Buy this small box, SX-150 as a do-it-yourself kit, for only 45 USD. You even don't have to know the art of soldering since it has a very basic scheme. Envelope is performed via an attack/release rotary knob, it has resonant low pass filter, and an LFO. Pitch is solved with this pen-like pin, and...

Toy legend from Casio, VL-Tone can be a hero of the home setup again: for 40 USD you can order a MIDI interface for it, as a DIY kit. It performs a standard MIDI In jack - you can set a receive channel and the instrument gives its unique, lovely sound after the appropriate Note On codes. An...

Making of a drum synth is the title of a new blog - if you follow it you can build your own analogue drum synth. Try it .

Choose QRS Music 's PNOscan , and you can MIDIfy you acoustic piano. All you have to do is inserting this lane under the keys - it does not have any mechanical part just pure optic sensors. There is a solution of course for handling the three pedals, too. You don't need an expert to install it...