[sdiy] Hello, and some questions

[Adam Inglis]

Well said Florian - so true, yet I hadn't thought of it like that  
before.

My 2 cents - when I bought Horowitz and Hill, I also bought the  
student manual that was written for it, and sat down at my bench and  
completed the projects described in the first few chapters to get my  
head 'round how transistors, FETs and op-amps actually behaved on the  
breadboard and in circuits.

Still haven't got past chapter five, but its helped me fix a hell of  
lot of things in this old studio....

cheers
Adam

On 02/05/2013, at 10:07 PM, Florian Anwander wrote:

> Hello John,
>
> My experience is: developing the circuit is finally not that  
> difficult, but creating then the module or synth as a real physical/ 
> mechanical thing can kill you (making pcbs; making frontplates;  
> choosing the right parts, that fit the mechanical requirements;...).
>
> So I recommend to start with some kind of kit based or at least  
> fully instructed project, like something from
> http://www.cgs.synth.net/
> or
> http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/
> here especially
> http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/analogsynth_new/SOUNDLABMINISYNTH/page1.html
> If you managed to build one of these, you may start modifying it,  
> and then finally you may add own developments to it.
>
> That way you can start rehearsing the mechanical side (which  
> definitely needs to be learned mostly by experience). And you will  
> learn already a lot about electronics.
>
> Florian
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