Stormy Weather
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Background:
Our rendition of this classic number was born partly from wanting to make a beautiful ballad, partly from wanting to demonstrate the capacity of our then newly bought Korg Trident mk II. This beast of a synthesizer has been called "organ", "string machine" and similar by various ill-minded fiends, while it's actually a powerful and beautiful-sounding eight voice analogue polysynth. What the Trident cannot handle are typical effect sounds, since it has neither noise generator nor advanced modulation features. For this reason an EMS Synthi-A was borrowed - an amazing briefcase synthesizer from the early 70's with the most strange possibilities. Finally, we also got some musical assistance from our friends George G and Igor S.
Sound Sources:
EMS Synthi-A : Weather
Korg Trident mk II : Everything else
Other Equipment:
Roland SH-101 : modulation source
(CV and audio) for the Trident's SSM 2044 filter
Cubase VST 4.1 Mac
Zoom Studio 1201 effects processor
Korg Volume pedal
Interesting Facts:
The theremin/saw/voice-like solo in the second chorus is played with the Trident's built-in analogue flanger. High feedback, quick but shallow sweep (to add vibrato) and pitch control with the Manual knob.