The Synclavier Regen.
An engineering MARVEL.
I've owned mine for several months, and have come to ADORE it. HOWEVER... It ain't the easiest or most intuitive synth to get your head around.
So, I've created a Practical Manual for Sound Designers & Performers that you can find here: https://gregwilder.com/work/synclavier-regen-practical-manual
So... is anyone interested in seeing video tutorials?
#synclavier #regen #synth #manual #vintageDigital #electronic #laboroflove
Frank Zappa - 'Dance Me This' (2015)
#FrankZappa composed, recorded and produced this #Synclavier album in 1993. Featuring Tuvian throat singing samples and the last #Zappa guitar performance. Wonderful stuff. 'Wolf Harbor'! A posthumous masterwork.
Frank Zappa - 'Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison' (2011)
Realized around 1986 by #FrankZappa on the #Synclavier, this is abstract, electronic, melodic, at times disturbing and at other times lovely #Zappa music. Excellent and intriguing stuff.
Frank Zappa - 'Congress Shall Make No Law...' (2010)
Full recording of #FrankZappa's testimony before the US Senate Committee against censorship on September 19, 1985. Basicly, this is a spoken word album, with a lot of belching edited into it and a few snippets of #Zappa playing the #Synclavier. Interesting, though not essential.
LE TESTAMENT DE FRANK ZAPPA
https://blogs.mediapart.fr/jean-jacques-birge/blog/191225/le-testament-de-frank-zappa
#frankzappa #cd #ensemblemodern #synclavier #jeanjacquesbirge
@fistfulofdave @hippiegunnut @WiteWulf
The interesting question, from that video, is how on Earth the Script tool on the #Synclavier 2 managed to get a #VT100 to display musical notes on a set of staves. Actual VT100s didn't have Sixel or ReGIS.
My educated guess is either a custom character set in ROM, or (more likely) that's actually a VT240 or a VT105/VT125 (or a VT100 hardware upgraded to the same).
@fistfulofdave @hippiegunnut @WiteWulf
The Synclavier that Greg Hawkes played at Live Aid in 1985 is apparently in a private collection as of a few months ago. I wonder whether xe borrowed it back.
Frank Zappa - 'Civilization Phaze III' (2cd) (1994)
The first poshumous released #FrankZappa album was conceived mainly on the #synclavier, but has live performances by #EnsembleModern and a return to the #LumpyGravy piano people. A #Zappa masterpiece.
Composer Greg
Bas Langereis
shugmonkey
Jean-Jacques Birgé
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