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Re: Metamatic synths #32187 01/26/08 01:18 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Where the Garden meets the Sea C Chris C OP Member
OP Chris C Member C Joined: Dec 2006 Where the Garden meets the Sea	Quote: A synth I would like to own is the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev 2 but it's bloody expensive, even today! It's pretty good on strings and its sequencers are landmark. The sequencer for the Prophet 5 came as an accessory. :rolleyes: The Sequential Circuits Pro-One was the one that had both sequencer and arpeggiator but not the Prophet 5. However, the Pro-One was a monosynth mainly used as a bass and lead synth. Chris C

Re: Metamatic synths #32188 01/26/08 05:12 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Where the Garden meets the Sea C Chris C OP Member
OP Chris C Member C Joined: Dec 2006 Where the Garden meets the Sea	Just going through The Service I and II fanzine magazines I noticed a few answers from John to some questions from some fans: "Here's a list of the synths used on The Garden album: ARP (the ARP Odyssey - could have been a MKII) Lynn Drums (the LinnDrum) Roland Jupiter 8 Movement Systems Drum Computer (the Movement Drum System 1) Elka Strings (the Elka Rhapsody 610) Roland Strings/Vocoder (Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus) Roland Guitar Synthesizer (could have been a Roland GR-500) Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 ARP Sequencer" As one can see the list also includes drum machines etc "What kind of synthesizers does John use? Here is the latest list: Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Sequential Circuits Prophet T8 MOOG Minimoog Model D MOOG Polymoog Keyboard ARP Odyssey (could have been a MKII) Roland Juno 60 Roland Jupiter 8 Fairlight CMI Series II Linn Drum 2 (the LinnDrum) PPG Wave 2.2 Simmons Electronic Drums (SDS-V or SDS-5) Oberheim OBX Roland Micro Composer MC4 Roland Micro Composer MC8 Roland Guitar Synth (could have been a Roland GR-500) Korg Guitar Synth (could have been a Korg X-911) E-mu Emulator 1 Yamaha CS 80" Quite an impressive collection of synths! I wonder if John still has these. :rolleyes: Chris

Re: Metamatic synths #32189 01/26/08 11:43 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Where the Garden meets the Sea C Chris C OP Member
OP Chris C Member C Joined: Dec 2006 Where the Garden meets the Sea	Quote: Originally posted by Chris C: The [b]Sequential Circuits Pro-One was the one that had both sequencer and arpeggiator but not the Prophet 5. However, the Pro-One was a monosynth mainly used as a bass and lead synth. Chris C [/b] Oh yes! Temptation was far too great :rolleyes: My birthday is in March so I've purchased a Pro-One, hope it arrives safely from the States. I'm going to have to go again through all the hassles of a customs duty email + fee. The Jupiter-4 was far more expensive and I s***t my pants when I had to pay customs duty!! It'll be my second bass synth with the luxury of one of best sequencers ever created. Don't worry I won't go disco! Crikey! I'm turning into Vince Clarke.... Chris

Re: Metamatic synths #32190 01/27/08 09:49 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Where the Garden meets the Sea C Chris C OP Member
OP Chris C Member C Joined: Dec 2006 Where the Garden meets the Sea	Quote: Originally posted by myself: My birthday is in March A perfect gift for my 40th Life surely begins then! Chris

Re: Metamatic synths #32191 06/21/08 06:51 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Where the Garden meets the Sea C Chris C OP Member
OP Chris C Member C Joined: Dec 2006 Where the Garden meets the Sea	It's good to see John (Wesley) Barker at the Forum. Hi John I've always been intrigued by the choice of synths used by John on Metamatic. People like talking about the synthesis, the bass lines and the electronic percussion making the album. However, John did have a predilection for string machines, which gave a filmic finish to his synthesis. John, on Metamatic what were John's choices in polyphonics and moreover strings? I have a shortlist here: Elka Rhapsody 610 (plus Roland Space Echo 501)? Polymoog Keyboard (the one with Vox Humana preset possibly used on Underpass and No-one driving) Polymoog Synthesizer (the one without the Vox Humana preset and less presets than the Keyboard version) Yamaha CS-80 Farfisa Syntorchestra Farfisa Soundmaker Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Finally, which machine gifted us with those gorgeous strings on the outro of Touch and Go, and Metamatic, of course ? You know.... Chris

