BS-1 Breadboard Synthesizer Overview

A quick look at the breadboard synthesizer I built. Demo song coming soon!

[@cravensean]

That sounds so good -- it's got that early Moog/Land of the Lost vibe. You make me want to learn electronics.

[@CanonballKryptoTheKryptonautsI]

Yes! Kit, schematic? You could be getting these into the hands of all musicians No one has ever explained things so clearly Thank you!!!!

[@robsollom935]

Amazing! Would love to see a tutorial series

[@KeurslagerKurt]

Def worth checking out 'moritz klein' on KZbin for this. Great synth diy channel where he explains the electronics and then does step by step breadboard builds.

[@buckstarchaser2376]

@@KeurslagerKurt Not so much any more, since he partnered with a manufacturer. Such is the lifecycle of community launching pads.

[@akashchakrabarty5708]

At a glance I thought it was Rob Scallon XD

[@sine0]

@@buckstarchaser2376 did he delete any of his earlier videos? I went to his channel and there wasnt much there in the way of breadboarding

[@lemon__snicker5973]

@@sine0 Shouldn't have, although he may have, unsure. The ones I'm most cordial to are his DIY series where he roughly covers each section of a synth; they're the only breadboarding videos of his I've seen.

[@CanonballKryptoTheKryptonautsI]

You clarified 50 years of my learning about synths in Just a few minutes. Amazing!!!!! Thank you

[@4estral]

Do a build along!

[@gavincurtis]

Wow! What a very nice synthesizer. Almost skipped this video expecting to hear some simple 555 beeps. Subscribed.

[@gavincurtis]

This new YT layout is a pile of shit. I cannot subscribe until I exit out of the video……? Where is the subscribe button today?

[@Spazzmoticus]

This looks and sounds amazing. For the people asking for schematics, he's linked his blog in the About page of his channel. He goes over each of the sections in detail there. I'd post a link directly, but I forgot that KZbin will auto hide comments with URLs in them and so my previous comments got removed or hidden or something. Anyway at the end of his blog post you can get the link to his bandcamp where you can listen to the song he teased at the end of this video.

[@deadpresident78]

Thanks for the info!!

[@mbozz]

AMAZING! you should do a tutorial series!

[@KeurslagerKurt]

Very inspiring! I love breadboard builds, i find them more relaxing than pcb design/layout. Feels a bit like puzzling to make it all neat and tidy. I did build a Thomas Henry 555VCO on breadboard at some point. It's a bit larger than René's VCO, but def worth it: you get extra Sine and Triangle Waves, and a super cool 'hard sync' input. All standard Parts too! (Based on 555 and LM13700)

[@jimmy_jamesjams_a_lot4171]

DUDE!! THAT build seems to be really holding up to your playing and wear, since my breadboards usually would produce some undesirable static from general wear or short-outs in the wiring. And your wiring btw is really nice and pretty, no bare copper and no huge lengths of slack. Your own diy monosynth - just with the modules that you’ve decided upon - that gives the synth an overall sound that’s all to itself. Very lovely with that Polivokc filter. The whole thing just really is your own unique innovation! Really inspiring work that you’ve done!! I’d love to read the code for the MIDI module! So cool!! Edit I’ve found Rene Schmitz’s Midi/CV!!

[@messopedals]

this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen in my life, I'm inspired

[@alanbarnett328]

Brings modular synth to a whole new level! This is actually super cool, and if you're familiar with the components and could mix and match stuff it could be loads of fun to play with

[@tristen_grant]

How is this at all similar to a modular synth?

[@frevrix]

@@tristen_grantbecause he is combining different elements from different synths, VCO, Filter, ADSR, etc. that’s what you do with modular, just instead of a euro rack it’s all mashed together on a breadboard.

[@nicogetz]

That's really impressive and sounds great

[@mastersunfish]

Incredible.

[@AiyanaArna]

you're a true gem in the content creation community!

[@grakkam]

That sounds amazing! Please, please, pleeeeeeease share a schematic!

[@krishna34674]

its all stuff off the net

[@stuffandjunkanduhh5049]

I knew someone would say this 😂 Its all schems easily found online.

[@stuffandjunkanduhh5049]

@@z_h_f he mentions what each section is based on in the video.

