Re: [AH] Insights into the recording of Tangerine Dream's Exit

From Suit
Sent Sat, May 4th 2019, 05:03

from the EMM article:

"The new sequencer unit on a large stand behind me was built by Helmut =
Grothe, and has 1068 steps for programming control voltages and =
triggers. We have a system that enables any one of us to send control =
triggers to the others. So from one piece to the next we would alternate =
'control' responsibility. There are two 6" TV display screens in the =
instruments for checking out memory allocations and control function =
settings, along with numeric LED displays in each section that indicate =
mode selection, multiple sequences, tuning, program parameters, random =
note selection, routing and further sequence storage. Some of the PPG =
software is also here, and there's a Grundig Stereo Cassette which we =
use for setting up, but not in performance. In front of the sequencer =
unit is a PPG 61 note keyboard which is used to program the note =
sequences."

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this whole mess is very confusing, and i don't believe his description =
is honest here.

in the Mojave Plan video on U-toob, it's pretty obvious those video =
screens are for Wavecomputer 340/380 systems, at a certain point there's =
a quick closeup of one.

I'm only to guess that these giant boxes were some kind of repackaging =
of the 340/380 systems.

Again ... "Some of the PPG software is also here, and there's a Grundig =
Stereo Cassette which we use for setting up, but not in performance. In =
front of the sequencer unit is a PPG 61 note keyboard which is used to =
program the note sequences."

but what the hell are these weird 3U rack modules? is there any further =
documentation than just this interview?
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