MASIVAN ANALOGNI ZVUK - Sequential Take 5

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If you don't speak Bosnian, audio demos start at 3:15.

EMS SYNTHI HI-FLI PROTOTYPE 1 of 10 *Serviced* David Gilmour Guitar Synth

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"A very rare prototype Synthi Hi-Fli, dating from 1972, in excellent condition following a full overhaul by EMS earlier this year.
One of only ten pre-production units made in 1972. David Gilmour reputedly still owns two of them…

Ultra-rare prototype EMS Synthi Hi-Fli – this is a knob-twiddler’s dream of an effect and the ultimate in hens’ teeth: your guitar will never sound the same again.

Different sound and spec to a standard Hi-Fli – this is the second such unit we’ve had and it broke my heart to sell the last one (I’ve been a committed HiFli nut since I bought my first one many years ago and have always had at least one in the studio ever since).

The prototypes don’t have the growl function, which was introduced about 18 months later. Production Hi-Flis all have the Buzz switch, but only the first ten prototypes had the Fuzz switch, which adds some interesting colouration to the up and down-octave sounds.

Ten production prototype Hi-Flis were made in 1972 but a redesign quickly followed the launch at the Frankfurt Fair to try to reduce the factory cost (the prototype design is not especially ergonomic for a guitar player to use – you have to lean back somewhat to access the pedals underneath the main unit). This original design features a removable aluminium pole which plugs into the underside of the main console and the top of the base unit, acting both as a stand and a conduit for power and signal connections (pole not included with this unit). The heavy-duty nylon-dipped base houses the power supply and sturdy twin pedals.

Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd is reputed to still have two of these original units, which, according to Phil Taylor were first used for the Dark Side of The Moon tour that started in May 1973 at Earls Court. Opinion is divided as to whether a Hi-Fli featured on the DSOTM recordings: I can only say that it certainly sounds like it did.
Number one in Analogman Tom’s list of rare guitar effects from his excellent book.
Used by David Gilmour – see this Gilmourish blog for further details – he bought a prototype in 1972 and from what he recalls it was “very, very expensive”; Gilmourish also suggest it was used during the recording of Dark Side Of The Moon

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Palo Radio by Bloop and Quack

Elby Euro Serge and processed guitar.

"Members Doug Lynner (modular synthesizer) and R Duck (processed guitar) began improvising together several years ago as Bloop Quack. The pace picked up in the summer of 2018 when the pair began airing their weekly, live radio show, Bloop and Quack, on KZSU Stanford 90.1FM in the San Francisco Bay Area

This album consists of sections edited from the Bloop and Quack Show. The on-air performances are improvised and recorded in stereo from the broadcast feed. No additional recording or overdubbing is done. They are mastered for release.
credits
released February 8, 2019

Doug Lynner - Elby EuroSerge Modular Synthesizer
R Duck - Parker Fly Deluxe, Fractal Audio Axe-FX Ultra/III, Ernie Ball 6165, MXR Studio Comp/DynaComp/Custom Comp, EHX Soul Food, TC Electronics Flashback, Fairfield Circuitry The Unpleasant Surprise, Digitech EX-7, MOTU-896
Cover Image - NASA/JPL-Caltech"

6 minutes with a Moog Voyager

Published on Feb 2, 2016 Jerry Richardson

"6 minutes of me with my MiniMoog Voyager. I test out my newest axe and discover the most expressive synthesizer I've ever played. Sorry about the squeeky sustain pedal, and the audio isn't the best because I literally forgot to hit record in pro tools. Taken with my gopro in my home studio. Organs are a Yamaha MOX8."

Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii - Director's cut

YouTube Uploaded by erichc1992 on Dec 30, 2010
This one in via Phil. I haven't had a chance to watch this one through, but you'll find some EMS Synthi AKS at Abbey Road after the 13:00 minute mark. It initally comes with Roger Waters at 13:41 and again at 14:37.

"Directed by Adrian Maben
Produced by Steve O'Rourke, Michele Arnaud, Reiner Moritz
Starring Pink Floyd
Music by Pink Floyd
Cinematography Willy Kurant, Gabor Pogany
Editing by Jose Pinheiro
Distributed by Universal Home Video

Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. It was directed by Adrian Maben and recorded in the month of October with 24 studio-quality tracks without a live audience.
The performances of "Echoes," "A Saucerful of Secrets," and "One of These Days" were filmed from October 4, 1971 to October 7, 1971. The remaining songs were filmed in a Paris studio, along with additional front projection footage for insertion into the Pompeii performances. The sequences in Paris were filmed in late 1971/early 1972, and can be distinguished by the absence of Richard Wright's beard. This version was released in cinemas in September 1972 and is also included on the DVD edition as an extra feature.
In August 1974, another version was released combining the original film with supposed recording sessions of The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. These sessions were actually staged for the film[citation needed], as the recording of the album had been completed when these sessions were filmed in January 1973 and the band was mixing the album at the time.

Track listing - 2003 Director's cut
02:13 1. "Echoes, Part 1"/"On the Run" (Studio Footage) (Uncredited) (from Meddle/The Dark Side of the Moon, 1971/1973)
19:54 2. "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (B-side of "Point Me at the Sky" single, 1968)
27:59 3. "A Saucerful of Secrets" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
4. "Us and Them" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
44:51 5. "One of These Days I'm Going to Cut You into Little Pieces" (also known as "One of These Days", from Meddle, 1971)
55:59 6. "Mademoiselle Nobs" (from Meddle, 1971 previously known as "Seamus")
7. "Brain Damage" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
64:56 8. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
77:10 9. "Echoes, Part 2" (from Meddle, 1971)"