Stylophone thread
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Stylophone thread
Hello boys and girls.
I've been to a tiny show yesterday. Members of the german band Tocotronic were playing a kind of Dj set with live instrumentation like a Fender Rhodes, acoustic guitars and lots of effects and funny little synthesizer instruments.
But there was one thing that caught my attention. It looked like a little box which fits in one hand and that guy (rick mc phail) was playing it with with a pen. it was definatly analog and it was kind of like a mini version of the martenot but without the string. i believe it works with an aluminum strip and the pen works as a connectior or something like that.
it sounded like a theremin and perhaps its just a midi controller. not sure about that cause it just had a line-out.
I've been to a tiny show yesterday. Members of the german band Tocotronic were playing a kind of Dj set with live instrumentation like a Fender Rhodes, acoustic guitars and lots of effects and funny little synthesizer instruments.
But there was one thing that caught my attention. It looked like a little box which fits in one hand and that guy (rick mc phail) was playing it with with a pen. it was definatly analog and it was kind of like a mini version of the martenot but without the string. i believe it works with an aluminum strip and the pen works as a connectior or something like that.
it sounded like a theremin and perhaps its just a midi controller. not sure about that cause it just had a line-out.
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Sounds like a Stylophone...
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Endorsed by Rolf Harris too....
...Must be good!!
...Must be good!!
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exactly! thanks a lot! i hope its not too expensive (but i believe it is..)
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Nah. Not on ebay anyway.Killamangiro* wrote: .....i hope its not too expensive (but i believe it is..)
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i see. do you have one?
why aren't there clips on youtube of people using it with effect chains?
i want to know if you could make it accually sound more theremin like if you use it with a delay and chorus
why aren't there clips on youtube of people using it with effect chains?
i want to know if you could make it accually sound more theremin like if you use it with a delay and chorus
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I don't have one but remember them well.
Rolf Harris was on TV a lot when I was a kid & I remember him road-testing it on the telly a few times. There were a few kids at school who had one.
State-of-the-art stuff back then!
Rolf Harris was on TV a lot when I was a kid & I remember him road-testing it on the telly a few times. There were a few kids at school who had one.
State-of-the-art stuff back then!
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i know but i believe they need a big revival dont you agree?
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This clip is great....
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HkTQsOQLEeU
....totally reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HkTQsOQLEeU
....totally reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite.
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those rolf albums are absolutely fantastic, i was just listening to this one...
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That's a cool instrument. I found a site which sells em for €30.
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i love delay SO much ...that i procrastinate all the time.
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=89mOUDR6zs4Killamangiro* wrote: why aren't there clips on youtube of people using it with effect chains?
i want to know if you could make it accually sound more theremin like if you use it with a delay and chorus
Bowie, using it with delay at least (at the end of the track).
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urban outfitters has em too...
http://www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/invt/5552424461100
cheap as chips. well almost.
http://www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/invt/5552424461100
cheap as chips. well almost.
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The original Stylophones from about '73-'75 fetch a fair price now. My dad's one is in the attic....
... somewhere.
... somewhere.
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