One of the hardest parts of developing Stitch Synth was...stopping. There are so many different ways to make a synthesizer, and within analog synthesis alone, there are tons and tons of interesting circuits that can make and alter sound.
Here is a 100% real depiction of me trying to figure out how to focus and choose which circuits to actually make:
* Handmade Electronic Instruments by Nicolas Collins
## Electronics
I got pretty much all of my circuits from one wonderful book, and one fascinating blog:
* Handmade Electronic Music by Nicolas Collins
* Hackaday's Logic Noise series
Both, in different styles, show you how to prototype various types of sound-making electronic circuits, how to change them, hack them, and put them together. I used a tiny fraction of the possible circuits that these two resources will teach you about, and turned them from hard breadboard circuits into soft e-textile things.
Other great resources for analog synth building include:
*[Look Mum No Computer](https://www.youtube.com/lookmumnocomputer): Musician, synth builder and YouTuber who builds all kinds of weird and wonderful synths (synth bike, furby organ, and more) and also shows you how to make stuff
*[Music From Outer Space](http://musicfromouterspace.com/): A classic DIY analog synth website by the late Ray Wilson
## E-textiles
The #1 source for all things e-textiles on the internet is Kobakant - artist/designer/researcher duo Hannah Perner-Wilson and Mika Satomi have been researching e-textiles (particularly how to make your own soft sensors) for years, and have documented everything in depth on their website.
# Things to try
Here are some of the many many things that you could try:
* The CD40106 chip that is at the heart of the Wendy module actually has six different oscillators on it - we're only using two! The other oscillators can be used to set the tempo of a sequencer or drum machine, or be combined together to make new sounds.
* The CD40106 chip that is at the heart of the Wendy module actually has six different oscillators on it - we're only using two! The other oscillators can be used to set the tempo of a sequencer or drum machine, or be combined together to make new sounds. Nicolas Collins' book and Logic Noise both cover this
* Making your own capacitors
* Making your own capacitors: Irene Posch and Ebru Kurbak
* Embroidering the circuits instead of hand stitching them
* Embroidering the circuits instead of hand stitching them: this is something I
* Making a soft speaker
* Different kinds of connectionsD
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* Different kinds of connections
# Share your hacks
If you do make a version of Stitch Synth, or are inspired by it to make your own soft synth, please share it and let me know!
