wirehead FREAQ FM - part 1

These are my personal build notes for the Wirehead FREAQ FM synth.

Wireheard are from my neck of the woods - Australia.

Its great to see some locally designed synths. Lots of good things come from WA.

The synth is DIY... all parts supplied

Its a 8-bit, two operator, FM synth.

It has 2 FM voices which can be paired with two sequencers

Links

+ support

+ Construction manual

one PCB board & two panels.

"the past is over, the present is fleeting, we live in the future"

Ray Kurzweil

Kurzweil said "I realize that most inventions fail not because the R&D department can't get them to work, but because the timing is wrong‍—‌not all of the enabling factors are at play where they are needed. Inventing is a lot like surfing: you have to anticipate and catch the wave at just the right moment."

Here is the official video build guide;

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solder the pins to the arduino, nano 1st.

Then snip the ends off

resistors next.

start with thee 470 ohm & 1M

solder the sockets

caps.. ceramic & electro

104 = 100nF

105= 1uF (blue monolithic cap)

diode 1n4004

(for reverse voltage protection)

transistor npn - BC337 (Q1)

8x..... 9mm 10K linear pots

connect the headers to the LED matrix

switches --- these are polarized

SW1 - SW6

to be continued .........................

• wirehead FREAQ FM - part 2