Introducing randaleem - the energy vampire

[Kassen]

Agreed, cool observation.

[Scott Stites]

[elektro80]

[v-un-v]

[elektro80]

Well, you don´t say to a kid that "you probably shouldn´t continue your extensive research to see if the porcelain eventually will bounce unscathed off the concete.. even though you think your testing so far hasn´t been 100% conclusive". That is the wrong approach. It won´t work with kids and it certainly won´t work with Randal. We´ll see what happens next.

[elektro80]

[elektro80]

[elektro80]

semtex ?!

semtext!

[Scott Stites]

Has anyone else noticed he seems to be utterly devoid of anecdotal remark concerning synth DIY? Everything he's so far presented concerning synth diy could be found by anybody doing their google homework.

The few times he's offered anything seem strangely vague or odd. Like when he was referring to the quadrature function generator's "waves of triangle" or some such rot. It's a cool circuit, but it's not quite the second coming he was gasping about. Plus, you need something to drive with the VCQFG.

And his comment about how "these klees are fun". (A) You have to either have some form of Klee prototyped or built and (B) Again, you have to have something to drive with it and something to drive it.

I don't recall him ever talking about any equipment he's specifically using or has used. Anybody who's ever been actively involved with synth DIY usually speaks about what they're running eventually. Or am I missing something?

[elektro80]

Scott, you are completely correct. This is a good observation. I noticed the same early on.
A true synth nut will start to make virtual patches while looking at the schematics and imagine how to honk something way over there and get the fridge flonking while the filters will scream with delight. You know how it goes. That is part of the motivation.
Randal also clearly missed the typical overview any synthesist will sport when discussing modules and ideas.

[elektro80]

Uh.. I just noticed this one:

http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-19754.html

This is Randal helping out.

[elektro80]

[v-un-v]

[elektro80]

[elektro80]

I am expecting Randal to jump on Mike Ford. Mike´s cool devices do have that Jules Verne flair to them, don´t they?

[Scott Stites]

Prolly so - could be where he drew his "inspiration".

On the subject of Norweigan and Swedish - I used to go to Finland quite regularly, and the little books in the hotel rooms describing the facilities would invariably be in several different languages. Swedish, Norweigan - I could more or less get the gist of what was being discussed without cheating and looking at the English translation.

But Finnish? Holy cow! Totally out of left field. No heads nor any tails could be made of any of that. I've always wondered how it could be situated so closely, but have such a distinctly different language as opposed to the countries around it.

[elektro80]

Finnish is something completely different...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_language

[Scott Stites]

Wow.....

[v-un-v]

It gets stranger than that too. In parts of Norfolk, here in England, there are people who speak a strange dialect of English and Danish

Welsh (and Gaelic) is pretty hard work too!

[v-un-v]

OMG!

http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-19798.html

Should we tell this guy to PM Randaleem??

[elektro80]

I hope someone else comes up with that info.

[mosc]

Stein suggested I read this topic but I can't take it all in.

If there is something that needs my attention, please someone let me know. As for this issue of people using the designs, here's a suggestion:

The G2patch archive has a statement at the bottom that says: Patches and performances posted on electro-music.com may not be redistributed without the express consent of the author/creator.

I don't see why a DIY moderator, or even me, shouldn't post a sticky on the DIY forum that says something like:

[elektro80]

I´ll ponder on this for a day or two and I will post a suggestion when I´ve digested the issues.

[elektro80]

OK. Now we have news from the corporate world! I got this PM yesterday:

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From: Randaleem
To: elektro80
Posted: Yesterday, at 5:46 pm
Subject: Re: Thomas Henry QFG PCB's
elektro80 wrote:
I´m up for one too.

-- comment - the quote above is from the project thread and not from a PM sendt to Randal by me... so.. this means Randal is now picking the thread for customers

Hi Stein,

Please send me your shipping address at my regular email: randaleem@yahoo.com

I will reply with payment information when it is time.

A single Thomas Henry Quadrature Function generator board is 18USD+7USd S/H to Europe. You can get a partial parts kit with the board which adds a 13700 chip, machined pin socket strips for all IC's, all diodes and decoupling caps for 20USD+S/H.

Two boards are 38USD+7USD S/H and include the 13700's, IC socket strips (Machined pin), diodes and decoupling capacitors.

I also will soon be offering two additional boards designed to work in concert with this one. The first is a quad VC-PWM which takes the outputs of the THD107 and gives 4 voltage variable pulse streams which can be used in a number of ways for CV and/or audio. The VC-PWMx4 can be used by itself as well as with the Thomas Henry QFG.

The second board is a quad VCA based on the SSM2164 chip. It offers both linear and exponential response from each of the 4 VCA's; and can function as a VC- CV/audio mixer/panner. It is a very powerful module by itself and is an ideal companion to the THD107 QFG.

The three boards together help you fully realise the potential of the THD107 QFG module.

Please let me know if either or both of these additional boards is interesting to you? Their price should be the same or less than the QFG, and I will be selling 2164 chips to go with the quad VCA.

Thank you again,

Randal

Note: All S/H prices shown above are for European shipping destinations; USA and Canada are 4USD flat rate.
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[mosc]

I forget. Did TH give Randal permission to sell these boards?