[sdiy] Happy 30th birthday Synth-DIY
Ben Stuyts
ben at stuyts.nl
Sun Jun 1 19:09:19 CEST 2025
Thanks Rutger, you are of course correct:
> On 1 Jun 2025, at 11:04, Rutger Vlek via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>
> By the way, the usage statistics have some people listed under multiple aliases. For instance: Jürgen Haible has a much higher position if you combine all of his different email addresses.
I’ve added some manual and fuzzy matching to the script. Here is an updated top 50 list of Posters and it’s quite different from the previous one:
Top 50 Posters (Grouped by Identity)
Name Posts Aliases
harry bissell 3522 harry.bissell at gmail.com, harrybissell at netscape.net, harrybissell at prodigy.net, harrybissell at wowway.com, hbissell at robotron.com, hbissell at wowway.com, paia2720 at yahoo.com
tom wiltshire 3156 tom at electricdruid.net
david g dixon 2781 dixon at interchange.ubc.ca, dixon at mail.ubc.ca
juergen haible 2582 hj2743 at denbgm3xm.scnn1.msmgate.m30x.nbg.scn.de, jhaible at debitel.net, jhaible at jhaible.de, jhaible at primus-online.de, juergen.haible at nbgm.siemens.de, juergen.haible at siemens.com
cheater cheater 2518 cheater00 at gmail.com, cheater00social at gmail.com
magnus danielson 2175 cfmd at bredband.net, cfmd at swipnet.se, e93_mda at drum.it.kth.se, e93_mda at it.kth.se, e93_mda at snorke.it.kth.se, magda at it.kht.se, magda at it.kth.se, magnus at amalogue.org, magnus at analogue.org, magnus at analouge.org, magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org, magnus at rubidium.se
paul perry 2095 paulfrancisperry at gmail.com, pfperry at melbpc.org.au
neil johnson 1961 neil.johnson71 at gmail.com, neil.johnson97 at ntlworld.com, nej22 at hermes.cam.ac.uk
ian fritz 1514 ijfritz at comcast.net, ijfritz at earthlink.net
roman sowa 1481 modular at go2.pl, roman.sowa at wizjatv.pl, rsowa at wizjatv.pl
loss 1442 subjectivity at hotmail.com
james patchell 1428 patchell at cox.net, patchell at silcom.com, patchell at teletrac.com
martin czech 1346 czech at intermetall.de, czech at micronas.com, martin.czech at intermetall.de, martin.czech at itt-sc.de, martin.czech at micronas.com
music.maker 1339 music.maker at gte.net
rburnett 1293 rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk
tomg 1136 e4m at houston.rr.com, efm3 at mediaone.net, tomg at vivid.net, vco at mindspring.com
lanterman aaron d 1114 aaron.lanterman at ece.gatech.edu, lanterma at ece.gatech.edu
paula maddox 1074 noxons at btinternet.com, p.maddox at signal.qinetiq.com, paul.maddox.mail-list at synth.net, paul.maddox at ndirect.co.uk, paul.maddox at unilever.com, paul.maddox at wavesynth.com, space_banana at hotmail.com
paul schreiber 1034 paults at why.net, pschreiber at sbcglobal.net, synth1 at airmail.net
ingo debus 1022 debus at cityweb.de, debus at cww.de, igg.debus at gmail.com, igg.debus at t-online.de
karl dalen 961 dalenkarl at yahoo.se
donald tillman 943 don at till.com
rsdio 934 rsdio at audiobanshee.com, rsdio at sounds.wa.com
mike bryant 921 mbryant at futurehorizons.com
tim parkhurst 916 tim.parkhurst at gmail.com, tparkhurst at siliconbandwidth.com
jean pierre desrochers 911 jpdesroc at oricom.ca, sixcordes at oricom.ca
tom arnold 878 evilxyzzy at gmail.com, xyzzy at sysabend.org
bob weigel 874 sounddoctorin at imt.net
mattias rickardsson 867 mr at analogue.org
florian anwander 791 fa at fa.camelot.de, fa_diy at camelot.de, fa_diy at fa.camelot.de, fanwander at mnet-online.de, florian.anwander at consol.de
gordonjcp 791 gordonjcp at gjcp.net
