Obsolescence of groovy synth parts

[Cal Grant]

On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Jim Patchell wrote:

>     You have my sympathy.  I am recently just getting back into DIY after a ten year
> hiatus, and have to say, things have really changed.  Most of my designs have to be
> scrapped for the reason you gave below.  It used to be that there were all kinds of
> matched transistor pairs out there, you had a huge choice. I mostly miss the CEM
> parts.  But, hey, those who can adapt, will survive.

I got back into DIY synths after 15 years back in 96, and just decided to
do it all from scratch and first principles again.  I am currently using
Linear Technology and Analog Devices premium parts, with only a sprinkling
of Motorola and NS stuff. Metal film and PP film stuff only. Everything
works a whole lot better as a result.

Analog isn't dying, its just consolidating.

cj