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offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-08-09 04:37 [#00342567]
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Anyone know what gear rdj uses for his gak alias?

I know there's some x0x...


 

offline ChildrenTalking from United States on 2002-08-09 06:18 [#00342617]
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no clue, but GAK 4 ROCKS


 

offline Duble0Syx from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2002-08-09 06:31 [#00342620]
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Everyone says GAK sucks, but I think it's great, especial 2
and 4...


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-08-09 07:35 [#00342648]
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i think gak's bad ass...

i think gak's some rjd hdware creations. like some exsisting
gear fucked with. gak was before rjd whent digital right? so
unless he had a ton of fx boxes...which is pretty
impractical if you know how to re-arange the wires in your
own gear...

i wish there was an article about this project, so i can
read up on it in more detail.


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-08-09 07:39 [#00342652]
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i was in the car with a few freinds a few months and it was
the late sat night elecronic show here in seattle; and they
played the gak ep...the dj called it one of rdj's worst
works, but the whoel car thought it was killer! they all
started askign me who aphex twin was, yadda yadda.


 

offline Murray from Southend, Essex (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 08:32 [#00342679]
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Most likely TB-303, TR-909, TR-808 if it is Acid oh and
maybe an SH-101


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 08:35 [#00342682]
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I don't think he used those for GAK dude. He (and KK) did
for Universal Indicator tho.


 

offline Murray from Southend, Essex (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 08:36 [#00342684]
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Ive only heard one GAK track and i cant remember much about
it, but i know for sure that those are just some of RDJ's
hardware equipment



 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 08:43 [#00342686]
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Yeppers, In Acid Labs @ time of UI.

I still wonder what the Prodigy nicked from him.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-08-09 08:48 [#00342688]
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What, did he say that the prodidgy knicked something from
him?

I rememer ages ago thinking that one of the drum beats on
caustic window comp. was like something off one of the
prodigy albums.


 

offline Murray from Southend, Essex (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 08:52 [#00342692]
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Apparently, according to Greek Mythology, The Prodigy stole
a TB-303 from Aphex when i riot broke out at an Essex club
(most likely The Barn) when Aphex was playing there


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-08-09 08:53 [#00342693]
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No wonder they credited him on their first album :) perhaps
it's actually a veiled jibe?


 

offline Murray from Southend, Essex (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 08:54 [#00342694]
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By 'The Prodigy' it would probably be Liam, the crafty git,
i reckon it would have been whilst Liam was making
'Experience' and all the other EP's, because he lists Aphex
in the thanks list, is it for the inspiration...or is it for
the 303?

To quote FatBoy Slim...'Everyone needs a 303'


 

offline Murray from Southend, Essex (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 08:55 [#00342695]
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You wrote that just before i posted so i didnt see ure post
Ceri

Sorry man


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-08-09 08:58 [#00342697]
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That's okay, it happens to me all the time, Whilst the 303
was good for its time I don't see why everyone still loves
them so much- You can get a far broader spectrum of sounds
with more modern synths.


 

offline Murray from Southend, Essex (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 08:59 [#00342699]
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Yeah i know, but alot people just like having around for the
warmth and retro feel, plus new synths cant always EXACTLY
mimic the vintage sounds...


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 09:01 [#00342702]
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Ugh! Dude! a 303 is a 303! forget 'more modern synths' Yes
you can make other sounds on more modern equip but to get a
bad ass acid line burning thru your skull a 303 wont go
wrong. I can certainly see why people still like it and I
used one for my acid track 'Gatomon'


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-08-09 09:02 [#00342704]
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no 303 in gak man.

polygon window. yes. in gak no. i can hear some 808 sounds
in gak though.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-08-09 09:03 [#00342707]
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I know the re-birth 303 doesn't sound exactly like it (and
that's licensed by roland!) but I'm sure within a couple of
years we'll see soft synths with "detuning" knobs that
perfectly mimic the fuzz you get when old synths heat up.

AT must have been really annoyed about having a 303 knicked,
they were really expensive weren't they (I know they still
are as they're collectible)?


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-08-09 09:04 [#00342708]
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the 303 is bad ass because of it's slides. I know bands that
hook up modern synths into their 303 emulators. then the 303
into a decent sequenecer bacuase 16 step sequencing sux.