rené schmitz 779 synth at schmitzbits.de, uzs159 at uni-bonn.de
grant richter 750 grichter at asapnet.net, grichter at execpc.com
david manley 721 dlmanley at sonic.net
mark verbos 718 a0284520 at addcom.de, mark at verboselectronics.com, markverbos at gmail.com, mverbos at earthlink.net, verbos at on-q.com
ka4hjh 697 ka4hjh at gte.net, terrymbowman at rica.net
roy j tellason 691 rtellason at blazenet.net, rtellason at verizon.net
tony allgood 688 oakley at enterprise.net, oakley at techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk, oakleysound at gmail.com
grant musictechnologiesgroup com 673 grant at musictechnologiesgroup.com
tim ressel 671 tim_r1 at verifone.com, timr at circuitabbey.com
peter ullrich 660 peter.ullrich at kapsch.net, synpro at networld.at, ullrich at kapsch.co.at, ullrich at kapsch.net, ullrich at vienna.at
john mahoney 657 jmahoney at gate.net
assi 657 stromeko at compuserve.de, stromeko at nexgo.de
weareas1 645 weareas1 at aol.com
andre majorel 640 amajorel at teaser.fr, aym-htnys at teaser.fr
barry klein 639 barry.klein at deltronix.com, barry.klein at solar.org, barry.l.klein at wdc.com, barryklein at cox.net
eric brombaugh 616 ebrombaugh1 at cox.net, ebrombaugh at earthlink.net, ebrombaugh at gmail.com
seb francis 615 seb at burnit.co.uk
aankrom 607 aankrom at bluemarble.net
oren leavitt 580 obl64 at ix.netcom.com, oleavitt at ix.netcom.com, oleavitt at proton.me
Amazing!
Ben
>
>
> Op za 31 mei 2025, 11:03 schreef Sean Ellis via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org <mailto:synth-diy at synth-diy.org>>:
>> Pretty awesome to keep this type of forum around, simple emails work much better than some of the current trends. Here's to another 30!
>>
>>
>> From: Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org <mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org>> on behalf of Ben Stuyts via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org <mailto:synth-diy at synth-diy.org>>
>> Sent: Saturday, 31 May 2025 2:58 AM
>> To: SDIY <synth-diy at synth-diy.org <mailto:synth-diy at synth-diy.org>>
>> Subject: [sdiy] Happy 30th birthday Synth-DIY
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> A bit belated, but May 30 1995 is the oldest message in the archive (ignoring test messages and faulty Date: headers). So let’s consider this the 30th birthday of this great list and its members. 30 years!
>>
>> And there are still members active from this beginning. See https://synth-diy.org/pipermail/synth-diy/1995-May/date.html and further. Unfortunately we have also lost members, like Jürgen Haible on that first page.
>>
>> Many thanks and three cheers to Rick Jansen, the founder and long time admin/curator of this list. Rick, are you still out there? If so, can you say something about the start of this list?
>>
>> I subscribed in 1998 I think, and was mostly a lurker. Back in 2016, Rick was looking for someone else to run the list and I volunteered. The reason was that I had (and still have) an much respect for the contents and members of this list and its high signal to noise ratio. This would be a way to do something back for this community.
>>
>> Here are some statistics I put together last week. Don’t pin me down on the exact numbers, they might be off by 1 or 2. I just accepted what the various Python libraries could make of the Archive mailbox (around 650 MB)...
>> synth-diy Mailing List Stats
>>
>> Top 50 Subjects
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>> Subject
>> Count
>> Re: [sdiy] History of SDIY?
