"Time after time" - on Böhm Station One

YouTube Uploaded by organfairy on Mar 22, 2011

"Springtime is here. And just looking at a workstation tends to be a little boring. So I went outside this and enjoyed that fact that almost all the ice had gone.

The music is played on Böhm Station One workstation and was originally recorded by Cindy Lauper in 1983."

Synthesiser Dave - Episode 13 - Böhm Station One

Published on Mar 16, 2018 Electronic Sound

"Dave found something in a church tower…"

You can find quite a few posts featuring the Bohm Station One in the archives.

"Whats in it for me" - on Yamaha PSR-78 [& Bohm Station One]

YouTube Published on May 14, 2012 by organfairy

"In my quest for a more modern repertoire I have this time turned to my neightbouring country Sweden. Amy Diamond was only 13 when she had a hit with this song. So it was kind of natural to play it on a keyboard that could be found in a lot of teenage rooms at that time: The Yamaha PSR-78.
The rhythm and some of the chords comes from the German Böhm Station One. I played the bass on the old Hohner bass pedals. And the rest is played on a Roland E-15. This system is connected to an Aria equalizer and a JVC mixer that I also managed to sneak into this video."

"That's me" - on Böhm Station One

YouTube via organfairy

"It has been a while since I used the Böhm workstation. Last time it was for "They say it's gonna rain" and only for some of the arrangement.
But this time the complete song is played on the Böhm. The GEM keyboard is only used as a MIDI controller since the Böhm doesn't have a keyboard.
I have had numerous requests to do more ABBA songs so this time I am playing "That's me" from the Arrival album. I recall this song from my early childhood in the 70's so I thought it could be fun to do the video in a style resembling this period of time. So I found my old (half) mirrorball and a red rhinestone t-shirt and that´s it - and that´s me..... "

"Don't leave me this way" - on Böhm Station One

YouTube via organfairy.

"This melody was originally performed by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes though many people know it in a more up-tempo version by the Communards.

I use the German Böhm workstation for my version of this disco-soul classic and in this video I investigate the wiring of the expression pedal plugs on the backside of the instrument as I want to adapt an old Elka pedal for the Böhm.

The green thing I hold in my hands are a test cable with a small screwdriver attached in one end and a 100 Ohm resistor in the other. This way I can connect the wires in the plug for testing where the switches are supposed to be but at the same time I don't have to worry about shorting the power supply."

"Wonderfull tonight" - on Böhm Station One

YouTube via organfairy

"After having found out how the plugs on the Böhm is wired up (see the post that came before this one) it is time to convert the old Elka pedal so it can be used with the workstation."

"They say it's gonna rain" - on Böhm Station One

YouTube via organfairy

"I don't know very much about this German workstation. In fact I have only found out a fraction of its capabilities. But I have used it to play the rhytm and some of the voices on this song. The rest is played on the Yamaha organ which also acts as keyboard for the Böhm."

"Vil du med" - on Böhm Station One

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"This is so 80's....!

The song, the keyboard, the workstation, even the pant suit is from the 80's!

The song "Vil du med" was performed by Birthe Kjær at the local Danish Eurovision Song Contest in 1986 where it came in second. The winner was "Du er fuld af løgn" by Trax - but that's another story.
Here I perform the melody on a Böhm workstation with a GEM DSK-7 as keyboard controller.

And apparantly I am being bodysnatched by a giant pink flower from outer space.... "

"Pick up the phone" - on Böhm Station One

Published on Apr 27, 2015 organfairy

"It has been a while since I used this workstation - basically because I moved a couple of years ago and it was not on top of my priority list to connect up - but I thought it could be fun to get it running again now.

Unfortunately it started to smell.
So I had to dig into it and find the reason.

The music is played on the Böhm and is 'Pick up the phone' which was a hit for French singer F.R.David in 1982."

Homebuild Synth - Update.

YouTube via organfairy | December 02, 2010 | 2 likes, 0 dislikes

"After last weeks weird video with artificial flowers, pink skirts, and German peace songs I though we needed to get down to earth again!

So I have made a little update to the building project I made last winter. I found that the keyboard on my mini modular synthesizer could need to go a little lower. Therefore I have made a frequency divider and this is what this video is about.

The music is played on the Böhm Station One workstation, Roland E-15 and Yamaha PSR-78 keyboards."

the return of the FairySynth

YouTube Uploaded by organfairy on May 17, 2011

"Last winter I build a small synthesizer in a case that used to house an oil furnace test apparatus. Several people have challenged me to actually play something with the weird contraption.

And now I've done it!

I came up with a relatively simple composition that I could play on the thing and mixed in a noisy toy keyboard dance track in the beginning. The rest is played on Böhm Station One workstation, Roland E-15 and Yamaha PSR-78 keyboards."

"CarWash" - on Yamaha PSR-78

YouTube via organfairy — June 16, 2010 —

"Normally I make the music first and then record the video. This time it was the other way round: About a year ago I wondered how a carwash would look from the inside of the car. So the next time I took my Suzuki to the carwash I placed the camera inside the car before starting the wash.....thing.

I didn't really know what to do with that recording but then I got the idea to play the old 1970's classic "Carwash". Another unusuality is the inclusion of a sax solo in the arrangement. I hope you don't mind.

Apart from the foghorn I used a Yamaha PSR-78, a Roland E-15, the Technics SX-C600 organ, and the Böhm Station one."

Hohner bass pedals

YouTube via organfairy | Mar 1, 2011 |

"This set of bass pedals is quite special. Instead of a VCO, VCF, and VCA it has a capacitor controlled oscillator, a fixed filter, and a light modulated amplifier.

I show the inside of the instrument and play a piece of music where I use it for the bass line.

The other instruments are Böhm Station One workstation and Roland E-15 keyboard."