Colaborative design project proposal

[Fraser, Colin J]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doctor Eternal [mailto:doctoreternal at yahoo.com]
> Sent: 10 February 2000 14:19
> To: synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl
> Subject: Colaborative design project proposal
> 
> If the people on this list and the people on the
> Analogue Heaven list (I'm in there too) put their
> heads
> together, got all their likes and dislikes on paper
> (better yet a website, which I'd gladly provide) about
> a synthesizer that we'd all like to have (within
> reason), we could design it colaboratively; online.
> Then, if it looks like something with potential, have
> a few of us actually build one or two of them. Now, I
> know this is a big undertaking, but there are a lot of
> very smart, very talented people on these two lists.

Who was it said, "The camel was a horse designed by committee" ?

Nice idea in principal, but I think it would be very difficult to get
agreement on the features of a 'dream synth' on synth-diy, and completely
impossible on AH.
I think everyone has their own dream synth, and no two will be the same.

The advantage of the modular nature of analogue synths (be they actual
modular synths, or pre-patched) is that you may have a better chance of
establishing a 'design centre' to develop 'dream modules'. Even then, you're
bound to get fundamental arguements.


Colin f