Why DIY? (was Re: [sdiy] Another new hard to find part....)

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Wednesday 07 July 2004 02:48 pm, jbv wrote:

> FYI s-diy can also deal with home-made soft synths : today's gear
> allows that, and there's plenty of free code source on the web.
> Something that none of us could even dream of in the mid 70's...

Yep!

> The other flaw of this mailing list (which nevertheless gathers some
> of the greatest folks I've ever met) is that there are strongly separated
> skills : trannies farmers on one side, and coders on the other side...

Then I,  on the other hand,  have some background in messing around with 
synths (fixed 'em for a living for a while,  too),  a lifelong hobby interest 
in electronics,  and computers seeming to want to dominate things in the past 
several years.

> which doesn't really help when trying to discuss new concepts...
> My own modest attempts (as well as those from a few other members)
> to discuss mixed / hybrid technologies and concepts during the past
> few years never went very far...

I must have missed it,  or that was before I joined the list,  perhaps.  If 
you want to kick some of that stuff around I'd be interested.