Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

>I turned 53 this month and remember giving concerts of
>improvised sequencer grooves on analog modular synths
>back in 1972 when I worked for Arp Instruments in
>Boston. It's been an interesting ride since then, and
>it's a grand time now for us electro-beat heads.
>
>Roger Powel (Forneau)
>
>

I have a 7" Arp demo disk of yours.  Maybe you could autograph it or something.

My first synth thing was also 1972 -- a high school buddy read the specs of
synth modules and whipped up versions himself, hooking the whole mess up to
a Lowry home organ* keyboard with paperclips as contacts.  Hitting two keys
resulted in a note which was the addition of the frequencies of the two
notes you hit.  I still have a reel of tape with a bit I recorded from that
setup.


But back to you ...

... I saw the "Ra" show, before it went bankrupt.  For years afterward, we
joked about what a bad idea it was to take a drum kit underwater.  Loved
the music, tho.




* Imagine a keyboard accordion set on its side and given air via a vacuum
cleaner motor.
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