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

Great work . Its great to see these beeadboard projects thats how I started. I'm very interested in setting in the midi to cv part. I will look it up. In the meantime continue the great work.

[@TheNissaba]

love this project, it sounds very nice and the bonus is that it does not use a development board as its heart.

[@fishercawkey]

You're the man Love that this is Ben Eater-inspired

[@HeavyDutyModularSynths]

this is most impressive breadboarding ive ever seen in my life. end of story.

[@ZoranEm]

this is a great build, you got some really cool sounds from this project! thanks for sharing, i really wanna build something similar too

[@xpump876]

Cool design and awesome effort!! I've been building synths since the 80's starting with ElectroNotes publications from Ithaca, NY. I'd given up on breadboarding on more than one occasion. Invariably after moderate use, my connections would get funky and tracking down issues seemed to take over all my time. These days I use PCBs with soldered thin copper w/ nylon sleeving for workups and once I have something viable, I create a circuit board and send the gerber files off to Asia where they give you 5 PCB's for ~ 30$.

[@suntzu6122]

STYLE POINTS. Wow this sounds incredible holy shit.

[@dalewheat]

Well executed! Thanks for sharing this project with us. It sounds really great.

[@bisnetodeportugues]

Smitzbists ...vco diagram ...page internet...

[@EnkiAtari]

Sounds awesome.

[@CuSiSound]

A good collection of modules producing a wide range of sounds. Good work!

[@richdecibels]

sounds amazing, great project

[@cerberes]

Very nice. Now use digital pots in place of the analog ones and strap that baby to Ben's computer.

[@beach_bum_dev]

This is insane. I built the Ben eater computer last year. Might have to start working on something like this soon. I’ll echo the call for a tutorial series. Even just a few videos on how to make the lfo, psu, mixer, etc. I’d watch the heck out of that. Great work

[@rokasbarasa1]

@MoritzKlein0 shows how to build some of these

[@adastra123]

Class. This is inspiring stuff. I want to build one but understand it. Well done.

[@davidsymalla]

Very, Very bad ass brother!!! I’m building one!!!!

[@noshkispichki]

send schem

[@TheMakeBeep]

Great work and great sound! Thank you for sharing. Even just the riffs you play here are fun sounding starts to some groovy club banger.

[@nikbivation]

wow, didn't expect such sound!

[@deivys20071]

woww!! where is the schematic!! ?? :D

[@bisnetodeportugues]

Schmitz bits

[@deivys20071]

@@bisnetodeportugues 😉👍

[@expensivenotes]

Fabulous work. Sounds great!

[@learnspanishwithhenry]

Damn! This synth sounds really great!!!! Well done

[@bogdantoma6927]

Need to build this!

[@gregorysember2164]

That's awesome dude!

[@jehdbrbjeirodofjdjebeebbsnaka]

sounds insane for such a small thing

[@theknarlyboy]

What an excellent excellent thing. Sounds great👍

[@tcroyce8128]

This is so COOL

[@leovasquez1952]

Bro this is beautiful, im new in electronic world, definetly i will try to build some like that

[@NoobomgWhy]

the sound is amazing ... like whaaaat ? :D

[@narcisound1970]

good sounds mate! awosome project!

[@ChromosomeSyndicate]

Sounds fantastic and now just transforming into a pcb version with case and knobs would be great .

[@nitfumble]

Do you mind sharing the schematic of this beautiful beast? Nice build & video!

[@royjacqvanstraeten668]

I only can say : chapeau Sir great project !

[@AnalogDude_]

have seen Adamski A. monster breadboard Synthesizer? i wonder why he didn't get an approached by the World guines books of Records.

[@izerpizer]

That’s fucking awesome

[@JordanService]

OMFG this is so sick!

[@ewwitsantonio]

Sounds great!

[@SZINNAPALM]

Yeah I want to build this like tonight, add that 32 step sequencer ohh baby

[@LockStoppageSandwich]

More of this please 👍

[@MegaCadr]

If you still have this, would love to hear jams

[@iancain6647]

Sounds really good.

[@edtotman2952]

Looks and sounds awesome!

[@GENATARi]

Turned out great! 👍

[@dillipphunbar7924]

Superb!

