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cool! that sounds like interesting listening... good findRoger Linn's Drum Machines
Tuesday 29 May 2007 13:30-14:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Repeated: Saturday 2 June 2007 15:30-16:00 (Radio 4 FM)
The remarkable story of Roger Linn, inventor of the drum machine. The son of an opera singer and a music professor, Linn's invention revolutionised popular music. He has inspired artists as diverse as Herbie Hancock, Heaven 17, and the Wu Tang Clan. Exploited by shady businessmen, Linn has been a reclusive figure for decades.
on a related note, this is also pretty interesting (though its nothing to do with the dok):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil
the man is a genius
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While I (largely) hope that Kurzweil's transhumanist dreams come to pass, I see no real reason to believe in their inevitability.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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his ideas and theories are interesting, but tbh its more his actual inventions and the realisations of his ideas that impress me... his approach to synthesizers was amazing
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Ah right, I'm only familiar with him in terms of the "singularity" hypothesis.
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or Moon... or Bonham... or Simon King... or Jackie Liebezeit...
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With the exception that you did not give one of the above awa' fer nada!James Blast wrote:or Moon... or Bonham... or Simon King... or Jackie Liebezeit...
Or was that a theremin
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a Mellotron, methinks
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even worseJames Blast wrote:a Mellotron, methinks
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At one point in history the good Doktor took the form of a Oberheim DMX drum machine ( made circa 1981)
We (Rosetta ) go hold of one to try and capture it's essence and found out it did indeed once belong to the Sisters... the Pointer Sisters!! It was given to us by an engineer who used to work for the the 'other Stones, they being of the Rolling variety.
I think round the time of Flood land he became a Roland RX5 or some thing equally technical. Hey, I just booked the gigs and plugged the stuff in - I never had to make the damn things go 'beep and bang' That' was Mr King's domain.
We (Rosetta ) go hold of one to try and capture it's essence and found out it did indeed once belong to the Sisters... the Pointer Sisters!! It was given to us by an engineer who used to work for the the 'other Stones, they being of the Rolling variety.
I think round the time of Flood land he became a Roland RX5 or some thing equally technical. Hey, I just booked the gigs and plugged the stuff in - I never had to make the damn things go 'beep and bang' That' was Mr King's domain.
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There's a load of stuff about the various doktors on the official sisters site (under "tech" as I recall)
Ramone, wasn't yours called Madame Razor or something?
Ramone, wasn't yours called Madame Razor or something?
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so Rosetta Stoned used Oberheim DMX?
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Wasn't that the whole synth rack?markfiend wrote:There's a load of stuff about the various doktors on the official sisters site (under "tech" as I recall)
Ramone, wasn't yours called Madame Razor or something?
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think it was a standalone drum machine up until darkness & light
when they signed the 1st album deal i think it became a full-on sample-based synth & drum combined affair
when they signed the 1st album deal i think it became a full-on sample-based synth & drum combined affair
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Madame Razor was originally a Casio RZ1 (Where she got her RaZor name from) she then matured into a Oberheim DMX then into a Roland RX-5 drum machine.
During and shortly after the recording of AEFTC various outboard units where added. From what i can recall there was Keyboard unit a Guitar multi synth both by Roland - but like I said Mr King was the tech head of the band I just plugged it all in and made sure the 'the little red on light' came on.
King used various peddles but most of the guitar effects came through the rack unit and the into a Roland JC 120 combo amp and a H H cab.
Porl Young used standard Roland effect peddles ( chorus, distortion etc) into a Fender combo amp
Karl played a Fender Jazz bass into a Trace Elliot head and cab.
Madame razor was always a stand alone drum machine but she may of been absorbed into a bigger unit after I left.
Hope some of that helped.
During and shortly after the recording of AEFTC various outboard units where added. From what i can recall there was Keyboard unit a Guitar multi synth both by Roland - but like I said Mr King was the tech head of the band I just plugged it all in and made sure the 'the little red on light' came on.
King used various peddles but most of the guitar effects came through the rack unit and the into a Roland JC 120 combo amp and a H H cab.
Porl Young used standard Roland effect peddles ( chorus, distortion etc) into a Fender combo amp
Karl played a Fender Jazz bass into a Trace Elliot head and cab.
Madame razor was always a stand alone drum machine but she may of been absorbed into a bigger unit after I left.
Hope some of that helped.
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SAVEDRamone wrote:Madame Razor was originally a Casio RZ1 (Where she got her RaZor name from) she then matured into a Oberheim DMX then into a Roland RX-5 drum machine.
During and shortly after the recording of AEFTC various outboard units where added. From what i can recall there was Keyboard unit a Guitar multi synth both by Roland - but like I said Mr King was the tech head of the band I just plugged it all in and made sure the 'the little red on light' came on.
King used various peddles but most of the guitar effects came through the rack unit and the into a Roland JC 120 combo amp and a H H cab.
Porl Young used standard Roland effect peddles ( chorus, distortion etc) into a Fender combo amp
Karl played a Fender Jazz bass into a Trace Elliot head and cab.
Madame razor was always a stand alone drum machine but she may of been absorbed into a bigger unit after I left.
Hope some of that helped.
Thanks for that bit of info
Nationalise the f**king lot.