Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I'm in the Portland, Oregon area if anyone's interested.

At 10:08 PM 4/28/2004, you wrote:

>I have not been following this thread until just now, so apologies if this
>was already discussed, but...
>
>Where are you located?  Perhaps you are close to someone on this list who
>would let you stop by and try it out?  I make a point of offering hands on
>time for people interested in the gear I own (some of which is quite
>ancient and hard to come by, I used to be Office Manager for the US
>importer of EMS synths in the mid-70s).
>
>Anyway, I am in the Bay area in CA, between SF and San Jose.  If you're
>nearby, drop me a note off list.  I have a Nord MM, an Evolver, and a
>PolyEvolver (whoo-hoo, just arrived here yesterday) and would be glad to
>offer time to try them out.
>
>When I was first interested in synthesis in the early 1970s, several people
>I contacted (some famous, some not) replied to my letters and allowed me to
>visit their studios and try out their early analog modular devices.  One of
>them told me to return the favor to others in the future.
>
>I would not try to advise between an MM and an Evolver, they are both
>unique and wonderful instruments and only you would know which one would
>let you sing your songs.
>
>Take care,
>Jim W.
>San Mateo, CA


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