Forbidden Planet!

[jbv]

Paul Perry :

> >Ah, Forbidden Planet!
> >Any idea why type of equipment they used? In the 50's I suppose there
> >weren't too many choices.. test oscillators?
> >
> This has been done to death in the Analog Heaven archives, but it was
> extensive tape manipulation. The original sounds were made by custom valve
> oscillators, sometimes with positive feedback & weird bias so they actually
> heated up and destroyed themselves while squeaking.

I vaguely remember reading an interview (some 20 yrs ago) in which it was said
that since
almost no electronic instrument nor synth was available back then, they hacked
various
military equipment (like radars and stuff) to make them produce sounds...

jbv