more analogue additive (fwd)

[jhaible]

> The additive synth with a computer terminal was probably a Crumar GDS. I
have 
> the album "Dig it" by Klaus Schulze, that was created entirely on the
GDS. It 
> was recorded in 1980. 
> The sounds are rather impressive by themselves, but they sound rather
static. 
> They lack animation, like you can get with filter sweeps, PWM and
waveshapers. 
> It is probably very difficult to get *good sounding* animation with
additive 
> synthesis.
> I didn't particularly like this record when it came out, even though the
sounds 
> were new and fresh. If he had used the GDS for just some of the sounds
and 
> combined it with other instruments, it would probably have been better.
> 
> /Jorgen

I happen to like "Dig It" (ironically my favorite track is "Death of an
Analogue" -
anybody figured out what exactly Schulze is singing thru the vocoder here
?),
but his next one, "Trancefer", was much better. The same kind of electronic
sound.
No idea if he still used the GDS here - the picture on the sleeve shows his
studio with all his analogue goodies, but the keyboard sounds are very
similar to
"Dig It", and much unlike "Timewind" or "Body Love", for example. What
makes
"Trancefer" a whole category better than "Dig It" is exactly what you
mentioned:
other instruments. In that case, the superb Cello playing of Wolfgang
Tiepold.

JH.