So, as I'm sitting in rainy Liverpool Street, London, and 18,000 proper geeks are in San Francisco at the AES Convention. If you are (for example) someone trying to fill a music-gadgets blog every day, this is very good news, although this is a very, very serious convention for very, very serious audio engineers, so don't expect a blizzard of oddly-shaped guitars. ps: Thanks in advance to Harmony Central who are actually at the show. So if you want your AES news much more comprehensive, and much quicker, I suggest you go there.