Re: Paia Electronic Kits etc.

[Mark <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

I build the fuzztone box many moons ago, but I had a bit of experience
at that point (with a soldering iron)  You might want to check out "100
electronics projects for musicians" by Craig Anderton.  It outlines some
of the important dos and don'ts of electronics.

Mark

PA5CALIO@aol.com wrote:

> Hey Everyone,
> I recently started checking out Paia's stuff (www.paia.com) they have
> electronic kits to biuld lots of differnet electronic music equipment
> (modular synth, synth, effects).  A couple of questions have come into
> my
> mind.
> 1) How difficult are these things to put together.  I plan on building
> some
> effects and a modular synthesizer from paia.  I have very little
> experience.
> Will this be impossible for me?
> 2) Are there places where I can get these kits for cheaper than paia?
> I jsut
> started looking and haven't been really successful.  Paia appears to
> offer
> teh cheapest modular synth kit and their effects kits seem pretty
> cheap too.
> Thanks a lot every one!
> -pascalABIDOR