[sdiy] advice for a beginner

[John Luciani]

On 12/28/06, Alexandre Matheson <amatheso at alcor.concordia.ca> wrote:
> Hello and seasons greetings all,
>
> I've been wanting to try my hand at synth building for a few years
> now and finally ordered a Paia Fatman as a first project. I have been
> building software synths in Pure Data for a few years now but I think
> hardware is a whole other world. I need advice on what tools and
> materials I will need. Is there a big difference between one
> soldering iron to the next? which solder is ideal? Do I have to worry
> about my connections corroding over time? I have zero experience with
> this so even the obvious eludes me.

Limor has some excellent recommedations at

http://www.ladyada.net/resources/equipt.html

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