[sdiy] History of SDIY?

[Peter Pearson]

Jeez this thread is so long it could fill a book

On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 11:09 AM, Quincas Moreira <quincas at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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