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Subject: Re: [motm] Re: Del Dettmar's double headed synth wood-axe

From: "baron swodeck" <reductionengine@...>
Date: 2000-12-07

So does that mean that if I had a pitch/CV converter I could play my guitar the same way? If so where can I get one?

>From: improv@...
>Reply-To: motm@egroups.com
>To: motm@egroups.com
>Subject: Re: [motm] Re: Del Dettmar's double headed synth wood-axe
>Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 15:09:52 -0800
>
> >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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