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If anyone is still using any of these things on-stage or in productions, drop a line and let us know…. The next product was the Spectre guitar synthesizer.
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Retrieved from " http: Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. The mighty ARP Avatar. If anyone is still using any of these things on-stage or in productions, drop a line and let us know… The Slave Driver, also from Systems The Ampeg Patch This basically combined the Slavedriver and the guts of a SEM into a single box.
Below, a period advert… …and click here to view the same-period ARP full-line catalog available for download at PS dot com. The company branched out into effects and small MIDI sound modules in the mids, before exiting the music industry around A manufacturer of synth equipment in the late s and early '80s. What is required for a guitar synth? slavesriver
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Ssystems Radio Interview Friday 5. A great number of small manufacturers sprung up to offer these devices, and a few of the big names got involved as well. Well, at minimum, independent pitch-to-CV and envelope-to-gate tracking and conversion for each of the six strings, and then some sort of synthesis engine x6 to create the actual sound that you hear. These products were not particularly successful.
The slavecriver founder, Californian Bob Easton, was an acquaintance of Tom Oberheim slavedgiver the two collaborated on some pitch converter designs circa Only a few examples of this were built. But putting it all together in a package that a guitar player might want to buy: The Slave Driver, also from Systems.
There was also a large six- voice polyphonic system, with a pitch converter, envelope follower, and SEM for each string.
Click here for previous Polyfusion coverage at PS dot com. Today as PS dot com: Sign In Don't have an account? The state of the art in frequency and pitch tracking in was not really up to the task, as some other manufacturers, notably ARPfound out. In addition, there is something inherently retrograde with performing on the electric guitar regardless; it is very much a signifier of the s and s; so why muddy the waters of yr joyous celebration of xystems past with so much technology?
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Learn how your comment data is processed. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The Polyfusion FFI frequency follower. Guitar synths never really caught on, probably due to the cost initially, but even as prices came down it really seems like the vast majority of players were just happier with a bunch of effects pedals. slavedrivver
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Equipped with a hex pickup, the Spectre contained a priority circuit that chose a string to track, fed it into the pitch converter and an envelope followerand used this to control the bullt-in SEM. Your email address will not be published. Below, a period advert….
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