Members Peekaboo Fuzzy Posted July 2, 2007 Members Share Posted July 2, 2007 I was wondering what other polysynths ELO used, mainly for their early stuff-"Fire On High" arpeggios in particular. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Real MC Posted July 2, 2007 Members Share Posted July 2, 2007 If you can find the TIME CD, that is loaded with polysynths especially CS-80 and OB-X. I had the vinyl, lost it in the divorce, recently found the CD after a long search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Peekaboo Fuzzy Posted July 2, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 2, 2007 Thanks The Real MC. I'll check that one out. Any idea what synth was used for "Fire On High"? Is that track from Time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tspit74 Posted July 2, 2007 Members Share Posted July 2, 2007 Fire on High is from Face the Music (1975) Most likely it was just a Mininmoog. Other keyboards they used in the 70's were Arp Odessey, Mellotron, Hammond C3, Wurlitzer 200, SLM Concert Spectrum, and Arp 2600. Also, Lots and lots of effects. Particularly, echo-plex, Roland Space Echo, flangers, phasers, and chorus. Oh, and Eventide Harmonizers up the wazoo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members b3keys Posted July 2, 2007 Members Share Posted July 2, 2007 Don't forget the Roland VP-330 Vocoder. "AAABRUCE!":wave: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Peekaboo Fuzzy Posted July 2, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 2, 2007 Thanks. The "bubbly" arpeggios on Fire On High sound polyphonic to my ears. tspit74, with regards specifically to the arpeggios that come in after that spooky intro with the Orchestral hits, you really think that is likely a Minimoog? It has this "silvery", bubling quality that doesn't strike me as Moogish but perhaps they really flooded it with effects to thicken it up? It would cool to be $100% certain on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tspit74 Posted July 2, 2007 Members Share Posted July 2, 2007 I'd still say minimoog. Don't underestimate the effects and multitracking. Jeff Lynne wrote the book on excess in the recording studio. This was back in the days of people taking 3 weeks to "invent" a bass drum sound out of something that wasn't a bass drum just to be different. Making a minimoog sound different wasn't a tall order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members synthetic Posted July 2, 2007 Members Share Posted July 2, 2007 I remember seeing a pic (or video?) of ELO live, years ago. The keyboard player was surrounded by keyboards, stacked five high on all four sides of him. Does anyone have that pic? I've been searching for it for years. Maybe I imagined it. "Time" is a killer album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tspit74 Posted July 3, 2007 Members Share Posted July 3, 2007 I remember seeing a pic (or video?) of ELO live, years ago. The keyboard player was surrounded by keyboards, stacked five high on all four sides of him. Does anyone have that pic? I've been searching for it for years. Maybe I imagined it. "Time" is a killer album. I've got a tour program from '77 that might have that picture in it. I think it's an arial shot. I'll try to bring it back to work with me after lunch and scan it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tspit74 Posted July 3, 2007 Members Share Posted July 3, 2007 Richard Tandy (1977). Wurlitzer, Mellotron, SLM Concert Spectrum, Clavinet, Minimoog, Grand Piano, Polymoog, and mixer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Robovoice Posted November 4, 2007 Members Share Posted November 4, 2007 Don't forget the Roland VP-330 Vocoder. "AAABRUCE!":wave: ...or the EMS Vocoder 2000W MkI (white) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members terrellmiller Posted November 4, 2007 Members Share Posted November 4, 2007 Richard Tandy (1977). Wurlitzer, Mellotron, SLM Concert Spectrum, Clavinet, Minimoog, Grand Piano, Polymoog, and mixer. that was for the North American "New world record" tour. For the "Out of the blue" (spaceship) tour, he moved the mixer on top of the piano, put a CS80 on top of the Mellotron, facing the band had the Wurly, SLM, Polymoog and clavinet, with nothing facing the audience. The Minimoog was replaced by CS80/Polymoog. Not bad for a former guitarist who played electric piano 80% of the time No idea what his rig was after that, DISCOvery was the last straw for me. But they were a good "first alltime favorite band" as a preteen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikael488 Posted November 4, 2007 Members Share Posted November 4, 2007 ...or the EMS Vocoder 2000W MkI (white) Fwiw; Both Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy have gone on record saying that the vocoder on "Out Of The Blue" was a Moog vocoder. I rather believe it was the similar Bode vocoder because afaik Moog's version wasn't available by the time said album was recorded in May/June 1977. here's a couple of quotes that back up this: Richard Tandy: "Yes, the vocoder I used was indeed a moog vocoder, I think it was one of the first. It was delivered to the studio in Munich." Jeff Lynne: "As luck would have it right at the same time somebody in Stuttgart had just built a Vocoder (Micke: suggesting the Bode version) the very machine that could make the piano talk. It was brilliant timing, because I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Robovoice Posted November 4, 2007 Members Share Posted November 4, 2007 Fwiw; Both Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy have gone on record saying that the vocoder on "Out Of The Blue" was a Moog vocoder. I rather believe it was the similar Bode vocoder because afaik Moog's version wasn't available by the time said album was recorded in May/June 1977. here's a couple of quotes that back up this: Richard Tandy:"Yes, the vocoder I used was indeed a moog vocoder, I think it was one of the first. It was delivered to the studio in Munich." Jeff Lynne:"As luck would have it right at the same time somebody in Stuttgart had just built a Vocoder (Micke: suggesting the Bode version) the very machine that could make the piano talk. It was brilliant timing, because I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members heroesforghosts Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 When I saw ELO in 1974(with Deep Purple),I remember seeing a Mellotron,which was used a lot in the album they were touring on,El Dorado.Also I noticed a Minimoog,clavinet,some kind of electric piano,and a B-3. There was also something with a lot of patch cords in it,but my synth knowledge was pretty limited back then,so who knows what it may have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nonavail Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 Thanks for this information! ELO is one of my favorite bands, and I was always intrigued as a kid at the sounds Tandy (and Lynne, I suppose) created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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