Hello
I want to make a synth. where could i start designing synthesizers? a book? Video series? Course?...

You will make my day with a good answer

 

Hello,

What kind of synthesizer do you want to make?
Is it for music or frequency generation?

Bertus

 

Exactly.
Define your definition and expectations of a synth.

 

some consider things that plays midi a synth
if that is what you need, there are many apps written for it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiMidity++
https://listoffreeware.com/free-midi-sequencer-software-windows/
https://fixthephoto.com/best-midi-sequencer-software.html

 

Hello,

What kind of synthesizer do you want to make?
Is it for music or frequency generation?

Bertus

I want to make a synth like one of moog korg arturia etc.

 

Those are very complex devices. What electronics experience do you have?

 

At the heart of a synthesizer is a VCO (voltage controller oscillator).
You can roll your own DIY VCO using opamps or you can use a VCO IC such as LM566 or SN74LS624-628 series.

 

Hello,

There is a nice site to build an analog synthesizer:
http://musicfromouterspace.com/
Also the following books might interest you:
https://archive.org/details/make-analog-synthesizers
https://archive.org/details/digital-electronics-for-musicians

There are also some collections on the internet archive:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=electronics synthesizer&and[]=mediatype:"collection"

Bertus

 

Look at some back issues of electronics magazines when they were in their heyday.
https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/Electronics-Today-1974-01.pdf
https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/Electronics-Today-1974-02.pdf
https://sdiy.info/wiki/ETI_SDIY_articles_index

It's just slightly amusing that the Ferbruary issue headlines an energy crisis!

 

Thank yall

 

Have you decided on an analog, digital or a some sort of hybrid system?

If you're just starting out I would recommend starting with a breadboard(VCO, filters and mixers), then modular(strip board, home made or factory made PCBs... dealers choice)
before you would do on building a full stand alone unit that compares to moog, Korg or Arturia's stand alone synths. It´s easier said than done to plan out a whole synth without having a firm vision of what it should be capable of. That means reading a whole lot of schematics + filter, oscillator theory and experimenting just to name a few things.

It´s might be easier to just copy a whole schematic of a stand alone synth but still it could become a lot of work if you need to design the PCBs yourself, build the enclosure and depending on what synth you decide to build, source parts because plenty of "old" synths used parts that are hard to find today even before the IC shortage like OTA, SnH chips, Norton op amps, dedicated VCO and VCAs It can take some time to design around that with new chip equivalents.

As you can see in this video it´s a bit of a feat to finish a synth from scratch even though its a copy of someone else's schematic and yet very satisfying

Anyways Here are some resources.(mostly modular synth schematics) for you to check out.

Moog Foundation schematics
Moog Werkstatt-01 schematics
Synthdiy on Reddit
Modwiggler Forums
CGS synth modules and schematics by Ken Stone
Barton´s synth modules and schematics
Synth modules and schematics by Thomas Henry
Synth modules and schematics by Eddy Bergman
Experimentalists Anonymous various schematics
Fonitronik synth modules and schematics
Look Mum No Computer discourse (forumish)

Good luck and above all have fun