The Korg 01/W is a workstation synthesizer, released in 1991, and was intended to replace the M1 and T series. The workstation was based on Ai2, an improved version of the Ai (Advanced Integrated) Synthesis technology found in the M1. The success of the Ai2 architecture ensured it was used in the majority of subsequent Korg synths of the 1990s.
The 01/W only had a few of the M1’s samples. Particularly missing were the M1 Acoustic Piano, and some of the M1 Electric Piano sounds. These were replaced by more realistic versions (the Acoustic Piano in the 01/W was radically different and sounded more oriented for classical music).
The M1’s piano was so bright and metallic sounding that it found its niche in Dance/Electronica and some Latin Music where it could cut through the mix easily. Korg acknowledged this fact by integrating their M1 piano back on later incarnations of the X range, such as in the X5D synth and N264 / N364 workstations.
The 01/W also added more electric piano sounds, having at least 5 times as many, therefore becoming one of the standard keyboards used in smooth jazz, which often uses electric piano sounds.
The 01/W introduced a feature called “Waveshaping.” This was a feature where each sample value was run through a non-linear function, and thereby producing new harmonics. This is similar to the way a tube amp distorts sound. It was possible to select from 59 different waveshapes having names like “Rezzy,” “Parabola” & “Comb,” to transform/distort the sound. Waveshaping would add different harmonics to the sound depending on the selected waveshape, but the added harmonics depended also heavily on what kind of sample that was fed into the waveshaping function. The waveshaping feature could make some very interesting sonic textures as it would literally reshape the sound to fit that specific waveshape. However, the feature was discontinued on subsequent models. Original sounds were achievable but required significant experimentation, as using waveshaping on stock samples often only seemed to add distortion.
The 0 series took a step backward from the T series in one area: the 1-megabyte sample Ram, on which users could load their own multisamples, was removed. More current workstations almost invariably have integrated samplers or user sample playback features.
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Il cheddar è un formaggio a pasta dura, di colore che può variare dal giallo pallido fino all’arancione, dal gusto deciso. Ha origine nel villaggio inglese di Cheddar, nel Somerset, da cui prende il nome. È il più diffuso formaggio britannico che contribuisce per oltre il cinquanta percento agli uno virgola nove miliardi di sterline del fatturato annuo dei formaggi del Regno Unito. È molto utilizzato anche in altri Paesi di influenza anglosassone come l’Australia, l’Irlanda, gli Stati Uniti e il Canada.
Il cheddar è prodotto almeno dal 1170.
In un documento del re Enrico Ii d’Inghilterra, è annotato l’acquisto di 4.730 chili al prezzo di tre sterline per tonnellata.
Nel corso della seconda guerra mondiale, tutto il latte doveva essere conferito alle fabbriche del cheddar destinato alle truppe. Questo causò la rinuncia a produrre altri formaggi, fra cui il caerphilly, che da allora rappresentano produzioni di nicchia.
Nel 2012, un produttore caseario del Wisconsin ha scoperto per caso tre scatole in legno rimaste nascoste in fondo a una cella frigorifera per decenni. Al loro interno erano presenti tre forme di cheddar invecchiato involontariamente ventotto, trentaquattro e quaranta anni. Venduto all’asta a partire dal prezzo di dieci dollari all’oncia è, secondo gli esperti, il lotto di formaggio più vecchio finora conosciuto.
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Commercializzato dalla Yamaha a partire dal 1977 e rimasto in produzione fino al 1980, il Cs-80 è stato il primo sintetizzatore polifonico al mondo destinato al commercio ed era disponibile al prezzo di circa cinquemila sterline britanniche. Supporta una polifonia a otto voci con due Vco per voce, organizzati come due differenti sintetizzatori, ciascuno dotato di una propria serie di controlli. Fa parte della serie di sintetizzatori polifonici Cs (Cs-50, Cs-60 e Cs-80), nati come versioni più economiche e trasportabili dello Yamaha Gx-1.
È stato uno tra gli strumenti preferiti dall’artista Vangelis, che lo definì «il più grande sintetizzatore mai realizzato» e lo utilizzò per la colonna sonora della pellicola Blade Runner, facendolo così divenire un classico tra i sintetizzatori.
