Synth diy Convention? (fwd)

[Michael A. Firman]

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> From: "Curtin, Steven D (Steven)" <sdcurtin at lucent.com>

> This would be great fun.  I've been meaning to hook up with other DIYers
> around the my area.  There would have to be a number of such gatherings
> clustered around different geographic areas.  We would be really techy and
> have them around the same time and use internet video to communicate, but
> it's probably easier to cluster them more loosely.  Anybody out there around
> NYC/Philly up for this?  
> 
> I don't see why anyone would have to pay, it's just a matter of finding a
> good space.  A good model for this is the M.E.M.E. gatherings with Michel
> Furman, Grant Richter et al.   One event I'd like to see is to have all the
> synths hooked together into one monster patch, that wouldn't be possible
> with the separate systems.
> 
> Here's the link on M.E.M.E. :
> http://www.mcs.net/~maf/html/meme.html
> 
> Steve C

Hi Steve and DIY,

I see that M.E.M.E.'s name is being slung around in these quarters.
We do this quite often these days. There are only six of us, so it
is a bit easier to organize but it probably would work with a larger
number as well, as long as one has a place to gather. If equipment
would be involved (which makes it more fun) you probably need a pretty
big place.

By the way, we do, every so often, hook as much of our stuff together
as possible into a large patch - it usually involves mostly sharing
timing pulses.

Now here is a little plug for M.E.M.E. and a hint of things to come:
M.E.M.E. is planning another live gig in Chicago sometime in June
and there are plans in the works for other M.E.M.E. public events,
to which you will all be invited.

On the DIY gathering front: I'd try to attend such an event if it were
held somewhere in or about Chicago or Milwaukee (as would, I suspect,
some of my fellow M.E.M.E. members).

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