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OK, so I was bored and wondered how my 1969 Moog would sound multi tracked polyphonically. I downloaded a MIDI file of the 1969 British sci-fi series UFO intro theme. And layered about 25 tracks of the Moog with various patches. All Moog modular, no FX other than the 905 reverb. The percussion track is from my Emu APS soundcard.
UFO theme on 1969 Moog Modular MP3 2.7megs
And here is the tune synced to the video. Gotta love that 1969 retro-future!
UFO intro video with Moog track WMV file 6megs
Modules used:
1-901 osc.
1-901a osc. driver
2-901b osc.
1-902 vca
1-904a vcf
1-905 reverb
1-907 filter bank
2-911 eg
2-CP3 mixer

Those old 901's still sound good and play in tune together very well.
There is nothing like playing an old 1969 hand assembled instrument from the R.A. Moog factory!

Righteous!

Wow, sounded very good.

this is awesome, I know all to well the time-consuming task of layering multiple tracks and trying to make the whole thing sound good . You did an excellent job

Very good work! Ever notice how most of your great sci-fi themes have at least some, if not a great deal, of synth in there? It could very well be that my love of sci-fi TV during my childhood led to my love of analog synthesis later in life. Come to think of it, thats probably why I have been thinking for a while now of adding a theremin to the musical toolbox!

That video was hilarious and the the tune was very wide and warm. I enjoyed that thoroughly, nice work

Excellent Mr Rider! I loved that show when I was younger. Up until a year ago a cable channel called VOOM broadcasted it in HD with suround sound along with the Thunderbirds and Flipper and then one day it just went away. GREAT WORK my friend. I look forward to more. Maybe some old Todd Rungren - Utopia ?

Great work CZ Rider! I hope you'll do more stuff like this!

Thanks for all the positive replies!
That was the first time I actually tried multi tracks to build chords with a monophonic synthesizer. A fun experiment I'll have to try again. Kind of an old school method of acheiving multi-timbre and polyphony.

Glad that video worked too! The way the future was imagined back in 1969! .. Funny, one of the most far-fetched predictions was the one that actually happened. That by the end of the 80's every home would have a computer in it. Seemed like a crazy prediction, when a computer was the size of a room with tape drives, complete with two technicians with clipboards and pocket protectors. No hover cars or trips to the moon though.

superd2112 wrote:Very good work! Ever notice how most of your great sci-fi themes have at least some, if not a great deal, of synth in there? It could very well be that my love of sci-fi TV during my childhood led to my love of analog synthesis later in life. Come to think of it, thats probably why I have been thinking for a while now of adding a theremin to the musical toolbox!

Check these links out. The pioneers of Sci-Fi electronic music. Before synths, they made synth sounds from tape manipulation, like the original Dr. Who theme, which sounds like an ARP or something, but just tapes.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKPGzX5kZd0

Unfiltered wrote:
Check these links out. The pioneers of Sci-Fi electronic music. Before synths, they made synth sounds from tape manipulation, like the original Dr. Who theme, which sounds like an ARP or something, but just tapes.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKPGzX5kZd0

Yeah...there was also the RCA Mark I in the 1950's...sort of a tube synth. Before that, the theremin. Before that, the Telharmonium...before that, the pipe organ. Basically, there are several ways to create different sounds that no one has heard before. The BBC wasn't the first, but they were probably the first famous name to have developed a system for creating strange sounds.

Also, it goes without saying that CZ has made another epic demonstration. Thanks, CZ!

Arguably the first real modern synth with any kind of exposure was the Hammond novachord. If you havent, take a listen, very crazy stuff on vacuum tube synthesizer.

Unfiltered wrote:Arguably the first real modern synth with any kind of exposure was the Hammond novachord. If you havent, take a listen, very crazy stuff on vacuum tube synthesizer.

Oh, yeah! I forgot that one! That thing is awesome! My personal favorite is the Telharmonium...just for its sheer size and electromechanical workings rather than tubes...which it pre-dated.

Great stuff!

OMG I've watched it several times.... Neto Thanks for sharing..