Miguel Kertsman Demonstrates the legendary Yamaha EX-42 Electone (Part I)

View Part II at:
http://musicalchemyexperience.com/videos/

This simple video series (done with a single hand-held camera and no external microphone -- thus the occasional distorted sound) is intended to demonstrate some examples of keyboard playing across different genres, or about showcasing specific rare / vintage instruments part of Miguel Kertsman's set-up. The videos are meant to be fun, informative, introductory overviews, and are not tutorials on keyboard playing or synthesis, as proper tutorials would require much more time and depth on the topics. We will be producing actual tutorials later on on subjects such as keyboard playing, and sound synthesis techniques. Cheers!

Credits:

Camera, Directing: Brian Read

Copyright 2010 by Miguel Kertsman, Amaazonica Music, ASCAP. Aurua Sounds, Ltd.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Miguel Kertsman
• Yamaha EX-42
• Yamaha Electone
• Keyboards
• Organ
• Keyboard Tutorial
• Synthesis Instruction
• Electronic Music
• Vintage Keyboards
• Vangelis
• Klaus Schulz
• Keith Emerson
• Jean-Michel Jarre
• Analog Keyboards
• Music Alchemy

[phlattgetit]

Miguel, I am fascinated with the touch modulation feature. As far as I know that feature is not available in any current keyboard (or even other keyboards of that era? Possibly the GX-1?) Do you know if it is and if not why hasn't it carried over it would offer so much more expressive opportunity for playing.

[MiguelKertsman]

@phlattgetit Yamaha's keyboard touch sensitivity was present on most upper tier Electones (EX-42, EX-1, EX-2, E-5AR, E-70, etc.) It is indeed an amazing feature. The CS-80 synth also had pressure sensitivity -- so, velocity, touch, and pressure expressivity on the keyboard... truly fantastic. The system can require some maintenance, and recent keys favor modulation wheels, etc. Those could be reasons for touch mod not being around, but I'd be conjecturing... Thanks for the question, Cheers!

[FlametopFred]

The development from the EX-42 and of course GX-1 are pretty significant. That was a period of ... uncertainty but also euphoria in engineering. The dawn of the computer micro-chip - and how that could be applied to music. Digital control of analogue circuits ... and so on. Impressive history right there.

[MiguelKertsman]

@FlametopFred Indeed... musical instrument design nirvana!

[Alexanification]

Excellent video. Creepy Leslies!

[MiguelKertsman]

@FlametopFred Fantastic... thanks! Cheers

[FlametopFred]

@MiguelKertsman - - count me in for your tour. Either tour support or front-row audience.

[MiguelKertsman]

@FlametopFred Thanks. Yes, those are fantastic instruments indeed... a golden age of electronic musica instrument design. We are trying to make it somehow possible to put the entire lot on the road...

[MiguelKertsman]

@UTubeIsTrackingYou Indeed! The GX was a great (and most cumbersome) synth prototype and a pre-CS-80 research project for Yamaha... We will be posting a three part demo on the EX-1 very soon. Cheers

[FlametopFred]

What? Beatles and EX-21 ... which film ? Let it Be ? Probably something that EMI Studios (Abbey Road) had ?