I already posted something about wanting to build a LPF to use with bent toys and my nand drone box and since then been reading up some basic theory on synths so now I have some more ideas and more questions. My head is swimming with LFOs VCOs VCAs band pass, envelope and notch filters etc and it all seems like a huge mountain to climb to get to something wothwhile. I'd love to build something mega eventually but in the mean time, I'd like to do it in small bite sizes. I'd like to start with some fairly easy modules that I can use now with my toys to enhance their range but that would also fit easily together into something greater. I'm a little unsure of signal levels and their compatibilty with each module. This is how I see the architecture of a synth but I'd like someone knowledgable to either rip it to bits and put me straight or confrim my thoughts. Remember I'm a newbie.
You need some type of signal generator first which are your oscillators. You modify the waveforms with the various filters etc, some of which can resonate and provide further signal generation, you need to mix the various signals then you need to amplify it so you can hear it. Am I right so far? So if i want to use some of my existing equipment as the signal sources, like the nand oscillator box or a cheap toy keyboard just to get me going, all I need to do is build some stand alone fillters etc and a simple mixer to hook these together and I've got a mini synth? The point I'm really wanting clarification on is to do with signal levels. I've already taken an output from the speakers of bent toys and keyboards to 1/4 inch jacks to connect to my amplifier. Are the various filter modules in synths, working at these signal levels too, in other words, would any modules i build be compatible with what I already have and anything more professional I might want to work towards in future. Thanks for readin this monologue.