[sdiy] Starting Point?

[Peter Pearson]

Thinking about this more, if I had one piece of advice to give to teenage
me, it would be to buy a proper soldering station like a Hakko 936 or
similar (used are pretty cheap!) with a chisel tip.  If I could go back and
do my first projects with a station that could actually solder instead of a
plug straight in the wall radioshack iron I think I would've made a lot of
progress a lot faster.  I'm sure my soldering was bad at the start but a
garbage soldering iron was a big roadblock and made me think I was never
going to learn.

On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 6:19 PM Jason Proctor <jason at redfish.net> wrote:

> How is Waveform not Synth-Op? I'm not understanding.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:11 PM MTG <grant at musictechnologiesgroup.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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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