Great UK music magazine archive

[Mark Hammer]

http://www.muzines.co.uk/mags

Plenty of archived issues of mags like Electronics & Music Maker, where plenty of popular circuits have come from.  I look forward to sifting through this.

[Mark Hammer]

I was previously unaware of Electronic Soundmaker & Computer Music. Some nice projects in there, although they tend to peter out in favour of software stuff around late 1984.

A real walk down '80s microcomputer memory lane.

[StephenGiles]

Fantastic Mark, many thanks!

[Slowpoke101]

Thank you for posting this. It's like a time warp.
Really interesting stuff that I had sort of forgotten about.

Well, mostly forgotten.

[bluebunny]

This was already amongst my bookmarks.  (I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned before?)  It's amazing how many of those covers - from E&MM, Music Technology, One-Two-Testing - that I recognise!   

Thanks for the reminder, Mark.  Makes for handy lunchtime reading at the office. 

[alfafalfa]

Thanks a lot Mark for sharing this site!    What a find.


Alf

[Mark Hammer]

I think the real thanks are owed to the generous folks who took the time to scan all those magazines.  Talk about patience.
It's also really helpful in terms of deciding whether that piece of gear yo saw really cheap on a 2nd hand site or in a vintage gear shop is interesting enough to buy.  Sometimes, reviews in such magazines provide a wealth of information.

[Kevin Mitchell]

Nice! Old electronics magazines are the way to go!  I often flip through my old 70s electrical physics book to learn what's going on in these boxes we're so fond of. Since allot of us here are searching and adapting sounds from the past the old text books seem to be the appropriate site.

Thought I'd share this in since I've found it useful several times. It's great for the tube enthusiast. There's even some stompbox circuits such as the Scott Shwarts tube phaser.

Vacuum Tube Valley Magazine Archive

[Mark Hammer]

Years back, R.G. sent me a photocopy of an article on hotrodding/perfecting a Fender Champ from the magazine Glass Audio.  I take it that Glass Audio was effectively, and eventually, absorbed into the amalgam that became Audio Xpress, as several other unsuccessful audio mags from the same people did.

Is there an archive that contains Glass Audio or any of its sister publications?

[PRR]

> I take it that Glass Audio was effectively, and eventually, absorbed into the amalgam that became Audio Xpress, as several other unsuccessful audio mags from the same people did.

Ed Dell launched Audio Amateur Winter 1970, typewriter on cheap paper, always published late, but exciting. Eventually the market caught-up with him, print quality and schedule got better and bigger, eventually split into several rags for speakers, tubes, and an industry-news tout. Of course the internet hit hard, and Ed passed. However the rights to all that (and Circuit Cellar) are firmly held as audioXpress. They sell 21st century archives for like $200. Ah, AA 1970-79 on CD is $40. https://www.audioxpress.com/

[Mark Hammer]

When I dropped into Parts Express this past June, I was thrilled to see a big box of back issues of Audio Xpress, free for the taking.  I hadn't seen a copy in ages; not since a great newstand near work closed down.  I snagged about 8, and they make terrific reading.

[Mark Hammer]

Paul, you may find this archive appealing:  https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Audio_Amateur.htm

[bluebunny]

That's another great resource, Mark.  I think Paul has mentioned it on occasion.  I read ETI in the UK in the late 70s and early 80s, so again, lots of nostalgia and recognising many of those covers!  I also found a book that I had when I was a kid - I'd love to know where it is, and I'd love to know where it came from - but I remember reading it over and over (and not understanding a whole lot).  It's "The Boy Electrician" from 1913!  Mine had a red cover, so may have been a different edition, or a UK printing.

[deadastronaut]

cool links, cheers mark.

[Mark Hammer]

And they even have scanned issues of Elektor!

[amptramp]

Paul, you may find this archive appealing:  https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Audio_Amateur.htm

There are a lot more magazines than Audio Amateur on this site.  I quoted this in the thread on sustain electronics:

https://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=121196.0

where the May 1968 issue of Radio-Electronics had an article on vibrating wire filters which included an oscillator.  It is interesting that the oscillator had no coupling capacitors and no inductors, just a vibrating wire as a frequency determining element.

[PRR]

> Paul, you may find this archive appealing:

Well-spotted indeed! That AA archive is new. So new that the Search function is not connected correctly yet.

I highly recommend everybody read ALL the 1970s issues, in order, slowly so it sinks in. Not a complete audio education, but a whole lot of fun tidbits.

And as said, when done that, read most of Wireless World, Audio Engineering, maybe AUDIO, and many more.

These magazines are our best source today for the prime-time thoughts of The Dead Men (and those only retired).

[Mark Hammer]

I found that the American Radio History site has all five volumes of the Rudy Graf "Encyclopedia of Electronic Circuits".  They're not all audio-related, but that many schematics provides lots of interesting nudges.

Downloadable from this directory: https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Bookshelf/Bookshelf_Hobbyist.htm

There are also a number of Babani books scanned:  https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Bookshelf/Bookshelf_Bernards_Babani.htm

[MaxPower]

I've downloaded a bunch of stuff from there. Elektor has some interesting circuits. In case someone doesn't know, there are circuit collections (pdfs) you can download from Elektor's site.

There's another site where everyday practical electronics and nuts and volts can  be downloaded.

[Mark Hammer]

There's another site where everyday practical electronics and nuts and volts can  be downloaded.

Where?  I'm eager to get the other part of the EPE Polywhatsit series.