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I want an EMS Synthi HiFli


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if you want to hear the hi fli in action

check out

steve hackett's work on

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

with peter gabriel


hackett was a master of the hi fli

 

 

Thanks! That's an album I've been meaning to pick up for a very long time, but I keep forgetting about it when I'm out vinyl shopping.

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Thanks! That's an album I've been meaning to pick up for a very long time, but I keep forgetting about it when I'm out vinyl shopping.

 

 

he used it a bit on

Selling England By The Pound

but not much

 

I think his guitar work

with his

Sheraton Duo Fuzz (super fuzz)

Tone Bender

Vol Pedal

Echoplex

etc

is better on 'Selling'

 

but there is more

hi fli

on 'Lamb'

which is also great

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its cool bt im not big on analog synths.


i experimented with them b4, had a few, but never warmed to them

 

How can you not? :) I have 6 of them... 1 tab plus a night in... :love:

 

Brian Eno used the VCS3 in roxy music and on 'Here come the warm jets'

 

 

They're just miming (TOTP) ...but check it at 2:15

 

[YOUTUBE]OEalg62F8Zg[/YOUTUBE]

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i would love an EMS synthi a more than anything ever

 

it was so ahead of its time in terms of size and patching capability

 

I mean look at the vcs3 compared to what moog and a Buchla were putting out at the time it stacks up well!

 

its kind of like a buchla musical easel

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If anyone wants to hear more use of the Synthi Hi Fli, its worth checking out the work of Tony McPhee of a band called The Groundhogs.

 

He is the founder of the group and used the Hi Fli a lot in the 70's on these three albums :-

Solid, Cross-Cut Saw and Black Diamond.

 

There is also a live version of Soldier recorded about 1974 (lasts 15mins 3 secs) where he blasts out some really good sounds from this unit.

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Hackett used it on the Trick of the Tail album and tour also. I got to see one at The Musical Box show in NYC this spring, Francois the guitarist has the exact Hackett setup (with hand made SUPA and SUPER fuzz pedals!). You can see the Synthi's control pedals on the top left).

 

kotdemo.jpg

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That a really good sound on video, I also have EHX Micro synth and Boss GT8 - I quite often have the synth in the send/return ext loop other time just on it owns and like the sound.

 

Have you seen :-

 

David Walter Mohr - EMS Synthi Hi Fli Youtube videos

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Synthi Hi-Guy wrote:

 

I have one I will be selling in a couple of months. I may sell it privately or put it on eBay. Anyone who wants a heads up before the sale just contact me.

 

It's the Mki version with the sturdy pedals but no 'growl switch'

 

good del, keep me posted

I'll probably can't afford it

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