Zynthian Box Building

1 Official Guides

• Tutorial: Assembling Zynthian Kit V5.1 (work in progress)
• Tutorial: Assembling Zynthian Kit V5
• Tutorial: Assembling Zynthian Kits v4.2 - v4.6
• Tutorial: Assembling Zynthian Kit v4.1
• Tutorial: Assembling Zynthian Kit v4.0
• Tutorial: Assembling Zynthian Kit v3
• Tutorial: Assembling Zynthian Kit v2
• Tutorial: Assembling Zynthian Kit v1
• Adding Extra Switches: sustain pedal, panic button, etc.
• Adding Extra I/O with the Zynaptik Module: More switches, Analog input (CV-IN), etc.
• Building a Zynthian with a Raspberry Pi and no custom hardware

2 Video Guides

2.1 English

Zynthian V5: The open source synthesizer workstation you might have been looking for (@FloydStenberg)

Unboxing & Assembling the Zynthian Kit V5, by Don Resetti (@Funkylsk)

Unboxing the Zynthian Kit V4, by Richard Nevill

Unboxing the Zynthian Kit V3, by Sébastien Marty

Building and Testing the Zynthian Kit V3, by Sébastien Marty

2.2 French

Tutoriel Zynthian V5 (partie 1: montage), by Benoit Bouchez (French)

Tutoriel Zynthian V3 (partie 1: montage), by Benoit Bouchez (French)

Tutoriel Zynthian V3 (partie 2: configuration de la carte SD), by Benoit Bouchez (French)

3 Other Guides

• Building Zynthian MINI V2
• Beginners Headless Zynthian Tutorial
• Construye tu Zynthian desde cero (spanish): Parte 1 | Parte 2
• Tutoriel Zynthian Headless pour débutants (french)
• How I made a basic Zynthian with just a RPi4, step by step (July 2020)
• Meine Version des Zynthian Synthesizer – DIY (deutsch)

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• Headphones Circuit (forum)
• Pedalboards (github)
• USB-MIDI Controller (github)
• Zynthian Case designs (github)
• Zynthian Case designs (thingiverse)
• Zynthian Case designs (yeggi)

4 Old Guides

• Tutorial: Build a Zynthian, by Holger (first tutorial ever!)
• Article: Building a Zynthian Box, by Fernando (outdated)
• Build a simple Zynthian using only a Pi, the official RPF 7" touchscreen and a USB audio device (outdated)

5 Using alternative hardware

• Unofficial hardware recommendations (audio devices, displays)
• Configuring Audio Devices
• Configuring Display Devices

6 Related Forum Sections & Topics

• Forum's Section about Zynthian Building
• Success Cases Individuals show their finished Zynthians