John writes: "Hi! The Synth-DIY list had a contest for best project of last year (better late than never, right?) and here are the results." The competition was known as the Soddy Awards, and the overall winner was, quite rightly, Ray Wilson's Mini Synth, which nearly inspired me to buy a soldering iron myself. I would also have voted for Rene Schmitz' awesome, glowing, perspex-fronted tube synth, stuffed with blue-glowing thyratrons...