{"id":1381,"date":"2013-09-30T08:46:31","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T13:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikew.ca\/wp\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2025-01-12T22:27:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T22:27:17","slug":"ottawa-synth-meetup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/?p=1381","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Synth Meetup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here are some pictures from last Saturday&#8217;s Ottawa Synth Meetup. It was an evening of conversation about gear and technique, along with much making of odd noises and even a smattering of actual music. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mostly it was an opportunity for some of us analog synth nuts to get together and realize that there really is a <em>scene<\/em> in Ottawa. It was a ton of fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Btw, if you&#8217;re interested in getting involved in the next one, you should join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/367166433404736\/\">Ottawa Synths<\/a> Facebook group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0221-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0221-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0221-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0221-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0221.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One person brought two analog modulars, one for audio (at the back) and one for video (in front).  See the last photo for an example of the video synth in action.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0228-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0228-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0228-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0228-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0228.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Someone brought an Arp Omni and a Korg PolySix. Classic sounds, that were instantly recognizable!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0226-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0226-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0226-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0226-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0226.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Awesome tube powered drum machine, crazy synth in a wooden case, plus a very nice, beats focused eurorack machine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0224-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0224-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0224-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0224-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0224.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is what I brought: Pittsburg Modular, MiniBrute, MonoTribe, Monotron Delay and a Qunexus controller.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0223-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0223-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0223-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0223-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0223.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Monde synth ribbon controller controlling a eurorack setup. I got a chance to play with this, but I need to try it again in a less chaotic environment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0222-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0222-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0222-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0222-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0222.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This was a very nice eurorack setup, plus an Elektron Machinedrum and keyboard controller.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0232-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0232-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0232-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0232-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0232.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The video synth driving the projector.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And there a few others that I didn&#8217;t manage to get pictures of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some pictures from last Saturday&#8217;s Ottawa Synth Meetup. It was an evening of conversation about gear and technique, along with much making of odd noises and even a smattering of actual music. \ud83d\ude42 Mostly it was an opportunity for some of us analog synth nuts to get together and realize that there really [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[101,128],"class_list":["post-1381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-ottawa","tag-synth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1381"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2950,"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions\/2950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}