[sdiy] Hi and an intro

[Scott Gravenhorst]

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"mike:prophecysound" <mikeb at prophecysound.com> wrote:
>Hello all
>
>I've made a couple of posts to this list, but figure a more detailed intro
>would be nice. My name's Mike Both, and I live 'down under' - Adelaide,
>South Australia, to be exact. I'm a software guy by trade, but have done biz
>on and off through a small custom FX/electronic company to make ends meet
>for a while - and currently are finding those ends further apart ;), so am
>working on this full time! Musically, I studied classical piano for a number
>of years, then gave it up for French Horn (and you thought modular synths
>were expensive) then bass, which is now my main instrument. Synth-wise I've
>never had any thing modular (only progressed through a CZ1000, DX21, CZ1, M1
>then midi controller + modules as well as Hammond + Leslie) and played in
>blues, jazz and funk bands. Electronic-wise I bailed out of a EE degree
>after first year (wasn't so keen on the electron-level behaviour of parts,
>to be honest), did a software degree instead, and first got the real music
>electronics bug trying to keep myself from going nuts during a difficult
>divorce - and I almost succeeded! ;) Nowadays I'm looking at doing more
>custom guitar fx / electronic music devices, as well as soon(ish) starting
>work on my own modular - the ASM1/2 board from the chap here in Australia
>looks to be a good bet.
>
>I've actually read synth-diy on and off over the years, so recognise a lot
>of the 'faces' - and very much appreciate the information being exchanged,
>as well as the air of relaxed obsession with the subject at hand. Although I
>might never be able to contribute ideas at the same technical level as some
>of the members here, I'm going to be updating my site with DIY PCB layouts
>and the like (using Protel I can generally cobble together reasonable
>layouts for things - and it's fun too! :D ), and hope to be able to make at
>least a small contribution towards this community.
>
>Ok, enough for now. Nice to meet you all!
>
>Mike
>

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