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

[Michael Zacherl]

Hi Paul,

>>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?
> 
> yes, this would be an option, though not the main point of the 'book'

Yes, err ... not necessarily.
According to Thomas' note it would be a good type 
of "addendum".
And things may develop.

> whilst I agree, it would be nice to have a one stop resource for all
> analogue synth questions.
> Many books explain somethings but fall short of being 'complete' as far as
> SynthDIY goes.

I agree - since often there are many ways to find 
and implement a solution.
Comments on the pros and cons of such attempts are 
missing many times.

>>For instance I'd find it also very intriguing to
>>explain existing vintage designs with respect to
>>why they sound as they sound.
> 
> yes, I agree, though this would have to come in an advanced section.
> For joe Schmo who just wants to build something he doesnt care too much
> why..

ok, so we have got to have "sections" - I agree 
with that too.
How could a structure of sections look like?

>>Again, we can find many of such discussions in the
>>SDIY archives.
> 
> yes, but it would be nice to have them in an ordered set of easy to find
> 'pages' in a book.

Yes of course, like I stated last night I meant 
the SDIY Archive as a chance to be able to dig in 
and compile articles/chapters from that (if 
possible in cooperation with the respective 
authors of the original posting).

>>Well, if you look at the folks here we got a lot
>>of quite different personalities.
> 
> yes, but I for one am sick of soldering, having built nearly 30 Monowaves (5
> prototypes and 4 production ones left to be sold) it would be so nice to
> work in an environment where someone else would solder my ideas for me!

Saying that - how much would "workbench issues" be 
covered by such a publication?

> indeed, the hard part is going to be co-ordinting it and then editing it.
> So someone needs to co-ordinate it, hassle people who have said they will
> give something and havent. Organise who does what and so on... Its sad to
> say, but there will need to be some organisation BEFORE writing can begin,
> This is where Magnus's idea of one writer scores heavily..

Yup! I agree to it to it's full extend!
IMHO the huge main work is definitely doing the 
organisation and editor's works.
And having said that someone easily may come to 
the point where she/he definitely prefers to be 
left alone and ending up doing her/his thing 
without any cooperation.

Paul, how would you position the Modulus 
Newsletter compared to such a project discussed to 
that above?

   Michael.