[sdiy] Euro Synth Spec

[Tom Wiltshire]

> On 22 Oct 2017, at 19:10, Gordonjcp <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 02:17:24PM +0100, Tom Wiltshire wrote:
>> 
>> However you like, Gordon. Series vs parallel diodes for polarity protection is another flamewar topic on some Stompbox sites I frequent, and I’m sure Eurorack people could argue over it too.
>> 
> 
> Ah, I gave up on the DIY Stompbox groups because of the sheer level of
> batshittery that people display when they decide they can hear the
> difference between two different batches of the same opamp.
> 
> I suspect massive quanities of cocaine must be involved, since they seem
> to namecheck particular famous guitarists who only use particular makes
> of batteries in their particular batch of a particular pedal, presumably
> because they're so coked off their tits they can hear the individual
> electrons moving around in the wires.

Well, don’t hang about on the *other* synth mailing list then! They’ll tell you all about how you can hear the difference between ten flavours of ramp wave and between different batches of transistor that Moog used in his ladder filter 35 years ago…

It’s all good fun, really. I come for the more informed opinions and I can leave the other stuff.

Tom