[sdiy] another newbie

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Yes, this list is still active and you're welcome here.  All
questions about DIY synthesizer stuff are encouraged;
practical, theoretical, ideas, fixit, modifications, analog,
digital, etc.  Un-asked questions are the only dumb ones. 
Just don't mind Happy Harry when he goes into a BBD rant...

As for kits, I have a PAiA FatMan website:
http://home1.gte.net/res0658s/FatMan/

bob smith <zenkigen_diy at yahoo.com> wrote:
>hello all, i hope this mailing list is still active...
>i have been producing electronic music on japanese
>roland/yamaha products for the past 8 years, all
>romplers.  as i was browsing the local bookstore i
>found a book called 'vintage synthesizers'.  im sure
>you are all familiar with it.  WOW!! ... so within the
>past weeks i discovered the whole underground modular
>movement, and now the diy community.  i am totally
>amazed, yet kind of discouraged as it seems the diy
>scene peaked in the 90's.  hopefully this place is
>still active.
>
>i have about 3 years educational/lab experience in
>basic electronics that i picked up in a vocational
>school about 10 years ago.  from there ended up
>getting into telecommunications, and have been using
>computers since.  so now i find myself back to the
>soldering iron, and picking up some basic books on
>electronics to brush up before i start any projects. 
>I am going to start with building a diverse number of
>kits and integrating them into one case (some of those
>fatman mods really inspired me), specifically the paia
>kits.  this may take a year or two, in no rush.  from
>there branching off into a MOTM/oakley project.  i am
>definately a newbie, so try to take it easy on me.
>
>dont worry i wont flood the place with posts (this may
>be my only one for quite a while), i am trying to
>compile books, test equipment, etc.  i do ask however
>if anyone has links for any texts/schematics/info
>relating to diy in anyway, please let me know.  I
>unfortunately am finding too often dead links. 
>hopefully someone is compiling a database of some
>sort.  thank you all for your contributions, and
>help... now i will sit back in the corner and be a
>sponge, hopefully being able to contribute one day.
>
>zenkigen
>
>
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