 

offline Murray from Southend, Essex (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 09:05 [#00342709]
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yeah they were

Im thinking of getting a 606, always wanted a drum machine,
so simple to program and i like the sounds on it



 

offline Duble0Syx from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2002-08-09 09:05 [#00342710]
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I want them ALL!!!


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-08-09 09:07 [#00342713]
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speaking of 303...here comes a laid back 303 line in polygon
window: track 7. heh, this sounds way to much liek a rebirth
preset...it doesn't surprise me if propellerheads stole this
riff.


 

offline Murray from Southend, Essex (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 09:10 [#00342715]
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i love that line


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 09:20 [#00342724]
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It wasn't The Barn where that happened...

It was in a converted cinema which got turned into a club
for a few months...Prodigy played there the first
night...and Aphex a few weeks later but yeah, there was a
load of money trouble with getting paid & people ended up
walking off with records, furniture, whatever they could lay
their hands on....

so basically a weird night...I was off me face so didn't
really know what was happening at the time...never imagined
I'd be remembering it after all these years (we're talking
1992...)...

I've still got a flyer for the club somewhere....pity it all
happened as the club didn't open again after that...it's a
weatherspoons pub now...:(...

back on topic...sounds to me as if GAK uses a lot of Yamaha
FM stuff..some of those basses are quite dry & digital
sounding...DX100 perhaps??...


 

offline Murray from Southend, Essex (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 09:24 [#00342729]
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Ahh Jand...knower of all things usefull


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-08-09 09:27 [#00342735]
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what are the names to the two newly released polygon window
tracks?



 

offline Duble0Syx from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2002-08-09 09:31 [#00342741]
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Redruth School and Portreath Harbor...


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-08-09 09:38 [#00342748]
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i found the first track on slsk..but cant' seem to find the
second :(.


 

offline Duble0Syx from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2002-08-09 09:40 [#00342751]
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Get on Inverted Whales server...I got em, and I ripped em
right from the cd when I bought it...


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-08-09 09:41 [#00342754]
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how do i do that?



 

offline Duble0Syx from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2002-08-09 09:43 [#00342756]
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If IW was around he could sign you up but I suppose I could
get on soulseek...


 

offline Duble0Syx from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2002-08-09 09:58 [#00342764]
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I'm on soulseek if you still want that track...
Same name as here and I'm in the Aphextwin.nu room...


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-08-09 10:05 [#00342772]
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Theres a 606 for £120 in a shop near me.

Nanotech: Yep, theres lots of stuff in the default rebirth
song that sounds "stolen" :)


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-08-09 10:10 [#00342782]
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where are you at?


 

offline Duble0Syx from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2002-08-09 10:12 [#00342789]
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Had a problem, I should be there when you read this...


 

offline slowdive from floating city near himalaya (Nepal) on 2002-08-09 11:50 [#00342871]
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i always hated prodigy, and now i hate them more!


 

offline Jedy from dublin (Ireland) on 2002-08-09 12:26 [#00342899]
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prodigy is just gay


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 12:28 [#00342902]
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I wish people wouldn't use the word gay as a term of insult.


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-08-09 12:29 [#00342904]
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i agree.


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-08-09 12:54 [#00342945]
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i can see why these tracks were vut from polygon...they
dont' fit with the rest of the cd at all. the beats are to
dancy, and the melodies on redruth school are to quarky with
that xylaphone. almost like donkey ruhbarb...


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 12:58 [#00342953]
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I remember in an interview Richard said he had a whole 2nd
Polygon Window album that he won't put out. He added
'morbidly' "They will probably find it when I'm dead"


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-08-09 13:02 [#00342962]
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wow.

i personally wish that his last wish is to let us have his
stuff.

that's what i'd do; put it in my will that the whole world
gets my music for free. no greedy labels eating the
profits...just my fans enjoying all my work.


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 13:05 [#00342965]
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Thats very good of you Nanotech.

I want to get my paws on that second Caustic Window album,
only 4 of those in the world... man. I can't really complain
tho because Richard seems to be doing his best to re-release
his older stuff. I'm happy to get anything by him and I
always love to retire any of my home made bootlegs.


 


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