[sdiy] rick wakeman sound

[Jaroslaw Ziembicki]

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From: <synth at oldmail.charlielamm.com>
To: "Mustafa Umut Sarac" <mtumutsarac at yahoo.com>
Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] rick wakeman sound


> He used a lot of minimoogs.

I heard that he had got NINE minimoogs before, and all of them have
been stolen... I think now he's got only two: an old "D" model and
a "Voyager".

> If you get any of this going, and try to get his playing style down
> (during solos, he used a lot of pentatonic scales with lots of trills, no
> pitch bend, some glide, etc) you should be somewhat close.

That "some glide" seems to be very important! I have a Mini and I tried
to get the sound of Rick's Minimoog many times... And finally I got the
sound after setting up a short portamento.
What's also important, in some pieces (eg. "And You And I") Rick seems
to tune the third VCO of the Mini two octaves higher (2') than the others
(8').

Regards
Jarek