# Simple Synth Projects for Beginners **URL:** \ **Category:** DIY STUFF\ **Created:** [April 10, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/simple-synth-projects-for-beginners/3345 "2021-04-10T15:54:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BratAttack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/bratattack/32/14401_2.png) [@BratAttack](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/BratAttack)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/simple-synth-projects-for-beginners/3345/1 "2021-04-10T15:54:29Z")
Doing a bunch of synth electronics projects with kids aged 11-18 next year. Obvs we’ll do APCs, and 555 keyboards, 4017 sequencers, that 4011 ring mod, probably Mortiz’s 40106 oscillator… 📣If anyone could also list _simple_ synth projects for that age range (assume they have little to no electronics experience) please list in this post. I figure they don’t have to 100% understand what’s going on in the circuit, but low parts count is good because I figure the less parts, the better chance of success and I just want to get them excited about electronics. ---
**Author:** ![analogoutput](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/analogoutput/32/29663_2.png) [@analogoutput](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/analogoutput)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/simple-synth-projects-for-beginners/3345/2 "2021-04-10T16:09:59Z")
Not a new project idea, it’s a 40106 oscillator, but this is instructional materials you might be interested in. > **[JordanAceto/DIY\_Synth\_Workshop\_2020](https://github.com/JordanAceto/DIY_Synth_Workshop_2020)** > > Materials for a simple breadboard noisemaker synth workshop. ---
**Author:** ![Sonosus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/sonosus/32/13679_2.png) [@Sonosus](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Sonosus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/simple-synth-projects-for-beginners/3345/3 "2021-04-10T16:12:30Z")
Lm386 speaker amp? A cool project to blast tunes through. ---
**Author:** ![BratAttack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/bratattack/32/14401_2.png) [@BratAttack](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/BratAttack)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/simple-synth-projects-for-beginners/3345/4 "2021-04-10T16:42:40Z")
yeah, I have the LM386 amps on my project list because then we can do electric 1 string guitars and stuff ---
**Author:** ![analogoutput](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/analogoutput/32/29663_2.png) [@analogoutput](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/analogoutput)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/simple-synth-projects-for-beginners/3345/5 "2021-04-10T17:04:44Z")
Along the lines of the 4011 “ring modulator” some of these articles might be fruitful > **[logic noise – Page 2 – Hackaday](https://hackaday.com/tag/logic-noise/page/2/)** (one of those is where the [CMOS noise bell](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/cmos-noise-bell/1103) circuit comes from) ---
**Author:** ![BratAttack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/bratattack/32/14401_2.png) [@BratAttack](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/BratAttack)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/simple-synth-projects-for-beginners/3345/6 "2021-04-10T20:22:02Z")
I still need to build a noise bell, thanks for the reminder about the HackADay logic noise series. ---
**Author:** ![Farabide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@Farabide](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Farabide)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/simple-synth-projects-for-beginners/3345/7 "2021-04-11T03:59:12Z")
A few passive parts like summing mixers, multipliers, attenuators and rc filters etc are always fun. A couple of 1N5818 shottky diodes will give you a passive overdrive ( 4 of you want to be fancy). Homemade resistors with tape, paint or graphite. Piezo Disks in a box covered in springs or wires or cardboard all make good kit. Have fun ---
**Author:** ![eric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@eric](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/eric)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 6:50am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/simple-synth-projects-for-beginners/3345/8 "2021-04-11T06:50:30Z")
Which reminds me of this : > [@Passive multiples, and more](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/passive-multiples-and-more/3053): > > Matthew Skala (from North Coast Synthesis) that [we keep linking to](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/search?q=northcoastsynthesis.com) slight_smile just posted a set of easy-to-build unpowered module designs, starting with eight holes in a narrow front panel and a wiring diagram for a passive multiple, and expanding that to a mixer, an OR combiner for gates and triggers, a fixed attenuator, a low-pass filter, a high-pass filter, and an envelope follower. The article includes a 2HP Eurorack frontpanel, but expanding to Kosmo is of course trivial.