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Subject: Re: Electrocomp 101 Track

From: alex@...
Date: 2001-12-01

Hey new member here. Just wondering how many 101s they
had at Ohio State? I own one of them; unfortunately it ceased to
work about a year ago. It worked fine for the two years before
that. I bought it from a guy who had gotten at the Ohio State
auction, couldn't figure out how to use it, and left it under his bed.

It worked great for a year and a half, then started working about
half the time. I never knew whether it would play or just emit a
low sign wave. Which is all it does now, just a low pitched hum.

Does anyone happen to know what would cause this? And if so,
what might fix it? Is it something an electronic hobbyist should
fix, or should I be looking for an expert?

Thanks for your help, and knowledge about the EMLs at Ohio
State.

Alex

> Just for kicks, I thought I'd point you folks to a "vintage" track I
did using
> an Electrocomp 101. See the bottom of this page:
>
http://thompsonresidence.com/mostly-midi/tapes/index.php?not
es=yes
>
> The text there reads as follows:
> EC101 was originally recorded at the electronic music studio
at the Ohio State
> University in the spring of 1975. It was done on an Electrocomp
101 synthesizer
> and a two channel, open reel tape deck. I recorded one
channel, rewound the
> tape, and recorded the other channel without listening to the
previous material.
> To prepare the piece for Tape95, I played the original tracks
through a BBE and
> applied EQ at the mixer. The left tape track was fed to a delay
unit which
> returned to the mixer, EQed and panned right. The right tape
track was fed to
> another delay unit which returned to the mixer, EQed and
panned left. All four
> signals were sent to an old Alesis Microverb II and each delay
unit's output was
> cross connected to the other delay's input for a little
regeneration.
>
> Hope you enjoy it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill billfox@f...
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