by John Bowen » Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:50 pm
Hi All!
Yes, the general feeling is that attendance is down. Most of the new stuff was shown at NAMM, and so the feeling seems to be that Messe just isn't as necessary as it used to be. Digidesign is not here, no Native instruments, G-Force software, Dave Smith instruments, Access Virus (although Access head guy Mr. Kemper did come by to look at the Solaris again
)...and several others did not come.
Today brought more people than yesterday (well, yesterday was the middle of the week after all). I did make several new acquaintences, synth people who came out just to see the Solaris. After reading so much about it, watching the videos from other shows, plus the YouTube ones I've posted, several 'synth addicts' made there way from Russia, Poland, Austria, and Switzerland, to see if the Solaris was really 'all that'. I'm happy to say that, within 5 minutes of playing sounds each time, the response was typically a broad smile, followed by a statement of desire to purchase as soon as possible.
Two more days to go...with Saturday usually the craziest, as the public is allowed to attend (after buying a ticket, of course). Then it's a quick pack-up and back to Siegburg for a late Saturday night return.
cheers,
john b.
Hi All!
Yes, the general feeling is that attendance is down. Most of the new stuff was shown at NAMM, and so the feeling seems to be that Messe just isn't as necessary as it used to be. Digidesign is not here, no Native instruments, G-Force software, Dave Smith instruments, Access Virus (although Access head guy Mr. Kemper did come by to look at the Solaris again :wink: )...and several others did not come.
Today brought more people than yesterday (well, yesterday was the middle of the week after all). I did make several new acquaintences, synth people who came out just to see the Solaris. After reading so much about it, watching the videos from other shows, plus the YouTube ones I've posted, several 'synth addicts' made there way from Russia, Poland, Austria, and Switzerland, to see if the Solaris was really 'all that'. I'm happy to say that, within 5 minutes of playing sounds each time, the response was typically a broad smile, followed by a statement of desire to purchase as soon as possible. :)
Two more days to go...with Saturday usually the craziest, as the public is allowed to attend (after buying a ticket, of course). Then it's a quick pack-up and back to Siegburg for a late Saturday night return.
cheers,
john b.