12-02-2020, 08:48 AM
That looks like a great event. I was a little worried that with that many cooks in the kitchen it would devolve into chaos, but having listened to some of those audio samples of the jams, it sounds really nice.
Here in Portland, before the apocalypse, I used to host a monthly event called Portland Synth Improvisors Collective where we would have between 14-18 people attend a synthesizer jam, but we set it up a little differently. Each table would have a mixer with 4-5 headphone jack outputs, and people would be able to choose a table to play at and then jam with only the 3 or 4 other people at their table. We would go for about an hour and a half then take a little break and folks could change tables if they would like to at that point, then another hour or so of jamming before calling it a night.
We would also run into the occasional timing issue. I remember one time we were trying to send an analog clock across the table by daisy chaining a couple stackable 3.5mm cables, which worked great until about midway through when the tip of the cable touched the stainless steel tabletop at which point the tempo just went absolutely haywire. It was quite a surprise and it took us a minute to figure out what had happened!
Anyway, thanks for sharing the link, and if we ever get back to congregating and you find yourself in Portland, OR on the 4th Tuesday of the month, hit me up.
Jesse
Here in Portland, before the apocalypse, I used to host a monthly event called Portland Synth Improvisors Collective where we would have between 14-18 people attend a synthesizer jam, but we set it up a little differently. Each table would have a mixer with 4-5 headphone jack outputs, and people would be able to choose a table to play at and then jam with only the 3 or 4 other people at their table. We would go for about an hour and a half then take a little break and folks could change tables if they would like to at that point, then another hour or so of jamming before calling it a night.
We would also run into the occasional timing issue. I remember one time we were trying to send an analog clock across the table by daisy chaining a couple stackable 3.5mm cables, which worked great until about midway through when the tip of the cable touched the stainless steel tabletop at which point the tempo just went absolutely haywire. It was quite a surprise and it took us a minute to figure out what had happened!
Anyway, thanks for sharing the link, and if we ever get back to congregating and you find yourself in Portland, OR on the 4th Tuesday of the month, hit me up.
Jesse