[sdiy] new guy - how did you start

[Scott Bernardi]

My first electronics project was a siren (sophomore in high school 
electronics class) that ran off 9v. When powered by 4.5v it was right in 
the range of a real siren. Ran it through my friend's Twin Reverb amp, 
pointed it out the window, and had cars pulling over in the street.... 
great fun.
I built a Craig Anderton design phaser from a kit. It didn't work. Sent 
it in and Craig himself fixed it - it was a bad 741. He told me my 
wiring job was a lot better than some of the cr*p he'd seen.
My first year of college I got hold of the schematics of some of the 
original PAIA 2700 modules and built a few, with limited success.  My 
senior year for Analog lab at UC Berkeley I built a VCO (the core was a 
PAIA design), made my own PCB and everything. Got an A.
When out of college and working as a design engineer at Precision 
Monolithics, I discovered Electronotes, and SSM and CEM chips, and began 
synth building in earnest.  Here's my original OGEE synth that I built 
around 1979 - 1981 at 
http://home.comcast.net/~sbernardi/elec/ogee_home.html.  My current 
synth is at http://home.comcast.net/~sbernardi/elec/og2/og2_home.html.
Electronotes hands down was my best resource.
For a first project, a kit is best. PAIA Fatman, maybe an ASM-1.


wood wrote:

> hey everybody, i have been on the list for a several weeks now and 
> have enjoyed all the information so far. although alot of it is way 
> over my head, i think this forum is right up my alley, as they say. 
> what i would like to know from you all is... how did you get into 
> this?  what made you decide to start making your own music machines? 
>  what was your fist diy project? how did it work out for you ( did you 
> bite off more than you could chew, or was it a smooth operation)? what 
> would you say, besides sdiy, was the most important resource to you 
> when you started (a book or project or mentor) and what would you fine 
> folks recommend as a good beginner project. i know that is kind of 
> alot, but i am curious.
> thanks for all the info thus far and for all you may provide in the 
> future.
>  
> Easy Data Music
> www.easydatamusic.com <http://www.easydatamusic.com>


-- 
Scott Bernardi
sbernardi at comcast.net

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