[sdiy] EFM testimonials please...

[Dr Strangelove]

    Okay, I can give a "Starting from Newbie" perspective on this.  Previous 
DIY: a few little things, lots of mods to guitar pickup electronics were the 
first things I did.  Well, the first things I did were when I was in 
elementary school I did electronics kits which were geared toward people of 
that age range.  Later some Pre-amps, an EQ, a comparator, a guitar effect 
that eventually circuit bent from a distortion / octave into something 
monstrous and chaotic, unlike any effect I've ever seen before.
    Then I start EFM.  Buy some boards from EFM.  After attempting and 
failing three EFM projects I was close to giving up and I wrote to this 
list.  Lots of people gave me some very good advice, and I have put a lot of 
it into practice.  Mr. Gamble actually came by my house and gave me a lot of 
help (He lives close by, but still, I though that was really above and 
beyond anything I would have anticipated).  He cetainly has provided 
*extensive* support to people on the EFM list too.  I was trying to build 
the VCO5 at that time.  So he gets me turned on to using proto-typing 
boards.  This just makes all the difference in my DIY life.  Now I've built 
three of those VCO5's, and two filters.  Using protoboards I have 
succesfully done a heavy modification of one EFM filter.  Being able to just 
pop componants in and out of a proto-board really quick and alter how I'm 
moving signals around really makes synth DIY more tangible, understandable, 
and fun.
    So I've gone from basically nothing, no success with anything with more 
than four transistors or one IC, to having built three vcos and two vcfs, 
from scratch mind you, no PCBs.  Also, Now I've completely altered a filter 
to being very different from what it was.  I certainly am getting more 
*enjoyment* out of DIY.  I've ordered several of the new EFM kits and will 
enjoy building them too.  I say three cheers for Tom Gamble    :-)

         -=<Jonathan Pratt>=-
       (Phdinfunk at hotmail.com)




>From: "tomg at efm" <efm3 at mediaone.net>
>To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Subject: [sdiy] EFM testimonials please...
>Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:39:33 -0400
>
> > Hmmmm. Sorry, but I disagree. My experience is :
> > In the "beginning" of my "synth-diy-career" I tried some of the EFM
> > Modules, and most of them didnt work.
>
>I think that's bullshit.........If you have ever built something from me
>and were successful (it doesn't matter if I helped or not) please reply
>to this post and list your success's. I would like to see failures too
>maybe it's not too late to get them going.
>
>This is important. If I am causing more problems than solving, I'll quit
>DIY and as soon as I'm sure there are no more people who need my
>help will end EFM. Once and for all I would like to know. There's no
>need to waist your time or mine.
>
>Tom
>
>
>


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