Synth Building
Solder a kit of parts into a working synthesizer you can actually play.
~$70Cost to start
ModerateDifficulty
1–3 hrTime / session
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Nobody has scored this against your answers yet. 1–3 hr at a time, $70 to find out whether it sticks.
MessSome cleanupNoiseLoud
The path12 quests
ASetting up2 things to sort, in any order$70
- Get a soldering station and a beginner synth kit
- Solder a practice board before the real kit
Then the quests
- Solder fifty clean joints on a practice board
- Build a beginner kit that makes a sound
- Trace a signal path on a schematic
Same shape of evening, different thing to hold at the end. Or follow a tag sideways.
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