[@yegorvelbivets8042]

Wow! so cool!

[@toolzshed]

Wow gorgeous!

[@owenott8202]

Awesome project!

[@synthnomore696]

Just Brilliant

[@metrolynn973]

really sick stuff

[@energycsdx]

4:19 Boards of Canada - roygbiv, please share schematic

[@sendarium]

Hey! This is so cool. Make a tutorial video!!!!

[@lowlevelretro]

Super cool!

[@gamboodle]

so cool! ive been wanting to make something very similar to this for a while now, this might be the push to start working on smth 😅

[@akiliinstitute6819]

Will you do a video building it?

[@mindaugasj.5792]

Cool! :) Could I have a schematic please?

[@arelfony]

Can you please share the schematic🙏🙏

[@eliashall9357]

Damn right.

[@chromypone]

whoa, I'm a huge beginner but I really really would like to know the schematic section just for converting the midi protocol into the CV required to control the oscillators. It looks so simple on the board but I don't even know where to begin.

[@cleekersneaker]

Inspiring

[@DonErikos]

great great ! amazing sounds ...schematiiiiiiics pleeeease

[@montsamu]

Rad stuff man

[@screwf4ce1]

Awesome!!

[@ahoe]

Amazing! How can I buil it?

[@benbork9835]

Bro build a moog on a breadboard. This sounds PHAT

[@bombastik87]

Wonderful!

[@imothy]

This is great! I was wondering is there a "good" quality breadboard for doing stuff like this? I have a few cheapo breadboards that look like this, but after i've prototyped a few things i notice the wires don't make a good connection on some spots after they've been punched in a few times.

[@BPEMETO]

Sounds amazing! : ) Can you share the schematics?

[@timscott5397]

very cool!

[@chupathingy5862]

Stop convincing me to make a polivoks filter! The sound, it's too funky!

[@eliashall9357]

Fucking awesome!

[@pedromiranda5448]

Would you mind sharing the diagram please?

[@bisnetodeportugues]

The diagram is on a page called Rene Schmitz.

[@noshkispichki]

@@bisnetodeportugues where

[@onpatrolforthejuice]

Schematic pls ❤

[@ukbloke28]

Love this! What’s a rough price for the parts?

[@JukenFlaj]

Great. Amazing.

[@tailbiterz]

Like this a lot.

[@analogart5251]

Good job, do you have a link for the polyvoks filter operating under 12V? the one I found is only for 15V , thanks !!!

[@kurtroman6470]

Good evening, this basic synth sounds amazing! I can buy an analog synth but I don't want to, I can't play music but I don't want to... Just want to build things like this, learn how they work or sound... so can you PLEASE give me some information or schematics to build this one, it is a starting point to me and very important! Anyway you did a great job with this one!! PLZ give more info, THANK YOU!! Best regards, Roman Kurt

[@floretion]

Although this synth sounds cool, it would be an awful point to start as a learning, imo. There are thousands of videos by experts online- see Moritz Klein's DIY synth series, for example.

[@Superbad94]

hey do you have an tutorial how i can built it ? ist sounds pretty nice

[@aaronstclair2423]

Dope af!

[@samuelmorgan7112]

do those lfos only use one op amp each? sounds perfect! could i see a schematic please

[@massimookissed1023]

They are "relaxation oscillators" which just use one opamp as an inverter with hysteresis. (Much like the hex Schmitt trigger oscs.) They give a square wave output, but a 2 opamp 8 pin chip could use the 2nd opamp to buffer the voltage on the oscillator's capacitor to give a sharktooth wave output.

[@videojuegos9379]

4:22 do i hear a little roygbiv?

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

P.s. sounds amazing

[@stefanhansen5882]

This was brilliantly mad! How much did all components used cost in total? Thanks!

[@NoobomgWhy]

Maybe my hearing is not that good ... but I can not tell the difference from a commercial analogue ... (using good headphones)

[@Kronin-n6f]

Sell a full tutorial for this, I would pay at least $20 to learn how to do this.

[@virtuosomaximoso1]

The vca is just 2 transistors? What is it based on?

[@mrqwerty20001]

Sounds amazing!.....schematics 👉👈