{"id":31,"date":"2019-05-25T22:47:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T02:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bussigel.com\/aves\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2019-05-29T19:35:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T23:35:30","slug":"housing-your-synth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bussigel.com\/aves\/housing-your-synth\/","title":{"rendered":"housing your synth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Think about what kind of enclosure you&#8217;d like to use for your synth.<\/p>\n<p>There are lots of options! I really like finding old speakers and building the synth circuits right into the speaker boxes\/cabinets. One advantage of repurposing a speaker is it will generally sound good because most speakers have been designed to have good frequency response. Of course, if you are using an output jack to connect to an amplifier or a mixer, you don&#8217;t need to worry about your synth&#8217;s acoustics.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>3D printed enclosures<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bussigel.com\/newinstruments\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-04-at-6.46.41-PM-664x337.png\" width=\"634\" height=\"322\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/3dprintingindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/raspdio_full.png\" alt=\"Image result for 3d printed enclosure\" width=\"636\" height=\"649\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>laser cut enclosures<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bussigel.com\/newinstruments\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/boxmaker-ponoko-showroom-examples-664x164.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"158\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-bTxUKLFS0Qw\/VMWsnYT0GUI\/AAAAAAAJSPE\/b7vLPWWaUyM\/s1600\/ndialwhite.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for ndial\" width=\"640\" height=\"449\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/learn.adafruit.com\/laser-cut-enclosure-design\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thorough tutorial<\/a>\u00a0on making enclosures using a laser cutter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/folktek.com\/media\/instruments\/electrocoustic\/gardenmini\/gardenmini42.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for folktek\" width=\"641\" height=\"461\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>2&#215;4 enclosure using CNC machine<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bussigel.com\/newinstruments\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2x4.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/fab\/2-by-4-project-enclosure\/#more-599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here<\/a>\u00a0is a tutorial on making these simple enclosures<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Found objects<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.newatlas.com\/guitar-roundup-custom-objects-home-19.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&amp;fit=max&amp;q=60&amp;w=1000&amp;s=bd2b4183afd9c38d31a6061b2ebd169c\" alt=\"Image result for diy synth found object\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>guitar pedal boxes work well too!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-TwbdhadT7q8\/WaL2YqpuMkI\/AAAAAAAAEaw\/D5I0bY6V7zQu-QqsAPC5pCXKgl-KZPvwQCLcBGAs\/s400\/Synthrotek_Fuzz_Face_Distortion_Clone_Kit_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"473\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/freight.cargocollective.com\/w\/360\/q\/94\/i\/5c456e6fe86bb9c7b4e3da8f8fc883e7118da39fab49708f594067dabf39284a\/blu2_360_360.jpg\" width=\"464\" height=\"347\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>More helpful links<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boxdesigner.connectionlab.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Box Designer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.makercase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maker Case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3dhubs.com\/knowledge-base\/enclosure-design-3d-printing-extensive-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enclosure design for 3D printing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/makezine.com\/2013\/05\/29\/how-to-a-quick-and-sturdy-wood-box\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quick Wooden Box\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Inspiration<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/makezine.com\/2016\/03\/04\/15-fantastic-project-enclosures-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">15 Fantastic Project Enclosures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tim-kaiser.org\/index.php\/instruments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Kaiser, acousto-electric contraptions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/poe.olin.edu\/2015\/soundplayground\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicely documented wooden CNC synthesizer project\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewellsequencedsynthesizer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Well-sequenced synthesizer project<\/a>\u00a0(laser cut top panels)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think about what kind of enclosure you&#8217;d like to use for your synth. There are lots of options! I really like finding old speakers and building the synth circuits right into the speaker boxes\/cabinets. One advantage of repurposing a speaker is it will generally sound good because most speakers have been designed to have good &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bussigel.com\/aves\/housing-your-synth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">housing your synth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bussigel.com\/aves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bussigel.com\/aves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bussigel.com\/aves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bussigel.com\/aves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bussigel.com\/aves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/bussigel.com\/aves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"https:\/\/bussigel.com\/aves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bussigel.com\/aves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}