[sdiy] Becoming better at understanding difficult analog schematics

[Paulo Constantino]

Yes I think the main thing about schematics is whether they can be easily
"factored" into unique blocks
that relate to each other linearly, or whether they cannot easily be
factored into blocks.
And the ones that can't easily be factored are just like in maths, much
more difficult to understand...

On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 12:50 PM Sarah Thompson via Synth-diy <
synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:

> Buchla schematics (at least the few I've seen) are fascinating. There is
> an incredible economy of design -- where many/most designers' circuits can
> easily be broken down into blocks that can be understood separately, with
> Buchla circuits you'll see a weird resistor or capacitor (or something)
> that doesn't make sense until you really dig into it, and it turns out that
> the designer has merged the functionality of blocks together, or added
> something analogous to a fixed tone control or something. Definitely from
> someone who liked to get their hands dirty at the bench!
>
> On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 8:34 AM Mike Bryant <mbryant at futurehorizons.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Maybe that's the real difference between East Coast and West Coast
>> synthesis :-)
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org> on behalf of Donald
>> Tillman <don at till.com>
>> *Sent:* 13 May 2024 08:20
>> *To:* David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca>
>> *Cc:* ackolonges fds via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [sdiy] Becoming better at understanding difficult analog
>> schematics
>>
>> On May 12, 2024, at 10:43 PM, David G Dixon via Synth-diy <
>> synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > I hear you, Paulo!  I have a very hard time reading some schematics.
>> One good example are Buchla schematics, which I find almost impossible to
>> decipher.
>>
>> I got no problem with them, man.  :-)
>>
>>   -- Don
>> --
>> Donald Tillman, Palo Alto, California
>> https://www.till.com
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