[sdiy] Trades?
MTG
grant at musictechnologiesgroup.com
Wed Oct 28 22:32:23 CET 2020
As far as I can see, this list is about self-improvement, one way or
another. The trading thing adds nothing to that (at least on the mailing
list aspect). I agree that Muffs, or Electro-Music or even Gearslutz
would be better.
GB
On 10/28/2020 2:07 PM, ColinMuirDorward wrote:
> +1 for a separate trading at synth-diy.org <mailto:trading at synth-diy.org>
> list.
>
> I think the question is if there is a critical mass to sustain it. It
> seems a little premature to know. Could we let it live here for a
> moment, and see where it goes?
>
> It's also possible to try again at muffs. I posted there once before,
> and people reacted negatively to the idea. I feel like the attitude was
> more like, "why trade when I can sell it for a buck". Well...fair
> enough! Again, if people start chiming in with interest in a new list, I
> think it would be a nice parallel to the conversations here.
>
> -1 for marketplace at synth-diy
> IMHO the inability to make financial gains directly via the SDIY
> community benefits the quality of its conversations.
>
> Just my 2cents.
>
> Colin
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 1:50 PM Ben Stuyts <ben at stuyts.nl
> <mailto:ben at stuyts.nl>> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I let this discussion go for a while to see what kind of ideas would
> come out of it. I like the idea of trading modules, but this list is
> not the correct place for it. As others have stated, it might be
> better to take this to AH or Muff’s. I would not object to a message
> with a link to interesting diy-modules for trade over there (for now).
>
> Or, if there is enough interest, I can start another list here
> (trading@ or perhaps more general: marketplace at synth-diy,org).
> Members would have to subscribe separately to that list, of course.
> Let me know what you think.
>
> And for the record, the sporadic messages here for tempco’s fill a
> very specific niche for hard to get parts. That service is very
> useful to the list members. All correspondence following that is
> strictly off-list. Trading modules on the other hand would generate
> lots of to-and-fro messages here. It would lower the signal to noise
> ratio considerably.
>
> Thanks,
> Ben (moderator)
>
>
>> On 28 Oct 2020, at 21:20, Phillip Gallo <philgallo at gmail.com
>> <mailto:philgallo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Well things change i guess.
>> The list had a norm, maybe a gentlemen's agreement which i believe
>> was the result of exposure to the horrid exchanges and capricious
>> moderation that too often occurred on the Analog Heaven (not
>> Analog Haven) List.
>> It set the standard for how the SDIY list was not going to be.
>>
>> The folks on this list seem generally considerate and the degree
>> of information exchanged is still a benchmark for how folks can
>> interchange ideas and efforts.
>> Once the trading starts what are the chances it won't overtake the
>> list. Hard to know. A companion sub-list for trading would
>> probably be a better idea from my POV.
>>
>> regards,
>> p
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 1:04 PM ColinMuirDorward
>> <colindorward at gmail.com <mailto:colindorward at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Just to be clear, Ian, you are only speaking about sales,
>> correct? I assume there is no opposition to trades.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 12:01 PM Quincas Moreira
>> <quincas at gmail.com <mailto:quincas at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I didn't know that Ian, sorry. Just out of curiosity, why
>> is selling discouraged? I've seen posts for Tempcos
>> before, and the AH list has for sale posts regularly...
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 12:48 PM Ian Fritz
>> <ijfritz at comcast.net <mailto:ijfritz at comcast.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Absolutely not! It's always been a rule here to forbid
>> comnmercial
>> traffic. Let's keep it that way. There's a good
>> subforum at Muff's for
>> buy/sell/trade.
>>
>> Ian
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/28/2020 11:58 AM, Quincas Moreira wrote:
>> > Hey all, great initiative! I would include sales
>> too, as well as trades,
>> > in case somebody wants something and has nothing to
>> give in return.
>> > I have quite a few modules available myself, as not
>> everything I build
>> > for my channel I actually end up using. I'll make a
>> list and photos
>> > soon. Yeah, photos everyone! An abstract description
>> is good but seeing
>> > the thing is helpful as well.
>> > Cheers!
>> >
>> > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 7:25 AM Jacob Watters
>> <jacobwatters at gmail.com <mailto:jacobwatters at gmail.com>
>> > <mailto:jacobwatters at gmail.com
>> <mailto:jacobwatters at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>> >
>> > This is a great idea. I have a bunch of
>> prototypes of a filter at
>> > various stages. They all have minor little
>> issues that will be
>> > worked out in the final version, but they work
>> well despite the
>> > issues. For example, I made up ten versions of
>> the filter with two
>> > different types of resonance that can be
>> switched with a toggle (one
>> > has clipping diodes and some other stuff in the
>> feedback path that
>> > changes the characteristics of the resonance).
>> The range is off on
>> > the one type of resonance (self oscillates at 9
>> o'clock). It works
>> > perfectly fine with the one resonance type, and
>> the other works too,
>> > but the range on the pot is limited.
>> >
>> > I don't know what I will do with all of these. I
>> will keep at least
>> > one, but that is 9 others that will just sit on
>> a shelf. I can't
>> > really sell them when they don't work the way I
>> intended.
>> >
>> > I would be open to trading for other people's
>> DIY extras or buggy
>> > prototypes.
>> >
>> > Please send a direct message if you are
>> interested. I am also in Canada.
>> >
>> > *Jacob Watters*
>> > JacobWatters.com <http://JacobWatters.com>
>> <http://jacobwatters.com/>
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 12:36 AM ColinMuirDorward
>> > <colindorward at gmail.com
>> <mailto:colindorward at gmail.com>
>> <mailto:colindorward at gmail.com
>> <mailto:colindorward at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Does anybody want to trade eurorack or other
>> self-built stuff?
>> > I'm not worried about dollar value, it just
>> seems crazy to not
>> > trade these things since it's only 20%
>> harder to build 2x as
>> > many modules.
>> > I'm open to ideas, offers, or explanations
>> as to why this is a
>> > bad idea!
>> > I'm in Canada, but IMO, shipping worldwide
>> isn't out of the
>> > question.
>> > Cheers,
>> > Colin
>> >
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