Been on a looping kick recently if you haven't noticed. Chris Strellis did and sent the following to me. What's funny is I have his Synth History DVD collection and this is the exact video clip that inspired me to finally get off my butt and actually start exploring the world of looping."I edited a section of the Synth History Revisisted DVD where Kendall Wrightson makes a track in one minute using a Linn 9000 and a DX1. This was for a guy who was interested in buying my Linn 9000 but I thought that it would be appropriate for everyone to see it. From 1985......... This clip [2.93M] comes from this DVD where more vintage synth fun can be found."
BTW, the DVDs? Absolute synth crack, and a blast from the past. Definitely recommended. You can find some of it on YouTube, but it's not the same as kicking back and watching it not only in better resolution, but full screen without interruption.
Update: BTW, check out Chris Strellis' MySpace page for some good music and a gear p*rn slideshow. Makes a good show while listenning to the music. You might recognize some of the shots from previous posts I put up from Chris.
Update via Chris in the comments:
"This video was shot at Syco Systems in London. In that area there's a rare Fairlight IIL (it has a hard drive!), a Kurzweil 250, a DX-1 and a Linn 9000. The most advanced hardware at the time. It just lacked a PPG with Waveterm - oh and a Synclavier ;)
Since that video, Kendall had written prolificly for Sound On Sound and other magazines and lectures on Music Technology in the UK's North East. link."
Video link no worky.
ReplyDeleteStupido me. Every now and then I forget to put the http: in front of the link. If I do that it puts it up as a relative URL to Matrixsynth and appends the URL with http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com. It's fixed.
ReplyDeleteThe link in the text is still the same, though...
ReplyDeletefixed
ReplyDeletecool...
ReplyDeletethe dx1 is a real beauty
Thanks Matrix,
ReplyDeleteThis video was shot at Syco Systems in London. In that area there's a rare Fairlight IIL (it has a hard drive!), a Kurzweil 250, a DX-1 and a Linn 9000. The most advanced hardware at the time. It just lacked a PPG with Waveterm - oh and a Synclavier ;)
Since that video, Kendall had written prolificly for Sound On Sound and other magazines and lectures on Music Technology in the UK's North East.
http://homepage.mac.com/kendallwrightson/cv/index.htm
Nice,am wating ATM for my Forat to be shipping to me :)....
ReplyDeleteSweet - you can see my Forat modded Linn 9000 here and here
ReplyDeleteI had to fix the extra large LCD as it was broken when I got it and I took the opportunity to put a blue one in :)
It used to belong to Randy Goodrum (Toto/Steve Perry etc) - yeah I had to google for info about him too :)
Go to www.strellis.co.uk
and download the song "The Power Of Nine" to here it in action.
Cheers
Chris