[sdiy] Reprinting Electronotes

[jhaible]

> > I personally think the Electronotes is being over-rated, and that is due
to
> > the
> > fact that this is not how people learn things these days and not due to
what
> > it
> > actually contains and what influence it has back in the days. Older guys
must
> > realize that Electronotes references is much more obscure than they used
to
> > be.
> >
>
> This is an extremely good point.
>
> While the underlying mathematical references are still good, the actual
> implementations are completely out of date.


For me, EN is still source of inspiration #1.
This includes questions about implementation: There are still cases
where a buffer from two matched FETs is preferable over a BiFET
Opamp for instance. Or take my / our current interest in String Filters:
Reading about Ian's and Bernie's different implementation, and which
one is less noisy, is an interesting question even though we have
much better opamps today. (Just to name two examples.)
Even if you think some of the circuits are outdated, it's a good
idea to start your improovements on the basis that other people have
laid, rather that doing in all from scratch. "We're sitting on the
shoulders of giants ... "

I'm surprised that this copyright issue still causes such a long
thread many years after the "incident". Personally I don't think
most of EN is legally copyright protected (I may be wrong,
but JDM's explanations from previous threads seem very convincing),
BUT I would respect the copyright NEVERTHELESS, out of decency.

When I wanted to buy EN, Bernie was not interested, showed no
interest in selling them to me (and to others), so I bought my copies
from somebody else. And I don't regret this or feel any bad about
it. I would do it again in the same situation. But today, when you can
buy EN from the original source again, please just do it! It's excellent
stuff, certainly the best printed material you can get, about building
analogue synthesizers.

I _am_ sad about those list members who had innocently posted
EN circuits on their web sites, and who were confronted with
harsh attacks. I certainly sympathize with _them_, and not with
Bernie's attacks on them, simply because these attacks came
"out of nowhere", without warning after a long period of desinterest
from him.

But how long is this past now? And what does it mean in the life
of a person who has dedicated practically all of his life to the
development of music electronics circuits? We all profit from
his work, and from the work of others which he has coordinated
in his publication.

I admit I haven't read all mails in this thread, so I might be missing
the point what this thread is all about. Just wanted to say, while
we had every right to defend ourselfs against an unpleasant incident
a few years ago, EN is still the #1 recommendation for any serious
builder of analog synths. If you don't have it, go and buy it, it's worth
every penny.

JH.