[sdiy] History of SDIY?

[Quincas Moreira]

Actually modular performance is live coding

I showed up with it at a meet, they asked where my computer was. I pointed
to the modular and said: "That's an analog computer. The coding is done by
patching cables to different destinations. If you don't let me join it´s
because you're a bigot."

On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 5:42 PM, Rob Kam <robkam at gmx.com> wrote:

> Yes, there’s a low s/n ratio.
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> *From:* Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org] *On Behalf Of *
> Roman
> *Sent:* 02 June 2018 22:24
> *To:* Quincas Moreira <quincas at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* synth-diy at synth-diy.org
> *Subject:* Re: [sdiy] History of SDIY?
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> That's not what we were talking about. It wasn't even about DIY anymore.
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> Sourcing, cutting, drilling, adapting, printing for your own pleasure and
> use is one thing. Another thing is taking bad copy of old circuit and
> selling it for big bucks only because the market is there to take it.
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> This thread is going nowhere. Only divides us all.
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> Roman
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> Dnia 2 czerwca 2018 17:09 Quincas Moreira <quincas at gmail.com> napisał(a):
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> SO, the Yusynth modular I made by etching the PCBs, sourcing all the
> parts, cutting and drilling each aluminum panel, adapting panel designs in
> PS and printing on adhesive labels to go over the panels, etc etc etc...
> That wasn't synth DIY?
>
> I don't get the "Modular is not SDIY  argument at all, in fact I'd say the
> majority of SDIY being done today is in Eurorack. Even if you get a full
> kit, there's a lot of learnig, enjoyment and satisfaction in assembling,
> soldering, calibrating, troubleshooting, modding etc...
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> On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 9:47 AM, Roman <modular at go2.pl> wrote:
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> Except that one line about "sticking bits" I feel exactly the same as
> Gordon says here.
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> Could not express it better.
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> Roman
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> Dnia 2 czerwca 2018 13:15 Gordonjcp <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> napisał(a):
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> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 09:47:00AM +0200, pinoaffe wrote:
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> On 05/31/2018 09:08 AM, Gordonjcp wrote:
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> >Modular isn't really synthesis though.
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> why?
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> I should really have written "synth DIY" rather than synthesis there.
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> For the same reason that softsynths aren't.  You're not really making
> anything, you're just sticking bits together.
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> The whole modular scene has gotten ridiculous, with folk charging
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> obscene amounts of money for badly-made clones of 1970s and 1980s synth
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> sections, no real appreciation of how they go together as a whole.  It
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> seems like what you do is find a circuit on someone's website, rip off
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> their PCB layout, snotter it together because soldering technique
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> doesn't matter as long as you can find proper genuine 1982 JRC4558
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> opamps because nothing else sounds quite the same, and then stick an
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> eyewatering front panel on and give it a stupid name.
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> Maybe that's what I'm doing wrong, maybe I should stop doing audio
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> routing stuff and concentrate on selling shitty vactrol lowpass gates
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> built on Veroboard for €450 a throw.  Ladies, gentlemen and those who
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> don't fit either category, I give you - the LimeElephantCustard
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> CocoCuckooDingleDingleDingleberry!  <muffled car alarm noises, getting
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> more and less muffled occasionally> Doesn't it sound amazing?  Get yours
>
> *TODAY*!
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