MOTM

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.html
and CRT's (already posted to AHOT) are at: 
http://crtdot.com/ahne2004/ahne2004.html

Thanks again to everyone who came.  I think it went well and we'll try to 
do it again next year!

	Eric

At 11:12 AM 4/19/2004 -0400, Metzger, Michael A wrote:
>I really wanted to be there but family responsibilities prevented 
>it....the R word  :o) .......   Maybe next year. It looks like there was 
>mostly classic gear with a sprinkling of bent toys & instruments. Was 
>there any DIY modular stuff?
>Mike

Hi Mike,

Sadly there was no DIY modular stuff there, although the old Serge looked 
pretty DIY but it wasn't powered up.  Perhaps you can bring something next 
year?

         Eric

On 4/18/04, alt-mode put forth:
>Hi Folks,
>
>Here's my quickie summary of AHNE and two links for pics.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Eric for putting this together.

It's a good thing Eric brought a couple rack panels of MOTM, since it
was the only MOTM there.  Fwiw, my little MOTM system isn't all that
portable.  So while we can't compete with the cornfed in that
department, there was a good representation of New England synths
with the rare ARP and huge EML collection, as well as a huge ARP and
a rare EML.  Otoh, no one brought a Birotron or a Synclavier (sure it
isn't analogue, but it has "New England" printed right on it :)

Does anyone have any stats on how many people and synths have been at
each AH regional meeting??  I'm confident that with the right
planning, as long as there isn't an AHTX, we can beat the rest of the
country :)

>- John Terrey had a Synton Sirinx that was very cool along

The Syrinx was my favorite.  It easily made a wide variety of
playable vocal patches -- very nice.  I wonder if a a clone of its
dual filter would make a viable motm module.  The ARP2500 was very
impressive, but I'm just not into the routing matrix -- while
replacing the need for patch cables, it takes up a massive amount of
space.

>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 did spend some time with it, but given the situation, I couldn't
give it a thorough test.  Using an MOTM-300 as a source, I could get
it to produce typical distortion/ring mod sounds.  Perhaps it would
be more interesting and useful with more complex sources.  Yet, at
this point, I'm wondering if I should buy one.

>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.html
>and CRT's (already posted to AHOT) are at:
>http://crtdot.com/ahne2004/ahne2004.html

I took some pics with an ANALOGUE camera.  So I'll let you know when
I get them back from the chemist.