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Magic Smoke Electronics was founded way back in 2005 by Tim Parkhurst and John Mahoney, two synthesizer aficionados involved in do-it-yourself synthesizer electronics (synth DIY, or SDIY for short).
MSE is now the sole outlet for Thomas Henry's designs and publications. Mr. Henry decided to close Midwest Analog in 2005 to pursue other interests, and is now teaching full time. However, there was still a great deal of interest in his work; after an introduction from a mutual friend (thank you, Scott Stites!), Tom agreed to let Magic Smoke take over distribution of selected Midwest Analog products.
Along with our own designs and publications, we'll be distributing Mr. Henry's "cookbook" series of DIY books including Making Music with the 566, Making Music with the 3080, The Electronic Drum Cookbook, and the Noise Circuits Cookbook.
Magic Smoke Electronics is also producing synthesizer modules. Our first product is a fantastic new voltage controlled filter designed by Thomas Henry, and there will be more to come. Visit us at WWW.MAGSMOKE.COM for information and pricing on our synthesizer parts, audio samples and to sign up for our mailing list.
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Print: $13.00 Download: $12.00 If you think there's nothing new in the world of noise generator modules, look again! This amazing collection of over one dozen elegant and practical circuits will change your mind. They're ideally suited for analog synthesizers, electronic percussion, audio testing and more. The real secrets are revealed once and for all in an easy to understand form. You'll find both analog and digital approaches, methods to add voltage control for incredible sonic sweeps, a little-known technique that uses negative feedback to boost response, a variety of pink noise filters, oscillator bank approaches for metallic sounds, and a whole lot more!
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Print: $13.00 Download: $12.00 A complete guide for the do-it-yourselfer showing how to design compressors, expanders, envelope followers, VCAs, limiters and more using the versatile NE570 compander chip.
In the past, working with the NE570 was not a very pleasant experience. Manufacturer's data sheets were difficult to wade through (having been written with telecommunications engineers in mind), and were all too often marred by errors and misprints. This manual sets the record straight, presenting accurate design details in a friendly yet complete form.
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Print: $15.00 Download: $15.00 An easy to read guide that presents circuits designed for a "mix and match" approach to building versatile, high-quality electronic percussion. Created by well known DIY guru, Thomas Henry, each section of The Electronic Drum Cookbook presents a new building block that can be combined in a variety of ways to build a custom musical instrument that makes, mixes, and modifies your own sounds.
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Print: $13.00 Download: $12.00 A detailed account written exclusively for DIY-ers interested in building their own performance-quality instruments, Making Music With The 3080 OTA is packed with schematics, SPICE simulation charts, graphs, formulas, and practical hints on using the chip. A carefully designed “mix and match” scheme lets you combine subcircuits seamlessly to create entirely new modules. Everything’s been worked out so that you can start building useful custom musical instruments at once!
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Print: $13.00 Download: $12.00 A complete guide for the do-it-yourselfer showing
how to design linear and exponential VCOs with
sine, triangle, ramp, square and pulse outputs,
using the versatile 566 function generator chip.
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Print: $20.00 Download: $20.00 A collection of schematics for a complete, accurate and versatile analog synthesizer. Designed by well-known synthesizer guru, Thomas Henry, this is a comprehensive set of plans guaranteed to delight and challenge the advanced DIY enthusiast.
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