[sdiy] electronics book

[David G Dixon]

Yes, I agree about Ray's cramped schemos.  When I did my own altered version
of his ADSR, I had to redraw the schematic just to make sense out of it.
Word to the wise: if you want to learn a schematic, redraw it in your own
style.  My style is a lot more understandable.  I try to make the signal
flow obvious in my schematics. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl 
> [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Tom 
> Wiltshire
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 4:02 AM
> To: Needham, Alan
> Cc: 'Synth-Diy'
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] electronics book
> 
> I agree too about the write ups, but some of his schematics 
> could be a *lot* easier to read. Many of them have been 
> squeezed into a space that's really a bit too small, and it's 
> hard to see what goes where and get the "flow" of it from one 
> block to another. One example:
> 
> http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/analogsynth_new/ECHOFXXX/pd
> f/ECHOFEX_Schematic.pdf
> 
> This is a great shame, since on the page I got this from, he 
> goes through a good explanation of how the PT2399 chip works 
> and what you can do with it.
> 
> 
> On 15 May 2014, at 08:40, "Needham, Alan" 
> <Alan.Needham at centrica.com> wrote:
> 
> > Another vote for MFOS' style of teaching.
> > Most of my beginner knowledge came from similar 'how it 
> works' descriptions in electronic magazines back in the 80's.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl 
> > [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of David G 
> > Dixon
> > Sent: 14 May 2014 18:33
> > To: 'charlie wallace'
> > Cc: 'Synth-Diy'
> > Subject: Re: [sdiy] electronics book
> > 
> > <SNIP>
> > I personally found Ray Wilson's circuit write-ups at Music 
> From Outer 
> > Space
> > (.com) to be far more enlightening than anything in a 
> Forrest Mims book.  If you want to design synth circuits, start there.
> > 
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