[sdiy] From Bernie of Electronotes

[Quincas Moreira]

Bernie! Nice to hear from the legend himself :)
Pete, I also quit the Synth Freaks page because of their ridiculous ban on even the slightest mention of anything software. I left a few years ago when we started The Hard, The Soft and The Modular group, which is much more friendly and laid back. Maybe I'll join back in just to relay this message from Bernie, if he deems it appropriate for me to do so. Should I Bernie?
Cheers
Quincas

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> On Jun 24, 2017, at 6:07 PM, Pete Hartman <pete.hartman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for speaking up Bernie.  I thought that sounded kinda fishy.  And if Synthesizer Freaks is the group I think it is, at one point they had a bad rep for being ridiculous about "analog ONLY" conversations and kicking members for the slightest (yet arbitrarily enforced) infraction, to the point a lot of us just washed our hands of them.
> 
> There may be members here (Quincas?) who have stuck it out; I think it might be of use to relay your comments back to them, if you're OK with that?
> 
> Looking forward soon to completing my set purchased in chunks, thanks so much for continuing to provide the archives.
> 
> Pete
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Bernard Arthur Hutchins Jr <bah13 at cornell.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>  
>> HA!   Old-timer (sorry Henry old friend) Henry Birdseye has reposted comments from a “Synthesizer Freaks Facebook page:” (I avoid facebook so haven’t seen/followed this). I believe the original poster is one Scott Beam who is a person I had never heard of 24 hours ago!  Beam has NO connection with Electronotes although he freely offers “advice”, and has proven (in short order indeed!) to be difficult to communicate with.   
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>> Here is not a proper place for regurgitating contentious exchanges, but it will be helpful perhaps to correct some errors in what Scott posted.
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>> He said: “The author doesn't even have this complete of a set in this condition. Contains issues 50-119, 1975-1980.”
>> 
>>  
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>> Not only do I have many such (the same original printings), and we mail the sets out weekly, but many of you on this mailing have the same.  So much for finding a rare treasure.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Scott also says: “It would mean a GREAT deal to the project if you're able to tip him even a few dollars in appreciation of his work to his
>> PayPal    http://electronotes.netfirms.com  “
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Please - Don’t do that.  No project here.  Anything submitted without an order will of course be promptly refunded. 
>> 
>> 
>> Scott also said:  “Just to be clear, this is not my work, I'm only
>> providing a mirror of his exact site in the form of a zip
>> archive, and Mr. Hutchins is aware of what all is going on.”
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Well – yes – I am aware.   But not in the sense of having given prior approval.  He proudly posted the link to the ZIP file without informing me. Possibly useful, but we do update the site every month or two so the new items will be missing.     
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>> OKAY.  And I wonder if I deserve the “Scrooge” title I sometimes get?  Our everything package is $373 for some 6000-6500 pages (link above).  The printing on that costs $292.  The postage is included at $40.  That leaves me with at most $41.  On top of that, everyone get something like 3000 pages (of the most useful, newest material) free. 
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>> 
>> Cheers and sincere best regards to all.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Bernie
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