The following texts hope to impart both a jambot philosophy and lay the technical foundation required to build them. If you're new to synthesizers you may need to get a little background first . If you're wanting to push a button and get a prize , jambots may not be for you. It does take a little time to learn how the various objects work. Building a jambot can be a very rewarding experience, usually taking a few hours to get a complete circuit built and tweaked .
Inspiration can speed up the process, along with dumb luck.
As with any other creative effort, a little patience is required along with a willingness to accept mistakes and not give up too soon. Thoughout the article, an artistic rather than an engineering approach is taken. This means that rather than sit down and force the jambot into existance, we'll take our time and allow the circuit to become. Naturally, some engineering is needed. Like a painter mixing colors, we need to know in advance how objects on the palette interact with each other.