Live in the studio 1989

Browsing through my archive of old material, I stumbled upon this interesting video. It was filmed somewhere in 1989 and 1990 by Robbert Schuller. Here you see me improvising with the Sequential Pro-One, Elka Synthex and Korg DSS-1. I have tried to correct the color and lightning digitally, as the Hi8 camera had some problems with low lightning apparently. No further editing has been made to the video. Other instruments that were present, but not used during the take are: Yamaha CS20M, Korg DDD1, Roland TR808, Korg Mono/Poly, Riha Adagio organ :-)

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• Korg
• DSS1
• Robbert
• Schuller
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[josh4rock]

how is the korg dss1 for todays use?

[studio35d]

@josh4rock It depends on how you would like to use it. For versatile waveshaping, short loops, gritty sounds treated with an awesome analog filter, this beast can do magic. But the limited sample RAM of just 256kB and having to save everything on dd 720kB floppy disks, which are getting harder to get a hold on these days, this is probably not for you. If you find one, check if the floppy drive works, or else get the FD drive replaced with an HxC floppy drive emulater, which works on SD cards.

[neonelectro]

That is some seriously expensive gear back then. Fantastic video. It's true what people here have been saying. You can keep your virtual stuff, this is the real deal. Electronic music is about improvisation, not so easy to improvise with a mouse....

[studio35d]

@neonelectro Thanks. Actually, in those days, analogue synths were considered 'outdated' and most musicians switched to digital workstations, such as the Korg M1. An Elka Synthex was available in stores with 90% discount of the original price. So although you are right about the amount of expensive gear I had is quite impressive, back in the early nineties it wasn't such a big deal as it is today.

[dawoof]

That Shirt Rocking the shit out of my eyes.

[SynthWho]

That was great! Sounds very fresh still.

And your right, its 100x the fun when you actually have your synths in front of you, rather that a single computer and a mouse. Much more freedom.

[neilsurteez]

you had every synth that every one wants in 1 room....great vid

[keef69]

@studio35d thanks ! no problem ^^ . yes i fell in love with this machine thanks to you !! i really need one but they're expensive now ... or at least, finding the same kind of sequencer/arpegiator to control my emu II simply, or an analog module i may build which may sound a bit like the pro one .. yes, controling the sequence with your left hand in real time, with this kind of sci fi 80' sequence , i love it ! . i thought about recreating a pro one with a specialized guy, together. we'll see

[studio35d]

@keef69 Sorry for not replying you earlier. I was in China for three weeks and it seems impossible to access YT from there. For the Pro-One sound in this video, I've programmed it's internal sequencer (just four notes, probably C3-C3-G3-G2) plus a carefully set up delay with the Roland DEP5. The sequencer was manually transposed with the Pro-One's keyboard with my left hand. I don't know if there are software version that can do the same trick, as I haven't tried it with VSTs.

[keef69]

@studio35d i'm sure it's so much better this way, and i would like to experiment it just the way you did ! if only i knew what arpegiator you used, manualy, it would be so much fun ! please let me know how to achieve this ! ^^

[keef69]

please ! what arpegiator is used with the pro one ? i'd love something that simple, that i never see with those i try in vst ... 

[keef69]

I love this ! makes me remember these years !

Please, what is this trick often seen, with this arpegiator ( here seen with the pro one ) , and tweak the sound based on this, à la Tangerine Dream .... i'd love to have it automatical like in this video ! and change the notes with he keys ! can you tell me please ? ^^

Also, do you program this arpegio before ?

i'd like to do it with my emu II ( from a cubase midi plugin i guess ? ) or with my D50, TG77 .. or with a jupiter 8 soft version.

[girotube]

Go to 2:08 -->> EPIC...Just took me back in time...

That arpeggio was awesome.. The sounds are almost alive.. So organic man.. Analog Rules..

[rg2027x]

I SEE A PRO ONE!

[hennck]

Jan Hammer buff, are ye? :-)

Aren't we all..?

[josh4rock]

I bought one today. my other options were an m1 & wavestaion ex. right choice?