Platforms

Platforms 1 from Johannes Bergmark on Vimeo.

"Johannes Bergmark live in Turbinhuset at Ljudkonst i Nolhaga Park, Kulturföreningen Tornet, Alingsås, sweden August 30, 2009. Filmed by Per Åhlund. More about this instrument The Platforms at bergmark.org/platforms"

Platforms 2 from Johannes Bergmark on Vimeo.

Platforms 3 from Johannes Bergmark on Vimeo.

dadamachines Introduces the automat toolkit

"Berlin, Germany 29.03.2017

dadamachines crowdfunds the automat toolkit – music machines for everyone

The automat toolkit is a plug & play MIDI-controller and accessories kit that allows anyone to build awesome music machines using the real world as their machines instrument.

The automat toolkit is available as of March 29th for exclusive pre-order on Kickstarter.

What is dadamachines?
dadamachines is a Berlin-based studio launching the automat toolkit, a MIDI-controlled music toolkit that allows anyone, regardless of music skill level, to turn the real world into their instrument.

The core of the toolkit is the automat, an arduino-compatible plug-and-play MIDI-controller with 12 DC outputs. The automat can be used with your favorite music so ware or hardware. The toolkit includes the automat and a series of solenoid beaters that plug in to 12 outputs allowing you to tap, ping and knock on anything.

The automat toolkit - M is available exclusively on Kickstarter for 399 euro.

Tech Specs

automat controller
Connectivity
- USB Midi
- DIN Midi-In & Thru (Out option)
- 12 DC Outputs (12-24V max. 1.3A)
- External power supply 12-24V
- Arduino shields & extension port

Software
- Simple learn mode >1 button click
- Advanced learn mode

Hardware
- Anodized aluminum panel
- Powder coated steel shell
- Dimensions - 110 x 110 x 26mm

Additionally, each toolkit comes with adapters & elements helping the users to get started easily.

Who is behind dadamachines?
dadamachines is the project of Berlin-based Creative Technologist and DJ – Johannes Lohbihler. Johannes grew up in Bavaria, hailing from a line of seven generations of carpenters. Growing up among the Weilheim music scene that included acts such as the Notwist, Lali Puna and Acid Pauli - Johannes was interested in music from early on. He started DJing and found inspiration to bring together electronic music production and analog tools - combining his background as a cra sman and passion for music. During his masters stu- dies in interaction design, Johannes began developing a simple plug-and-play kit that made music machines accessible to everyone – that project became dadamachines."

Roland MKS 30 w/ Johannes Hausensteiner Mod & New Chips

via this auction

"If your viewing this listing you now what it is. but this synth comes with a great deal of extras far beyond the average MKS30. All six voices have been completely restored and socket-ed, so if one chip ever fails you will never have to send your entire board to a technician. Just buy another chip! But i highly doubt these will fail anytime in the near future. the restore and socketed voice chips alone make this synth a great steal. This synth also come with the full Johannes Hausensteiner mod (v3.6) which you can find all the specs below. this mod is no longer being sold by Johannes Hausensteiner , and i cant find it anywhere except on his website. So it is wise to put this synth in your collection. The adjustable chorus on this synth sounds amazing. you can use is with your favorite editor or the Kiwitechnics PE. auction includes roland mks 30 w/ restored voice chips and Johannes Hausensteiner mod and firmware installed, power cable. thank you and happy bidding. All international bidders must contact me first. Immediate payment is required. thank you!

M K S 3 0 A D D I T I O N S :
1. Overview - new Features
1.1. Key Window Function
1.2. Chorus Speed
1.3. Preset Patches
1.4. MIDI Commands
1.5. SysEx
2. Hardware Changes
2.1. Chorus Speed
2.2. MIDI OUT
3. Software
4. MKS30 PC based editor
5. Direct MIDI edit
6. PG200
6.1. MIDI controller numbers
6.2. PG-200 catch up mode enable/disable flag
6.3. MIDI control change enable/disable flag
7. MKS30 Windows based editor
8. Revision history
8.1. MKS30 firmware (ROM)
8.2. MKS30 editor
8.3. MKS30 Windows editor

1. Overview - new Features
1.1. Key Window Function

There is a new 'Key Window' function, which means that you can specify a split point and only MIDI notes above or below that split point will
be played by MKS30. This needs two new parameters for each patch:

