"Stephanie Holinka of Sandia National Laboratories tells Boing Boing,
'We are sad to report the death of former Sandia Labs Director Morgan Sparks. He's best known as the Bell Labs researcher who invented the first practical transistor. His work made possible so many other inventions. Without transistors, one cannot begin to imagine personal computers, cell phones, DVD players and the many other electronic devices we rely on daily. His contributions are pretty humbling to mere English majors like me.'"
YouTube via FalgorOne "disclaimer: (with the lyrics, you can sing karaoke! YEAH!)
Ok, first of all, don't take this *too* seriously, it's still just a synth ;). What is serious about this all, is the long waiting that many have gone through. And this song is dedicated to those people. What you are waiting *for* isn't so important in this case.
Long story short: Kurzweil PC3(x) was supposed to first be released on summer 2007, but things developed so the estimated release date was pushed back many times. In my opinion, when I _now_ think about it, it was a good thing. The synthesizer got greater in that time of delay.
However, it was delayed many times and many people waited (and some are still waiting, like me) for their pre-orders a long time. Anyhow, now it has been released and many people have got it. It sounds awesome, from what I have heard of the user demos, and it sure seems it has been worth the wait ^_^.
The wait was very long and personally my order was delayed many times (now 3 months waiting time), and on the last time I decided I'd DO something about it (instead of just complaining ;), so I started writing this song about the whole waiting process and everything. In about 2 weeks, after working on it a bit almost every day, I got it finished.
I sang the vocals during the night between 11pm and 8am (Sat-Sun). I'm now actually happy it was delayed, since I got to write this song, and I would've been distracted from some important work had I got it sooner. So, at the end of the day, I am thankful :). It's all right.
Enjoy my high and tender singing ;)! and be sure to check this baby out if you just can! I think you're gonna like what you hear ^_^!
YouTube via phonstein "The Super Bass Station is the successor of the legendary Novation Bass Station, which was used as MIDI keyboard in this recording, since the SBS was produced in rack format only.
I'm just playing around with some standard patches, because I'm thinking about selling the instrument - so please don't expect any synth wizardry. :)"
via Boing Boing
