[sdiy] PAiA Gnome Repair

[monika park]

I really couldn’t afford Paia or Heathkits… I tried to breadboard an SN76477 voice with radio shack bits and when that didn’t work I started tearing apart my dads Corvair to salvage the engine for a plywood hovercraft project out of a TAB book my mom gave me. 

That said I still think there’s a place for the Paia’s of the world and every other level and flavor of diy friendly stuff…. I’d argue the great majority of every technological advancement today has some pre-cursor seed of an enthusiastic DIYer trying out an entry level kit on a basement bench, kitchen table or back porch 
Chris 

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> On Aug 4, 2022, at 5:48 PM, Michael E Caloroso via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
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> 
> PAiA products are beginner level products.
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> While I was in college I built a modular out of 47xx kits.  For a student they were great, and for a weekend warrior I was one of the few players in town gigging with a synthesizer.  I designed a few modifications on that thing.  It was a great learning experience for an EE student.
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> Would I buy one today?  No.  F-ing.  Way.
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> PAiA products are not destined for long life.  None of my PAiA modules exist because one by one they stopped working.  Due to priorities they landed dead last on the workbench to-do list.  They finally got discarded after floodwaters hit my rental house.
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> Buying used PAiA gear is a real crapshoot as almost all of them were built from kits.  You have no way of knowing the quality of the assembled kit because the skill of the assembler is unknown.
> 
> MC
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