[sdiy] History of SDIY?

[Quincas Moreira]

SO, the Yusynth modular I made by etching the PCBs, sourcing all the parts,
cutting and drilling each aluminum panel, adapting panel designs in PS and
printing on adhesive labels to go over the panels, etc etc etc... That
wasn't synth DIY?
I don't get the "Modular is not SDIY  argument at all, in fact I'd say the
majority of SDIY being done today is in Eurorack. Even if you get a full
kit, there's a lot of learnig, enjoyment and satisfaction in assembling,
soldering, calibrating, troubleshooting, modding etc...

On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 9:47 AM, Roman <modular at go2.pl> wrote:

> Except that one line about "sticking bits" I feel exactly the same as
> Gordon says here.
> Could not express it better.
>
> Roman
>
>
> Dnia 2 czerwca 2018 13:15 Gordonjcp <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> napisał(a):
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 09:47:00AM +0200, pinoaffe wrote:
>
> On 05/31/2018 09:08 AM, Gordonjcp wrote:
> >Modular isn't really synthesis though.
>
> why?
>
>
> I should really have written "synth DIY" rather than synthesis there.
>
> For the same reason that softsynths aren't.  You're not really making
> anything, you're just sticking bits together.
>
> The whole modular scene has gotten ridiculous, with folk charging
> obscene amounts of money for badly-made clones of 1970s and 1980s synth
> sections, no real appreciation of how they go together as a whole.  It
> seems like what you do is find a circuit on someone's website, rip off
> their PCB layout, snotter it together because soldering technique
> doesn't matter as long as you can find proper genuine 1982 JRC4558
> opamps because nothing else sounds quite the same, and then stick an
> eyewatering front panel on and give it a stupid name.
>
> Maybe that's what I'm doing wrong, maybe I should stop doing audio
> routing stuff and concentrate on selling shitty vactrol lowpass gates
> built on Veroboard for €450 a throw.  Ladies, gentlemen and those who
> don't fit either category, I give you - the LimeElephantCustard
> CocoCuckooDingleDingleDingleberry!  <muffled car alarm noises, getting
> more and less muffled occasionally> Doesn't it sound amazing?  Get yours
> *TODAY*!
>
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