KEYTARS

The pics of the Weiltmeister Basset in the last post caused quite a stir. So here's some other pics for you keytarslutz. Om tuesday (March 4), I'm gonna play on a show in Trondheim (samfundet) with a choir+, .....yes, me on keytars... haha. 60 singing men plus keytar! ohboy

moog liberation

gonna do a Jan Hammer tribute performance in about a month from now, so the Keytar needed a shapeup. For now I just cleaned out the dirt, and changed a rotary pot + the sliderpots. But it will need a full re-wiring before I can take it with me on a longer tour. The wires are so rusty. Found the sliderpost on ebay. Did a search for moog sliders, and there they were. perfect.

MS20 FILTERCLONE

The allmighty MS20 filter (KORG35).

the orginal plan was to build a stereo filter and put it in a 19" rack. Hopefully I'll get to that later. But somebody should deffinitively try it. Maybe in combination with a BigMuff in there too - switchable? Here's my portable- version 1



The Q filter and the freq filter was combined in to one dual stereo linear pot.

The VU meter shows the intensity on what's going on.





Got to have some nicer graphix done also, but that's boring work. o,well.

keyboardroom

What you see (right) is a Clavinet duo/pianet ACE Hammond organ, toypiano (baby grand piano) and a Rhodes. Clavinets and Rhodes are recorded through Fender Twin and Fender Bandmaster. The organ went to a leslie 825. ( organ to the LEFT is called a "Hitorgan". ).

keyboard closet

I rarely record keyboards directly in to the console. They tend to sound better through a speaker. Usually a transistor amp.

An SM57 and 2X15" is always rigged up at the bottom of the closet, and all the keyboards are routed to it. Makes it fast and easy to get going, when inspiration strikes. The signal is amplified with a modded Roland Revo30 w/a DIY on/offswitch on the leslie effect. These are fantastic amps for keyboards - in the studio.(They are not usable for stage use, cause the gain is to weak)

They are all linked together with CV/trigger. Fron the top : TEISCO400, microkorg, Hitorgan, Korg SH-5, ARP solist, Korg Monopoly, Circuitbent Philicordia and a Moog liberation front.

liberator

left, Rolf Harris stylopphone. right - a pic of my moog liberator. Two instruments that look nice, but aren't used much. At least not on this album.

filtered distortion

Everything sounds better with a small touch of distortion.

The MS10 has an unbelievable cool and unique overdrive sound, which blends well with other sounds, and with the filter you can put it where you want in the soundscape.

waveshaper = 100% PWN.
pitch = +5
peak = 0
and a jack in "trigger in", to keep the external input going

Fantastic on vocals and bass, oh and very cool on double bass. wohoo!