Kudos2Paul Re: [sdiy] Reprinting Electronotes

[Cynthia Webster]

Great Post Paul!  
Sums up my feelings exactly.

Best Wishes!

(I'm soldering away too)...

Cynthia



on 12/14/02 7:46 AM, Paul Schreiber at synth1 at airmail.net wrote:

> I want to toss in YAV (yet antother view).
> 
> My take is that the "Electronotes camp" is divides thus way: people over 40yrs
> old and the young
> pups. Then, there is another division as well: those that *respect*
> Electronotes for what it did
> to our lives (I am the poster child for that camp) and those that consider it
> "a good reference
> point".
> 
> There are many of us who are still active in synths because of the "glory
> years" of EN, say
> 1973-1979. We we in college, we had $2/week to spend, and we wanted a synth.
> And, more
> importantly, we just didn't want a schematic and a parts list. We wanted
> KNOWLEDGE.
> 
> Almost 30 years later, EN is STILL the best source of KNOWLEDGE in not just
> synths, but many
> areas of analog design. If EN didn't have a *single schematic* in it, it's
> STILL worth the money.
> This may be lost on a younger generation that "just wants to hook stuff up and
> make funny
> noises". Sadly, most folk seem to be content with that. In the EE labs at
> Texas A&M there was a
> sign over the door that said "There is building, and there is understanding."
> 
> In the Napster-impregnated mindset, everything is supposted to be free. People
> who own the IP
> rights are rich anyway/don't need the money/who cares/etc and in Bernie's case
> he in fact does
> NOT own any material rights prior to Jan 1, 1980.
> 
> However, just because you CAN do something (put it all on a website) doesn't
> mean you SHOULD do
> something. The older farts RESPECT his contribution to the art, and out of
> that respect do not
> wish to dilute his own distribution. Lack of response on HIS part aside (he's
> an 'odd duck', very
> anti-computer/anti-Internet).
> 
> I have 3 full sets and no you can't have them. 1 is in a fireproof safe 500
> miles away as backup
> (talk about an 'odd duck'!). If I list the 3 people to "blame" for me dropping
> out of Honors
> Chemistry and switching to EE (causing be to graduate 1 year late) it is:
> 
> 1) Bob Moog
> 2) Bernie Hutchins
> 3) Dave Rossum (of EMu), I wanted to 'be like Dave'
> 
> OK, back to soldering!
> 
> Paul Schreiber
> Synthesis Technology <<blame Bernie
>