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From: mjn@teddy.UUCP (Mark J. Norton)
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Subject: Re: Re: Drum Machines - A Flame
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Date: Fri, 17-May-85 10:14:17 EDT
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> 3) I wouldn't knock them wholeheartedly.  Even the cheap annoying rhythm
> 	boxes with "FOXTROT-SAMBA-WALTZ" switches have been used in very
> 	interesting ways by people like Brian Eno (e.g., "Great Pretender"
> 	on "Taking Tiger Mountain", and "In Dark Trees", "Sombre Reptiles"
> 	etc. from "Another Green World").  Groups like Our Daughter's Wedding
> 	(before they got swallowed up) made great use of such machinery, live
> 	and on record ("Lawnchairs"), with wild electric percussionist Layne
> 	Rico flailing away at Synare drums whilst the other machines backed him
> 	up.
> -- 
> "There!  I've run rings 'round you logically!"
> "Oh, intercourse the penguin!"			Rich Rosen    ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr

Even main-stream, hard rock groups are begining to make use of them.
Listen to "Hot for Teacher" by Van Halen.  That a drum synth is being
use is obvious.  When listening to the piece, I get the impression that
Van Halen use the drum synth deliberately for its own distinctive sound.

I heard a while back that one of the members of Steely Dan (before break
up) was working on a drum synth with a great deal of expression.  It could
handle sliding off time, and a variety of other drum techniques.  It was
also a sampling machine which would grap a rythm and continue it until
the next was entered (dynamically).  Has anyone heard of this?  Any updates
on development or production?


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		Mark J. Norton
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