Founder of DSP Synthesizers, which sells chips to DIY synth makers, Sweden's Jan Ostman describes the Tiny TS as a very simple and fun, yet also quite capable, pocket synthesizer. The roughly ...

Weird… but I kinda want to hear more. That’s roughly how I’d describe the sound output of the Thingamakit, a strange "noise monster" DIY synthesizer. I like the ...

Korg is no stranger to DIY synths. In 2014, the company debuted an MS-20 kit that allowed you to assemble a version of its iconic synth at home. Again, the company is only saying this Nu:Tekt ...

DIY electronic music makers, warm up your soldering irons: A pair of hardware hacking designers have created a miniature two-button, solar-powered synthesizer with a 3-D printed wrist-strap ...

Synth designers [Erica Synths] have devised a very cool, approachable way to get started with DIY synth hacking. Designed around a breadboard, the EDU DIY LABOR is a synth module with everything ...

Miniature electronics kits like the Raspberry Pi have ushered in a new generation of DIY tinkerers ... Futur3soundz, for example, designed a synthesizer around an FPGA chip and an Adafruit ...

The Pocket Operator Modular 400 from Teenage Engineering is an analog modular synthesizer that you put together yourself. If you’re at all interested in DIY kits or synths, this might be a great ...

The synth is great for DIY enthusiasts who aren’t beginners, too. It’s designed to be hackable, so that you can integrate it with other gear in your setup or install new components.

One avenue few designers have explored is the idea of ‘bowing’ a synth engine, in the manner you would stringed instruments like a violin or cello. DIY-minded Japanese musician Washiyama Giken ...

If you want to dip your toes into the deep, deep water of synth DIY but don’t know where to start, [Atarity] has just the resource for you. He’s compiled a list of 70 wonderful DIY synth and ...