<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="">I’ll be sure to bookmark this thread!<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 8, 2020, at 8:17 PM, David G Dixon <<a href="mailto:dixon@mail.ubc.ca" class="">dixon@mail.ubc.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div dir="ltr" align="left" class=""><span class="663200300-09102020"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial" class="">My advice is to get very familiar with the website "Music from
Outer Space" -- there are lots of good synth circuits there, and they are very
well explained. You can really learn a lot. Also, get yourself a few
books -- a good book about opamps -- my favorite is the one by Coughlin and
Driscoll, and the IC Op Amp Cookbook by Walter Jung is also very good. I
have really benefited from The Art of Electronics by Horowitz and Hill as well,
but it is not really a beginner text -- it can be a little difficult, but once
you achieve a certain level of understanding, it is probably
indispensible. To understand transistor circuits, you <span class="127201500-09102020">can hardly </span>do better than Malvino's Electronic
Principles -- I have the 3rd edition, and it is one of the best textbooks I have
ever seen, on any topic.</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left" class=""><span class="663200300-09102020"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial" class="">Also, I would get my hands on a decent circuit simulator (I
use NI Multisim, which is very good, but not entirely idiot-proof). I
simulate virtually everything, and I find that <span class="127201500-09102020">its </span>a <span class="127201500-09102020">great</span> design <span class="127201500-09102020">tool (although some might say it's a
crutch)</span>. Also, once your simulation schematic is complete, you have
a nice schematic for printing out.</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left" class=""><span class="663200300-09102020"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial" class="">Finally, don't be shy about asking questions. The SDIY
list is really good -- it used to be a lot more active in terms of long
back-and-forth discussions about circuits and stuff, but all the old farts are
still around, I think, and they just love to answer questions. You should
also join Muff Wiggler and get involved in the DIY threads<span class="127201500-09102020"> there -- that's a great place to share your
progress</span>.</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left" class=""><span class="663200300-09102020"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial" class="">Finally finally, I would get serious about learning how to
make your own PCBs. That is something I figured out very early in my
electronics "career" and it has been incredibly <span class="127201500-09102020">helpful and
fruit</span>ful.</font></span></div></div><br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">Hello,
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<div class="">I've been wanting to get into building synths and electronic instruments
for years, but never knew where to start. I have some EE experience through
college courses, but I'm a bit rusty. I would like to know what's a good place
to start to learn. I would also like to be able to analyze my circuits and be
able to understand why they behave the way they do. Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.</div>
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<div class="">Thanks</div></div></div>
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