La storia dello Yamaha Cs-80 parte dal suo predecessore, lo Yamaha Gx-1. Rilasciato nel 1975 al prezzo di sessantamila dollari, lo Yamaha Gx-1 era dotato di tre tastiere e venticinque pedali per i suoni bassi, per un peso di circa trecentottantasette chili. Due delle tre tastiere erano polifoniche a otto voci con due oscillatori per voce, mentre la terza tastiera e la sezione dei pedali erano entrambe monofoniche, per un totale di diciotto note producibili contemporaneamente. Di questo sintetizzatore furono realizzati meno di cento esemplari e, dato il prezzo, solamente pochi grandi artisti del calibro di Stevie Wonder e Keith Emerson poterono permetterselo.
La serie di sintetizzatori Cs nacque quindi dalla necessità di riprodurre le funzionalità del Gx-1, utilizzando le solite tecnologie, in dimensioni ridotte e a un prezzo più accessibile.
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The Yamaha Gx-1, first released as Electone Gx-707, is an analog polyphonic synthesizer organ developed by Yamaha as a test bed for later consumer synths and Electone series organs for stage and home use. The Gx-1 has four synthesizer “ranks” or three manuals, called Solo, Upper, and Lower, plus Pedal, and an analog rhythm machine. The Gx-707 first appeared in 1973 as a “theatre model” for use on concert stages, before the Gx-1 was publicly released in 1975.
Keith Emerson of Elp described touring with the Gx-1 as a “roadie’s nightmare” because of its 600 lb. mass.
John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin used a Gx-1 on their 1979 album In Through the Out Door. Jones also used it on Led Zeppelin’s 1979 concerts at Knebworth. He later sold his to Keith Emerson.
Hans Zimmer bought one of Keith Emerson’s old Gx-1s.
Richard Wright of “Pink Floyd” allegedly owned one for a brief time, but it did not make an appearance on any recordings. It can be seen pictured in the album sleeve of Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81.
Benny Andersson of Abba used a Yamaha Gx-1 on several Abba tracks as well as on tour. He still keeps that at his Riksmixningsverket studio in Stockholm, along with many other old synthesizers and keyboards.
Negative reaction to the opus 130’s final movement at the first performance, and his publisher’s urging, led Beethoven to write a substitute for the final movement, a contredanse much shorter and lighter than the enormous Große Fuge it replaced. This new finale was written in the autumn of 1826, during a relapse into severe illness, and is the final complete piece of music Beethoven composed before his death in March, 1827. It is marked:
Finale: Allegro in B♭ major
Beethoven never witnessed a performance of the quartet in its final form; it was premiered on April 22, 1827, nearly a month after his death.
The original finale was published separately under the title Große Fuge as opus 133.
In 1982, Zappa bought a Synclavier, a computer controlled synthesizer, that offered him the possibility to execute pieces, humanly impossible to play. Among the first recordings where this machine was used, was Thing-Fish. This work belongs to the literary side of Zappa with a peculiar plot about a government trying to spread out diseases deliberately. It has the shape of an opera. Does Humor Belong In Music? is a compilation of live music as played during the 1984 tour. In 1985, a senate hearing was held about the possible introduction of warning labels when the lyrics of pop albums could be deemed dangerous or offensive. Zappa was one of the speakers against this idea, and released Fz Meets The Mothers Of Prevention as a reaction, doing many interviews as well. This last album also included some complex Synclavier works. The next year, Jazz From Hell followed with the Synclavier being present full-fledged. This album got rewarded with an Emmy.
In 1991, it was publicly announced that Zappa suffered from incurable prostate cancer. He still lived for three years, being able to compose and yet again come up with new directions for his music. It did something to make up for his early death in 1993. After Jazz From Hell, Zappa continued working on the Synclavier, eventually leading to Civilization Phaze Iii and Dance Me This. Both Cds show a mix of composed music and collage pieces, achieved by assembling samples. Wolf Harbor is a fascinating world of industrial sounds and percussion sections. Other Synclavier music reached a public via indirect sources, as The Valdez Score (radio broadcast) and Uncle Sam (as part of a Zft release). The cooperation with the Ensemble Modern worked out very well. With The Yellow Shark, Zappa could release some early and recently written chamber music.
Zappa has referred to his output as one big project, being held together by a conceptual continuity. This motto was more an attitude towards music than something you might call a development of a Zappa style: anything was allowed. Another slogan he liked to use was “Aaafrna:” anything, anytime, anywhere for no reason at all. About anything is coming by in such a creative manner that many consider Zappa a genius.
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