[sdiy] History of SDIY?

[Nathan Trites]

I think if your intention is to create an electronic instrument (or part of
one), for self improvement or to share with a greater community, that seems
like that should be good enough. Once the primary focus of your project no
longer meets either of those goals is where it begins to fall off. DIY can
absolutely turn into a professional product. Professionals can also tinker
and experiment with something without the intention of creating a product.
There's a lot of great examples from both sides already in this thread.

If I was writing a book about SDIY I'd show the philosophy + drivers behind
a few example hobbyists (John wants to make sound with an Arduino for a
class project, Jane wants to make a cracklebox for her noise band, etc),
and then get into the basics of choosing platforms, tools, whats required
for different types of devices, example projects, etc

On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Oakley Sound <oakleysound at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> DIY for me is about making something for yourself from parts. The end item
> may be available off the shelf, although probably not, but the key thing is
> that you were a significant part of the assembly process.
>
> You do not have to have designed it to be a DIYer. However, how much of a
> part in the making of the thing probably should count. After all, is
> assembling an Ikea flat pack, DIY? Probably not. Is assembling a Befaco
> Rampage from a complete kit bought from Thonk, DIY? Probably yes because it
> takes quite a bit more effort and skill than that Ikea table.
>
> As for softsynths - surely they are SDIY if you have spent time designing
> and 'assembling' it. And given the right environment it will be able to
> make music and sounds. Which surely is of the defining traits of a synth.
>
> Reaktor may be a bit closer to Ikea if you don't go down too deep though.
>
> Tony
>
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