>> 199
>> (no subject)
>> 137
>> Re: [sdiy] Discrete OTA
>> 125
>> Re: [sdiy] Digital accumulator VCO core?
>> 123
>> Re: [sdiy] DIP LM13700 discontinuation
>> 123
>> Re: [sdiy] SSM2164 last time buys
>> 108
>> Re: [sdiy] Where are we?
>> 108
>> Re: [sdiy] Building a Synth-DIY Map
>> 107
>> Re: [sdiy] Generating a large number of CV outputs
>> 105
>> Re: [sdiy] presets on a modular
>> 96
>> Re: [sdiy] Unique sounding modules that can't have voltage control?
>> 94
>> Re: [sdiy] Marketplace Question
>> 89
>> Re: [sdiy] Hardware convolution box?
>> 88
>> Re: [sdiy] Novation peak NCOs
>> 87
>> Re: [sdiy] Programming Language Recommendation
>> 85
>> Re: [sdiy] Patchable polyphonic synth with FM or AM transmission\n idea
>> 82
>> Re: [sdiy] Issue with CD4024 Ripple Counter
>> 82
>> test
>> 81
>> Re: [sdiy] Substitute for pin matrixes?
>> 81
>> Re: [sdiy] Polymoog resonator question
>> 79
>> Re: [sdiy] Starting Point?
>> 79
>> Re: [sdiy] Is everything digital?
>> 77
>> Re: [sdiy] VCF caps in modern synths
>> 77
>> Re: [sdiy] Signals leaking into the PSU?
>> 77
>> Re: [sdiy] Discrete Op Amps
>> 76
>> Re: [sdiy] Synth Electronics
>> 76
>> Re: [sdiy] Harmonic bandwidth
>> 75
>> Re: [sdiy] MIDI Clock sync advice
>> 75
>> Re: [sdiy] Monowave goes GPL
>> 74
>> Re: [sdiy] [OT] LM13700 spotted in commercial product of big\n Manufacturer
>> 74
>> Re: [sdiy] Help, I'm Desperate! (Charge Injection with DG408)
>> 68
>> Re: [sdiy] saw vs ramp, audible?
>> 68
>> Re: [sdiy] Some Audio DSP prototypes
>> 67
>> Re: [sdiy] Euro Synth Spec
>> 65
>> Re: [sdiy] Popcorn Noise Generator?
>> 64
>> Re: [sdiy] MIDI velocity
>> 64
>> Re: [sdiy] Buchla 295 10-band comb filter topology
>> 64
>> Re: [sdiy] Real cause of DIY death
>> 63
>> Re: [sdiy] Can anyone OCR the AN23.PDF File Here?
>> 63
>> Re: [sdiy] There is no fun analogue chips anymore!
>> 62
>> Re: [sdiy] Pulsonix PCB design software
>> 61
>> Re: [sdiy] Future SYNTH-DIY
>> 60
>> Re: [sdiy] Way OT - Who's the oldest?
>> 60
>> Re: [sdiy] 1-quadrant multiplier with 2164
>> 60
>> Re: [sdiy] SIP filter modules coming
>> 59
>> Re: [sdiy] Techniques for Multiplying MIDI Clock frequency?
>> 59
>> Re: [sdiy] TI to buy NatSemi!!!!!
