[sdiy] Synth Electronics

[Austin DePalma]

As somebody who still has a lot to learn and is mostly self-taught, I found the Doug Self books to be an enjoyable read, and gave me a lot of new topics to study in the future. I found that they touched on a lot of knowledge I wanted, and highlighted the more 'basic' areas where I needed to improve my understanding to get the most out of the book.

Small Signal Audio Design is a great read for anybody interested in designing audio circuits, even if they aren’t about to design a high-performance mixer. As somebody who would like to do that some day, it gave me a lot to aspire to!

Austin

> On May 9, 2024, at 11:24 AM, Mike Bryant <mbryant at futurehorizons.com> wrote:
> 
> You're supposed to know more than just the basics before you start designing high performance audio mixers.   It's more of a top-down from the architecture book than a bottom up from 'what's a transistor do'.
> 
> That said, an awful lot of fresh graduates I interviewed after I replaced Douglas at Soundcraft didn't even know the basics !
> From: Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org> on behalf of Michael E Caloroso via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
> Sent: 09 May 2024 15:21
> To: Gordonjcp <gordonjcp at gjcp.net>; SDIY <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Synth Electronics
>  
> You and I already know the second part.
> 
> The uninitiated do not.
> 
> Those are the people who want to learn.  That is why I express caution with the Self books.
> 
> MC
> 
> On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 3:23 AM Gordonjcp <gordonjcp at gjcp.net <mailto:gordonjcp at gjcp.net>> wrote:
> On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 11:47:04PM -0400, Michael E Caloroso via Synth-diy wrote:
> > I have my dispute with the Doug Self books too.  Some of them do not
> > explain any circuit theory at all.  Very reluctant to purchase any books he
> > has authored.
> 
> The books contain information on what to do with it, not how it works.
> 
> You're expected to already know the second part.
> 
> -- 
> Gordonjcp
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