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Malcolm Cecil is involved in The Weeknd’s next album. Both of them already worked together before his death. The Weeknd posted a photo of him in his studio

Did Pink Floyd have something like this?

Missing Malcolm Cecil today, but glad that so many others--including his original musical partner, Robert Margouleff--are still at it, innovating and creating new sounds.

Someday the world will see . The true work. The searching. The struggle to finally express. The joy. Is unmeasurable

That’s my favorite song from the album

Wonderful. Zero Time is a brilliant album. What fantastic musical equipment we see in that studio.

G.E.N.I.O.U.S!!!!

my favorite Tonto appearance czcams.com/video/XqyQKdN6JtI/video.html

I`ve been waiting years to be reminded TOTO was the album i bought with a cute tune on it...i was tv engineer for the 70`s plus and semipro keys.vocals still looking for test card music so thanks

i remember T.O.N.T.O as the foundation of the musical experience shared on the Stairsteps Album dated 1975 entitled the 2nd Resurrection, it was a true marvel, so to finally have it explained is truly enlightening

wow ... that is in fact Tonto

A seminal work and beautiful music

the electronic shrine. RiP Cecil

This is just wonderful! Lovely sounds! Thank you for your madness and music!

amazing

Rave On Malcom Cecil 💫

R.I.P Malcolm Cecil 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Rest easy, from hip hop

RIP - malcolm cecil The sinth King

thank you for your work in synthesis the bob moog foundation has told us of your recent passing. people should know that his work on tonto is in calgary at the national music center museum . it is an incredible machine

Im not a hater, I highly respect what Cecil did WHEN he did it. Thats quite an ambitious effort, and he and I both share a love for sound creation. What I don't understand is that there was actual very little information about TONTO on the web. I have been to multiple sites and watched multiple videos but none of them really say anything. When it comes to Stevie W, I have never heard anything that exotic until Wonder got a Yamaha GX-1 (or GX20) on Songs in the Key of Life. Cecil references how TONTO helped create the clavinet parts on "Superstitious." I'd really like an explanation to that. Also, again not to be mean, buying other instruments and taking them out of their original chassis to put them within your own cabinetry isn't creating a new instrument. At one time, I had over 40 synths in my arsenal, all connected by MIDI under computer control, that can do far more interface functions than standard CV, and I never considered my set-up to be one new ("original) instrument. Lastly, why didn't he evolve the set-up? There are modern analog VCOs which are far more stable and have more functionality, as well as advanced controllers. A lot of CV duties have been replace by MIDI which is vastly more sturdy, and takes far less real-estate on the panel. My current 5MU modular has 59 full range VCOs, 8 sequencers, 22 EGs, 21 filters; as part of a system that has over 400 MU, and none of them are cross-platform modules. I am always changing my system.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!😁👍

stevies music never sounded the same after he stopped working with this guy

I got this album!!! Original, LP...I remember WNEW-FM NYC Allison Steele, late into the night.....when FM mattered!

I'll never be grateful enough for your créations, soundmaking, time, interest, love of music. I'm "born" with your sounds, I'd like to leave this life proud of sharing the same lifetime as yours, it's a great honnor for me because it reminds me so many "warm,sweet and happy" moments. You, Mr Bob Margouleff, Mr Wonder, you 've changed my life . Keep on please . Thank You very very much . Deeply . Fr

Hey Malcolm

Hi Malcolm, I remember visiting you in Topanga Canyon ( I think it was) many years ago with Pete Bardens. We dropped by and said Hi to you and your wife. Was amazing. Nice to see this video :)

could someone identify the first piece? its so haunting and beautiful...

fabulous and unique

This music is beyond amazing... if you have heard what J-Dilla did to this man... track 4 or 5 on the beat tape.. if you haven't heard that. Listen to that you will be blown away to see a person flip a song so much... I think the actually version is called J Dilla Turn me up some instrumental. Thank you for the Tonto tho much appreciated 🖖🏽

PS wasn't it used in Phantom of the Paradise.

I got to visit it at the Record Plant on 3rd st, it was set up in Studio C the room built to house a orchestra I met Stevie Wonder in the hallway one day, a big thank you to Robert Margouloff for letting me hangout with him at the Plant. I have a slide of it somewhere in my archives.

Hi, Malcolm Cecil here. Thanks for all your wonderful comments - much appreciated. I have just released iTONTO the app. Its not a playable iOS recreation of TONTO - it is the complete documentation and user manual with over 400 zoomable pics of the front and back of every module including schematics, diagrams, layouts and detailed descriptions. Here is the link appsto.re/us/f4ys9.i

CenyddRos It's not going to waste, it's now at the National Music Centre in Canada where it's not just an exhibition piece, but musicians can use it for new recordings!

I think this lockup was auctioned off on a reality TV show?

Sonic Heaven

If Dr. Dre or Pharrell ever get in that room it is curtains. This is the "Willy Wonka's Choclate Factory" of funk.

amazing

Amazing machine. Too bad it is going to waste.

Will this one day be put inside the Smithsonian ? Bytheway..thanks to 'Keen'Mark for that rare piece of info.The poster of this video couldn't have said it any better.....

Hey Malcolm - Glad to see you getting your story be told and heard on CZcams. This is Liv at Invincible Recordings.... You sold me one of Steve Wonders 8 voice Oberhiems years ago which got a lot of love:) Thanks for sharing your visions and heart with us all.

To the listener, maybe one can not tell the difference, but to the player, analogue synthesizers have an amazing smooth tonal change as you turn the knob that you can't match in even the finest of incremental steps that VST synthesizers have.

Look at that synth!

Tonto means fool in Spanish XD

really!? Please do tell what the name of the app is? I've tried searching for it, but no luck. thanks so much

I got the app for this on my ipad!

@Sleipnir1971 -- we could only speculate before now ;-)

So this is what the inner secret control room of the TARDIS looks like!!!