<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 find a different path here. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Building circuits with other kids was a great indoor hobby as a kid from Indiana/Michigan.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Many of us built walkie-talkies in kit form and had loads of fun getting them to work.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Raiding my Grandfathers electrical shop for bits and pieces drew him into spending time with us kids and showing us proper soldering and construction methods. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This not a sole experience for many of us as we all had to get help to get parts and make projects work safely. Pass on your knowledge to other kids, get them involved in building circuits. Many kids would love to do small projects and get better at something than video games and texting on cell phones.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am teaching my 2 grandsons how to build a crystal radio and operate it. Unfortunately Rush Limbaugh’s radio station is near us so we are taking our projects to higher levels. Ham Radio was a favorite of mine and I am repairing my old system so my grandsons can try it out when they come over.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have another item to say, If you wish kids to sound good in a band or orchestra, give them good instruments.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The same goes with starting out in electronics, a good tool will always be a better place to start. Simple hand tools are not too expensive and will prevent mistakes in circuit building. EBAY has been a goldmine for me and I am still buying better gear for design work.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I don’t need to work anymore but I am still building Hi quality projects because now I have learned how to do more with less.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sorry for the rave, but many times I wished I had more time to keep building gear..</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Terry<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 9, 2020, at 11:24 PM, Roman Sowa <<a href="mailto:modular@go2.pl" class="">modular@go2.pl</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class=""><p class="">if I had one piece of advice to give to teenage me it would be:
"go out, spend more time with other kids, forget about this
electronic stuff it leads you to a dark hole"</p><p class="">Roman<br class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">W dniu 2020-10-10 o 00:49, Peter
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<div dir="ltr" class="">Thinking about this more, if I had one piece of
advice to give to teenage me, it would be to buy a proper
soldering station like a Hakko 936 or similar (used are pretty
cheap!) with a chisel tip. If I could go back and do my first
projects with a station that could actually solder instead of a
plug straight in the wall radioshack iron I think I would've
made a lot of progress a lot faster. I'm sure my soldering was
bad at the start but a garbage soldering iron was a big
roadblock and made me think I was never going to learn.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 6:19 PM
Jason Proctor <<a href="mailto:jason@redfish.net" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">jason@redfish.net</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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is Waveform not Synth-Op? I'm not understanding.<br class="">
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On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:11 PM MTG <<a href="mailto:grant@musictechnologiesgroup.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">grant@musictechnologiesgroup.com</a>>
wrote:<br class="">
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> There is so much great stuff out there, I was hoping
Waveform would take<br class="">
> the Tape-Op concept and make a Synth-Op magazine. I guess
we are still<br class="">
> waiting.<br class="">
><br class="">
> On 10/9/2020 2:15 PM, David Simpson wrote:<br class="">
> > Filmmaker here, but newbie to the synth community.<br class="">
> ><br class="">
> > I'd love to collaborate on this with those that have
the contacts. I am<br class="">
> > based in New York.<br class="">
> ><br class="">
> > - David<br class="">
> ><br class="">
> ><br class="">
> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 4:51 PM Peter Pearson <<a href="mailto:electrocontinuo@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">electrocontinuo@gmail.com</a><br class="">
> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:electrocontinuo@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">electrocontinuo@gmail.com</a>>>
wrote:<br class="">
> ><br class="">
> > 2nd (10th?) for PAIA here. I built their
theremin in high school<br class="">
> > and never looked back.<br class="">
> ><br class="">
> > It costs money, but I can highly recommend the
tech mentoring course<br class="">
> > offered by The Analog Lab. Jeff (the owner)
used to be a keyboard<br class="">
> > tech for Pink Floyd during the glory days and
managed their state of<br class="">
> > the art sound system back in the day (as well as
working with<br class="">
> > Vangelis). He's been doing synth repairs since
Moogs and ARPs were<br class="">
> > new off the assembly line. He also helped
design the Octave Plateau<br class="">
> > Voyetra 8. A few links along those lines:<br class="">
> ><br class="">
> > <a href="https://www.theanaloglab.com/training" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">https://www.theanaloglab.com/training</a><br class="">
> ><br class="">
> > <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OrU79WWztg&t=8s" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OrU79WWztg&t=8s</a><br class="">
> ><br class="">
> > <a href="https://louderthanwar.com/the-development-of-large-rock-sound-systems-chris-hewitt-book-review/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">https://louderthanwar.com/the-development-of-large-rock-sound-systems-chris-hewitt-book-review/</a><br class="">
> ><br class="">
> > --<br class="">
> ><br class="">
> > As an aside off topic, I would love to see a
video interview with<br class="">
> > Bernie Hutchins (or general documentary with
people involved) about<br class="">
> > the genesis and evolution of Electronotes. Is
anybody on the list<br class="">
> > able to get him on the horn and open up about
that? The number of<br class="">
> > people that were involved in designing
synthesizers when it was the<br class="">
> > wild west aren't getting any younger and we've
already lost some big<br class="">
> > ones. Would be good to preserve that history!!<br class="">
> ><br class="">
> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 4:26 PM Kylee Kennedy
<<a href="mailto:kmkennedy@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">kmkennedy@gmail.com</a><br class="">
> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:kmkennedy@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">kmkennedy@gmail.com</a>>>
wrote:<br class="">
> ><br class="">
> > I believe PAIA is now the longest running
modular DIY company.<br class="">
> > That honor used to be for Blacet but I'm
still waiting for<br class="">
> > Synthcube to re-launch his line.<br class="">
> > Interesting that they are both known for
Frac systems.<br class="">
> ><br class="">
> > Kylee<br class="">
> ><br class="">
> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 11:47 AM David G
Dixon <<a href="mailto:dixon@mail.ubc.ca" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">dixon@mail.ubc.ca</a><br class="">
> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:dixon@mail.ubc.ca" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">dixon@mail.ubc.ca</a>>> wrote:<br class="">
> ><br class="">
> > Artie wrote: "In particular, PAiA has
been doing this for,<br class="">
> > what, 20 years at<br class="">
> > least?"<br class="">
> ><br class="">
> > I bought a PAiA Gnome kit when I was 12
years old. I'm 56<br class="">
> > later this month.<br class="">
> > PAiA had been around for a good long
while by that point as<br class="">
> > well, I think.<br class="">
> ><br class="">
> >
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