From Wood Sent Mon, Oct 10th 2005, 15:49
From Wood Sent Mon, Oct 10th 2005, 15:49
The sounds are old but the arrangements seem to be a take on his newer stuff. Good either way. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Computer Controlled" <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> To: <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [AH] Analords (Re: [AH] most acid-ic synths) > Mamma Jamma wrote: > > >>> These are some of the equipment used I'm guessing (?): TB-303 (yes, but > >>> nothing sounds really like a TB-303 in these tracks does > >>> it?) > >>> > >>> umm, yes it does. there is loads of obvious 303 on at least half of the > >>> tracks. > >> > > > > > > Yeah, I don't think that was a real TB-303, but rather something like > > a Mobius controlling other analogs. Maybe it's a FR-777. Try getting > > those acid lines out of your standard Roland TB-303. I don't think > > you can get those type of sequences. > > > >>> well the tr-707 is probably the most used drum machine in that series, > >>> and its digital > >>> > >>> i don't really know what a 707 sounds like, but to me it seems like > >>> the 909 > >>> is easily the most-used drum machine in the series (unfortunately) > >> > > > > No, I only hear TR-909 in mostly the earlier Analords. The TR-707 is > > by far the most used in the series. It has a distinct sound. > > Besides, I think most of the early Chicago Acid House guys used > > TR-707s. I think TR-909's were used until later on for this type of > > thing. I guess for purists, TR-909 and TB-303 combination didn't > > happen until later in the development of electronic music. You can > > distinctly tell by the cheesy cowbell sounds and those cheesy claps. > > The TR-707 and TR-808 are used quite often from my hearing of the > > records. You really only hear some TR-909 in tracks like Phonatacid, > > Bwoon Dub, and Pissed Up in SE1. Plus the TR-707 has a great > > capability to trigger things via MIDI...maybe like phrase samplers > > etc. Also, people think this drum machine sounds like total shit, > > when it's the bomb. Plus you can find them at garage sales for like $30. > > > >>> TB-303 (yes, but nothing sounds really like a TB-303 in these tracks > >>> does > >>> it?) SH-101 / MC-202 (?), MC-4 MicroComposer, Synton Fenix, TR-606, > >>> TR-707, > >>> TR-808, TR-909, EML-400, Doepfer Modular, Concussor > >>> But safe to say these are the common synths you hear in the mix.<<<<< > >> > > > > > >>> - the 303, 808, & 909 are all over the records, no doubt > >>> - Fenix likely, because of the track title > >>> - mc4 likely, based on title/picture, but it's a sequencer, not a sound > >>> source > >>> - i'm gessing that the rest of your list is just speculation (?) & > >>> could > >>> just as easily be anything else really > >> > > > >>> the other thing that i would have to add to the list as indesputable > >>> would > >>> be Korg MS20. there is 1 track in particular that ends with a fantastic > >>> seqeunce that could be nothing else but the MS20 IMO > >> > > > > You seem to sound like you are real sure he used a MS-20 in this > > series. But there's no specific sounds I hear in this series that can > > be pinned to him using one at all. It's a safer assumption that he's > > amassed gear that way more esoteric and interesting than a MS-20 (not > > to imply that the MS-20 synth isn't wicked). I mean really...besides > > that Roland gear, without them pictures on the labels, none of us > > would have any idea I think. > > > > Also, I'm personally more interested in what type of gear Richard was > > using for Selected Ambient Works 85-92, which is still one of my > > favourite records of all time. That record definitely changed my > > life. I hear some TR-606, TR-808, and TR-909 in there, but everything > > else is a mystery to me... Whatever sampler or sequencer he's using > > for those breakbeats, it's got a nice shuffle effect. > > > > Mamma > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how > > to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement > > > > > Why is it so hard to believe these are sounds from a 303? He DOES own > one or two. And i saw a pic of some of the gear used, and there was > almost every X0X box there. In the recordings, i plainly here 303, > 707, 808 and 909. Sometimes i think these tracks are OLD and he's just > re-releasing them to cash in. > > -Larry > > -- > > > "IT IS A SIN TO BE SILENT WHEN IT IS YOUR DUTY TO PROTEST." > > ABE LINCOLN > > Support the Utah Electronic Music Community! > www.utrave.org > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.13/126 - Release Date: 10/9/2005 > >