really showed off its wide capabilities. Very impressive considering its size
This is so awesome!!