Hello another 1940s synth, made by Jenny, the Ondioline, anybody any ideas about what modules would produce the sound of this early synthesizer?
I have no idea but suddenly a Stereolab song title makes sense
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Well, myself and Worker 13 created a Clavioline instrument, a while back and it has a more reedy sound than that.
Songs that the Clavioline were used on:
Tornadoes-- Telstar
Beatles-- Baby, your Rich man now! All on YouTube.
True, Stereolab had a song titled that … but there was reputably no Ondioline on that track.
Ondioline was famously used by this fine fellow-Jean Jacques Perrey:
Jean-Jacques Perrey – Mister Ondioline (1960) FULL EP - YouTube
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The first three minutes of His Holy Modal Majesty is pretty much an Ondioline solo by Al Kooper.
I remember thinking, when it first came out, that it was the coolest keyboard sound ever.
An ondioline-inspired oscillator was recently added to the EaganMatrix, and this video has some interesting specifics about how it works behind the scenes:
(Jump to 1:51)
(Thanks @christophe.duquesne for your part in it!)
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