#52 .. KEY WINDOW NOTE: specify note number (0..99)
It is possible to input numbers only from 0 to 99 from the MKS30
front panel and also from the MKS30 editor program (which is not
a restriction as the highest note played by MKS30 is #96).
#53 .. KEY WINDOW MODE: BELOW (o) / ABOVE (

http://analog.no/cms/index.php/mks-30-midi-upgrade/spesification"

Thief (1981) complete "Igneous" scene (music by TD)

video upload by kovalmoog

"The whole scene of Thief (1981) with TD's re-edition of 'Thru Metamorphic Rocks' theme, renamed as 'Igneous' in the OST release.
The film version is by far more extensive than Thief CD version.
Enjoy that sequence !"

TD = Tangerine Dream.

Curious what they were using back then. According to this thread, they used the following on tour during that time period:

Live in East Berlin, 31st Jan 1980

Chris Franke:
Custom modular synthesizer (comprising of about 50% Moog and 50%
Projekt Electronik):
Moog Oscx2/R.M./VCF/VCAs
Projekt Elektronik VcEnvx2 & Proj. Elek. 2VCO/W.Noise/R.M./Waves (for Drums)
Digital sequencer & trigger selector
Programmer for above (SCI model 700 programmer)
Synth sound bank (for above)
Moog 960 sequential controller x2
Projekt elektronik sequence controller x2
Moog 3-band parametric
Moog 12 stage phaser
Moog 920 programmer
Moog 16-channel vocoder
Rhythm robot sequencer
Emu Oddity voice card
12 analogue drum sounds
Drum envelope unit
Drum EPROM sampled sounds
and more...

Oberheim OB-1
Prophet 5 (rev 2)
Minimoog
Korg PE-2000 polyphonic Ensemble
Elka Rhapsody 610 string machine.

Edgar Froese:
custom Moog modular synthesizer (3 box units comprising Moog modules and sequencers plus sequence controllers from Projekt Electronic)
Prophet 5 rev 2
PPG Sonic Carrier 1003 programmable duophonic DCO/DCF/DCA based synthesizer
PPG Wavecomputer 360 polyphonic digital synthesizer
PPG 350 keyboard sequencer
Arp Pro-DGX monophonic preset synthesizer
Korg PE-2000 polyphonic ensemble
Roland MC-8 microcomposer
Roland VC-10 vocoder
Arp/Solina string ensemble
Mellotron mk V

Johannes Schmoelling:
- Minimoog
- Yamaha CP-80 electric grand
- Oberheim 4-voice
- Elka Rhapsody 610
- Polymoog
- Korg PS-3100
- Synthanorma sequencer

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European tours (Nov-Dec 1980 & Jan-Feb 1981):

Equipment used:

Chris Franke:
Moog/PE modular tower as above
Minimoog
Arp Odyssey mk III
Elka Rhapsody 610
Prophet 5 rev 2

Edgar Froese:
Projekt Elektronik modular synthesizer & sequencers (used by Peter Baumann during '76 and '77)
PPG 340 A Generator Unit, PPG340 B Processor Unit, PPG380 Event Generator, PPG x 2 Terminals, PPG x 2 Computer Keyboards,
Oberheim OB-X

He may have used some more keyboards during these tours but I'm not sure which ones (possibly the Arp pro-DGX, the PPG Sonic carrier or the PPG
360 wavecomputer?)

Johannes Schmoelling:
Moog modular synthesizer (usually handled by Edgar Froese on stage)
Minimoog
Polymoog
Prophet 5 rev 2
Yamaha CP-80 electric grand

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British Isles tour (Oct-Nov 1981):

Equipment used:

Chris Franke:
Moog/PE modular tower as above
Minimoog
Arp Odyssey mk III
Elka Rhapsody 610
Prophet 5 rev 2

Edgar Froese:
PPG 360 wavecomputer
PPG Wave 2
Arp Pro-DGX
Korg PE-2000 poly-ensemble
PPG 5-octave keyboard controller
Custom sequencer (by Helmut Groethe)

Johannes Schmoelling:
Minimoog
Oberheim OB-X (handled by Froese on previous tours)
Custom sequencer (like Edgar's)

Sequential Prophet-5 Demos by Timm Johannes Brockmann

video upload by Timm Johannes Brockmann

Playlist:

1. Sequential Prophet-5 | Valhalla Supermassive

This is a quick improvisation to demonstrate the majestic side of the Prophet-5, soaked in the Supermassive reverb from Valhalla.

