[sdiy] Happy 30th birthday Synth-DIY

[Tim Parkhurst]

30 Years?!? Wow, the members from the beginning of this must be really old
now... (checks list... oh, shoot)


Tim (your memory is the second thing to go...) Servo
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On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM Ben Stuyts via Synth-diy <
synth-diy at synth-diy.org> 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 StatsTop 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) 57Top 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 500Top 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 518Monthly 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 791Top 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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