Very cool! I would point out that the use of a 555 timer per note has the advantage of allowing the user to play multiple keys at a time to create chords and other sounds. The issue with using only one 555 timer for all the notes is that it only allows the user to play one note at a time. Although you can technically play multiple notes at a time with a single 555 timer synth, the notes won’t reflect the expected combination of frequencies like when played on a piano.
At 0:33 you making fun of the absurd of having a car with a motor for each wheel...Well, it's exactly the configuration of some electric cars like the pick up truck Rivian !
Nice... its like soviet "Faemi M" electric organ, which is a little bit more complicated but also based on astable multivibrator circuits. Maybe you will find some inspirations in it's schematics. Also u can check "Faemi mini" schematics. Its monophonic toy just like your "Okay synth" but more cooler and has a distinctive fat sound. I think that I saw earlier simple envelope generator on 555 timer. It would be cool to add something like this in your projects and a filter (maybe?). Good luck, mate.
It really sounds like a awesome project but then i saw the price of this kit.... 220 bucks.. Seriously WTH is wrong with them? It really kills the fun when the price for a Kit, that makes creating your own instruments on a budget... quite a bad deal when it costs as much as an actual instrument that could do even more....
@@AndrewSink mhhyeah, i checked the offers and saw the more affordable version. I wonder if someone has already modded it with additional features? Adding an Audio jack would be probably the first thing i'd do. Bless the 555 timers which really made it SOO much easier to create simple electronic instruments or fully fledged synthesizers, even for soldering beginners.
@@KRAFTWERK2K6 Vibrato would be quite easy to add along with a pitch bender. Also a simple envelope for each oscillator is doable. Simple high-pass and low-pass filters on the amplifier. There are many things that can be done to it.
@@organfairy Oh yeah i have built a simple lowpassfilter once just with a ceramic resistor and a potentiometer. Could be very easily integrated into the audio output.
That looks awesome and it sounds pretty good, too. It's definitely worthy of being shown off! Great job, as always.
AWESOME! The circuit looks like candy behind the acrylic! What a fun project :)
Very cool! I would point out that the use of a 555 timer per note has the advantage of allowing the user to play multiple keys at a time to create chords and other sounds. The issue with using only one 555 timer for all the notes is that it only allows the user to play one note at a time. Although you can technically play multiple notes at a time with a single 555 timer synth, the notes won’t reflect the expected combination of frequencies like when played on a piano.
Cool.
Thanks! You should make one; they’re a ton of fun!
It's better than a polysynth, it's a transistor organ!
😂😂😂
Nice video
Thanks!
At 0:33 you making fun of the absurd of having a car with a motor for each wheel...Well, it's exactly the configuration of some electric cars like the pick up truck Rivian !
Nice... its like soviet "Faemi M" electric organ, which is a little bit more complicated but also based on astable multivibrator circuits. Maybe you will find some inspirations in it's schematics.
Also u can check "Faemi mini" schematics. Its monophonic toy just like your "Okay synth" but more cooler and has a distinctive fat sound.
I think that I saw earlier simple envelope generator on 555 timer. It would be cool to add something like this in your projects and a filter (maybe?).
Good luck, mate.
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midi?
How silly and fun :)
Right? It was a really fun weekend project!
This is damn awesome
Thanks!
MICROTUNING!
Oh yeah, there’s a LOT of tuning on this little guy!
thank you
Tune it to all E 🤣
EEEEEEEEEeeeee
It really sounds like a awesome project but then i saw the price of this kit.... 220 bucks.. Seriously WTH is wrong with them? It really kills the fun when the price for a Kit, that makes creating your own instruments on a budget... quite a bad deal when it costs as much as an actual instrument that could do even more....
The kit is only $75! You might be looking at the fully-assembled version, which is more expensive.
I promise you the kit is worth every penny!
@@AndrewSink mhhyeah, i checked the offers and saw the more affordable version. I wonder if someone has already modded it with additional features? Adding an Audio jack would be probably the first thing i'd do. Bless the 555 timers which really made it SOO much easier to create simple electronic instruments or fully fledged synthesizers, even for soldering beginners.
@@KRAFTWERK2K6 Vibrato would be quite easy to add along with a pitch bender. Also a simple envelope for each oscillator is doable. Simple high-pass and low-pass filters on the amplifier. There are many things that can be done to it.
@@organfairy Oh yeah i have built a simple lowpassfilter once just with a ceramic resistor and a potentiometer. Could be very easily integrated into the audio output.