{"id":2440,"date":"2013-06-26T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joelasqo.com\/blog\/?p=2440"},"modified":"2014-02-18T07:51:26","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T07:51:26","slug":"msp-outsound-new-music-summit%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ctouch-the-gear%e2%80%9d-sun-21-jul-cmc-sf-7-10pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelasqo.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/26\/msp-outsound-new-music-summit%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ctouch-the-gear%e2%80%9d-sun-21-jul-cmc-sf-7-10pm\/","title":{"rendered":"MSP @Outsound New Music Summit\u2019s \u201cTouch The Gear\u201d (Sun 21 Jul, @CMC, SF, 7-10pm)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Outsound New Music Summit\u2019s Touch the Gear<\/em><\/strong> is a free, hands-on, family-friendly event that lets the public roam among 20-25 musicians & inventors with their various different configurations of sonic \u201cgear\u201d –\u00a0a wonderful public music science fair for homebrew instrument builders working in any combination of acoustic, analog electronic, or software media.<\/p>\n

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Touch the Gear 2011 (Photo: PeterBKaars.com, http:\/\/www.peterbkaars.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

Everything from oscillators to planks of wood with strings attached. Everyone gets to ask questions, make sound and experience how these set-ups work.<\/p>\n

One of the best things about Outsound New Music Summit\u2019s Touch the Gear<\/em><\/strong> is that you never know what and whom you\u2019ll find there. For example, it was at a Touch the Gear<\/em><\/strong> that I first met collaborator Todd Lerew<\/em><\/strong> and saw his amazing flame-activated\u00a0Quartz Cantabile<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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Todd Lerew's Quartz Cantabile<\/p><\/div>\n

And that was just one of many astonishing inventions and kits\u2026<\/p>\n

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A bit of a junglee patch...<\/p><\/div>\n

My \u201cgear\u201d for this year\u2019s Touch the Gear<\/em><\/strong> will be virtual and consist purely of software \u2014 so if you have a taste for junglee MSP patches \u2014 or you want to see some of the most unique music and sound-generating devices and electronic kits that the Bay Area has to offer \u2014\u00a0come have a look!<\/p>\n

I’m very glad that this year we’ll have good representation from the NoiseBridge<\/em><\/strong><\/a> hackerspace, home of NoiseHacks, circuit-bending, 3D printing, mega TOR-nodes, kombucha, X-Ray lasers, robots, and more.<\/p>\n

Partial list of musicians:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Douglas Benner<\/strong><\/a>: custom home-brew modular analog synth environment<\/p>\n

\u2014 Amanda Chaudhary<\/strong> (\u0905\u092e\u093e\u0902\u0921\u093e \u091a\u094c\u0927\u0930\u0940<\/strong>)<\/a>: iPad & iPhone instruments<\/p>\n

\u2014 Matt Davignon<\/strong><\/a>: CD DJ & Tape Machines<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Bryan Day<\/strong><\/a>: Magnetoselqier, Tapewarp 4, & Shuffleboard<\/p>\n

\u2014 Dr. Martin DeVideo<\/strong>: Electron P-Funk Dynamic Phase Confabulator, Modified Casio SK-5 w patch bay, & 2MD Transvibrating Symphonic MultiWarble<\/p>\n

\u2014 Philip Everett<\/strong><\/a>: Processed auto-harp<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Bill Hsu<\/strong><\/a>: Audio\/Visual Laptop<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ari Lacenski<\/strong><\/a>: Superpeggio! & Firefox Synth<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Joe Lasqo<\/strong><\/a>: Max\/MSP patches\/instruments<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Cheryl E. Leonard<\/strong><\/a>: Invented acoustic instruments constructed from found natural materials<\/p>\n

\u2014 Fernando L\u00f3pez-Lezcano<\/strong><\/a>: El Dinosaurio<\/em><\/strong>, a homebrew analog synth environment from the Jurassic, newly resuscitated with an external MIDI-controller brain transplant.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Doug Lynner,<\/strong> aka Synthesizerman<\/strong><\/a>: “The Mystery Serge,” a 1975 Serge Modular Synthesizer, & some Cyndustries modules<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Bob Marsh<\/strong><\/a>: AriSynths & FX pedals<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Tom Nunn<\/strong><\/a>: Painted Skatchboxes & a new Crustacean-like Space Plate<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Johny Radio<\/strong><\/a>: Sinusoidal oscillators constructed with DC motors<\/p>\n

\u2014 David Samas<\/strong><\/a>: Dendrophone, plant rattles, buzz roarer, & bowed rocks<\/p>\n

\u2014 Lindsey Walker<\/strong><\/a>: Loops & effects<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Nick Wang<\/strong><\/a>: Custom home-brew modular analog synth environment<\/p>\n

Address, transit, Outsound New Music Summit<\/em><\/strong> schedule, & details: at this web page<\/a> (scroll down slightly for Touch The Gear<\/em><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Look forward to see you there!<\/p>\n

Joe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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