MOTM

Okay, somebody's gotta dig up a copy of this video! :)  Inquiring minds
want to know!

I haven't seen it in well over a decade, but my memory is only of a few
fast, shaky shots of Geoff Downes in front of a Roland System 700.

I'm well aware of who Hans Zimmer is, but until this thread, I'd never
heard that he was in this video. So this is puzzling. Where can we get a
copy?

KT

i'm limewiring for it now. if i get one i'll put it up for everyone to see.

>Okay, somebody's gotta dig up a copy of this video! :)  Inquiring minds
>want to know!
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>I haven't seen it in well over a decade, but my memory is only of a few
>fast, shaky shots of Geoff Downes in front of a Roland System 700.
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>I'm well aware of who Hans Zimmer is, but until this thread, I'd never
>heard that he was in this video. So this is puzzling. Where can we get a
>copy?
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>KT
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success -

http://www.redfish.net/buggles/video.mpg

yes the main keys player is mr downes, but that looks like mr zimmer 
in the background in the last scene. and i think it's him playing the 
e-drum as well.


>i'm limewiring for it now. if i get one i'll put it up for everyone to see.

You da man! Stills for people who don't want to download the entire 
33MB video:

http://www.jefflaity.com/misc_pix/video_killed_radio.jpg
http://www.jefflaity.com/misc_pix/video_killed_radio2.jpg

He's only in it for about 20 seconds. I didn't grab the still of him 
playing the rototom.

Ah, the heck with him. This is the guy who "sold his GX-1 after getting 
Arturia CS-80V," according to their ads. Not MOTM material. :)

On Feb 8, 2005, at 12:28 PM, Jason Proctor wrote:

> success -
>
> http://www.redfish.net/buggles/video.mpg
>
>  yes the main keys player is mr downes, but that looks like mr zimmer
>  in the background in the last scene. and i think it's him playing the
>  e-drum as well.
>
>

...but who made the module with the rototom visual? that would be cool to trigger.



--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Laity <synthetic@e...> wrote:

> You da man! Stills for people who don't want to download the entire 
> 33MB video:
> 
> http://www.jefflaity.com/misc_pix/video_killed_radio.jpg
> http://www.jefflaity.com/misc_pix/video_killed_radio2.jpg
> 
> He's only in it for about 20 seconds. I didn't grab the still of him 
> playing the rototom.
> 
> Ah, the heck with him. This is the guy who "sold his GX-1 after getting 
> Arturia CS-80V," according to their ads. Not MOTM material. :)
> 
> 
> On Feb 8, 2005, at 12:28 PM, Jason Proctor wrote:
> 
> > success -
> >
> > http://www.redfish.net/buggles/video.mpg
> >
> >  yes the main keys player is mr downes, but that looks like mr zimmer
> >  in the background in the last scene. and i think it's him playing the
> >  e-drum as well.
> >
> >

I have tinkered with that same GX-1.  It is a stage machine, pretty much
intended to be played in a live-performance environment.  Perhaps this is
why it didn't work very well for Hans Zimmer, who, while I am sure an
excellent player, needed something more in line with his composing desk.  
There are pictures of it on synthfool when it was parked in front of his
Moog wall.  Even now it needs some work as the pedalboard and bench are
missing, there is a rather-hacked-in (presumably) MIDI interface that
required chopping a rectangular hole through the 'Electone' logo that
wasn't operating when I examined it, and some of the pedal voice circuitry
is missing, notably the tone module motherboard and tone modules.  I
suspect the pedal voice cards are also missing, and Emerson's *other* GX-1
(now in Italy) was supposed to be the parts machine...except it has a
pedalboard and pedal voice ciruitry.

  It was when I obtained a copy of the service manual that I decided to 
dig into the voice board modules, with a goal of making new "drop-in" GX-1 
voice boards.  This MOTM GX-1 stuff is just a side-benefit.  I want to 
make the GX1 filter EG as it is really necessary for "real" Yamaha 
brass/string sounds.  I've just recently figured out the circuit for it.

  Anyway, CS-80 and GX-1 aren't for folks who want to drive MIDI at it; 
they're for expressive control first, and sound second.

  I really need to write my book called "Why They Once Built Synthesizers 
the Way They Did, and Why They'll Never Build Them That Way Again." ;)

Crow
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On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Jeff Laity wrote:

> Ah, the heck with him. This is the guy who "sold his GX-1 after getting 
> Arturia CS-80V," according to their ads. Not MOTM material. :)

Mr. Zimmer looks quite excited about playing his "polyphonic" Arp 2600 keyboard with both hands.

Funny stuff.  Wonder how this went down.  "Hans, we're going into the film studio to mess around and make something called a 'music video'.  Want to come in with that cool looking gear of yours and act like you're playing?"

This does prove one thing; many years, later, modular synthesizers still look cool.

Ivan