[sdiy] Happy 30th birthday Synth-DIY

[David Moylan]

Woohoo!  Here's to many more...

On 5/30/25 8:58 PM, Ben Stuyts via Synth-diy wrote:
> 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
>
> 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 	3156
> harrybissell at prodigy.net 	2285
> pfperry at melbpc.org.au 	2092
> cheater00 at gmail.com 	1864
> dixon at interchange.ubc.ca 	1563
> subjectivity at hotmail.com 	1442
> music.maker at gte.net 	1339
> rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk 	1293
> modular at go2.pl 	1275
> dixon at mail.ubc.ca 	1218
> lanterma at ece.gatech.edu 	1106
> juergen.haible at nbgm.siemens.de 	1018
> synth1 at airmail.net 	1000
> harrybissell at wowway.com 	975
> neil.johnson71 at gmail.com 	973
> dalenkarl at yahoo.se 	961
> neil.johnson97 at ntlworld.com 	955
> jhaible at debitel.net 	947
> don at till.com 	943
> ijfritz at comcast.net 	934
> mbryant at futurehorizons.com 	921
> jpdesroc at oricom.ca 	908
> xyzzy at sysabend.org 	877
> sounddoctorin at imt.net 	874
> mr at analogue.org 	867
> rsdio at audiobanshee.com 	842
> martin.czech at intermetall.de 	824
> gordonjcp at gjcp.net 	791
> dlmanley at sonic.net 	721
> patchell at cox.net 	717
> cfmd at swipnet.se 	677
> grant at musictechnologiesgroup.com 	673
> jmahoney at gate.net 	657
> cheater00social at gmail.com 	654
> weareas1 at aol.com 	645
> ka4hjh at gte.net 	631
> magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org 	631
> seb at burnit.co.uk 	615
> tim.parkhurst at gmail.com 	614
> aankrom at bluemarble.net 	607
> uzs159 at uni-bonn.de 	597
> ijfritz at earthlink.net 	580
> fanwander at mnet-online.de 	579
> brianw at audiobanshee.com 	561
> aym-htnys at teaser.fr 	552
> oakley at techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk 	546
> stromeko at nexgo.de 	518
> rainer at buchty.net 	514
> peter.ullrich at kapsch.net 	504
> admin at bugbrand.co.uk 	500
>
>
>     Top 50 Email Domains
>
> Domain 	Posts
> gmail.com 	15169
> hotmail.com 	4668
> electricdruid.net 	3156
> yahoo.com 	2569
> prodigy.net 	2310
> earthlink.net 	2306
> gte.net 	2122
> melbpc.org.au 	2092
> comcast.net 	2001
> aol.com 	1853
> cox.net 	1650
> interchange.ubc.ca 	1565
> audiobanshee.com 	1403
> ntlworld.com 	1380
> richieburnett.co.uk 	1293
> yahoo.se 	1285
> go2.pl 	1275
> mail.ubc.ca 	1218
> analogue.org 	1140
> ece.gatech.edu 	1114
> wowway.com 	1046
> airmail.net 	1023
> nbgm.siemens.de 	1018
> debitel.net 	947
> till.com 	943
> futurehorizons.com 	921
> oricom.ca 	911
> swipnet.se 	910
> sysabend.org 	877
> imt.net 	874
> ix.netcom.com 	845
> intermetall.de 	828
> mindspring.com 	804
> gjcp.net 	791
> sonic.net 	780
> btinternet.com 	731
> gate.net 	687
> musictechnologiesgroup.com 	673
> teaser.fr 	640
> rubidium.dyndns.org 	631
> burnit.co.uk 	615
> bluemarble.net 	607
> kapsch.net 	602
> xs4all.nl 	601
> uni-bonn.de 	597
> t-online.de 	590
> iquest.net 	582
> mnet-online.de 	579
> techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk 	546
> synth.net 	518
>
>
>     Monthly Posting Volume (Sorted by Volume)
>
> Month 	Posts
> 2005-01 	1518
> 2005-07 	1493
> 2005-05 	1426
> 2004-10 	1316
> 2001-01 	1306
> 2005-10 	1276
> 1999-04 	1261
> 2005-06 	1258
> 2005-08 	1237
> 2009-01 	1208
> 2004-12 	1156
> 2005-02 	1148
> 2005-03 	1145
> 2005-04 	1140
> 2005-09 	1119
> 2004-09 	1064
> 2010-02 	1042
> 2000-08 	1038
> 2004-11 	1037
> 2005-11 	1022
> 2001-03 	1006
> 2005-12 	972
> 1999-01 	961
> 2011-02 	960
> 2008-10 	948
> 2009-07 	938
> 1999-03 	934
> 1999-12 	933
> 1999-11 	919
> 2009-08 	915
> 2010-03 	906
> 2001-02 	898
> 2000-04 	888
> 2009-06 	886
> 1999-05 	882
> 2010-04 	880
> 1998-11 	876
> 1999-07 	873
> 2000-11 	869
> 2008-09 	866
> 1999-06 	853
> 2000-02 	850
> 2009-05 	848
> 2009-09 	845
> 2009-04 	844
> 1999-02 	826
> 2000-10 	824
> 2001-04 	820
> 1998-08 	814
> 2000-03 	791
>
>
>     Top 50 Most Common Words (in Subject)
>
> Word 	Frequency
> question 	6357
> filter 	4130
> synth 	3678
> vco 	3234
> midi 	3120
> diy 	3020
> chip 	2407
> pcb 	2404
> circuit 	2315
> power 	2248
> schematic 	2080
> help 	2007
> analog 	1958
> digital 	1916
> moog 	1760
> supply 	1752
> audio 	1741
> design 	1690
> pot 	1688
> noise 	1659
> panel 	1558
> ssm 	1554
> problem 	1519
> module 	1478
> voltage 	1453
> project 	1443
> part 	1437
> board 	1421
> source 	1342
> modular 	1334
> synths 	1284
> keyboard 	1270
> vca 	1193
> cap 	1166
> idea 	1157
> switch 	1150
> transistor 	1142
> frequency 	1137
> resistor 	1090
> korg 	1083
> roland 	1063
> generator 	1058
> amp 	1050
> using 	992
> book 	989
> vcf 	970
> electronics 	964
> tube 	955
> converter 	935
> update 	932
>
>
> Thanks everybody for keeping this list easy to manage, and posting 
> great questions and information.
>
> Ben
>
>
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-- 
David Moylan
Expedition Electronics
sonic adventures!
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