TommyS Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I asked this in the CS80 discussion,but want to post it now. Has anyone ever gotten the chance to play A GX1? Would love to get my hands on one for a test drive. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Nope. Next best thing is reading about Gordon Reid's quest. Part 1 Part 2 Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyS Posted November 5, 2013 Author Share Posted November 5, 2013 Fun read. Really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 There were not very many known to exist outside Japan. "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...
joegerardi Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I think the total production was 58, and as CEB stated, the majority never left Japan. I was able to get my hands on a photocopy of the manual, which I still have. That's about as close as I ever think I'm going to get to one. ..Joe Setup: Korg Kronos 61, Roland XV-88, Korg Triton-Rack, Motif-Rack, Korg N1r, Alesis QSR, Roland M-GS64 Yamaha KX-88, KX76, Roland Super-JX, E-Mu Longboard 61, Kawai K1II, Kawai K4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 We had Hans Zimmer's GX1 (which, IIRC, was either owned or being borrowed by Mr. Emerson at the time) at Alesis for a while when we were sampling it for the Vintage Synths Q-Card. Erik Norlander (who was also at Alesis at the time) took advantage of it being there to use it on his Threshold record. We had a ball playing with that bad boy. I'm having lunch with Erik tomorrow, so I'll check with him to refresh my memory as far as it's ownership. Pretty sure Hans has it now, though.... Erik used it on the beginning of this tune. dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 ABBA's GX1, which was also used by Led Zep's John Paul Jone on their In Through The Out Door album: [video:youtube] http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzkey Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Nope. Next best thing is reading about Gordon Reid's quest. Part 1 Part 2 thanks for that! great read... gig: hammond sk-1 73, neo vent, nord stage 2 76, ancona 34 accordion, cps space station v3 home: steinway m, 1950 hammond c2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 The Hans Zimmer GX-1 was Emerson's, which was a spare purchased from John Paul Jones of LZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joegerardi Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 ...after a tractor blew through Emo's barn-cum-studio and dragged his original (and highly customized) GX-1 out the other wall and across a field. ..Joe Setup: Korg Kronos 61, Roland XV-88, Korg Triton-Rack, Motif-Rack, Korg N1r, Alesis QSR, Roland M-GS64 Yamaha KX-88, KX76, Roland Super-JX, E-Mu Longboard 61, Kawai K1II, Kawai K4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 The Hans Zimmer GX-1 was Emerson's, which was a spare purchased from John Paul Jones of LZ. That's what I thought. dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 ABBA's GX1, which was also used by Led Zep's John Paul Jone on their In Through The Out Door album: [video:youtube] That guy tends to talk too much! 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...
Stoca Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 I always wanted to reproduce the ELP "fluteish" solo and organ/synth sounds in Fanfare. I'm not really an expert in synthesis but if anybody has a any suggestion on how to start it will be greatly appreciated. The trumpets sound is of course grandiose, but you can emulate it easily (well except the crazy modulation so toward the end of the 2nd part) I have the arturia CS80, which, I guess is the closest you can get to a GX1.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 I did it on my D-50. I think it was a patch I got from Valhala. "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...
hurricane hugo Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 ABBA's GX1, which was also used by Led Zep's John Paul Jone on their In Through The Out Door album: [video:youtube] That guy tends to talk too much! I really liked his presenting style...but most of the commenters on Youtube seem to agree with you. He's getting abused pretty hard, lol! http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 The Hans Zimmer GX-1 was Emerson's, which was a spare purchased from John Paul Jones of LZ. That's what I thought. ...and Erik tells me the unit is now owned by Bill Sautter. dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 The Hans Zimmer GX-1 was Emerson's, which was a spare purchased from John Paul Jones of LZ. That's what I thought. ...and Erik tells me the unit is now owned by Bill Sautter. ...and you thought a CS-80 was heavy... It took eight roadies to cart around Emerson's GX-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Between that and Carl Palmer's stainless steel drum kit (each bass drum weighed 500 pounds!), ELP must've had the strongest road crew ever. http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Between that and Carl Palmer's stainless steel drum kit (each bass drum weighed 500 pounds!), ELP must've had the strongest road crew ever. ...and the Moog modular, the Hammonds, the grand piano... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wineandkeyz Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Nope. Next best thing is reading about Gordon Reid's quest. Part 1 Part 2 When I read this: "Now, if you know anything about large analogue synthesizers, you probably know that they don't like changes in temperature, they don't like changes in humidity..." I immediately thought of this picture: http://kids.britannica.com/psychedelic/images/opsyroc148p1.jpg Live: Yamaha S70XS (#1); Roland Jupiter-80; Mackie 1202VLZ4: IEMs or Traynor K4 Home: Hammond SK Pro 73; Moog Minimoog Voyager Electric Blue; Yamaha S70XS (#2); Wurlitzer 200A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Carl Palmer's stainless steel drum kit (each bass drum weighed 500 pounds!) Was the stainless steel construction supposed to improve sound quality? 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 November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 It makes them go to 11. Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Ah... thank you. 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...
StickMan393 Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 I get a very nice GX-1 sound out of the CS80v CSTi: http://www.spacefold.com/colin/ps/temp/CS80v_as_GX1.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoca Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 I get a very nice GX-1 sound out of the CS80v CSTi: http://www.spacefold.com/colin/ps/temp/CS80v_as_GX1.mp3 WOW, That is nice! do you mind sharing the patch settings ? stoca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickMan393 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Stoca, if I recall correctly it was a slight tweak of one of the many presets that came with the CS-80V. I believe it was called "Fanfare" but I thought the detuning was too harsh. Next time I'm in front of my DAW I'll check out the exact patch name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Verelst Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 I remember Agnetha from ABBA in a documentary radio program from the late 70s mentioning (in wonderful Swedish accent) :"Zhe G-X-1". Listening to a small number of the internet recordings of the type of machine, and maybe even the one she at the time was talking about, I hadn't suspected such high emotional musical content, and it sounds still better than I know. Great engineering. T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyS Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 Yo. The "Fanfare" patch on the CS80v sounds superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joegerardi Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 If you want a host of GX-1 sounds, consider an Alesis QSR and the Vintage Synths Q-Card. As DB wrote above, they sampled a host of sounds into it, and additionally, you get Emo's Hammond and synths, and a lot more as well. I found it very good for the traditional GX-1 stuff, and these days they go for a song. ..Joe Setup: Korg Kronos 61, Roland XV-88, Korg Triton-Rack, Motif-Rack, Korg N1r, Alesis QSR, Roland M-GS64 Yamaha KX-88, KX76, Roland Super-JX, E-Mu Longboard 61, Kawai K1II, Kawai K4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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