[sdiy] Way OT - Today's listening choice

[JH.]

I'd say that solo is straight minimoog, with one of Rick's hands on the
keyboard
and the other one at the knobs.
A very tasteful solo indeed.

JH.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen" <mclilith at charter.net>
To: "john mahoney" <jmahoney at gate.net>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Way OT - Today's listening choice


> At 07:16 AM 8/21/04 , john mahoney wrote:
>
> >I love that album! One of my all-time favorite synth solos starts right
at
> >the 10:00 mark in Dogs. The modulation is really expressive, the way the
> >vibrato depth and *speed* are controlled. There's also some kind of... I
> >dunno, is it filter modulation? Can someone name that synth? (And who
played
> >it? Waters or Wright?)
>
> It was most likely played by Richard Wright. He used an ARP string synth
on
> that song, but not for lead of course. According to this web page:
>
> http://www.angelfire.com/home/FloydWaters/richardwright/equip.html
>
> The lead part seems likely to have been played on an EMS VCS3, EMS Synthi
> A, or perhaps even a Minimoog. If I were asked to guess, I would probably
> say it was one of the EMS synths, perhaps the VCS3? This is just a hunch
on
> my part, especially since I've never even seen an EMS synth in person.
> (They were never common in my part of the world.)
>
> As for the particular synth sounds you are referring to, it is the lead
> synth part that comes just after the vocoded dog barking solo, correct?
(My
> copy of the album isn't on CD, so I don't have a counter to refer to.)
>
>
> take care,
> Glen