2. Sequential Prophet-5 | Roland JD-990 | valhalla supermassive --- Glassy shimmering evolving pads

In this video, the Prophet-5 is played and sends it´s MIDI notes via the MIDI Out to the Roland JD-990. You get a beautiful layering with a shimmering pad from the JD-990.

3. Nord Piano 5 || Sequential Prophet-5 || LAYERED

In this video, the Sequential Prophet-5 is adding some notes to a repetitive pattern on the Nord Piano 5.

Recorded in Logic Pro X with additional effects.

Hohner Multimonica I - Vacuum tube synthesizer of the 1950s

YouTube Published on May 11, 2012 by MonoThyratron

English abstract (German below):

"The "Hohner Multimonica" is a combined double-manual keyboard instrument consisting of a monophonic synthesizer (sawtooth oscillator, vacuum tube technology) and a polyphonic harmonium with fan-driven reeds. This electro-acoustic musical instrument comes from the German postwar era. It was produced in two main variants ("Multimonica I" later "Multimonica II"). The "Multimonica I" even had a built-in AM radio for local station reception. But there was also a version available without radio.

The first appearance of the Multimonica is falsely dated to 1940. Some may even date it back to the prewar era. But its tube technology suggests that this musical instrument came into trade in the early 1950s. The short newsreel report from 1952 in this video supports this fact.

Hohner modeled its musical instrument after an electro-acoustic instrument by the German company "Siegfried Mager & Co." and the harmonium manufacturer Johannes Straube ("Mager-Straube-Kleinorgel"). German engineer Harald Bode (*1909 †1987) was incorrectly assigned to the construction of this musical instrument."

[German]

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Mubil "installation" outside Teatr Weimar, Malmö

Mubil "installation" outside Teatr Weimar, Malmö from Johannes Bergmark on Vimeo.

"Johannes Bergmark (sound objects), Luc Kerléo (electronic automats) and Tippi Tillvind (electronics) performed as part of the Mubil Electro-acoustic Van tour, in St Gertrudsgatan outside Teatr Weimar in Malmö on August 17th, 2010, as intro to a festival in honor of Bengt Emil Johnson. Our collaborator in Malmö was Ars Nova. More about Mubil: bergmark.org/​mubil"

Tangerine Dream's Johannes Schmoelling meets the PPG-100 at Synthfest France 2019

Published on Jun 19, 2019 yusynthman

yusynthman aka Yves Usson is the man behind yusynth.net DIY & Arturia's Minibrute line of synths.

"During the recent SynthFest France 2019 in Nantes I had the great joy and honour to demonstrate my rare PPG-100 modular synthesizer to Johannes Schmoelling (Tangerine Dream 1978-1982, Loom) and Kurt Ader (musician and sound-designer at KApro). It was an exhilarating moment for me to demo TD like sequences before a former member of Tangerine Dream... I felt like in heaven ! This videao was shot by Nicolas Jalabert."

Description for the third video:
"During the Synthfest Fest France in France (june 7th to 9th 2019) I exhibited a very rare PPG-100 analog modular synthesizer (something like 10 units built in 1974). The keyboard is played by Tony Quenneville and the video was shot by Tarek Lule. On some motion of the camera you may catch a glimpses of an Emulator 2, a CMI Faitlight, ARP 2500 and ARP 2600 modulars, an 8 voices Schmitt and Synclavier controller that were also on display and test in the same room.

Au cours du récent SynthFest France 2019 à Nantes j'ai eu la joie d'exposer mon vénérable modulaire PPG-100 (arar, seule une 10aine a été fabriquée). Le clavier est joué par Tony Quenneville et la vidéo éalisé par Tarek Lule. Selon les mouvements de la caméra vous pouvez appercevoir furtivement un Emulator2, un Failight CMI, un ARP2500 et un ARP2600 ainsi qu'un Schmitt 8 voies et un contrileur de Synclavier..."

iMIDI Patchbay for iOS

"iMIDIPatchbay lets you organize your whole MIDI setup from one central point. Do you often divide your keyboard into zones to assign different sounds which eventually come from external sound expanders? You want to integrate your music making apps into your live gear? Well, then iMIDIPatchbay is definitely the right tool for you!

