I just thought I'd post something slightly frivolous in contrast to
all the rap-bashing, mtv-bashing, etc. that is going on around here
nowadays.
Whatever happened to Genesis's "ahh" machine? The synth that sounds
like a chorus of people singing "ahhhhh.... ahhhhh..." and is most
prevalent on Selling England by the Pound, Trick of the Tail (most
notably at the end of the album), and Wind & Wuthering (esp. in
"Afterglow").
Was that a dedicated keyboard or a program on the synth (did they
have programmable synths in 1976?)?
Did Marillion buy the "ahh" machine? Did anyone else borrow it?
I'm kind of interested in hearing other uses of this wonderful
instrument.
At first, I thought it was a chorus of children singing "ahhh" but
the sound was just too perfect. At any rate, it has to be the
most innovative use of an instrument in popular music since
the flute.
In fact, I'd kind of like to learn to play the "ahhh" machine.
I wonder if there's one for sale anywhere?
On Monday, 8 October 1990 05:20:28 UTC+1, Andy Tefft wrote:
I just thought I'd post something slightly frivolous in contrast to
all the rap-bashing, mtv-bashing, etc. that is going on around here nowadays.
Whatever happened to Genesis's "ahh" machine? The synth that sounds
like a chorus of people singing "ahhhhh.... ahhhhh..." and is most prevalent on Selling England by the Pound, Trick of the Tail (most
notably at the end of the album), and Wind & Wuthering (esp. in "Afterglow").
Was that a dedicated keyboard or a program on the synth (did they
have programmable synths in 1976?)?
Did Marillion buy the "ahh" machine? Did anyone else borrow it?
I'm kind of interested in hearing other uses of this wonderful
instrument.
At first, I thought it was a chorus of children singing "ahhh" but
the sound was just too perfect. At any rate, it has to be the
most innovative use of an instrument in popular music since
the flute.
In fact, I'd kind of like to learn to play the "ahhh" machine.
I wonder if there's one for sale anywhere?
The voices on Afterglow are not from a Mellotron - they were loop recordings like on the 10CC track I'm Not In Love.
They couldnt repeat this live so Banks played it on a Mellotron using the stand Choir tape set and it sounds totally different.
Listen to the album version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA_uWtbXnh8
then listen to the live version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqRav8j3UZI
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