<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dutch electronics magazines were also quite prolific into music-related diy projects. For example:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The April 1961 issue of “Electronica Wereld” (“Electronics World”) has articles about “Reverberato” (a spring reverb), a distortion meter, a tone generator, a metronome, etc. See <a href="https://archive.org/details/ElectronicaWereldApril1961" class="">https://archive.org/details/ElectronicaWereldApril1961</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And have a look at the June 1967 issue of Elektuur (Elektor): <a href="https://archive.org/details/Elektuur54196706" class="">https://archive.org/details/Elektuur54196706</a> with a guitar/organ amplifier, and an electronic drum kit (page 630). Info on the Philicorda (not DIY of course), but also a diy organ (Hartwin Organ) with a novel (but very limiting) oscillator/key configuration which I actually have. :)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ben</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 2 Jun 2018, at 01:48, Donald Tillman <<a href="mailto:don@till.com" class="">don@till.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On May 29, 2018, at 8:42 AM, Donald Tillman <<a href="mailto:don@till.com" class="">don@till.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On May 29, 2018, at 4:36 AM, Rob Kam <<a href="mailto:robkam@gmx.com" class="">robkam@gmx.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Unlike for the history of electronic music <a href="http://120years.net/" class="">http://120years.net/</a>, apparently<br class="">there's not much documentation specifically for the history of DIY<br class="">electronic music equipment.<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Sure there is! It's in the form of hobbyist electronics magazines. Especially "Popular Electronics" and "Radio Electronics". And they're archived here:<br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Popular-Electronics-Guide.htm" class="">http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Popular-Electronics-Guide.htm</a><br class="">http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Radio_Electronics%20_Master_Page.htm<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Here's an example, Popular Electronics Magazine:<br class=""><br class="">Mar 69, Preamp, mixer, frequency counter<br class="">May 69, Preamp, guitar sustain<br class="">Jul 69, Square wave gen<br class="">Sep 69, Color organ display<br class="">Oct 69, Sine wave generator<br class="">Dec 69, Treble Boost<br class="">Jan 70, Wah-wah pedal<br class="">Feb 70, Drum Machine<br class="">Mar 70, Speech scrambler (ring modulator)<br class="">May 70, Sine to Square wave converter<br class="">Jun 70, Guitar envelope generator<br class="">Jul 70, Multicoupler, Nyle Steiner Wire Music<br class="">Aug 70, Preamp, lighting controller<br class="">Oct 70, Power amp, equalizer<br class="">Dec 70, Pink Noise Generator<br class="">Mar 71, Leslie Simulator<br class="">Apr 71, Timbre Gate (envelope generator)<br class="">May 71, Fil-Oscillator, Power amp<br class="">Jun 71, Vox gain rider<br class="">Jul 71, Drum machine<br class="">Sep 71, Electronic bird calls<br class="">Dec 71, Compressor<br class="">Feb 72, How synthesizers work, Surf Synthesizer<br class=""><br class="">And Radio-Electronics Magazine started their PAIA Synthesizer articles in May 73.<br class=""><br class="">The archive issues describe the synth DIY scene pretty well.<br class=""><br class=""> -- Don<br class="">--<br class="">Donald Tillman, Palo Alto, California<br class=""><a href="http://www.till.com" class="">http://www.till.com</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Synth-diy mailing list<br class="">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org<br class="">http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>