LIST OF FEATURES
- Create split and layer configurations very easily
- Send volume and other control changes (reverb, chorus, pan) to your sound devices
- Send program changes to your sound devices
- Transpose sounds in octave steps
- Filter controller data (sustain, pitch-bend, modulation, expression, aftertouch)
- Store configurations as programs for later recall
- Switch programs of iMIDIPatchbay from another app or MIDI device via program changes
- Switch programs while holding down keys or holding e.g. the sustain pedal without getting stuck notes
- UI which is optimized for live usage

WHAT EXACTLY CAN I DO WITH iMIDIPatchbay?
As a keyboard player, you most probably know about splitting and layering sounds. While this can be done relatively easy on professional keyboards, it becomes more complex if your gear consists of multiple keyboards and sound expanders. iMIDIPatchbay makes building such configurations a lot easier than it has ever been before.

After connecting your keyboard and other MIDI devices to the iPad, you can easily create split zones and assign sounds of your MIDI devices to them. It's also possible to route the MIDI data to other apps if they have a virtual MIDI port. Furthermore, you can filter out controllers which is great if you want e.g. pitch bend or sustain to affect only a subset of the active sounds.

WHAT DO I NEED TO GET STARTED?
You need a CoreMIDI interface to connect your keyboards and sound expanders to the iPad.

WHERE CAN I LEARN MORE?
Go to iMIDIPatchbay's website in order to find a more detailed description of the app. If you encounter problems, please let me help you (you find the mail address on the website and on the info screen within the app). Please note that there is no way to respond to you if you post a review on the App Store instead. Always email me first!

If you like the app, let others know by submitting a good review on the App Store. And feel free to send me suggestions for further releases."

iTunes:
iMIDIPatchbay - Johannes Doerr
iMIDIPatchbay Lite - Johannes Doerr
iOS Devices on eBay - Daily Tech Deals


Published on Apr 6, 2013 Nick Trass·54 videos

Johannes Kreidler - Charts Music - Songsmith fed with Stock Charts

YouTube via mirko124. via WFMU's, via fabio.
"Melodies derived from Stock Charts, arranged with Songsmith, the Microsoft Composition Tool. By Johannes Kreidler. www.kreidler-net.de"
Stock chart sequences. Someone should make a sequencer that lets you import stock charts.

Johannes Schmoelling checking his equipment in Athens 1983

YouTube Uploaded by Boropolis on Apr 7, 2011

"Johannes Schmoelling 1983."

Glimpse of a PPG Waveterm.

Moog, voice, Whalefish, distortion box

Moog, voice, Whalefish, distortion box from Johannes Bergmark on Vimeo.

"Short samples from Johannes Bergmark playing at Fylkingen, Stockholm.
The Moog I began to play in the 80's when it was more out than ever. At the time I was inspired by Chick Corea and jazz rock. After I got other interests, the Micro Moog was really getting to be an exciting instrument, sometimes combined with radios that it manipulates.
Later, I combined it with a distortion box, mixer feedback, "virtual analog" modular synthesizers (Clavia micro modulars) and other inputs from voice and instruments like this one, the Whalefish.
More pictures, sounds and info at bergmark.org/moog"

Johannes Schmoelling - From Tangerine Dream to S-A-W | NAMM 2020

Published on Jan 26, 2020 Under the Big Tree

"Here is a panel discussion with Johannes Schmoelling of Tangerine Dream, Kurt Ader, and Robert Waters on a synth trio they have put together called S-A-W. They discuss various aspects of their new project Iconic, which was put together using a bevy of vintage synthesizers. Video footage of them in performance is included as well. An interesting discussion for fans of Tangerine Dream and/or vintage synths.

Under the Big Tree is Nick Peck's YouTube channel, focused on music and sound design equipment and techniques, composition, production and performance of music, modular synthesizers and electronic music in general, and tabletop board games."

