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Soul_Slip wrote:It seems everyone is focused on an “instrument”
Soul_Slip wrote:It seems everyone is focused on an “instrument” when I do not necessarily believe that to be their secret weapon. I recall in a few interviews that when asked about a “secret weapon” they did not say much other than they specifically use a Grundig r2r tube type tape recorder. As others have mentioned, it seems they use an analog tape process that effects pitch in a somewhat controllable fashion. I use methods like that in my own recording studio. Those tape recorders have pitch op amps as well as for speed that you can easily change the tone, speed and overall sound quite easily. They described that the grundig allowed for a special “magic eye” which is actually a vu meter for the tube in/output that has a special saturation threshold spot on the “eye” that according to the brothers “gives a 1000 years of grain”. Now that coupled with some of the methods mentioned above would easily result in the sounds we here. No one has mentioned their personal skill at applying and controlling dynamics between their track parts... I’d even say they are geniuses at choosing what works and doesn’t and to me that’s the secret weapon... their brains
Soul_Slip wrote:I still believe it’s their understanding of song dynamics that is their true secret weapon...
Flory wrote:I forgot where I had seen it but there was a webpage stateing the past of boc and one of the lines were 19xx (Forgot the year.) Bought secrete weapon for 100 pounds from a friend.
747Music wrote:Evenflow wrote:747Music wrote:The secret weapon is a synth. They said it was a synth. They also said Mike bought it from a friend on a bus for 100 bucks..
Do you have a source for this info ?
Very interesting
http://bocpages.org/wiki/Official_Biographies#imusic.com1988: michael bought what he now describes as the band's "secret weapon" synth from a friend for £100 whilst travelling on a bus.
Soul_Slip wrote:Exactly, are we also forgetting the aforementioned “coffee spill in the circuitry” effect....
Evenflow wrote:Could a old modular be part of the secret weapon equation some how , not that they got it on a bus or anything like that but connected somehow ?
747Music wrote:Evenflow wrote:Could a old modular be part of the secret weapon equation some how , not that they got it on a bus or anything like that but connected somehow ?
No. The "secret weapon synth" is one thing.
747Music wrote:They described that the grundig allowed for a special “magic eye” which is actually a vu meter for the tube in/output that has a special saturation threshold spot on the “eye” that according to the brothers “gives a 1000 years of grain”.
Evenflow wrote:747Music wrote:They described that the grundig allowed for a special “magic eye” which is actually a vu meter for the tube in/output that has a special saturation threshold spot on the “eye” that according to the brothers “gives a 1000 years of grain”.
I'd love to play around with that "magic eye". That part of the interview has captivated me since I first read it.
Soul_Slip wrote:They described that the grundig allowed for a special “magic eye” which is actually a vu meter for the tube in/output that has a special saturation threshold spot on the “eye” that according to the brothers “gives a 1000 years of grain”.
747Music wrote:I'd love to play around with that "magic eye". That part of the interview has captivated me since I first read it.
Evenflow wrote:Soul_Slip wrote:They described that the grundig allowed for a special “magic eye” which is actually a vu meter for the tube in/output that has a special saturation threshold spot on the “eye” that according to the brothers “gives a 1000 years of grain”.747Music wrote:I'd love to play around with that "magic eye". That part of the interview has captivated me since I first read it.
Evenflow wrote:Evenflow wrote:Soul_Slip wrote:They described that the grundig allowed for a special “magic eye” which is actually a vu meter for the tube in/output that has a special saturation threshold spot on the “eye” that according to the brothers “gives a 1000 years of grain”.747Music wrote:I'd love to play around with that "magic eye". That part of the interview has captivated me since I first read it.
Has anyone toyed with this magic eye thing , the idea is very fascinating .
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