Polar Path - featuring the Ensoniq SQ-80 Crosswave Synthesizer

[lvrsnvy]

nice track

[waveformblue]

iPHONE USERS - Please select "HQ" mode when viewing this video. Otherwise, the audio will be monaural. "Polar Path" was recorded in stereo and sounds best when played back that way.

I don't know if other mobile devices also work like this.

[willrobinsonensoniq]

@waveformblue Back from outer space?

[waveformblue]

@willrobinsonensoniq - Work and home are keeping me busy (at work right now). At least I've not been underground for a while.

I found some time to search for the latest SQ-80 videos. There are a few new ones since I checked last...cool.

I must find time to finish "Rahasia", "Byte Me", and "Last Neuron". None are more than half done...not cool.

[willrobinsonensoniq]

@waveformblue Many ESQ videos as well...

[willrobinsonensoniq]

I remember how you dislike 5X9 reports. Where is the fun in great strong signals. That is where FM is at, yet I still remember you tuning in white noise swearing up and down there was something audible in there. All I ever heard was a migraine scraping up to my eyeballs. LOL.

[waveformblue]

@willrobinsonensoniq - That's because you have to be a Cylon to hear anything in the noise...

Anyhoo...there is something toward the end of Polar Path I hope you can recognize. I don’t remember if was intentional, yet the piano work in the last few bars sounds like the spooky calliope near the end of “The Chauffeur”. Do you hear a Duran² influence ?

Otherwise...it's in the frakkin' ship !

[willrobinsonensoniq]

@waveformblue yeah, I hear similarities. Still original though. } o  <-- Cylon

[waveformblue]

Thanks Bill ! It must be the longwire antenna. I'm glad you know where this song is coming from. I've since added a video description so everyone else will get it.

There are a few spots in Polar Path where the SQ-80 filters don't reset quickly enough between notes. You'll hear it as a snap or quick chirp that sounds like a poorly-encoded mp3. It's more noticeable near the end when things get busy. I'm not sure how you can fit that into your signal report.

[willrobinsonensoniq]

From the earlier days... coming in 5X5. ; )