Comments on: Chris Carter talks about DIY synthesizers http://boingboing.net/2012/12/10/chris-carter-talks-about-diy-s.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 13:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: stuartinaustin http://boingboing.net/2012/12/10/chris-carter-talks-about-diy-s.html#comment-1603830 stuartinaustin Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199448#comment-1603830 "As with the early days of computers, the earliest synthesizers were mostly DIY affairs or commercial kits." Neither Babbage's Difference Engine nor Cahill's Telharmonium could be classified as DIY... I think when you refer to early day computers and synthesizers you are referring to the late sixties and early seventies. You are sweeping aside a great deal of history by being overly general. I learned to program on an IBM 1130 before there were any microprocessors. Donald Buchla, Robert Moog, and Alan Perlman all founded synthesizer companies before there were any kits. A nice post on the RCA synthesizer might also be in order. “As with the early days of computers, the earliest synthesizers were mostly DIY affairs or commercial kits.”

Neither Babbage’s Difference Engine nor Cahill’s Telharmonium could be classified as DIY…

I think when you refer to early day computers and synthesizers you are referring to the late sixties and early seventies. You are sweeping aside a great deal of history by being overly general. I learned to program on an IBM 1130 before there were any microprocessors. Donald Buchla, Robert Moog, and Alan Perlman all founded synthesizer companies before there were any kits. A nice post on the RCA synthesizer might also be in order.

]]> By: trackofalljades http://boingboing.net/2012/12/10/chris-carter-talks-about-diy-s.html#comment-1603648 trackofalljades Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199448#comment-1603648 I hope everyone interested in this has seen MOOG, a wonderful film in its own (more focused) right. I hope everyone interested in this has seen MOOG, a wonderful film in its own (more focused) right.

]]> By: Matthew Petty http://boingboing.net/2012/12/10/chris-carter-talks-about-diy-s.html#comment-1603386 Matthew Petty Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199448#comment-1603386 I will look out for this with interest. At an early gig by (I think it was) OMD, the venue was very hot, and the homemade synths reacted by going out of tune. The band had to struggle to keep them sounding acceptable. Unfortunately, because they were the new upcoming thing, David Bowie was in the audience. Luckily he just thought it was avant-garde. I will look out for this with interest.
At an early gig by (I think it was) OMD, the venue was very hot, and the homemade synths reacted by going out of tune. The band had to struggle to keep them sounding acceptable. Unfortunately, because they were the new upcoming thing, David Bowie was in the audience. Luckily he just thought it was avant-garde.

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