well i got more free time to play around with synths then most of the ppl here....:)
what are you going to build? something like the fatman maybe?
like 303 here built but it sounded weird pitched(did you get that fixed yet sebastian?) what was the name of the company who made the parts i forgot...

You mean PAiA? (http://www.paia.com/p9700s.htm) - thats the one i built.

It could sound good also, its broken now - when i started it up and where making a small patch it said "click" and then it started to smell burning electronics.. I found what parts are damaged - to much for me to ever bother to fix it.. or maybe not i dont know.

Otherwise why dont you start to build your own hardware effects? its alot easier than building a wholesynth, and its pretty nice to have an moog-filter copy and so on

i have to admit, programming a synth on a computer screen doesnt appeal to me so much either..lately ive been even sequencing many midi tracks on my JX305 to avoide the computer..then only going to the computer once i wanna start recording audio....but, after playing around with a nord micro-modular a few years back, id love a g5 now! cables and hardware patching (non-memory) seems like too much of hassle....half a day to get the sound and the other half writing down what you did so u can recreate the patch when u wanna use it again!

i admire u guys building bits and peices!! we talked about this before...guitar peddles and stuff....i wish i had the patients! i cant imagine starting to build a synth for example...i dread the thought everytime i decide to build my self a new PC!! at least with putting together a PC no soldering is required.

if you need anyone to help beta test some gear though...feel free to send it over here to japan! hehe

It's really not that hard to solder. There are a few PCBs I came across. They have all the instructions. Some you just have to buy the parts and solder them in (taking some special care with the ICs). Some don't include cases or anything. Then you'd have cut a faceplate and make a box.

I can hardly wait to build something. Once I sell my virus I may order some effects to make and have them sent here to Korea anyway.

My uni has one of those :)
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what kind of university do you go to? 8O :D
i heard this is a big moog modular system in our university here in the sound department or what ever it is called

University of Melbourne.

Theres a Synthi 100 in the Music Museum, but you can turn it on and play with it. Ditto for a Moog Theremin there
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