o0Ampy0o Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 You are at a hospital of the medical avant-garde and are about to undergo a very serious operation. A hospital administrator brings in a form with a single question: Name of the synth that would wake you from a coma: ___________________________ Which would you pick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 MemoryMoog through proper sound reinforcement. 18 oscillators in unison. 1 Quote "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...
DroptopBroham Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Prophet X. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artomas Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 You can wheel me and the theremins down to the Parkinsons ward, and I should be awake in no time. It'll be like a human smoke alarm. This also might work (Kilo Drone - the sound demo starts around 5:45) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docbop Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 whatever synth is being played by Herbie Hancock. When the Master plays I listen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogika Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 8 hours ago, CEB said: MemoryMoog through proper sound reinforcement. 18 oscillators in unison. as someone put it on the analogue heaven mailing list back in the late 90s: “a near-religious experience” Quote "The Angels of Libra are in the European vanguard of the [retro soul] movement" (Bill Buckley, Soul and Jazz and Funk) The Drawbars | off jazz organ trio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberGene Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 No synth would wake me from a coma. Only an acoustic grand piano touches my heart more than any other instrument. P.S. If there are VCD-s (voltage controlled defibrillators), the chances are high for a properly wired Minimoog to wake me though 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamPro Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Synclavier - but I have since gone back to sleep with the appearance of digital-audio workstations, virtual instruments, and network orchestral libraries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K K Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Put headphones on my sleeping head and for 3 days play me the first half of ELP's Welcome Back My Friends triple album with those unique modular Moog sounds (Hoedown, Jerusalem, Toccata, Tarkus/Aquatarkus) and then that 400 kV synth on Psyché Rock (Messe pour le Temps Présent). If I don't wake up after 3 days with those immortal synth pieces playing in the headphones, I can be disconnected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PianoMan51 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 The Telharmonium. When boys were men and tone wheels were giants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threadslayer Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 2 hours ago, CyberGene said: If there are VCD-s (voltage controlled defibrillators), Aren't they all? 2 Quote Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. -Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Mullins Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 10 hours ago, Docbop said: whatever synth is being played by Herbie Hancock. When the Master plays I listen. 👍 I just saw Herbie Saturday night for the first time... inexplicably it took me until I was 61. Have to hand it to him; at 83 still taking chances with some out there stuff; particularly some synth interplay between him and the guitarist who used lots of novel effects. Terence Blanchard was the highlight for me. 2 Quote Yamaha CK88, Arturia Keylab 61 MkII, Moog Sub 37, Yamaha U1 Upright, Casio CT-S500, Mac Logic/Mainstage, iPad Camelot, Spacestation V.3, QSC K10.2, JBL EON One Compact www.stickmanor.com There's a thin white line between fear and fury - Stickman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpl1228 Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Ob-Xa. I can sleep through anything so a coma? It would need Oberheim punch to do it. Quote Roland RD-2000, Yamaha Motif XF7, Mojo 61, Invisible keyboard stand (!!!!!), 1939 Martin Handcraft Imperial trumpet "Everyone knows rock music attained perfection in 1974. It is a scientific fact." -- Homer Simpson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 On 9/12/2023 at 3:02 PM, PianoMan51 said: The Telharmonium. Good luck finding one! Also, several of the instrument's own players have described its sound as "irritating". (thinking about it, maybe an irritating sound would have more chances to wake you up... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 The wake-up from a coma synth for me would be a Minimoog hands down.😎 Quote 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...
