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## 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
*[Handmade Electronic Music](https://www.nicolascollins.com/handmade.htm) by Nicolas Collins
* Hackaday's [Logic Noise](https://hackaday.com/tag/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
*[Look Mum No Computer](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCafxR2HWJRmMfSdyZXvZMTw): 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.
The #1 source for all things e-textiles on the internet is [Kobakant](https://www.kobakant.at/DIY/) - 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. They are truly the queens of documentation and we should all aspire to be like them ಠ◡ಠ
Adafruit's former YouTube Live show [Wearable Electronics with Becky Stern](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo-SZEoWUVU&list=PLjF7R1fz_OOU4hKjkk2Rs0_dGk_gvsazt) taught me a LOT, and is worth watching, as well as Becky's numerous wearable electronics project videos on Adafruit's channel.
[E-textile summer camp](http://etextile-summercamp.org/) is a yearly (ish) gathering of e-textile practitioners, and there are some interesting projects documented in their 'swatchbook' that are worth checking out.
[Lara Grant](http://lara-grant.com/) also does great things with e-textiles and has lots of tutorials, including this [mini soft oscillator](https://www.instructables.com/id/E-Textile-Mini-Oscillator/) in Instructables, which uses the same chip (and similar circuit) as Stitch Synth's Wendy module.
# Things to try
Here are some of the many many things that you could try:
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# 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!
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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! Share it on Instagram using the tag #stitchsynth,
