mate stubb Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I posted this to that other forum ages ago. Posting here just because - be sure to hang out for the very end. [video:youtube] Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Actually, this was posted here (might have been by you?) a year or less ago. Pretty cool video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarkus Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 mike oldfield should be pleased with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 That was great--especially the amusing film clip at the end. Lots of keyboards I'd never seen before including this one: http://www.synthmuseum.com/rmi/rmikc201b.jpg Punch cards... wow. When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 Actually, this was posted here (might have been by you?) a year or less ago. It's entirely possible. My memory is not what it used to be. edit: twas Cygnus, whew! https://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/2282064 Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 edit: twas Cygnus, whew! A year less 4 days ago! Damn, I was close. Still cool to see the gear. Although, watching it again, some of them are playing in D, some in E, and at least one in C... so either everything is randomly transposed, or something's a little fishy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffLearman Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I remember when that RMI keyboard computer came out. I wanted one. I actually bought the demo LP (it was cheap). I even still have it! Maybe that's worth a fortune on ebay; it should be in pristine condition because I played it only once or twice. I enjoyed that video too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepay Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 In order... Name something I like, something I've never owned, and something that goes on for a long time. Steve (Stevie Ray) "Do the chickens have large talons?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherScott Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Yeah, I lusted after that RMI when it came out too. I did buying another, much more minimal synth that also used a kind of punch card for preset recall, the EML Syn-Key. As for the RMI, the only artist I can remember who really used it was Todd Rundgren. Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 In order... Name something I like, something I've never owned, and something that goes on for a long time. Ice Cream, Jupiter 8, Alice's Resturaunt. "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepay Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 In order... Name something I like, something I've never owned, and something that goes on for a long time. Ice Cream, Jupiter 8, Alice's Resturaunt. Nice! Steve (Stevie Ray) "Do the chickens have large talons?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 As for the RMI, the only artist I can remember who really used it was Todd Rundgren. I happened to be baby sitting some backline gear at a Utopia show one time and Roger Powell showed me around that RMI. It had these weird primitive stepped envelope generators, but at the time it was the height of digital coolness. Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahinty Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Best topic subject line ever! My blog Nord Electro 2 | microKorg | Casiotone MT-65 | Hammond XB-2 | Korg Electribe-R ER-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffLearman Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Hah! someone posted the RMI demo on youtube: Part 1 [video:youtube] Part 2 [video:youtube] Those strings sound pretty sick now, and I don't mean that in a good way. I guess I can toss my copy now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogmonkey Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I love that video.... and I'm always on the lookout for an opportunity to say "chicks dig synthesizers". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksoper Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Loved the video a year ago, and still love it. When I was selling Lowreys one of the store owners brought in his RMI Keyboard Computer to sell. He heard it expertly demoed and had to own it, only to discover that it was a bitch to get music from. I gave it a whirl and couldn't make it sound any different than any of the other digital organs on the floor. Carlo Curley gave an organ recital in Philadelphia when the RMI came out. He was an endorser and performed on the demo album mentioned above. The RMI was set up near the altar, across the chancel from the organ. He played a few organ works, then went over to the RMI for a few tunes. I remember it sounding cool and organ-y in his hands, but he had obviously put in the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Carlo Curley gave an organ recital in Philadelphia when the RMI came out. He was an endorser and performed on the demo album mentioned above. The RMI was set up near the altar, across the chancel from the organ. He played a few organ works, then went over to the RMI for a few tunes. I remember it sounding cool and organ-y in his hands, but he had obviously put in the time. Wasn't RMI a subsidiary of the Allen organ company, the makers of Curley's tour organ? Or it's just the old brain farting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
execlass2 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Jean Michel Jarre used (still uses on his Oxygen tour) a RMI Harmonic Synthesizer. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rScBRKlTdoE/SjPS5KhX4MI/AAAAAAAAUVI/Pmaari8Q5DY/s400/!BUUGovw!Wk~$%28KGrHgoH-DUEjlLlzqhLBKM7KwbkIQ~~_3.JPG Kawai MP7, Kurzweil PC361, DSI Pro2, Streichfett, Nektar P6, NI Maschine Studio, KMI QuNeo, Eventide H9, Zoom MS100BT, VoiceLive 3 Extreme, Arturia BeatStep Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Wasn't RMI a subsidiary of the Allen organ company, You are correct. From Wikipedia: Rocky Mount Instruments or RMI was a subsidiary of the Allen Organ Company, established in about 1966. It was based in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. It is most famous for the RMI Electra Piano, a keyboard instrument that created piano and harpsichord-like sounds without the use of strings, tines, or reeds, instead using transistors, much like the combo organs of the day. When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 In order... Name something I like, something I've never owned, and something that goes on for a long time. Ice Cream, Jupiter 8, Alice's Resturaunt. Extra credit... Used in a sentence: I'd enjoy some ice cream while playing a Jupiter-8 at Alice's Restaurant. When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffLearman Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 We made love in the back seat of the Bentley as the radio played "The Jack of Hearts." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksoper Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Wasn't RMI a subsidiary of the Allen organ company, the makers of Curley's tour organ? Or it's just the old brain farting? Yes, Curley shilled for Allen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franz Schiller Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 edit: twas Cygnus, whew! Still cool to see the gear. Although, watching it again, some of them are playing in D, some in E, and at least one in C... so either everything is randomly transposed, or something's a little fishy. I think the song is just modulating keys. Sounds that way, too, if you'd close your eyes long enough to listen (which, all things considered, is unlikely ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 The one-piece bathing suit was a bit interesting. PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepay Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 We made love in the back seat of the Bentley as the radio played "The Jack of Hearts." I know this is late, but NICE! Steve (Stevie Ray) "Do the chickens have large talons?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-string-man Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Actually, this was posted here (might have been by you?) a year or less ago. Pretty cool video. Sven, I can't figure out whether you have the best memory in the world, or the best database. Whichever, you have far too much time on your hands. Occasionally, do something nice for a total stranger. They'll wonder what the hell is going on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Wright Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 I posted this to that other forum ages ago. Posting here just because I remember that! "I cried when I wrote this song Sue me if I play too long" Walter Becker Donald Fagan 1977 Deacon Blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Actually, this was posted here (might have been by you?) a year or less ago. Pretty cool video. Sven, I can't figure out whether you have the best memory in the world, or the best database. Whichever, you have far too much time on your hands. Definitely not the best memory, but these things take me almost no time at all to find... which is probably why I'm amazed others have any difficulty finding things online. I sometimes forget my Google-Fu strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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