From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V6 #72 Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org Sender: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. alloy-digest Tuesday, March 20 2001 Volume 06 : Number 072 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: Re: alloy-digest V6 #70 ["Trevor James Blagg" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 09:07:02 -0000 From: "Trevor James Blagg" Subject: Re: Alloy: Re: alloy-digest V6 #70 Will wrote:> > Did you know that Thomas actually plays on the Thompson Twins "In the Name of > Love"/"Set" album on three tracks (Runaway,The Rowe and Fool's Gold)? So I > guess this was where he hooked up with Mr. Seligman. Great list by the way! > Shoulda done this ages ago! > Love Will I also have a live recording of a track from the Thompson Twins entitled "Make Believe" on which I am informed Thomas played synths and sang backing vocals. Trevor.... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 07:52:29 +0000 From: Will Crewdson Subject: Alloy: Re: alloy-digest V6 #71 Cheers for the welcome Robin! I first got some Dolby action (as I call it) back when Science first came out. I think it was the Thompson Twins connection which actually first brought him to my attention being totally mental on them at the time. I was still at school in London and continued to get all the singles up to Field Work.I'm sorry to say that by the time of the Aliens album I had stopped buying the singles (weird because I do remember digging the videos for Airheads and Hot Sauce) It just kind of turned into one of those things where you still appreciate what the artist is doing and are always interested to see them on TV or whatever but aren't actively a full time *fan* so to speak. This all changed of course and my interest was totally rekindled when I saw a band called Umajets (ex Jellyfish) do an amazing live version of Screen Kiss a couple of years ago and I was hooked once more. This time I got hold of the albums though and was amazed at the diversity,wonderful song-structures and lyrics on display. Anyway - enuff of my yackin' - here's the blatant advertising segment! If any one fells like checking out my band (Rachel Stamp)'s site out - please feel free! http://www.rachelstamp.co.uk/ Oh yeah - we're still looking for a producer for our next album so if you're free in June Thomas..... Yours cheekily Will ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:27:05 +0100 From: lulfstedt@amadeus.net Subject: Re: Alloy: Re: alloy-digest V6 #71 Hey Will, & all you new 'uns,... Welcome aboard! re-lurk,.... Lissu ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:02:46 -0500 From: Robin Thurlow Subject: Re: Alloy: Re: alloy-digest V6 #71 Hey Will, I've just checked out your band's page & I can tell you, you've just made my whole day :) Did you like playing Los Angeles? How do you think it differed from UK or European gigs? When I get home tonight, I hope to hear your MP3 clips. And now for the Dolby-related content... the "Airhead" tshirt your Robin was wearing really hit home! xxxxx Robin T who wishes she had an Airhead tshirt too! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 12:01:11 -0500 (EST) From: CRACKERS Subject: Alloy: Oh Joyous Day There was a really cool program for the old Commodore 64 computer that I used to love using called Microsynth 3001 by "Sight and Sound Music Software Inc." The program basically turned the C-64 into a monophonic analogue-esque synthesizer that you played with the QWERTY keyboard. I used to get some amazing synth leads and basses out of this program that would amaze my friends often causing them to respond with comments like "If I had known a C-64 could sounbd so cool I never would have thrown mine out." Well because this program was so prescious to me I was sure to make a backup of it and to put the original copy in a safe place. Sure enough one day the backup failed... but damned if I could remember the safe place where I put the original. I must have turned my house upside down looking for it but couldn't find it. Well yesterday I was going through a box of blank C-64 disks when what should I find? Microsynth 3001. The odd thing is I swear I looked through that box a zillion times looking for that disk. I was looking for a blank disk to install this new program I got that turns the C-64 into a midi controlled synth module (I have a midi interface for my C-64) and bingo... there it was. Well I never got around to installing the midi synth software because I was too busy making backup copies of the program and then playing away with it all night. Of course the QWERTY keyboard isn't exactly the best performance controller. I mapped out the C-64's keyboard matrix so it will be a simple task to wire a real synth keyboard into it to take the place of the qwerty keyboard. The only problem is, where can I get a synth keyboard on it's own. All I need is a simple 2 octave full sized synth keyboard with switches. It doesn't have to be velocity sensitive or have after touch and it doesn't even have to have the diode matrix (infact it will be easier for me if it doesn't have the diode matrix). Does anyone know a source for such a beastie? I know PAiA Electronics used to sell a 2 and a half octave keyboard for electronics DIYers but they don't anymore. *sigh* Sometimes I feel like I'm the last geek left on the planet who loves the smell of melting resin core solder in the morning. I was having a chat with a guy at the radioshake who had been working there since the early 80s. He was telling me how sad he was to see Radioshack stop carrying electronic components but the reality is there just arn't as many people who get a kick out of experimenting as there used to be and a lot of consumer electronics are cheaper to replace than to repair and cheaper to buy than to build. We had one genuine electronics parts supplier here in Hamilton and they closed shop this year. Now if I need electronic components I have to go all the way to Toronto to get them. Anyways, if anyone knows a source online for a keyboard component please send me an e-mail. CRACKERS (They can have my soldering iron when they pry it from my cold dead fingers from hell!!!) ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V6 #72 **************************