> Regarding non-EE synth designers, I am among the guilty. Not
> that I am out
> there building anything to sell, or trying to tell anyone that
> what I do is
> that good, BUT, I am having a great time "learning as I do."
> This list has
> been a great resource. ESPECIALLY Paul. Thanks for tolerating
> 1000 stupid
> questions from a real Stooge with a soldering iron.
Ah, but required design knowledge and experience vary by degrees (my pun)
depending on what's attempted. A non EE trained person can have success
designing simple mixers or modifying and customizing existing designs,
absolutely! I am EE trained, and actually did some analog/digital design for
awhile until my career detoured into software. I feel perfectly competent to
design digital step sequencers, etc. But would I ever try to design VCOs,
high quality VCAs, or VCFs for my system? NYET! I leave that to the master,
and confine myself to bonus modules. Would I build the heart of a synth
system around Electronotes designs using surplus parts packaged (NOT
designed!) by a guy without the chops to create anything new and unique?
Hardly.
Dave Bradley
Principal Software Engineer
Engineering Animation, Inc.
daveb@...