>> 58
>> Re: [sdiy] SAW core VCO flyback time
>> 57
>> Re: [sdiy] SSM chip reissue
>> 57
>> Re: [sdiy] OTA performance (was SSM chip reissue)
>> 57
>> Top 50 Posters
>>
>> Email
>> Posts
>> tom at electricdruid.net <mailto:tom at electricdruid.net>
>> 3156
>> harrybissell at prodigy.net <mailto:harrybissell at prodigy.net>
>> 2285
>> pfperry at melbpc.org.au <mailto:pfperry at melbpc.org.au>
>> 2092
>> cheater00 at gmail.com <mailto:cheater00 at gmail.com>
>> 1864
>> dixon at interchange.ubc.ca <mailto:dixon at interchange.ubc.ca>
>> 1563
>> subjectivity at hotmail.com <mailto:subjectivity at hotmail.com>
>> 1442
>> music.maker at gte.net <mailto:music.maker at gte.net>
>> 1339
>> rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk <mailto:rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk>
>> 1293
>> modular at go2.pl <mailto:modular at go2.pl>
>> 1275
>> dixon at mail.ubc.ca <mailto:dixon at mail.ubc.ca>
>> 1218
>> lanterma at ece.gatech.edu <mailto:lanterma at ece.gatech.edu>
>> 1106
>> juergen.haible at nbgm.siemens.de <mailto:juergen.haible at nbgm.siemens.de>
>> 1018
>> synth1 at airmail.net <mailto:synth1 at airmail.net>
>> 1000
>> harrybissell at wowway.com <mailto:harrybissell at wowway.com>
>> 975
>> neil.johnson71 at gmail.com <mailto:neil.johnson71 at gmail.com>
>> 973
>> dalenkarl at yahoo.se <mailto:dalenkarl at yahoo.se>
>> 961
>> neil.johnson97 at ntlworld.com <mailto:neil.johnson97 at ntlworld.com>
>> 955
>> jhaible at debitel.net <mailto:jhaible at debitel.net>
>> 947
>> don at till.com <mailto:don at till.com>
>> 943
>> ijfritz at comcast.net <mailto:ijfritz at comcast.net>
>> 934
>> mbryant at futurehorizons.com <mailto:mbryant at futurehorizons.com>
>> 921
>> jpdesroc at oricom.ca <mailto:jpdesroc at oricom.ca>
>> 908
>> xyzzy at sysabend.org <mailto:xyzzy at sysabend.org>
>> 877
>> sounddoctorin at imt.net <mailto:sounddoctorin at imt.net>
>> 874
>> mr at analogue.org <mailto:mr at analogue.org>
>> 867
>> rsdio at audiobanshee.com <mailto:rsdio at audiobanshee.com>
>> 842
>> martin.czech at intermetall.de <mailto:martin.czech at intermetall.de>
>> 824
>> gordonjcp at gjcp.net <mailto:gordonjcp at gjcp.net>
>> 791
>> dlmanley at sonic.net <mailto:dlmanley at sonic.net>
>> 721
>> patchell at cox.net <mailto:patchell at cox.net>
>> 717
>> cfmd at swipnet.se <mailto:cfmd at swipnet.se>
>> 677
>> grant at musictechnologiesgroup.com <mailto:grant at musictechnologiesgroup.com>
>> 673
>> jmahoney at gate.net <mailto:jmahoney at gate.net>
>> 657
>> cheater00social at gmail.com <mailto:cheater00social at gmail.com>
>> 654
>> weareas1 at aol.com <mailto:weareas1 at aol.com>
>> 645
>> ka4hjh at gte.net <mailto:ka4hjh at gte.net>
>> 631
>> magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org <mailto:magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org>
>> 631
>> seb at burnit.co.uk <mailto:seb at burnit.co.uk>
>> 615
>> tim.parkhurst at gmail.com <mailto:tim.parkhurst at gmail.com>
>> 614
>> aankrom at bluemarble.net <mailto:aankrom at bluemarble.net>
>> 607
>> uzs159 at uni-bonn.de <mailto:uzs159 at uni-bonn.de>
>> 597
>> ijfritz at earthlink.net <mailto:ijfritz at earthlink.net>
>> 580
>> fanwander at mnet-online.de <mailto:fanwander at mnet-online.de>
>> 579
>> brianw at audiobanshee.com <mailto:brianw at audiobanshee.com>
>> 561
>> aym-htnys at teaser.fr <mailto:aym-htnys at teaser.fr>
>> 552
