pro-1 (was minimoog clone)

[Goddard, Duncan]

(I just looked at that header and thought to myself "no it wasn't, it had
it's own personality")

>>>Since you mentioned the ProOne... that is an instrument that truly
> deserves a clone. I've always thought a lot of the MiniMoog vibe was that
> it 
> was a BEAUTIFUL looking machine, if outperformed by just about
> all others. I'd go for an Odyessy myself, and I'd take the ProOne over
> both! But the ProOne suffers from "too cheap" construction. The slide
> switches suck, the pots are not much better, and the octave switches
> (clever electrical design) have truly shitty feel. But the modulation
> section will whup at ss on a Mini or Odyessy.<<<
> 
have to agree- the sci pro-1 was sort of supposed to be a mono p5 but, it
would appear, the company were in such dire straits even then that they were
forced to skimp on the hardware. I'd like to give mine a facelift and fit a
new keyboard without those shitty j-wires, and some half-decent switchgear
in the mod section. however, I've always liked the octave switches because
they do weird things when jammed half way..... there's a couple of other
things I'd change too- keyboard follow for the eg's maybe (like the cheetah
ms6, which I'm constantly telling people is really six pro-1's in a box,
crying out for a decent editor/interface).
I remembered another mod I did- the "freq" controls on a stock one go up
about an octave I think; on mine, they go up about an octave and a third. I
can't remember why, but this is very useful.......


>>>I like the "card" trick.  I really liked seeing Pink Floyd in concert... 
> Rich Wright had a roll of masking tape next to the keyboard, and he taped 
> doun the keys, then faded in with the
> footpedal (this in "echoes"...)<<<
> 
I have a vhs tape of bruford's short-lived solo project from 1978; dave
stewart (not the bearded one) held down several keys on his hammond with
fishing weights. he wins the prize.
nick mason's daughter works here, drives a fiat sports car with number plate
P1NKF.

d.


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