[sdiy] History of SDIY?

[Dave]

Since he hasn't spoken up, I'll add: John Blacet.  I remember seeing his articles and ads in Synapse magazine back in ~1977.  You owe it to yourself to find the Synapse magazine archive. 

-Dave

On June 5, 2018 1:57:52 AM PDT, Rob Kam <robkam at gmx.com> wrote:
>So the early pioneers of synth DIY were John Simonton, Marvin Jones,
>Craig
>Anderton, Thomas Henry ... who else?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org] On Behalf Of
>Rob
>Kam
>Sent: 02 June 2018 11:40
>To: 'Donald Tillman' <don at till.com>
>Cc: 'SYNTH DIY' <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] History of SDIY?
>
>The American Radio History magazine archive is a great resource. It
>will
>take some time to make good use of what's there.
>
>I guess that initially the publications cater to radio amateurs, then
>to
>general electronic hobbyists, then in the 1970s to aspiring synth
>DIYers,
>with overlap. The name that stands out is John Simonton, author and
>founder
>of PAiA. In a few places he's referred to as the father or godfather of
>synth DIY.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Donald Tillman [mailto:don at till.com] 
>Sent: 02 June 2018 00:49
>To: Rob Kam <robkam at gmx.com>
>Cc: SYNTH DIY <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] History of SDIY?
>
>
>> On May 29, 2018, at 8:42 AM, Donald Tillman <don at till.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On May 29, 2018, at 4:36 AM, Rob Kam <robkam at gmx.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Unlike for the history of electronic music http://120years.net/,
>apparently
>>> there's not much documentation specifically for the history of DIY
>>> electronic music equipment.
>> 
>> Sure there is!  It's in the form of hobbyist electronics magazines.
>Especially "Popular Electronics" and "Radio Electronics".  And they're
>archived here:
>> 
>> http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Popular-Electronics-Guide.htm
>>
>http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Radio_Electronics%20_Master_Page.htm
>
>Here's an example, Popular Electronics Magazine:
>
>Mar 69, Preamp, mixer, frequency counter
>May 69, Preamp, guitar sustain
>Jul 69, Square wave gen
>Sep 69, Color organ display
>Oct 69, Sine wave generator
>Dec 69, Treble Boost
>Jan 70, Wah-wah pedal
>Feb 70, Drum Machine
>Mar 70, Speech scrambler (ring modulator)
>May 70, Sine to Square wave converter
>Jun 70, Guitar envelope generator
>Jul 70, Multicoupler, Nyle Steiner Wire Music
>Aug 70, Preamp, lighting controller
>Oct 70, Power amp, equalizer
>Dec 70, Pink Noise Generator
>Mar 71, Leslie Simulator
>Apr 71, Timbre Gate (envelope generator)
>May 71, Fil-Oscillator, Power amp
>Jun 71, Vox gain rider
>Jul 71, Drum machine
>Sep 71, Electronic bird calls
>Dec 71, Compressor
>Feb 72, How synthesizers work, Surf Synthesizer
>
>And Radio-Electronics Magazine started their PAIA Synthesizer articles
>in
>May 73.
>
>The archive issues describe the synth DIY scene pretty well.
>
>  -- Don
>--
>Donald Tillman, Palo Alto, California
>http://www.till.com
>
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