[sdiy] History of SDIY?

[Jimmy Moore]

Hugh Le Caine beats moog and Buchla for voltage control:  Electronic Sakbut

http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/09/hugh-le-caine-feature

http://www.hughlecaine.com/en/sackbut.html

http://120years.net/the-electronic-sackbuthugh-le-cainecanada1945/



On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 10:06 AM, Tim Ressel <timr at circuitabbey.com> wrote:

> At the risk of sounding smart-ass-ish, define DIY.  If you are the first
> to do something, it that automatically DIY?  Is Robert Moog guilty of DIY?
> What about Thaddeus Cahill and his Telharmonium, is that DIY?
>
> --tim (and his highly intelligent bottom) ressel
>
>
>
> On 5/29/2018 4:36 AM, Rob Kam 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. I have some questions, if I may.
>>
>> How to define SDIY - it's not just exclusively synths, amateurs making
>> electronic music circuits as opposed to plugging together ready-made
>> parts?
>>   When did SDIY begin and how has it developed over the years? Especially
>> since the invention of semiconductors but before then should also be
>> included. What were the significant moments and who were the pioneers
>> along
>> the way?
>>
>> Bob Moog sold Theremin kits in the 1950s. Guitar pedals began development
>> in
>> the 1960s. Before this there were guitar amplifiers with effects built in,
>> and earlier still people used magnetic tape. The PAiA FAQ states that the
>> 1970s were busy, the 1980s were quieter, (with the hobbyists being
>> distracted by PCs) and that interest picked up again in the 1990s. PAiA
>> has
>> been producing synthesizer kits since 1972. Electronotes started in 1972.
>> Various magazine articles by authors such as Tim Orr, John Simonton, Don
>> Lancaster, Craig Anderton, etc. give some sort of indication. The earliest
>> DIY electronic music instrument books seem to be from the early to
>> mid-1970s.
>>
>> How to distinguish what's SDIY from R&D? Obviously the pioneers and
>> inventors like Harald Bode and Kraftwerk had to DIY; does this get
>> ignored?
>> Does it begin with the electro-magnetic Helmholtz resonator?
>>
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