[sdiy] Starting Point?

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Sat Oct 10 00:07:09 CEST 2020


There is so much great stuff out there, I was hoping Waveform would take 
the Tape-Op concept and make a Synth-Op magazine. I guess we are still 
waiting.

On 10/9/2020 2:15 PM, David Simpson wrote:
> Filmmaker here, but newbie to the synth community.
> 
> I'd love to collaborate on this with those that have the contacts. I am 
> based in New York.
> 
> - David
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 4:51 PM Peter Pearson <electrocontinuo at gmail.com 
> <mailto:electrocontinuo at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     2nd (10th?) for PAIA here.  I built their theremin in high school
>     and never looked back.
> 
>     It costs money, but I can highly recommend the tech mentoring course
>     offered by The Analog Lab.  Jeff (the owner) used to be a keyboard
>     tech for Pink Floyd during the glory days and managed their state of
>     the art sound system back in the day (as well as working with
>     Vangelis).  He's been doing synth repairs since Moogs and ARPs were
>     new off the assembly line.  He also helped design the Octave Plateau
>     Voyetra 8.  A few links along those lines:
> 
>     https://www.theanaloglab.com/training
> 
>     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OrU79WWztg&t=8s
> 
>     https://louderthanwar.com/the-development-of-large-rock-sound-systems-chris-hewitt-book-review/
> 
>     --
> 
>     As an aside off topic, I would love to see a video interview with
>     Bernie Hutchins (or general documentary with people involved) about
>     the genesis and evolution of Electronotes.  Is anybody on the list
>     able to get him on the horn and open up about that?  The number of
>     people that were involved in designing synthesizers when it was the
>     wild west aren't getting any younger and we've already lost some big
>     ones.  Would be good to preserve that history!!
> 
>     On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 4:26 PM Kylee Kennedy <kmkennedy at gmail.com
>     <mailto:kmkennedy at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>         I believe PAIA is now the longest running modular DIY company.
>         That honor used to be for Blacet but I'm still waiting for
>         Synthcube to re-launch his line.
>         Interesting that they are both known for Frac systems.
> 
>         Kylee
> 
>         On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 11:47 AM David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca
>         <mailto:dixon at mail.ubc.ca>> wrote:
> 
>             Artie wrote: "In particular, PAiA has been doing this for,
>             what, 20 years at
>             least?"
> 
>             I bought a PAiA Gnome kit when I was 12 years old.  I'm 56
>             later this month.
>             PAiA had been around for a good long while by that point as
>             well, I think.
> 
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