[LAU] Synthfest UK

[Michael Reed]

Interesting stuff. Thanks for the report. I considered going, as Sheffield
is quite close to me, but something came up at the last minute. I ought to
have a look around for some show photos now.

On 5 October 2016 at 22:40, Will Godfrey <willgodfrey at musically.me.uk>
wrote:

> Somewhat off-topic, but I thought people here might be interested in what
> the
> 'other' lot are up to.
>
> Last Saturday I was at this event from 11am to about 5:30pm. This is a new
> event organised by the Sound On Sound magazine. As I've got to know a good
> number of the people there over the years, I was keen to see them as much
> as
> all the gear that was on show. The whole event was heavily analogue
> orientated.
>
> The hardware covered a *huge* range, from a couple of refurbished original
> 1960s modulars, to the new mini-moog and the latest thing from the likes of
> Yamaha, Korg, Presonus. One that was especially interesting (to me) was a
> Eurorack synth, with interchangeable modules, that due to a well thought
> out
> back-plane, could be run in a variety of parallel or series configurations
> without patch cords.
>
> There was also quite a lot of novel bespoke kit, especially in the realm of
> sequencers and trackers. Something I've not come across before was an
> OSC->CV
> unit. Combined with the greater stability of modern modulars that promises
> to
> be very interesting.
>
> There were some very interesting talks. One in particular was on how synths
> came about... *before* Bob Moog! There were a few names I recognised, but
> just
> as many unsung heroes I was totally unaware of.
>
> Of the commercial synths I noticed a disappointing trend. While there was a
> jaw-dropping range of sounds, I found it harder to select these than I do
> with
> my old SY35, and I was hitting information overload quite a bit. For me,
> this
> was also a problem with the multi-rack modulars. Probably with more time
> and
> familiarity I would have managed better, but very little was
> switch-on-and-play.
>
> Another thing was the black theme that seems to be almost universal these
> days.
> I think it's fairly well known I don't much like this. However, it dawned
> on me
> that on a real item there are subtle position, depth and especially
> parallax
> cues that you simply don't get when trying to do the same with a GUI.
>
> There didn't seem to be much there by way of software (but then it was a
> hardware orientated show). What I saw was all Apple based. Interestingly I
> didn't see *any* tablets. If they were there, they were well hidden!
>
> I was pleased to get a few enquires from those that know me as to how I was
> getting on with Yoshimi, and a couple were very complimentary about
> Lorenzo's
> recent demo.
>
> --
> Will J Godfrey
> http://www.musically.me.uk
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> Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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