Voice of Saturn

This is a demo of the new Voice of Saturn Voltage Controlled Filter – a DIY synth kit to make a modular synth filter – with a joystick!

Features:

• Voltage Controlled Filter (VCF): Can be controlled with VC inputs (0-5V), joystick or knob (knob acts as an offset voltage). Low pass cutoff and resonance are controllable.
• Two summing inputs with amplitude controllable by knob or VC (0-5V) input. Final output is similarly controllable.
• X-Y Modular Joystick: By default the joystick X controls cutoff frequency and Y controls resonance. If a cable is plugged into either the X/Yout or cutoff/resonance VC inputs, the default joystick connection is broken, and it can be used to drive other equipment, or the VCAs for the I/O. If an outside VC or audio signal is connected to the X/Yin of the joystick, the joystick will attenuate that signal instead of the default 5V.

The Voltage Controlled Filter joins earlier Voice of Saturn modules, including the Modulator, Voice Of Saturn Synth & the Voice of Saturn Sequencer.

If you’ve built or used the VOS Voltage-Controlled Filter, leave a comment with your thoughts! Read more…

Peter Speer demos the Voice of Saturn sequencer, an inexpensive DIY sequencer kit.

He’s also got a review at his site.

Bottom line?

“In total, the Voice of Saturn Sequencer took me three nights to complete (about 12 hours altogether). If you have more experience in kit building than I do (which is to say “some”), I’m sure you’d be able to shave a few hours off that time.

This is the first sequencer I’ve owned (or used, for that matter), and as soon as I switched it on I immediately wanted to cobble together a second unit. Trust me, if I can build one of these, you can too.”

This video, by Oliver Chesler of Wire to the Ear, demos the Voice of Saturn synth DIY synthesizer & sequencer kits. 

Things to Come Records posted some nice Flickr shots of the Voice of Saturn Sequencer & Synthesizer. 

These are a couple of cool synth DIY kits that should be suitable for even beginners.