gfred611 Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Besides the organ, does anyone know what synth or patch made those "flourishes" Gwen "Sometimes it's easier to buy gear than to practice..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kad Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Steve Miller was a big ARP user. Those riffs were most likely done on an Odyssey or a 2600. Kirk Reality is like the sun - you can block it out for a time but it ain't goin' away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyote Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 While those were likely done on an Arp, any analog or VA (or rompler, for that matter) with a delay can do that stuff well. Back when I used to do this song I still had only a Casio WK1500 atop the Hammond. Simply ran the Casio thru a digital delay and voila.... I used to think I was Libertarian. Until I saw their platform; now I know I'm no more Libertarian than I am RepubliCrat or neoCON or Liberal or Socialist. This ain't no track meet; this is football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 My guitar & keyboard teacher told me (a couple of years ago) that the guy who did the keyboard on that recording lives here in the Tri-Cities (Tennessee) area, I think in Kingsport, and did it by mailing disks. I've forgotten his name. Wish I'd seen this earlier, because I was just at a lesson tonight. I'll see if I can find out more in a few days. "A cheerful heart is good medicine." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Originally posted by Ricochet: ...and did it by mailing disks. Ummm... okay... I'll bite. Exactly what kind of 'disks' would he be mailing in 1976? (The Hammond player on that album was Joachim Jymm Young, incidentally. Is that the person your teacher mentioned? The synthesizer tracks are all credited to Steve Miller himself...) Cheers, SG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 I read somewhere that he got most of his synth sounds on an early Nord Lead 3 prototype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan South Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Korg MS20 The Black Knight always triumphs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Going by Allmusic.com, the album credits explicitly state Steve as playing "Roland Synthesizer" (as well as just "Synthesizer" ... not sure which one, or on what track(s). Haven't found much useful info via Google yet, either. Not enough Steve Miller Band fans putting up web pages... Cheers, SG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_3guy Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 I used to have a Roland SH-3A. It sounded just like the synth in Fly Like an Eagle Steve www.seagullphotodesign.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Originally posted by Sven Golly: Originally posted by Ricochet: ...and did it by mailing disks. Ummm... okay... I'll bite. Exactly what kind of 'disks' would he be mailing in 1976? (The Hammond player on that album was Joachim Jymm Young, incidentally. Is that the person your teacher mentioned? The synthesizer tracks are all credited to Steve Miller himself...) Cheers, SG Guess it'd've had to be tapes. I wasn't there, just passing on what I was told, which could be in error. Don't know about the name, I'm bad with names. Happen to know where he lives? Around Kingsport, Tennessee, perhaps? He just told me the guy in question played the "keyboard part" on that recording, so it sounds like that'd be the organ. I'll see my teacher again in a few days and ask for a fuller explanation. "A cheerful heart is good medicine." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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