[sdiy] almost finished with first DIY synth

[Kevin Chang]

Yes, this is true.  I've had a couple days of "de-tox"
and I've worked out all of the bugs.  Hearing it speak
makes it all worth it. :-)  Now I'm off to make some
music!

Kevin

--- John L Marshall <john.l.marshall at gte.net> wrote:
> Kevin,
> 
> I think that there is benefit for musicians to
> understand the technology
> that they work with. Eventually music will appear in
> your mind and the only
> way to realize that sound is with custom hardware.
> You need to understand
> what is possible and how to get there. Anything is
> possible.
> 
> In the early days of analog synthesizers there was
> usually a close
> collaboration between musician and engineer;
> Subotnick and Buchla, Carlos
> and Moog. You might want to consider collaboration
> with a nearby engineer.
> 
> John
> .----- Original Message -----
> From: Kevin Chang <iphlegm at yahoo.com>
> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 9:41 AM
> Subject: [sdiy] almost finished with first DIY synth
> 
> 
> > After 12 hours in 3 sittings and a soldering
> > iron-burned pinky, my new PAiA Fatman is finally
> > almost complete.  I powered it up and was able to
> get
> > sound out of it last night.  I don't think the
> tuning
> > parts of the circuit were working quite right
> though.
> > It was late, and I didn't have a chance to take a
> > closer look at it.
> >
> > Now that I am finally almost done, this may be my
> > first and last synth DIY project.  This is not to
> say
> > I didn't enjoy building it, but I realized several
> > hundred solderings into it that I'd rather be
> making
> > music that sitting on my bum breathing solder
> fumes.
> > We'll see, only time will tell.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> > =====
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> >
> > "We don't want the end, We want the beginning.
> > We don't want destruction, but it comes before the
> new creation"
> > -- The Dingees
> >
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"We don't want the end, We want the beginning.
We don't want destruction, but it comes before the new creation"
-- The Dingees

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