>Hello Barry,
>
>I think Al's answer covers most of the details on Del's axe. I got to
>check it out (and play it a bit!) at soundcheck in San Jose on the first
>('94) SR tour. Just a pickup -> Pitch/CV converter -> EMS Synthi. Del
>said that he'd owned that Synthi since '73 or '74, when they toured Europe
>and his original VCS3 was blown out by the different power supply there.
>I've greatly enjoyed using the pitch/CV converter on my MS-20, both for
>melodic/pitched and "weird" stuff. Definitely a good way of adding human
>unpredictability to synth work.
Cool! So whe are we going to see a MOTM Pitch->CV? Is it possible to get a
Pitch->CV out of existing modules (I've converted bass to an ugly square
wave via the octave divider, but it's not exactly the same thing.
>
>And, in the interest of on-topicality, I'll point out that I played MOTM
>(as well as Prophet 600, MS-20 and Triwave Picogenerator) in the Hawkwind
>cover band (Ad Hawk)
Great band name!
Yes,
>Hawkwind are (one of, if not THE) main reason(s) I love analog synths ...
>
Yeah, I spent my fair share of early college smoking pot and listening to
Hawkwind and Gong. Ahh, the daze.///
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