[sdiy] Sad News about Paul Schreiber.

Mon Mar 24 15:30:50 CET 2025

Erik, you mentioned the MOTM mailing list on Yahoo. For those wanting to reminisce about the old days, here is the archive: https://synth-diy.org/yg-archives/motm/email/index.html

Ben

> On 24 Mar 2025, at 15:19, Erik Ribeiro via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
> 
> I was at a synth meetup in Houston yesterday when I got the sad news. Several people there knew Paul, either via Facebook or having met him at other synth meetups. I got on the MOTM mailing list around 2007 and interacted with Paul on that for a number of years, getting to meet him in person at synth meetups in Fort Worth. I don't think it was until he moved back from Phoenix to Fort Worth that we started talking regularly on the phone. I have a small row of this MOTM modules, but I have almost everything he made in eurorack. I guess that's why we talked on the phone a lot as he was always looking for feedback from his customers. Or he was looking to sell first to his loyal customers. I got to see Paul in person maybe 2 or 3 times a year, either on road trips up to Dallas-Fort Worth or at Knobcon. He never hesitated to share his knowledge and experience and time with other designers and manufacturers. I was fortunate to get to meet his wife Tammy a few times and visit Synthesis Technology headquarters (his garage). I brought him barbecue, and he offered me an endless supply of Dr Pepper and the occasional goodie box of electronic random stuff. I still have the Fairlight pen he gave me. I wouldn't trade all the hours we burned talking about test equipment, calculators, nixie tubes and pinball machines for anything. I'm not unique. He will be missed by many.
> 
> Thanks for sharing the news, Eric.
> 
> -Erik Ribeiro 
> 
> On Monday, March 24, 2025 at 08:11:02 AM CDT, Chris H. Park via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
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> 
> Very sad today. Condolences to his family. 
> 
> When we acquired the rights to MOTM from Paul some years ago, we had lengthy conversations about (almost everything)-- and he basically dared us to make modular synths, 5U and thru-hole DIY work in the era of e-commerce, social media and eurorack... And if anything, ten years on, this list is evidence that what he helped design and build, and what this community represents and makes, is here for the long run. 
> 
> We've never met or spoken to Tammy-- but if we could, we'd try and communicate the enormous positive impact Paul has had on this community- it can't have been easy every day for her (another pinball machine in the garage? Really?) and we can only hope that the immense positive community spirit in some way helps her manage what must be enormous grief. 
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> Thoughts and prayers, for real. 
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> From: Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org> on behalf of Eric Brombaugh via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2025 6:02 PM
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> Subject: [sdiy] Sad News about Paul Schreiber.
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> Hey SDIY -
> 
> I just got off a call with Paul Schreiber's wife Tammy who let me know 
> that he passed away in the hospital this morning while waiting for heart 
> surgery. I've been chatting with him almost daily over the last few 
> weeks and he was in good spirits, hopeful for his upcoming procedure and 
> a quick recovery. We'd been working on some new ideas that he was 
> planning to release for production later this year.
> 
> Paul was a consummate engineer with deep roots in music and technology 
> and had worked on portions of the TRS-80 ecosystem, the Realistic 
> Concert-Mate MG-1 synth, the MOTM modular system and many Eurorack 
> modules. He had been an active participant in the early days of this 
> mailing list and was well known for strong opinions although in recent 
> years he spent more of his online time on other forums.
> 
> Paul and I began working together in 2007 after I'd posted a little 
> digital oscillator project to this list. Our collaboration resulted in 
> many of the Synthesis Technology Eurorack modules from the first E350 
> Morphing Terrarium oscillator to the final E520 Hyperion processor. He 
> was fun to work with and a great friend. I will miss him.
> 
> Eric
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