27/10/1987 - Vince the synth genius talks about....synths!! Plus you get to hear some stripped down Erasure tunes and just check out how the host pronounces Erasure!!!!
As a MIDI controller in this case. And the CZ series with their Phase Distortion synthesis sounds really interesting and analog-like in some ways. He's not using a Casiotone arranger keyboard like many people own and/or are used to seeing (not that there is anything wrong with those, they're just not for what he does as a musician).
Los recursos de aquella época eran ILIMITADOS y de gran delicia y calidez. El problema era el tremendo costo monetario de tan solo un solo secuenciador o sinte. Hoy por hoy , lo de aquella era es muy apreciado y buscado. saludos😊
Vince! ditch the Mac and go back to your old BBC UMI sequencer you used throughout the 80's & 90s. You made much better music with it. Respect from a fan.
its amazing how much technology has progressed since the 80's we now have shitty programs like FL studio, and Protools etc. back then people actually put alot of effort in to make good music but now they just use software because its fast cheap and easy.
....pro tools hdx isnt a shitty thing, it's the god sent of every software, it does all a real studio does inside a computer, the reason music todays is crap and boring has nothing to do with pro tools or digital performer or logic, you could write brilliant music with pro tools and boring stuff with bbc micro or atari st, what makes the difference is the man behind the computer not the software itself.
Easier in some ways, as far as workflow is concerned, but probably harder in other ways, because there are fewer limitations. Vince once said that one of the main reasons he usually works with another producer (he doesn't have to, as he could do it all himself at a professional level) is to have someone help him know when to stop tweaking sounds and arrangements.
Vince Clarke. Inspiration. Legend.
Mr. Vincent Clarke Synthpop Genius ! Respect From Poland ;-)
Was Vince going for a game of tennis after this?
THIS IS BRILLIANT! Thank you so much for posting it. This shows how the “Paul McCartney of synths,” wrote his hits! Thanks.
I remember seeing this back in the 80s as it goes
And here you've got it, the master uses CASIO. 🙂
As a MIDI controller in this case. And the CZ series with their Phase Distortion synthesis sounds really interesting and analog-like in some ways. He's not using a Casiotone arranger keyboard like many people own and/or are used to seeing (not that there is anything wrong with those, they're just not for what he does as a musician).
Pure utter genius by the man himself Mr Vincent Clarke
MUSICAL GENIUS ✌🏻👩🏼🎨❤
Richard D. James referenced this as a big draw to making music, watching Vince in his room full of gadgets making music.
+job2k6 Eee Ray Zee Urr?
Yeah, he'd have been about 16 years old when this was broadcast.
I can just imagine Dave singing over that quick track Vince made
This man is a genius. It's unbelievable how he could get these beautiful sounds with this old technology.
it was far from being old back then
Increíble lo que hacía Vince con los recursos de la época. Genio absoluto.
Los recursos de aquella época eran ILIMITADOS y de gran delicia y calidez. El problema era el tremendo costo monetario de tan solo un solo secuenciador o sinte. Hoy por hoy , lo de aquella era es muy apreciado y buscado.
saludos😊
I loved Rock school back in the day, I remember the 1st series from 1982/83 but don’t remember this series from 1985.
Thanks for putting this up!
Vince! ditch the Mac and go back to your old BBC UMI sequencer you used throughout the 80's & 90s. You made much better music with it. Respect from a fan.
Priceless
The original Fire & Ice band. Vince always had his own style regardless of the equipment.
Ahh!! ... the TR-727!
thanks for the ID on that one. I just knew it was a TR
I would have loved to see one of his ARP's or one of his modulars.
Erasure ;-)
sweetheart
A sort of show-case for the UMI music sequencer on the BBC Micro. :)
A pioneer and legend with Erasure and Yaz!
Yazoo!
..and Depeche Mode,The Assembly
Life is so much easier with DAW's. Much respect.
its amazing how much technology has progressed since the 80's we now have shitty programs like FL studio, and Protools etc. back then people actually put alot of effort in to make good music but now they just use software because its fast cheap and easy.
you say it like its a bad thing lol
Because it is.
He was using software too. Didn't you see the computer? :)
I did but it was only used to time correct. He used the BBC Mircocomputer for along time.
....pro tools hdx isnt a shitty thing, it's the god sent of every software, it does all a real studio does inside a computer, the reason music todays is crap and boring has nothing to do with pro tools or digital performer or logic, you could write brilliant music with pro tools and boring stuff with bbc micro or atari st, what makes the difference is the man behind the computer not the software itself.
Great Martin Gore lip-sync from the man 👨🏿 at the beginning 😆😅
Eee-Ray-Zee-Urr. Lol ;-b
BBC and coffee cup !
I got anxiety seeing a coffee mug sat on that keyboard...
He could afford to replace if necessary
I take it he stopped using the Fairlight CMI by this time?
BBC computer
The reason why I am here.. I learnt to program on it at school.
@@universal70 But probably had a Speccy or Commie at home? 😉
btw, which song is it he is programming? unreleased stuff?
Good question. can't work it out lol
I kept thinking Axel Foley when I heard that riff, heh
I think it was a random line that came out of his mind at that moment. Pure genius.
Was the drum machines a TR-707 and a TR-727?
Sounds like TR 727
The clap sounds like it comes from a Yamaha RX machine though - possibly custom EPROMs or two machines?
OHHHHMG I'm a computer person but what????
Wonder if it's got easier as computers became more user-friendly...
Easier in some ways, as far as workflow is concerned, but probably harder in other ways, because there are fewer limitations. Vince once said that one of the main reasons he usually works with another producer (he doesn't have to, as he could do it all himself at a professional level) is to have someone help him know when to stop tweaking sounds and arrangements.
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