[sdiy] Formant and ASM-1

[Jim Patchell]

    I am not exactly sure about the DIY is cheaper part for Analog
Synths...However I will agree 150% that it is fun.

    I cannot say why DIY, in general, has died out.  I suppose it is sort of
like life...You can either sit in front of your TV and live other peoples lives,
or, you can do like I did, throw that TV out the window (I did this three years
ago), and have a DIY life.

    Quite a while ago I wrote a letter to the editor of Electronic Musician,
lamenting the change in the Electronic Music world from DIY (which is what
Polyphony, the precursor to EM was all about), to buy it off the shelf.  It
wasn't too long after that I let my subscription lapse.

Gene Stopp wrote:

> Chris wrote:
>
> >we've already got it...it's called the <Internet>.....
>
> Yeah at the end of the SA article it does mention "internet lists" as the
> new place where DIY is concentrated. So this is it! Here we are, doin' it.
>
> It also mentions the concept that DIY has fizzled out because the stuff you
> used to be able to build cheaper than you could buy it is now available
> cheaply. They give the example of telescopes and such. I think that analog
> synthesis is a good example of an area where the "build it cheaper" concept
> still works! Not only that, it's an area where exactly what you want is not
> neccessarily what one of the few kit/product vendors offer. And of course
> there's always the other two biggies:
>
> a) I want to understand exactly what's going on in the circuit
> b) It's fun
>
> Best Regards,
>
> - Gene
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Crosskey [mailto:chris.crosskey at vicon.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 1:28 AM
> To: SD (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] Formant and ASM-1
>
> we've already got it...it's called the <Internet>.....
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gene Stopp [mailto:gene at ixiacom.com]
> > Sent: 22 April 2002 19:59
> > To: Synth-DIY
> > Subject: RE: [sdiy] Formant and ASM-1
> >
> >
> > Yes! They actually inferred that they were partially guilty
> > by dropping "The
> > Amatuer Scientist"!
> >
> > The magazine is certainly not what it used to be. Some kind
> > of disturbing
> > trend here. It's pretty watered down now. Question - does exist an
> > alternative now? I could use something hardcore. Something like "Mad
> > Scientist Digest". What's out there? Anybody?
> >
> > I think I'm going to check out Circuit Cellar next...
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > - Gene
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ian Fritz [mailto:ijfritz at earthlink.net]
> > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 11:29 AM
> > To: Gene Stopp; Synth-DIY
> > Subject: RE: [sdiy] Formant and ASM-1
> >
> >
> >
> > >  By the way, did anybody else see the "RIP DIY" article in
> > the latest
> > > Scientific American? Interesting....
> >
> > I didn't see that. I cancelled my subscription when they
> > stopped having the
> > "Amateur Scientist" column.   :-/
> >
> > Did they mention anything about *their* role in the decline of DIY?
> >
> >    Ian
> >
>
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