<div dir="ltr">SO, the Yusynth modular I made by etching the PCBs, sourcing all the parts, cutting and drilling each aluminum panel, adapting panel designs in PS and printing on adhesive labels to go over the panels, etc etc etc... That wasn't synth DIY?<br>I don't get the "Modular is not SDIY argument at all, in fact I'd say the majority of SDIY being done today is in Eurorack. Even if you get a full kit, there's a lot of learnig, enjoyment and satisfaction in assembling, soldering, calibrating, troubleshooting, modding etc...</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 9:47 AM, Roman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:modular@go2.pl" target="_blank">modular@go2.pl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Except that one line about "sticking bits" I feel exactly the same as Gordon says here.<br>Could not express it better.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br>Roman</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br><div><br></div><div class="m_1772354191607797368nh_extra"><p>Dnia 2 czerwca 2018 13:15 Gordonjcp <<a href="mailto:gordonjcp@gjcp.net" target="_blank">gordonjcp@gjcp.net</a>> napisał(a):<br></p><blockquote class="m_1772354191607797368nh_quote" style="border-left:2px solid #999;padding-left:8px;margin:0"><div id="m_1772354191607797368gwp9acacbdb"><div>On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 09:47:00AM +0200, pinoaffe wrote:<br></div><blockquote><div>On 05/31/2018 09:08 AM, Gordonjcp wrote:<br></div><div>>Modular isn't really synthesis though.<br></div><div><br></div><div>why?<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I should really have written "synth DIY" rather than synthesis there.<br></div><div><br></div><div>For the same reason that softsynths aren't. You're not really making anything, you're just sticking bits together.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The whole modular scene has gotten ridiculous, with folk charging<br></div><div>obscene amounts of money for badly-made clones of 1970s and 1980s synth<br></div><div>sections, no real appreciation of how they go together as a whole. It<br></div><div>seems like what you do is find a circuit on someone's website, rip off<br></div><div>their PCB layout, snotter it together because soldering technique<br></div><div>doesn't matter as long as you can find proper genuine 1982 JRC4558<br></div><div>opamps because nothing else sounds quite the same, and then stick an<br></div><div>eyewatering front panel on and give it a stupid name.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Maybe that's what I'm doing wrong, maybe I should stop doing audio<br></div><div>routing stuff and concentrate on selling shitty vactrol lowpass gates<br></div><div>built on Veroboard for €450 a throw. Ladies, gentlemen and those who<br></div><div>don't fit either category, I give you - the LimeElephantCustard<br></div><div>CocoCuckooDingleDingleDinglebe<wbr>rry! <muffled car alarm noises, getting<br></div><div>more and less muffled occasionally> Doesn't it sound amazing? Get yours<br></div><div>*TODAY*!<br></div><div><br></div><div>--<br></div><div>Gordonjcp<br></div><div>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br></div><div>Synth-diy mailing list<br></div><div><a href="mailto:Synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><br></div><div><a href="http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy" target="_blank">http://synth-diy.org/mailman/<wbr>listinfo/synth-diy</a><br></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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