Re: Metamatic synths #32192 06/25/08 01:17 PM
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NerveJam Member Joined: Jan 2007 Dislocated	Quote: Originally posted by Chris C: Quote: Originally posted by Harmonia Mundi: [b] Hardware synths I've owned or played since the CS-5 include: Roland SH-09 Roland SH-101 Roland Juno 6 Roland Juno 60 Roland Juno 106 Roland D20 Workstation Moog Prodigy Wasp Yamaha SY55 Kawai K4 I think that's all! Կ� That's a rather nice history you have there. I couldn't part away from my synths. These have been bought recently, second hand of course, to fulfill one of my lifetime ambitions - to have fun with synths My synths and gadgets are: Roland Jupiter-4 Roland Juno-60 Roland SH-09 miniKorg 700S Korg M500 Micro-Preset SP Casio VL-Tone VL-1 Dubreq Stylophone The compact green Hohner Soprano Melodica A synth I would like to own is the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev 2 but it's bloody expensive, even today! It's pretty good on strings and its sequencers are landmark. It'll be great to find out what John's collection of synths are and were. BTW What's the WASP like? Did you know that it was Nick Rhodes first keyboard. Any landmark sounds out of it? Chris C [/b] Synths: Yamaha CS-5 (still got it) Korg microKorg (several, still have one) Korg MiniKorg 700 (not S, still got it) Korg M500 (several, still got one) Roland Juno 6 Siel Opera Korg Poly 800 (several) Korg EA-1 (Still have it) Korg ER-1 (Still have it) Korg microKontrol (Still have it) Casio CZ-5000 Hohner Stringer Boss DR-55 (Lost Count - still have a few) Alesis D4 (still Have it) Alesis HR16 (Several) Alesis SR16 (Several) Roland TR-505 Yamaha RX Series (Several) JHS SD-1 (Still Have it) Soundmaster SR-88 (several) Casio VL-1 (many!, still have a few) Stylophone (Many, still have a few) Hohner Bass 3 I'm sure I've missed a few.. I'd like an Odyssey, please..

Re: Metamatic synths #32193 03/06/10 12:10 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Where the Garden meets the Sea C Chris C OP Member
OP Chris C Member C Joined: Dec 2006 Where the Garden meets the Sea	John's gear during the Metamatic sessions: ARP Odyssey ARP Sequencer Roland CR-78 Elka Rhapsody 610 + MXR Flanger All is revealed here : http://jonathan.miller4.users.btopenworld.com/Featurespages/GarethJonesKEYBOARDS/featuretext.html Mind you other instruments were used ie a Hohner Clavinet on Metal Beat and a Hammnod B 3 on Tidal Wave . Although I don't own an Elka Rhapsody 610 I own a Yamaha SS-30 so I'll be testing that through an MXR Flanger which I own too. I just need to get a UK/EU plug as the flanger is US :rolleyes: Interesting to note that I recently tried to purchase an ARP Odyssey Mk 3 and the matching sequencer but the financing never happened. These days banks are reluctant to give out loans for music equipment. I should have mentioned it was for buying a football player! Chris

Re: Metamatic synths #32194 03/09/10 04:32 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Dislocated NerveJam Member
NerveJam Member Joined: Jan 2007 Dislocated	Quote: Originally posted by Chris C: Quote: Originally posted by Harmonia Mundi: [b] Hardware synths I've owned or played since the CS-5 include: Roland SH-09 Roland SH-101 Roland Juno 6 Roland Juno 60 Roland Juno 106 Roland D20 Workstation Moog Prodigy Wasp Yamaha SY55 Kawai K4 I think that's all! Կ� That's a rather nice history you have there. I couldn't part away from my synths. These have been bought recently, second hand of course, to fulfill one of my lifetime ambitions - to have fun with synths My synths and gadgets are: Roland Jupiter-4 Roland Juno-60 Roland SH-09 miniKorg 700S Korg M500 Micro-Preset SP Casio VL-Tone VL-1 Dubreq Stylophone The compact green Hohner Soprano Melodica A synth I would like to own is the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev 2 but it's bloody expensive, even today! It's pretty good on strings and its sequencers are landmark. It'll be great to find out what John's collection of synths are and were. BTW What's the WASP like? Did you know that it was Nick Rhodes first keyboard. Any landmark sounds out of it? Chris C [/b] Synths: Yamaha CS-5 (still got it) Korg microKorg (several, still have one) Korg MiniKorg 700 (not S, still got it) Korg M500 (several, still got one) Roland Juno 6 Siel Opera Korg Poly 800 (several) Korg EA-1 (Still have it) Korg ER-1 (Still have it) Korg microKontrol (Still have it) Casio CZ-5000 Hohner Stringer Boss DR-55 (Lost Count - still have a few) Alesis D4 (still Have it) Alesis HR16 (Several) Alesis SR16 (Several) Roland TR-505 Yamaha RX Series (Several) JHS SD-1 (Still Have it) Soundmaster SR-88 (several) Casio VL-1 (many!, still have a few) Stylophone (Many, still have a few) Hohner Bass 3 I'm sure I've missed a few.. I'd like an Odyssey, please..

Re: Metamatic synths #32195 03/09/10 09:56 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Where the Garden meets the Sea C Chris C OP Member
OP Chris C Member C Joined: Dec 2006 Where the Garden meets the Sea	Double post! I haven't given up on an Odyssey. I'm going for it again at the end of the month. Chris

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