On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 12:12 +0100, Damon Chaplin wrote: > On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 09:34 +0200, Sebastian Gutsfeld wrote: > > Hi Damon, > > > > Damon Chaplin <damon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > Does anyone know what the "audio generator" was that Hawkwind used to > > > use on albums like Space Ritual (one of the best albums ever!). > > > > > > It produced sweeping, oscillating tones. I'd be interested to know > > > exactly what it was generating. > > > > I don't know Space Ritual, but "sweeping, oscillating tones" were often > > synthesized with EMS VCS3s (http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/vcs3.shtml). > > Brian Eno and Pink Floyd used those. > > Yes, I think that's probably the one. They are listed as users of it: > http://www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/emsstory.html#users They used a VCS3, but that wasn't the audio generator! They are listed separately. At some point over the weekend I'll dig through my books and find the one that mentions what it is. Gordon _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
