Posted on 13/08/1984
[gdlr_divider type=”solid” size=”100%” ] A Danish classic A real studio classic, and a classy piece of engineering. The “TC-2290 Programmable Digital Delay and Effects Control Processor”- or just TC-2290 – by Danish company TC Group (formerly TC Electronics) has found a place in most high end studios across the world. Writing the manual Being deeply […]
Posted on 01/07/1984
Posted on 01/07/1984
Informing the public about new working methods and mind sets with electronic music production. This was broadcasted on Danish national TV (DR/Danmarks Radio), which was then a monopoly. So everybody seemingly watched the program, judging from the many responses in the following months. Interview was made in Puk Studio, Denmark where I worked for extended periods, as […]
Posted on 12/05/1984
Handling a new standard In 1983 a new technology swept across the musical landscape, and in very short time sent the CV/Gate based synthesizer gear to the corner. A common standard for exchange of musical data between electronic instruments, first agreed upon between Roland, Sequential and Yamaha. This new standard was called MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital […]
Posted on 02/05/1984
Let me say it quickly: This is a seriously well-designed little machine, that performs extremely well and is rock solid. The diminutive size aside, the MSQ-100 can sequence a complete MIDI arrangement (16 channels across a single MIDI wire). It is easy to grasp, and the work modes are quite intuitive and quickly gets in […]
Posted on 14/03/1984
Having recorded 6 tracks with DéFilm in Puk Studio, Randers, we had our minds firmly set on going to Japan to settle and play there. But without our knowledge, Puk – the owner of the studio – sent our tape to the then leading Danish record company “Medley Records”. The company called us literally on […]
Posted on 06/11/1983
After having used – and loved – the Roland MC-4B Microcomposer for quite a few years, I was looking for something similar, but with better editing facilities and file system. The arcane cassette interface for the MC-4B was slow and unreliable unless you had the dedicated hardware cassette unit, which was quite expensive. So when […]
Posted on 01/11/1983
Posted on 22/07/1983
Out of the labs In continuation of talks with Danmarks Radio, The Royal Danish Music Conservatory and the state committee for experimental music, I was asked to write a report on the current Danish electronic music scene as I saw it. The report was not very merciful towards the scene at the time, and proposes […]
Posted on 13/06/1983
A worthy substitute? In 1982 during rehearsals for the DeFilm project, my main synth -the notoriously flaky PPG Wave 2.0 – needed a break for firmware updates and fixes. I needed a poly synth, so I was offered to borrow the Yamaha CS-60 during the repair period. So I took the rather heavy unit to […]