[sdiy] History of SDIY?

[Quincas Moreira]

AFAIK synthesizers began with voltage control. That is, 1957, Don and Bob
both designing the first modulars. There are electronic musical instruments
that precede the modular of course, but again, for clarity's sake, it's
useful to have things well defined.  I think a Synthesizer is an electronic
musical instrument or sound design tool made of of different parts which
affect each other, via voltage control or other means.
A Theremin doesn't qualify as it's an oscillator and a VCA controlled
manually, but don't control affect each other. Similarly a Laboratory
Function Generator or Oscillator as were used in early electronic music are
not synths, as they have no provision for external control other than a
hand turning a knob.

BTW, I can be wrong and am willing to admit it if a compelling counter
argument is made. By no means do I propose to have the definitive answer to
any of these questions but I find the discussion interesting and
stimulating, possibly even meaningful :)



On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 10:35 AM, Florian Anwander <fanwander at mnet-online.de
> wrote:

> Am 29.05.2018 um 17:23 schrieb Scott Gravenhorst:
>
>>   It is
>> simply "Synthesizer Do It Yourself", a definition in 4 words that I
>> personally find sufficient.
>> The last 3 words are pretty easy to nail down, but the first is, well,
>> any darn thing we want.
>>
> Something "DIY" is very different from "R&D" or even inventing. "DIY"
> means doing/building somthing yourself which you could buy too.
>
> So Synth-DIY can't start befor the existence of synths produced and sold
> under industrial or at least economical conditions.
>
> Florian
>
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