SynthFest France 2018 - Tangerine Dream White Eagle - Johannes Schmoelling & Kurt Ader

Published on Jun 11, 2018 SynthFest France

"Johannes Schmoelling (Tangerine Dream) and Kurt Ader (KAPro) performing White Eagle at the SynthFest France 2018
© Guillaume Diard 2018 for SynthFest France."

STEPSEQUENCER

STEPSEQUENCER from schnellebuntebilder on Vimeo.

"It’s not the music that triggers dance, it‘s the dance that creates music!

The challenge was to get the museum‘s visitors dancing. But music alone wouldn’t make it for a spontaneous groove. Therefore, we turned the tables and invented the STEPSEQUENCER – a tool which is able to create sound and music out of human movements.

Sounds and beats are being created by the STEPSEQUENCER for as long as you interact with the exhibit’s stations: a round floor-projected “instrument” and three physical tools on the side – one for jumping, one for twisting and one for seesawing.

The pads of the round floor projection are being activated by touch. If you mark a field with your hands or feet, a sound is resonating each time the rotating pointer hits the field. Depending on the marked pad’s position, different sounds are arising, each of them variously combinable with others. Once the movements stop, the sounds will hush.

CREDITS <!--more-->
Concept / Design / Code:
Johannes Timpernagel, Ingolf Heinsch, Sebastian Huber, Robert Pohle – http://www.schnellebuntebilder.de

Sound:
Moritz Haberkorn – http://www.morast.at/

Productdesign:
Jan Bernstein – http://quadrature.co/

Exhibitiondesign:
büroberlin – http://www.bueroberlin.net/

Curation:
Colleen Schmitz

Artistic Consulting:
Prof. Dr. Axel Buether

- - -

TOOLS
VVVV – http://vvvv.org/
Ableton Live + Max for Live – https://www.ableton.com/

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FOR
tanz! Wie wir uns und die Welt bewegen
Oktober 2013 – Juli 2014

- - -

CAMERA
Rosenpictures – http://rosenpictures.com/

DANCERS
Romy Schwarzer
Anna Till"

RIP Stephen Howell of Hollow Sun

We lost another. Some sad news in via Atomic Shadow:

"I learned this morning of the passing of my best friend, Stephen Howell. Many of you know of his work as Hollow Sun. He was a well respected sound designer who had worked for Peter Gabriel and many others. He was a long time fixture at Akai Professional where he designed the UI for many of their top products as well as producing the sample content.

Stephen was my mentor and gave me the nudge to take my music in to a totally abstract direction. Without him there would have been no Atomic Shadow project. I plan to write a bit more about him when I can think more clearly. I am closing down yesterday's world of tomorrow, at least for now.

We only produced one piece of music together. I always tried to get him to do more of his own music, but he said that making music did not pay the bills. He was correct of course. I cut together a video to go with it at the time. Please enjoy it and share it with anyone that you know who may have known Stephen, or had their musical experience made more alive by using one of his instruments."


Mid Century Electronica from Atomic Shadow on Vimeo.

"A short piece featuring my vintage, tube HP sine wave generators, tape loops and ring modulators with a photographic homage to the early pioneers of electronica.... Daphne Oram in twin set, the impish Delia Derbyshire of the early BBC Radiophonic Workshop, several tweedy boffins in their music labs, Karlheinz Stockhausen and so many others. A different age when innovation and ingenuity triumphed over the many technical limitations of the age.

Abstract music soundtrack re-mixed and produced by Stephen Howell of Hollow Sun using traditional techniques in a digital age."

You can find an interview with Stephen Howell on SoundBytes here.

"I was always huge fan of early electronica and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (Dr Who, Delia Derbyshire and all that as a six-year-old), Louis and Bebe Barron (who did the ‘electronic tonalities’ for the classic sci-fi movie ‘Forbidden Planet’) and loved the weird old gear they used to make/use, so Mario and I were able to design and create, using Kontakt, weird and wonderful things that flew in the face of, shall we say, more ‘conventional’ modern synths and sampler instruments..."

Indeed. Click here for all posts featuring Hollow Sun on MATRIXSYNTH. Each post is a tribute to his spirit. He will be sorely missed.

Update: Failed Muso has set up a condolence page here.

And on KVR here.

