<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12.0px;"><div>DIY is when you're not paying someone else to do all the work. Obviously paying for some parts of the work is justifiable, e.g. DIY PCB layout, professional fabrication and DIY soldering or building from (PCB, component and front panel) kits.
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<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 5:06 PM<br/>
<b>From:</b> "Tim Ressel" <timr@circuitabbey.com><br/>
<b>To:</b> synth-diy@synth-diy.org<br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [sdiy] History of SDIY?</div>
<div name="quoted-content">At the risk of sounding smart-ass-ish, define DIY. If you are the first<br/>
to do something, it that automatically DIY? Is Robert Moog guilty of<br/>
DIY? What about Thaddeus Cahill and his Telharmonium, is that DIY?<br/>
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--tim (and his highly intelligent bottom) ressel<br/>
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On 5/29/2018 4:36 AM, Rob Kam wrote:<br/>
> Unlike for the history of electronic music <a href="http://120years.net/" target="_blank">http://120years.net/</a>, apparently<br/>
> there's not much documentation specifically for the history of DIY<br/>
> electronic music equipment. I have some questions, if I may.<br/>
><br/>
> How to define SDIY - it's not just exclusively synths, amateurs making<br/>
> electronic music circuits as opposed to plugging together ready-made parts?<br/>
><br/>
> When did SDIY begin and how has it developed over the years? Especially<br/>
> since the invention of semiconductors but before then should also be<br/>
> included. What were the significant moments and who were the pioneers along<br/>
> the way?<br/>
><br/>
> Bob Moog sold Theremin kits in the 1950s. Guitar pedals began development in<br/>
> the 1960s. Before this there were guitar amplifiers with effects built in,<br/>
> and earlier still people used magnetic tape. The PAiA FAQ states that the<br/>
> 1970s were busy, the 1980s were quieter, (with the hobbyists being<br/>
> distracted by PCs) and that interest picked up again in the 1990s. PAiA has<br/>
> been producing synthesizer kits since 1972. Electronotes started in 1972.<br/>
> Various magazine articles by authors such as Tim Orr, John Simonton, Don<br/>
> Lancaster, Craig Anderton, etc. give some sort of indication. The earliest<br/>
> DIY electronic music instrument books seem to be from the early to<br/>
> mid-1970s.<br/>
><br/>
> How to distinguish what's SDIY from R&D? Obviously the pioneers and<br/>
> inventors like Harald Bode and Kraftwerk had to DIY; does this get ignored?<br/>
> Does it begin with the electro-magnetic Helmholtz resonator?<br/>
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--Tim Ressel<br/>
Circuit Abbey<br/>
timr@circuitabbey.com<br/>
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