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And this is the electric scheme of a Zynthian Box, excluding soundcard and display:
 
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In the project repositories you will find all the electric schemes, PCB specifications, Herber files, etc. to build your own zynthian box from scratch:
 
In the project repositories you will find all the electric schemes, PCB specifications, Herber files, etc. to build your own zynthian box from scratch:
  
  [ Zynthian Hardware Repository]
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  [https://github.com/zynthian/zynthian-hw Zynthian Hardware Repository]
  [ Zynthian Case Repository]
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  [https://github.com/zynthian/zynthian-case Zynthian Case Repository]
  
 
===Zynthian Software===
 
===Zynthian Software===
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  * GNU Linux Operating System: Raspbian Jessie (Minibian is used in the last SD images)
 
  * GNU Linux Operating System: Raspbian Jessie (Minibian is used in the last SD images)
 
  * Jack Audio Daemon
 
  * Jack Audio Daemon
  * A collection of Synth Engines & LV2 Plugins
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* MOD-HOST + MOD-UI software, from [http://moddevices.com ModDevices]
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  * A collection of standalone Synth Engines & LV2 Plugins
 
  * Zynthian User Interface
 
  * Zynthian User Interface
 
 
  
 
=The Zynthian Kit=
 
=The Zynthian Kit=
  
 
The basic Zynthian Kit is composed
 
The basic Zynthian Kit is composed

Revision as of 17:40, 11 January 2017

1 Introduction

This tutorial is intended for those who are building a Zynthian Box using one of the kits i offer here:

Zynthian Kits

Anyway, it's quite detailed and can be used as a guide to build your Zynthian Box from scratch. Of course, you will have to be more creative if you want to do it in that way ;-)

2 Some definitions

2.1 Zynthian

It's a project with the goal of creating an Open Synth Platform. It's a community-driven project. If you are here, probably you already know this ;-)

2.2 Zynthian Box

A Zynthian Box is a hardware device designed to run the Zynthian Software. Currently it's based in the Raspberry Pi computer platform.

This is a sketch with the main blocks of a Zynthian Box:

Zynthian hardware scheme.png

And this is the electric scheme of a Zynthian Box, excluding soundcard and display:

Zynthian scheme GPIO.png

In the project repositories you will find all the electric schemes, PCB specifications, Herber files, etc. to build your own zynthian box from scratch:

Zynthian Hardware Repository
Zynthian Case Repository

2.3 Zynthian Software

The Zynthian Software is Free Software The Zynthian Software stack consist of:

* GNU Linux Operating System: Raspbian Jessie (Minibian is used in the last SD images)
* Jack Audio Daemon
* MOD-HOST + MOD-UI software, from ModDevices
* A collection of standalone Synth Engines & LV2 Plugins
* Zynthian User Interface

3 The Zynthian Kit

The basic Zynthian Kit is composed