>> oakley at techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk <mailto:oakley at techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk>
>> 546
>> stromeko at nexgo.de <mailto:stromeko at nexgo.de>
>> 518
>> rainer at buchty.net <mailto:rainer at buchty.net>
>> 514
>> peter.ullrich at kapsch.net <mailto:peter.ullrich at kapsch.net>
>> 504
>> admin at bugbrand.co.uk <mailto:admin at bugbrand.co.uk>
>> 500
>> Top 50 Email Domains
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>> Domain
>> Posts
>> gmail.com <http://gmail.com/>
>> 15169
>> hotmail.com <http://hotmail.com/>
>> 4668
>> electricdruid.net <http://electricdruid.net/>
>> 3156
>> yahoo.com <http://yahoo.com/>
>> 2569
>> prodigy.net <http://prodigy.net/>
>> 2310
>> earthlink.net <http://earthlink.net/>
>> 2306
>> gte.net <http://gte.net/>
>> 2122
>> melbpc.org.au <http://melbpc.org.au/>
>> 2092
>> comcast.net <http://comcast.net/>
>> 2001
>> aol.com <http://aol.com/>
>> 1853
>> cox.net <http://cox.net/>
>> 1650
>> interchange.ubc.ca <http://interchange.ubc.ca/>
>> 1565
>> audiobanshee.com <http://audiobanshee.com/>
>> 1403
>> ntlworld.com <http://ntlworld.com/>
>> 1380
>> richieburnett.co.uk <http://richieburnett.co.uk/>
>> 1293
>> yahoo.se <http://yahoo.se/>
>> 1285
>> go2.pl <http://go2.pl/>
>> 1275
>> mail.ubc.ca <http://mail.ubc.ca/>
>> 1218
>> analogue.org <http://analogue.org/>
>> 1140
>> ece.gatech.edu <http://ece.gatech.edu/>
>> 1114
>> wowway.com <http://wowway.com/>
>> 1046
>> airmail.net <http://airmail.net/>
>> 1023
>> nbgm.siemens.de <http://nbgm.siemens.de/>
>> 1018
>> debitel.net <http://debitel.net/>
>> 947
>> till.com <http://till.com/>
>> 943
>> futurehorizons.com <http://futurehorizons.com/>
>> 921
>> oricom.ca <http://oricom.ca/>
>> 911
>> swipnet.se <http://swipnet.se/>
>> 910
>> sysabend.org <http://sysabend.org/>
>> 877
>> imt.net <http://imt.net/>
>> 874
>> ix.netcom.com <http://ix.netcom.com/>
>> 845
>> intermetall.de <http://intermetall.de/>
>> 828
>> mindspring.com <http://mindspring.com/>
>> 804
>> gjcp.net <http://gjcp.net/>
>> 791
>> sonic.net <http://sonic.net/>
>> 780
>> btinternet.com <http://btinternet.com/>
>> 731
>> gate.net <http://gate.net/>
>> 687
>> musictechnologiesgroup.com <http://musictechnologiesgroup.com/>
>> 673
>> teaser.fr <http://teaser.fr/>
>> 640
>> rubidium.dyndns.org <http://rubidium.dyndns.org/>
>> 631
>> burnit.co.uk <http://burnit.co.uk/>
>> 615
>> bluemarble.net <http://bluemarble.net/>
>> 607
>> kapsch.net <http://kapsch.net/>
>> 602
>> xs4all.nl <http://xs4all.nl/>
>> 601
>> uni-bonn.de <http://uni-bonn.de/>
>> 597
>> t-online.de <http://t-online.de/>
>> 590
>> iquest.net <http://iquest.net/>
>> 582
>> mnet-online.de <http://mnet-online.de/>
>> 579
>> techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk <http://techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk/>
>> 546
>> synth.net <http://synth.net/>
>> 518
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>> 1518
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>> 938
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>> 898
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>> 888
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>> 876
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>> 2315
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>> Thanks everybody for keeping this list easy to manage, and posting great questions and information.
>>
>> Ben
>>
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