[sdiy] First the Queen, now Harry...

[Osamu (Sam) HOSHUYAMA]

Last Sunday was really happy day for me.

All the toys were impressive.  I can't express how I was excited.

Peter Snow wrote:
> Well folks, it had to happen!
> 
> On Sunday we all met at Mark Hammer's house (Mark hangs out at Ampage and has a large basement -
> thanks Mark!). Apart from Harry & Dana, there was Mark, Mike Irwin, Osamu "Sam" Hoshuyama, Gilles
> Caron (Ampage), and me.
> 
> We all had a blast playing with all the "toys". I never realized how difficult a theremin was to
> play - even when quantized! Dana has my undying respect.  And Harry's hex-fuzzed-guitar-synth-thing
> (sorry to get technical) was truly impressive. Tracks like a dream and sounds great!  Mike Irwin
> brought a 4049-based 24-stage phaser that has sample and hold built in - sounds really wild (in a
> good way).  Sam had just completed his PAiA 9700 which we finally got working with an ARP Axxe as
> controller - it didn't seem to like my CASIO MIDI guitar's output too much.  He has inspired me to
> finish mine now after it has remained unloved and unfinished for the past couple of years.

Thanks to Peter and Harry's help, finally my Paia modular got working.
The Midi2cv was set 0.5v/oct due to my lazy building.  I'll fix it up
next weekend.

Peter brought Odyssey, MS20 and MS50, Mike Irwin and I enjoyed the
oscillators and
filters.  We also enjoyed the noise and buzz from Metasonics stuff. 

If I were not in Ottawa and a member of the list, I couldn't have chance
to 
meet those great persons.  I'm very happy now.
I hope I have another chance to meet them with toys during my stay.
I'll complete my CMOS plastic-lunch-box modular.
(Harry and Mike, schematics of the CMOS VCA and CMOS ADS-EG I showed
there 
are now on my site. http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~houshu/synth/index.html
)

> It was really great to meet Harry & Dana in person and hear Harry's explanations of the design and
> construction of his guitar-beast and I think he mentioned BBD's only once!

Yes.  His design and construction, and Harry and Dana's performance with
his stuff 
were really cool.

> It's getting late so I'll post more later and pix too if I can find a site...

Peter, if temporary site is ok and the size is less than 1M,
please use my site.

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Osamu (Sam) HOSHUYAMA      houshu at rogers.com
                              Ottawa, CANADA
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