Question: What would you like to see in an affordable analog synth

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MrZipp

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Hey guys,

So I've been designing an analog synthesizer based off of a 555 timer square-wave and I've gathered enough knowledge on electronic theory to start deciding what type of modules I want to add to it (filters, envelope generators, sequencer, blah blah blah). My idea is to under-engineer the thing, which makes it have a really gritty sound and a small price tag.

So my question to you all is this: what type of features would you want to see on this synth? what would your dream budget analog synth be able to do?
 
look at something other than 555 as your source (square waves and pulse waves are cool but there is so much more out there)

at least look at some waveshapers to provide some more interesting waveforms

noise circuits and how to colour them (think RC ladder filters applied to white noise)

bi-quad/state variable filter

diode ladder filter (ala Moog)

multiple vco's as a single 555 is only going to be monophonic

decoding/encoding network for polyphonic playing from a keyboard

midi control??? i.e. data to voltage source conversion can you do it cheaply????

look a the 555 apc sequencer circuits - these are bog standard analogue sequencers and are tricky to manufacture simply because they use a lot of pots in the circuit
 
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