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Re: Bill's Babble & Ken's ranting I agree!

1999-10-25 by J. Larry Hendry

I knew it.  I knew it.  There are more "oldish" guys out there than it
first appears.  Wollensak?  Heck, my mom had one of those when I was in
grade school (and I am no spring chicken).  My faith is restored that old
synth players never die, their envelopes just decay. Good to hear from you
Bill.  :)
Larry ( off to listen to some Alan Parsons Project - it's Bill's fault)
Hendry

> From: william Hanson <williamneumann@...>
> Yeah what about even before that like 
> when Subotnick had a wollensak tape
> recorder, a couple of hp sine generators
> a half built buchla- and a tape splice block!
> Go Morty baby GO! 
> Personally I still use a bruel&Kjear fixed
> filter bank 1/3 oct totally passive coil
> cap networks and I love it ! - along with Pauls 
> 420s' of course which really do squeal! happy
> knob tweaking Ken !
> END OF Psyco-synth babble (for now) he-he 
> back to lurk mode..........................zz
> Bill Hanson
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> From: "Tkacs, Ken" <Ken.Tkacs@...>
> 
> Yeah! Back in the days when synthesizers were the size
> of houses! When you didn't even have a keyboard! When
> creating electronic music was called a "realization," and
> when just putting anything through heavy spring reverb
> was cool! When men were men, and negative-going
> sawtooths were ramps! The heady days of the Golden Age.

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