SV: SV: [sdiy] A book about analogue synthesizer circuits?

[Michael Zacherl]

Hej Thomas,

Thomas Kahn wrote:

> As I see it there are two major reasons for doing it this way:
> 
> 1) I think it appeals to people that are into DIY electronics. First get
> your hands dirty, listen and toy around with the thing you have just
> built. This in turn will hopefully create a deeper curiosity for the
> circuit and the theroy behind it and there you have the next step in the
> book waiting to be read.

I like the idea - since it also would attract 
people who prefer to build kits and also would 
give them a chance to further dig into it (as you 
say above).
Maybe such people could be even more attracted 
with a reference to existing PCB designs and the 
possibility to obtain PCBs from the respective 
authors?

But what would be the significant difference in 
detail to, let's say, a VCO article from Elektor?

IMHO it's quite important to have some added value 
  in order not to get "yet another synth DIY book".

For instance I'd find it also very intriguing to 
explain existing vintage designs with respect to 
why they sound as they sound.
E.g. why not take a Ladder VCF and explain the 
difference between a diode ladder and one with 
transistors?
Why prefer some people to clone certain classics 
(eg. Pauls PPG VCO) - what makes the sound so 
special. We have living examples among us :-)))

Again, we can find many of such discussions in the 
SDIY archives.

> Some
> get a kick out of drawing schematics but get bored when it's time to
> realize them, others jump head first into the soldering and don't care
> much for the theory behind the circuit. 

Well, if you look at the folks here we got a lot 
of quite different personalities.
And IMHO this would be a chance to get some nice 
synergy effects which is a chance to make this 
works even more attractive!

cheers,
    Michael.