List of DIMI-A synthesizers

Categories: DIMI-A, DIR

While DIMI-A was intended to be mass produced, Kurenniemi only built two units. During and after my reverse engineering project, I have built two units myself. Two original units are quite close to each other, but there are couple details setting the apart. We don’t actually know whether two original DIMIs were built simultaneously, or … Read More

DIMI-A cheat sheet

Categories: DIMI-A

Only piece of original documentation that remains of DIMI-A is an A4 cheat sheet describing the instruction set of the instrument. Original version has a few mistakes in it, these are fixed on this revised version. Band pass filter frequencies are calculated according of the components on PCBs. In real life they are slightly off … Read More

DIMI-A audio input

Categories: DIMI-A

DIMI-A has two input channels. DIMI-A inputs and outputs are hooked up differently as you would expect, so inputs go to XLR male jack while outputs use XLR female jack. Only one jack is used for both channels, and pinout is: pin 1 = input 1, pin 2 = input 2 and pin 3 is … Read More

DIMI is reborn

Categories: DIMI-A, DIR

The project of cloning DIMI-A was initiated in the spring of 2014. At that time I was working on a project with Icelandic artist and instrument builder Halldór Úlfarsson on a project involving original DIMI-A. Based on his suggestion I decided to apply funding for making a copy of DIMI-A. DIMI-A is synthesizer by Erkki … Read More