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I have been listening to THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS by Jan Hammer which is
due out as a remastered CD shortly...just wanted to state that I think
this is a fantastic piece of work and the Mark V Jan uses sounds
amazing.He also used a Freeman String Symphoniser...what a rarity.I
had read long ago that he ran the tron and the Freeman thru a Moog
String Filter to get a more wooden acoustic quality.Jan's use of
female voices is really nice as well.They don't sound like the stock
female tape.
Made me wonder just who had Mark Vs...there weren't that many
made.There was Jan,T.Dream,Moraz,McCartney,Pinder,Klaus Schulze I
believe had one,Neil Diamond's band,who else?Anyone?
Anyone in this group have or ever owned a Freeman?It had a nice
smooth tone compared to all the other string synths...wondered about
reliability stories or comments. Charles