[sdiy] Happy 30th birthday Synth-DIY

[Sean Ellis]

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!


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From: Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org> on behalf of Ben Stuyts via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
Sent: Saturday, 31 May 2025 2:58 AM
To: SDIY <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
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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