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TrevorMilburn

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Re: So many knobs
« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2013, 04:02:38 AM »

Kratftwerk's studio has a DEC PDP-8E, with an RK05 disk, and a DEC Tape.  I was servicing these from the mid 70's though the mid-90's. 

I'm  guessing that the exposed wiring side of the backplane underneath the PDP contained D-to-A converters and 'other' I/O.  I wonder how they utilized it?

-Dennis
There are quite a few web pages about EMS and their use of PDP computers - here are a couple:

http://www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/emsstory.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_9oSQaYbNQ
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Re: So many knobs
« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2013, 04:05:54 AM »

The BBC Maida Vale photo I think is actually the Radiophoic Workshop it's closed now but there was a lot of pioneering sound generation and synth work done there,it's also where several Yamaha DMP7s lived right till the bitter end not many knobs on them :) G
Apparently there is a new Radiophonic Workshop opening. There was an announcement in September 2012 here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19568120, but I read an article just a few days aga about its location/name etc. I shall try and find it and post a link.

Regards,
Trevor (who used to dream of having a Synthi 100 in his bedroom as a teenager!)

Addendum: here is a list of BBC article about the Radiophonic Workshop at the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/news/radiophonic_workshop
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Re: So many knobs
« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2013, 06:32:55 PM »


Trevor (who used to dream of having a Synthi 100 in his bedroom as a teenager!)


Our school had a Synthi A in its suitcase plus the music teacher had the core of a MOOG modular system and an ARP along with a miniMOOG and that's where all this sound stuff started for me.G
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