via Logan on the AH list:"Hello to all. The 1st meeting of the newly formed Baltimore SDIY (Synthesizer Do It Yourself) Group was held today at The Golden Corral Restaurant on Chesapeake Drive in Glen Burnie MD. Dave Vosh & I were the only attendees because of the short notice with which I put the meeting together. He brought his Doepfer A-100 Analog Modular System & I bought my DVC-1 Dual Voltage Controlled Oscillator module, DNG-1 Dual White/Pink Noise Generator module that I designed & built in 2005 & 2006 respectively, and a Single LFO module that I made on 11/06/1979 that still works. There are photos of Dave's system & my modules including photos of the two of us on my personal website.
We enjoyed checking out each other's systems and just talking about different approaches to the SDIY field as well as circuit pros & cons. This meeting really enhanced both of our viewpoints on this subject and may even lead to future live performances together. Today was an eye opener & an inspiration to the continuing construction on my own self-desgned & built analog music synthesizer.
In November of 2007 I decided that it was time to try & form an SDIY group here in Baltimore MD since some of the other groups seem to be located in the Upper East Coast, Midwest & West Coast areas, so due to the long distances & today's ever-increasing gas prices I find it difficult to attend any of these meetings. I really didn't know if anyone else would be interested in doing something like this when I put out my original Baltimore SDIY Group formation proposal on the AH & SDIY email groups lists last year.
Dave & I are hoping that there will be other members at the next meeting and we're also thinking about other locations to hold future SDIY meetings. The future meeting location(s) will hopefully be in an area that will be a central meeting place distance-wise since we all live in different parts of Maryland with one member living in Alexandria VA. We're also hoping to get other members to join the Baltimore SDIY Group who may not necessarily put together their own synthesizers but still have an interest in Electronic Music and/or music synthesizers. If you're interested in joining the Baltimore SDIY Group just send me an email to ProwlerRaven32 hotmail.com and request to be added to the group. Also include your contact phone number(s) if you feel comfortable doing so so that I will have a faster way to contact you in case the group has a pre-planned event with last minute changes that you may need to know about right away. Thanks for reading this posting and Happy SDIYing."
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