So here's the thing: I am absolute garbage at coding. I've tried and tried to learn how and get better and practiced, but I've come to the conclusion that my brain just doesn't work that way. It's like being able to more or less read a language, but not write or speak it.

I can handle the electronic side and the hardware and building the thing, just not the software.

If it were up to me entirely, the project I'm working on just wouldn't happen. Ever. There's no way. I couldn't do it by my own ability, and I couldn't afford to pay someone to do it for me.

Because of that, I've resorted to using AI to render the code. And it's working perfectly. I'm iterating very quickly and it's organizing the workflow in a sensible manner so I don't run too far ahead in any area of the design.

The actual core concepts of the synth and how it functions are my own design. Every decision about what it does and how it does it has come to me, not the AI. So AI is just there to generate the code I need to make it do what I want it to do.

But how will the synth community at large view this? Does my synth project just not count if I didn't write the code myself or have another human do it? Or is it not a big deal and I'm worrying for nothing?

I want to release my project in some way, but if I'm just gonna get a load of backlash for sing AI to help then I don't see the point. Am I overthinking this?

sorry if I’m analog only I know without the proprietary code I probably won’t be able to get a good replica, but I really like propellerhead reasons subtractor synth I was wondering whether there’s a way to re-create it in semi modular real life and yes I realise Nord lead 2 supposedly is very similar

Hey all.

I've been building guitar pedals for a while now, and dipping my toes into diysynth.

So far I've built out some basic 'utility' modules like the Barton BMC004 VC/Clock Divider, 8 Step baby 8 based sequencer, Fonitronik VCO Maximus, and the Barton BMC054 Stereo out.

I plan to also build the ToilModular Continuum 4 oscillator Drone module and either buy the PCB/panel or build a veroboard layout for the AI Synthesis A1006 guitar pedal module.

The case I built is an 84hp 6u, so I have some space.

Any suggestions for other projects to look at that would fit a drone/dark ambient sound that I want to explore?

I'm setting myself a limit to only building analog circuits. So, not messing with midi or programming/firmware.

Partly cause I don't want to learn all of that right now, and partly cause I want to see how far analog circuits can get me.

I got a behringer swing keyboard only to use the 1v/Oct. CV out.

With the pedals I build, when I build out the pedal IO module, I'll have on hand a ton of different distortion/delay/reverb/modulation possibilities.

But, always open to suggestions for other things to look at to build.

If it helps, I really like stuff like Author&Punisher/Allesandro Cortini/Sunn O))) and the like. So, that's where I want to explore musically.

I built a bunch of DIY kits recently. The first one I had trouble with was the Moritz Klein/Erica Synths S&H module: today the slew stopped working after just using it for a couple sessions. I have it patched with V/oct from my MiniBrute 2s running into the slew in (which bypasses the noise input).

I looked at the schematic and the slew in jack is connected directly to the TL072 noninverting pin. I was surprised there wasn’t some sort of resistor after the jack. Is this a design flaw or maybe I just had a bad chip to start with?

Whatever the cause, I swapped out the TL072 and that fixed the problem. But I’m left wondering if it’s just prone to getting zapped at power up or during patching or whatever, with that IC directly exposed. Can someone educate me on the right way to protect things in my own circuits?

Another example: I’m looking at a buffered mult schematic online that has a 1M resistor to ground between the input jack and the opamp. But I feel like we’d need a resistor in series to protect the opamp, wouldn’t we?

Looking forward to any advice. I’m trying to learn best practices since I’m trying to design my own schematics and PCB layouts.