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Subject: Re: [motm] Monkee stuff & EM history

From: Nathan Hunsicker <nate@...>
Date: 2000-04-28

I was just looking through this album, the"simeon" setup was a bizarre
setup of what looks like Heathkit & Lafayette(???) oscilators, 2 maestro
tone controls, an echoplex, an AM/FM tuner, telegraph switches and a wah
pedal. I have a horrible block diagram of the "simeon" setup, I think the
switches just passed the oscillator output through to the amplifiers (no
envelope) -Nate


>>3) I thought (probably just
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>>assumed) that Silver Apples used a Buchla -- is this not true?
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>Morton Subotnick's piece, 'Silver Apples of the Moon' was recorded using a
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>Buchla. The Silver Apples (who named themselves after that piece) were an
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>electronics/drums duo from New Jersey who recorded two LP's in the late
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>60s. Electronics guru Simeon used a homemade device called "Simeon" which
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>apparently included an amazing user interface with foot/elbow/etc.
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>controllers. Albums: 'Silver Apples', 'Contact'.