Electronics & Music Maker
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| The magazine E & MM as it was usually referred to featured regular
DIY projects . Through this E &mm was affiliated with the
electronics supplier Maplin in the UK who also marketed many of these as
kits. They were responsible for the publication of many interesting DIY
musical projects during the early 1980's. Several collections of construction
notes were published, the most interesting of which were
"Best of Electronics * Music Maker Projects Volume 1" (an odd
juxtaposition of electro musical and automotive projects!) and the
"Special Edition" featuring "The Spectrum Synthesiser" |
| Some of E & MM's projects: |
| The Spectrum Synthesiser, a dual oscillator DIY project |
| 8201 Line Mixer, an 8 into 2 rack-mounting unit |
| Comp-Lim, dual channel compressor limiter |
| Synclock, trigger sequencer |
| Synblo, breath controlled processor |
| Synchime, percussion synthesiser |
| Synbal, metallic percussion synthesiser |
| Syntom & Syntom II drum synths |
| Synclap, percussion module |
| Syndrom, sample playback module |
| Harmony Generator, phase locked loop device |
| OMDAC microprocessor controlled CV interface (in June 1983) |
| Bass Pedal Synth, CV pedalboard |
| Multi-waveform LFO, for use with CV controllable delay units |
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| Gradually technology became cheaper and mass produced units became
more affordable, so the magazine drifted away from its DIY excursions.
The Magazine evolved into "Music Technology" and later became
"The Mix" Despite these changes some familiar names have been
behind the pages since those early days: Dan Goldstein, Paul White and
Paul Wiffen to name a few. Seminal electronic musician Ian Boddy was a
consultant writer, contributing several articles on performing live
under the title "Stagefright" |