Update2:


Stephen Howell and the Subharchord from Ina Pillat on Vimeo.

"December 2011 at the Museum of Technology (Deutsches Technikmuseum) in Berlin. Stephen Howell takes recordings of the instrument. Per Platou, founder and leader of www.pnek.org, has invited him to create a sound library and helps him with the recordings. Inventor Gerd Steinke in conversation with Stephen Howell.

Photography: Jenny Barth
Sound: Johannes Schmelzer-Ziringer
Director: Ina Pillat
Production: Norwegian Arts Council // Per Platou, Ina Pillat"

Gestrument Kinect

Published on Jun 6, 2013 Gestrument·11 videos

"Gestrument controlled by a Kinect camera! Download our free Beta software to connect your own Kinect to Gestrument at www.gestrument.com
Performances in the video by Jesper Nordin/Trio Trespassing, Oskar Landström/Jesper Nordin and TrioTrespassing/Västerås Sinfonietta conducted by Johannes Gustavsson."

KORG MS 10 TUTORIAL 1: Poor man's MS10 sequencer

YouTube via johannes914 — January 04, 2007 — "How to simulate a basic sequencer. Connect LFO (Modulation generator) with TRIGGER IN. Et voila !... Sounds better with a delay applied. Want to listen to more music? visit johannes.fr"

KOMA's Field Kit launched on Kickstarter!

"After a year of development, testing and prototyping, KOMA Elektronik is proud to present the latest addition to the KOMA family: the KOMA Elektronik Field Kit! On Kickstarter now! The new KOMA Elektronik Field Kit is the perfect tool for everyone who would like to experiment with electroacoustic sound. Use everyday objects, amplify them and use them to make sound, like our heroes John Cage and David Tudor used to do!

The Field Kit is optimized to process signals from microphones, contact microphones, electromagnetic pickups and able to run DC motors and solenoids. On top of that it can receive radio signals and convert signals from switches and sensors into control voltage. The Field Kit boasts 7 separate functional blocks all focussed on receiving or generating all types of signals. They are designed to operate together as a coherent electroacoustic workstation or alternatively together with other pieces of music electronics with the ability to use control voltage signals:

Four Channel Mixer
Envelope Follower
DC Interface
Analog Switch Interface
Analog Sensor Interface
AM/FM/SW Radio
Low Frequency Oscillator
You can easily interface the Field Kit with a Eurorack modular system. At the backside of the PCB you will find a power connector you can use to power the unit from your system. The total panel width is 36HP. You can buy the Field Kit as a finished unit or build one yourself with the DIY Version."



"All audio has been recorded straight from the Field Kit, using a DC Motor, Solenoid Motor, a DC powered fan, Roland TR-8 and Berlin's local radio station Antenne Brandenburg as audio sources."

Additional details via Kickstarter.

"The KOMA Field Kit

The new KOMA Elektronik Field Kit is the perfect tool for everyone who would like to experiment with electroacoustic sound. Use everyday objects, amplify them and use them to make sound, like our heroes John Cage and David Tudor used to do!

The Field Kit is optimized to process signals from microphones, contact microphones, electromagnetic pickups and able to run DC motors and solenoids. On top of that it can receive radio signals and convert signals from switches and sensors into control voltage!

We have finished development of the Field Kit, are ready for production and we need your support to make it happen!

[Pictured:] The final Field Kit prototype, ready for production!

It's all about the things you connect to the The Field Kit! To get you started we decided to offer an Expansion Pack with a bunch of different sources that you can use and connect to create your own signature sounds.

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Surfing the Feedback

video upload by Todd Barton

"Thanks to Modular World for putting out the Reverb Challenge.
Here is my offering from yesterday's marathon, Buchla 275 Dual Spring Reverb in Feedback mode. The only other modules are the 281 Function Generator controlling reverb depth and panning of the 207 Mixer. Here is audio only: https://soundcloud.com/user7621213/su... See all participant offerings here:"

Patch-On // REVERB (Patch-challenge tribute to reverb!)

video upload by Modular World

"Our patch-challenge series returns to Modular World with a celebration of REVERB.
50 artists from 15 countries perform 5-7min sets expressing their love for reverb as they see it.
You will see it ALL on this remarkable marathon experience."

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