[sdiy] Electronotes (was.i'm just another annoying newbie)

[Steve Ridley]

> Electronotes was a newsletter that started back in the 1970s and continued
> uninterrupted into the 1980s.

Last thing I heard, it was still going.  Most of it was digital interest
from the early 1980s onwards, but omeone mentioned recently
that he was doing some analog related articles.

> Just a warning, I have heard from others who are still waiting on their
orders.
>  I had no problem getting the first few volumes of Electronotes recently.

The worst delays seem to be when people order the whole collection
(1972 - present), which is a monsterous copying job.  It takes up
approx 2ft of my shelf.  Has anyone ordered and not recieved EN?

> > Also I keep hearing about Electronotes, and some sort of
> > compilation book for the best circuits?

It was an electonic music newsletter.  You can get all the back issues
but that's a lot of paper and not cheap.  There were two compilation
books, the "Musical Engineers Handbook" and the "Builders Guide
And Preferred Circuit Collection".  Both are (were) reasonably
priced around $25 - $30 last time I looked.   Ordering details used
to be on the Midwest website.

> > Is this some sort of publication I can subscribe to?

It used to be.  I don't know if how often new issues come out
these days.  Anyone know if there's been much since 1998?

> > Can this volume of previous circuits be found in say a Borders
> > type store?

We can dream....    (c:

Another useful circuits collection can be obtained from Barry
Klein.  I think he's still on this list.  His book appears to have
circuits from Electonotes, Digisound and other sources.  He
also does a databook.  Many of the circuits use SSM and
CEM ICs, and you'll have difficulty finding most of those.


Steve Ridley