Delton T. Horn's books

[Lewis Bupp]

I agree with Bill. I have a copy of D.Horn's "Troubleshooting and
Repairing Music Synths". My copy is a newer edition, not many changes if
any. In fact, after I read it I thought to myself, why did I buy this? It
is filled with contradictions and to be honest... useless information
especially on digitals. I didn't even care for the section on analogs. The
info he covered in that section I learned 25 years ago reading Paia,
Aries, arp and Moog literature.

So there.... Big Lew has spoken.

Happy Holliday's everyone!  

Lew Bupp II
Audio/Video Technician
York College of Pa.
York, Pa. 17403
717-815-1395
717-852-8543

On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Bill Layer wrote:

> Hi Max and all,
> 
>  
> >I think I'd recommend "Music Synthesizers - a manual of design
> >and construction" by Delton T. Horn. It covers a lot of starting
> >ground. Lotsa simple example circuits.
> >
> >Dunno if it's still in print, BTW. Good librarys ought to carry it.
>  
> I happen to own one of Delton Horn's books on synthesizers, I beleive it is
> on the topic of troubleshooting and repair. Sorry to say, but it has to be
> the most useless, insipient text on the subject that I own. The section on
> analog basics is not *too* bad, but the digital section is a real joke.
> Basic info on poking around aimlessly, moving dust, looking quickly at
> things etc. 
> 
> Nothing is worse for a beginner than an author who contradicts himself...
> Maybe that it's just that my copy is an early edition, but in light of the
> content, I can't believe they even bothered to print it. 
> 
> My 2 cents.
> 
> Hey, guess what? President Gore!
> 
>  
> Bill Layer
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