zephonic Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Zephonic XE, believe it! 1 Quote local: Korg Nautilus 73 | Yamaha MODX8 away: GigPerformer home: Kawai RX-2 | Korg D1 | Roland Fantom X7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Emm Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 The synth matters less than the sound system. If its efficient enough to make things SOUND good, I'll wake up. Of course, it might be because I want to play the synth OR kill the person who woke me from a coma. Maybe both. Quote Lab Mode splits between contemplative work and furious experiments. Both of which require you to stay the hell away from everyone else. This is a feature, not a bug. Kraftwerk’s studio lab, Kling Klang, didn’t even have a working phone in it. ~ Warren Ellis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Emm Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 On 9/12/2023 at 9:01 AM, Sam Mullins said: I just saw Herbie Saturday night for the first time... inexplicably it took me until I was 61. Have to hand it to him; at 83 still taking chances with some out there stuff; particularly some synth interplay between him and the guitarist who used lots of novel effects. Hah, you're a newbie! I saw him during the "Headhunters" period. His piano work is so lyrical, there are no comparisons unless you look to people of the same caliber, like Chick Corea. If you belong in The Top anything, you're fully arrived. His Rhodes work was a new thing for me then, but its an early moment that taught me to have EP Luv. His ARP work was also inspiring, as I'd been hearing mostly Moogs, so it was a full musical meal. 2 Quote Lab Mode splits between contemplative work and furious experiments. Both of which require you to stay the hell away from everyone else. This is a feature, not a bug. Kraftwerk’s studio lab, Kling Klang, didn’t even have a working phone in it. ~ Warren Ellis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuruPrionz Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 17 minutes ago, David Emm said: Hah, you're a newbie! I saw him during the "Headhunters" period. His piano work is so lyrical, there are no comparisons unless you look to people of the same caliber, like Chick Corea. If you belong in The Top anything, you're fully arrived. His Rhodes work was a new thing for me then, but its an early moment that taught me to have EP Luv. His ARP work was also inspiring, as I'd been hearing mostly Moogs, so it was a full musical meal. I saw Herbie H on the Headhunter tour as well. We had the album until we wore it out. Great show! Quote It took a chunk of my life to get here and I am still not sure where "here" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Roland D-50 - they'd just have to play a few notes each on the first dozen presets and I'd be awake 1 Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnector Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Dr Nursers said: Roland D-50 - they'd just have to play a few notes each on the first dozen presets and I'd be awake Eric Persing is a genius. Quote "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...
nursers Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 10 hours ago, CEB said: Eric Persing is a genius. Absolutely - I'll never forget the first time I heard those sounds. Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaJockey Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 So is their any vintage synth that hasn't been virtualised? Would you wake if you heard an authentic virtual version of your dream synth? I remember owning a Roland SH5 back in the early 80's . It's signature sound at the time was the ring modded dual oscillator with mega portamento! Gives me shivvvers down the spine when I hear that! (Not necessarily in a good way) Quote The companions I can't live without: Kawai Acoustic Grand, Yamaha MontageM8x, Studiologic Numa Piano X GT, Kronos2-73, . Other important stuff: Novation Summit, NI Komplete Ultimate 14 CE, Omnisphere, EW Hollywood Orchestra Opus, Spitfire Symphony Orchestra, Sonuscore Elysion and Orchestra Complete 3, Pianoteq 8 Pro, Roland RD88. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon G Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 The synth "sound" that would wake me up would be the Stanford University ASP mainframe computer playing the Deep Note patch (THX logo). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABECK Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 Casio SK-1 demo song with a belch sample. I'd still laugh...then beg to be knocked out again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Number Four Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 On 9/12/2023 at 10:01 AM, Sam Mullins said: 👍 I just saw Herbie Saturday night for the first time... inexplicably it took me until I was 61. Have to hand it to him; at 83 still taking chances with some out there stuff; particularly some synth interplay between him and the guitarist who used lots of novel effects. Terence Blanchard was the highlight for me. Same, I listened and emulated him (like everybody else) for 30+ years before finally seeing him live a couple times recently. It was pretty magical, especially this year at Newport. Note to self: next time don't wait so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzpiano88 Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 1 Quote J a z z P i a n o 8 8 -- Yamaha C7D Montage M8x | CP300 | CP4 | SK1-73 | OB6 | Seven K8.2 | 3300 | CPSv.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Mike Metlay Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Having recently played a Yamaha GX-1 through its custom sound system with the gigantic tower speakers, I believe that anyone who could sleep through that is actually dead. My GOD, what a sound… If that couldn’t fit in the hospital room, I could probably manage with a CS-80. Probably. mike Quote Dr. Mike Metlay (PhD in nuclear physics, golly gosh) Musician, Author, Editor, Educator, Impresario, Online Radio Guy, Cut-Rate Polymath, and Kindly Pedant Editor-in-Chief, Bjooks ~ Author of SYNTH GEMS 1 clicky!: more about me ~ my radio station (and my fam) ~ my local tribe ~ my day job ~ my book ~ my music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Williams Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Just one note, a lot of times, with filters: Either the intro (actually transition) sequence for Karn Evil 9 First Impression part 2, or better yet the sequenced motif that starts ELPowell's "The Score." Either one would make me want to wake up so I could start playing the next part. Quote -Tom Williams {First Name} {at} AirNetworking {dot} com PC4-7, PX-5S, AX-Edge, PC361 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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