Hi Folks,
Here's my quickie summary of AHNE and two links for pics.
We had about 18 people come by total. About 7 of us brought synths and it
was quite an impressive collection of stuff! I wish I had more time to
play with some of the synths but I was a bit too busy running around and
dealing with my own gear to get enough time with some of the synths.
Highlights for me:
- David White's polyphonic guitar synth from Pete Townsend, allegedly used
on "The Song is Over" from Who's Next
- Dave also had a Steiner-Parker Synthacon that I got to spend time
with. The sound was very cool but I didn't have enough time to really
grasp the UI of the synth.
- Dave posing with his Liberation was quite a hoot!
- John Terrey had a Synton Sirinx that was very cool along with a Triadex Muse
- David Wilson's EML stuff is always interesting
- CRT played a cool short set on his "Somerville Acid" setup
- BusyDitch was constantly pulling out some little device that made crazy
sounds! Aside from the circuit bent Speak'n Spell and FM Radio, the reverb
tank played with a battery powered fan was truly amazing.
- Dean Stiglitz had a party afterwards with some performance from local
artists. I was pretty tired so I could only stay through the first set but
the bowed metal music was haunting and hypnotic, especially when combined
with the projections of Dr. T!
Paul sent me the prototype 510 module. I had a few minutes to play with it
but I want to hang onto it for another day or two before I send it back to
Paul to formulate my opinion of it. Mark and Revtor spent some time with
it, perhaps they can comment.
I made up a quick survey for folks to fill out as they were leaving. The
feedback was great. It was interesting that the responses to "What was
your favorite synth at AHNE?" were wide and varied with the ARP 2500
getting the most votes but not by much. Lots of folks like the ARP guitar
synth. For next year, most folks wanted to see more synths and MORE
PEOPLE! So, next year we expect to see more of making the trip to New England!
Regrettably absent this year were Matthew Davidson, Ron West, and Kyle
Jarger. Matt was on vacation, Ron had a wedding to attend, and Kyle had
the best excuse: his wife went into labor Friday night! We all wish the
new family well!
OK, enough babbling, here are the pics:
Mine are at:
http://www.alt-mode.com/AHNE2004/ (apologies for some of the
blurriness, I was trying to avoid the flash)
John Terrey's can be found at:
http://www.oldtech.com/synth/AHNE.htmland CRT's (already posted to AHOT) are at:
http://crtdot.com/ahne2004/ahne2004.htmlThanks again to everyone who came. I think it went well and we'll try to
do it again next year!
Eric