[sdiy] History of SDIY?

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Quincas Moreira <quincas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Theres no arguing that serum is a synthesizer. But theres a 
>difference between a synth that runs on a standard PC and one 
>that runs on dedicated hardware. And synth diy has always been 
>about BUILDING physical objects that are dedicated synthesizers. 
>No diss on softsynths at all, they are not inferior, just a 
>different philosophy, one that hasnt traditionally been 
>associated with the common use of the term SDIY. 

You need to see this:
http://www.bluehell.nl/wren/index.php

It runs on a PC, but it's truly Synth DIY.  As much as any boxed synth.  I know the guy who
develops it.  The effort is highly similar.  The synth is the code.  I never understood that
the SDIY forum was about only physical objects.  I've done both and in my view, both are SDIY.

-- ScottG
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