<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)">
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{margin-right:0in;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
span.EmailStyle17
{font-family:Arial;
color:navy;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi there and welcome to SDIY. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I first got hooked on synthesizers by
listening to Emerson, Lake & Palmer. This was around 1974, and I remember
being blown away when my older brother brought home an eight track tape (molded
in pink plastic) of "Trilogy". Living in a small, remote town (500
people, 8,000 feet up in the Sierra Nevada mountains) made it next to
impossible to get info on synthesizers, but a trip to visit relatives in Los
Angeles got me a visit to a music store where a few friendly people turned me
on to a PAIA catalog and the location of a bookstore that stocked the Alan
Strange book on synthesizers. It wasn't until 1977 that I saved up and
bought a PAIA Gnome. I learned how to solder on that little bugger (first
joints were awful, but I got better as I went along), and despite soldering in
the LM3900 backwards (I spotted the error and was able to fix it before
applying power), I got the thing to work and spent many happy hours recording bloops
and bleeps onto tape. I still own that Gnome, although I haven't fired it
up in a couple of decades. It had (and may still have) an odd quirk: When the
batteries ran down a bit, the VCF and VCA would oscillate and make an audible
tone. I could duplicate this any time by running it off of + and - 7.5V
(instead of 9), and I had a three oscillator synth! No filtering or other
processing, but it made cool synth type noises. I also remember hooking up a
microphone to it and processing the family piano through it. I got some neat
filter and tremolo effects. Anyway, it was a cool box and a good introduction
to electronics.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I still think the PAIA kits are a good way
to start, and the Fatman comes with good instructions and many good
recommendations. Easy and cheap to build, and it makes wacky noises. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tm (nostalgia) Servo</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> wood
[mailto:buck75@easydatamusic.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Sunday,
February 08, 2004</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>7:55 PM</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [sdiy] new guy - how did
you start</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>hey everybody, i have been on the list for a several weeks
now and have enjoyed all the information so far. although alot of it is way
over my head, i think this forum is right up my alley, as they say. what
i would like to know from you all is... how did you get into
this? what made you decide to start making your own music machines?
what was your fist diy project? how did it work out for you ( did you
bite off more than you could chew, or was it a smooth operation)? what would
you say, besides sdiy, was the most important resource to you when you started
(a book or project or mentor) and what would you fine folks recomend as a good
beginner project. i know that is kind of alot, but i am curious.</span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>thanks for all the info thus far and for all you may provide
in the future.</span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Easy Data Music<br>
<a href="http://www.easydatamusic.com">www.easydatamusic.com</a></span></font></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">***************************************************************************</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This message is confidential. The information contained in</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">this e-mail message is intended only for confidential use of the</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">message.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">***************************************************************************</FONT></P>
<BR>
<BR>