In conclusion
This is a perfect first project. It’s easy enough yet results in an interesting and unique piece of equipment- I’ve used my WSG for noises and random sounds on a few tracks already. It should be noted that this is not a synth in the traditional sesne- it has no gate or CV inputs, and the sounds that come from it are best classified as “noises”. It’s great for generating new, unique electronic percussion and drum samples.
Start with the WSG or a simple guitar pedal. If you want to move further ahead, try the FatMan from Paia, which has a MIDI input, then the Soundlab synth from musicfromouterspace, which has gate and CV inputs. A quick web search will yield buckets of great information concerning DIY. You can find projects as easy as a distortion box or as complex as an 1176! Good luck.
November 16th, 2008 at 14:02
you are a freaking genius. how did you know how to do all this “simple” stuff?!??!?!
November 26th, 2008 at 07:27
From Mark Ahlman – This is awesome!! I want one!
December 24th, 2008 at 05:27
I’m about to start my WSG this week so wish me luck and please let me know of any ‘gotcha’s’ that you found.
If all goes well, I’m going to try to build the WSG into an aluminum flight case (briefcase) along with the synth plus with Sample and hold chip from Musicfromouterspace and see if I can fit in a simple mixer and speaker all in the one unit.
I bought the PCBs from the site but have sourced everything else myself which has caused a few problems – no one shop had all the components I needed so had to use a variety of them which added in postage costs (although futurlec was the best one I found – it’s got most things.)
December 29th, 2008 at 19:00
hey, Did you had an input by any chance? if you did how did you? looks awesome mate!
January 7th, 2009 at 00:20
Looks great!
I’ve got my first kit and like the idea of the kill switch.
Where do you wire that in?
August 2nd, 2009 at 04:38
Thanks for this post…inspiring…
but where do you have made or get materials for the faceplate?? What do you use to paint it, etc…