[sdiy] Synth-DIY Cambridge 2004

[Jay Vaughan]

Well, its a month away, and I'm pretty excited to catch up with you 
guys again ... even though I'm a pretty serious lurker on synth-diy, 
I think this is one of the more interesting synth-related communities 
around, and I'm certainly hoping to lurk during this event, perhaps a 
little shoulder-surfing, perhaps a little learning ... though my 
personal hardware skills aren't super chuff, alas.

Anyone bringing some interesting hardware?  Are we going to see more 
"Son of P3" sequencers this year?  Are you guys going to mind too 
much if we ampfea weanies invade the fest again, and try and get some 
sort of jam session going?

Would it be of any interest if we were to bring any of the more 
'historical' Access hardware to the gig?  I've been threatening to 
dust off the first Virus prototype (with CK's permission of course) 
and bring it along ... maybe thats interesting to some of you guys?

Any surprises in the mix?  Anyone willing to admit they're bringing 
something along that might be a bit ... surprising?

I'm hoping that you all have some good questions to ask CK about 
synth manufacturing and development ... we don't want to impose too 
much of the "Access" vibe on the whole event, but certainly it will 
be interesting to see the interface between 'synth DIYers' and 'synth 
manufacturers', and whatever interesting intellectual fruits that may 
bear.

Last year was such an interesting exercise, I'm really looking 
forward to it again ... not to mention that Robinson College and 
Cambridge in general provided a great deal of rejuvenation for me 
personally, as someone who has pretty much eschewed traditional 
education for most of his working life ... I guess the dip in the Cam 
might've had some sort of prophetic impact on my view though, heh 
heh... can't deny that.  :)

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Jay Vaughan