[sdiy] Fw: John Simonton

[Tim Parkhurst]

On 11/29/05, john mahoney <jmahoney at gate.net> wrote:
>
> Sad news from the MOTM list. :-(
> I know that I'm one of many people here who was influenced in a big way by
> PAiA.
> This is a bad year for synth people!
> --
> john
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "pacificamsx" <pacificamsx at earthlink.net>
> To: <motm at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:07 AM
> Subject: [motm] John Simonton
>
>
> > It is with heavy heart that I report the passing of John "PAiA"
> Simonton,
> sometime last
> > week, following a battle with cancer.
> >
> > John created PAiA something like over 30 years ago, and was a constant
> source of
> > inspiration, education, and affordable synthesizers to at least a couple
> of generations of
> > us.


That's so sad. The first real schematics I ever saw were from PAIA. Reading
their manuals was my first explanation of how a synthesizer worked, and the
first synth I ever built / owned was a "brown face" Gnome. I managed to get
the IC in backwards, got it out and back in the right way, learning how to
solder along the way, and the thing actually worked! I spent countless hours
fiddling with that thing, and I still have it today. I've been tempted to
sell it on eBay, seeing the prices that they can fetch, but now I think I'm
going to get it out of storage, spruce it up, and put it in a place of honor
with all my other synths. We'll miss you, Mr. Simonton. You were probably
responsible for putting more gear into people's hands than ARP and Moog
combined. Thank you.

Tim (started with PAIA gear) Servo
--
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
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