[sdiy] I have seen the light (litteraly)

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Mikael =?iso-8859-1?b?TfhydXA=?= <Mikael at mikmo.dk> wrote:
>Sorry for these rambelings, but i just had to share this with someone.
>
>I have just, for the first time ever, used a scope. And for the first time ever
>seen the result of hooking up a synth to a scope.
>
>This was a highly educating, almost religious experience. The squarewave of my
>SH 101 is actually square :-) Just watching what the filter cut of freq. and
>resonance does to a waveform is totally awsome. Add fltermodulation to that and
>i freaqued out totally. I tried to convince my teenage daughter that this is
>more interesting than watching the 5. rerun of Friends on TV, but she didn't
>quite share my entusiasm.
>
>Now i suddently understand the experienced guys on this lists claim that a scope
>is a bare nessecity.
>
>Highly recomendable - Don't have scope ? GET ONE ! mine is simple and cheap, but
>it's like getting an extra sense you can actually see sound :-)
>
>Sorry have to go - must calibrate my first DIY VCO.
>
>Mikael (one more rat in the trap)

Oh not at all a "rat in the trap".  You have reached the 
first level of "Zen".

Anyone who is on the edge of buying a scope should read this.
It truly is the single most effective and useful tool we have.


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