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[Jay Vaughan]

> So what are interesting kits these days? Or just kits? I had a bookmark of some UK dude who sold kits of pretty simple synths, including a 303 clone, but the page appears to have gone off-line.

All of the mutable-instruments kits are interesting.  Critter-Guitari too!

http://mutable-instruments.net
I have this: http://mutable-instruments.net/anushri
.. now paired with my SH101, and I will use this rig as my main instrument this year.

http://www.critterandguitari.com
Easy to build and instantly useful for many different things, simple digital mono-synth (open source, fun to refactor), MIDI command-station, drum-synth, sequencer modes, &etc.  Put it in your own damn case.

http://vacoloco.net/
GORF, ZIRA, TRON, These have been very interesting kits. My only regret is that I don't have 4 Ziras, but even one alone is a fat, fat, fat, FAAATT sound source.  I've done a few of Pauls things now, and still have a few more to make.  :)  He knows I'm a fanboix, so enough said.

Of course, its a matter of taste, but these micro-kit level products are at the scale of interesting, in my opinion.  There are of course a whole plethora of new kits out there too, this is just what I've gotten into so far, but yeah .. I think hobbyist micro-sales are thriving, personally.

Or at least they bloody should be considering how many blinkilights I've got yet still to assemble .. ;)