[sdiy] Electronotes?

[John Mahoney]

At 07:27 PM 7/10/2007, dj hohum wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>I have several resources for synth building including Barry Klein's
>book, Hal Chamberlein's book, numerous web sources, and a few cheesy
>tab books.
>
>What I'm wondering is what is worth getting today. The electronotes
>everything package seems expensive, but, is it worth the price? Is
>there some subset that is more generally useful than others?
>
>What about the magic smoke books?
>
>tnx,
>Daryl

Since you've asked...

Just to be clear, they are Thomas Henry's books. But you knew that. 
Magic Smoke Electronics (Tim Servo and me) are happy to make them 
available. And we don't sell photocopies of old printed copies -- we 
sell clean, re-drawn PDFs. Hardcopy available soon, too, by demand 
(no pun intended, but we are using a print-on-demand service).

One of TH's new books, "The VCO Chip Cookbook", is available from 
Bill (a.k.a. "State Machine"):
         http://www.electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18625
If you've got any 566, 8038, or XR-2206 chips on the shelf, check it 
out. If you've got 2206s but not those other chips, read on:

Yet another TH book is coming very soon (within weeks) from Magic 
Smoke, and it may be up your alley. It's called "An Analog 
Synthesizer for the 21st Century" partly because it does not feature 
any out-of-production chips. The book is a collection of what Mr. 
Henry believes to be the best analog synth circuits. Just schematics, 
so it is NOT for the newbie. There aren't even any calibration 
procedures. Circuits featured: power supply, 2 VCOs (one based on the 
XR-2206, the other on the LM13700), SV VCF, VCA, ADSR, VC noise 
source, VC phase shifter, "LFO Deluxe", and a Sample & Hold, along 
with what Thomas calls a "Patchover Scheme" (a plan for I/O with 
normalized connections).

I've got the Electronotes "Builder's Guide and Preferred Circuits 
Collection", which I found to be worth the $25 asking price. Many of 
the circuits date back many years, so you'll find strange op amps and 
such, but substitutions are simple. (The biggest surprise for me was 
seeing Ian Fritz's name so much. Been at this a while, eh, Ian? ;-)
--
john


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