#S3000XL

[tasiturney]

got an akai s3000xl last month and got lucky cuz its only issues was a dead backlight and faulty floppy drive. i quicky replaced the backlight but goofed a lil by pushing it too much (the dark spots on the screen are tape). the floppy drive seemed like a pain in the ass at first cuz replacements with the same/similar model as the original drive cost $35+ so i said fuck that and got a $10 kinda-close model (mitsumi d359m3d) and hoped it worked. i had to jumper wire the power cable to make it reach the new drive but it does work!

the nice thing about the s3000xl is that its switching psu has 2 modes: 100 - 120v & [european numbers]v. so i didnt have to get another step down converter to use a jp one in usa

after testing my zuluscsi mini with six 510MB virtual drives, i immediately neglected it to sample myself meowing and saved the patches to floppy

[fornaxvoid]

Fornax Void Update Spring 2019

Hey everyone,

In recent months I may have seemed kind of inactive, which led to a few requests about what I'm up to. I thought I might write a little update on what is going on:

For the most part I'm working on cleaning up my Album 'Cyberspace Database'. As I plan to release the Album on physical media this year (coupled with new videos), I want to refresh the mixes, and create consistent masters of all the tracks. This created the need to migrate my DAW to a computer with higher performance.

Making archival backups of all the data, migrating DAW to computer with more performance, upgrading Operating System, getting latest Cubase etc.

This took some time and the according purchases (HDDs, SSDs, Cubase License etc.) created Budget problems. I started doing more commissions and decided to sell all hardware synths except a handful of favorites - generally reducing clutter in my workspace, by selling stuff. This resulted in additional logistical, and administrational efforts: sampling all the synths, especially recording samples of important personal patches, creating online auctions, packing up things and hauling them to the post office etc. This process is not yet finished and will take up a couple more weeks. 

Basically, I'm cleaning up and refreshing things, to wrap up my work of the last few years in a well rounded way.

For fun, I created a list of the synths I sold or kept, with statements on why and mentions of a couple of tracks they were used on:

Kept:

Roland JV-2080 – While I got to recap all the upgrade cards of this thing, the device is extremely convenient to program, full of sounds I love to create patches with and 8 * multi-timbral. Used on Borlando Loom, Cyberspace Database and many other tracks.

Akai S3000XL – One of the classic, defining samplers of the 90s. Easy to use, multi-timbral, 32-voice polyphony. Used on Void Gate Access Software and Void Gate Panorama Station.

Korg WaveStation A/D – Lots of waveforms, multi-timbral. The unorthodox sound engine and the menu design make it a bit of a headache to program. Despite the large display, accessing it's capabilities is time consuming. The menu has some graphic capabilities beyond text, but it is not as intuitive feeling as the menus of the JV-2080 or the S3000XL. Used on Cyborg Samurai Miyamoto, Soyokaze Suteshon 199X, Void Gate Panorama Station and other tracks.

Yamaha PSS-480 – My first synth, I got as a kid. Also one of my favorite FM synths. Programmable 2-OP FM with MIDI. Used on Void Gate Access Software, Void Gate Panorama Station and other tracks.

Reckless Experimentation Audio LLC YM3812 – Like an Adlib Soundcard in a box, but better. Great, programmable, multi-timbral FM synth module with MIDI, based on the legendary OPL2 chip. Used on: Topographic Multiplexer and other tracks.

Commodore 64 + MSSIAH Cartridge – great 3-part / 3-voice synth and wave player / sampler software for the C64. Used on Offshore Network Vertex, Void Gate Access Software, Hexadecimal Love Letters and other tracks.

Wayfar MIDI NES Cartridge – Interesting thing. Don't use it much, but doesn't take up much space. Used on: Void Gate Access Software

Sold:

Roland D-05 – Generally liked this synths sound, but its inconvenient to program, filters don't work on PCM waveforms, lacks multi-timbrality and no proper outputs. Used on Super Aliasing and other tracks.

Roland TB-03 – Sounds pretty nice, easy to program, but lacks proper outputs. I used this as a harp-like instrument in the end of Void Gate Access Software.

Akai S1000 – Wonderful sounding sampler, but is 1U bigger, has less RAM, half the polyphony probably sells better than the than S3000XL. Used on Void Gate Access Software and Void Gate Panorama Station.

Oberheim Xpander – A really nice instrument, I spent lot of time with, but always made me feel uneasy owning. Expensive, old, analog synths always come with the risk that something breaks. Used on: Ancient Data Tapes, Oberheim Taxi Shagnhai Xpander, Server Room Love Letters,  Affinity, Infinity, Protorezoic Ocean, Hexadecimal Love Letters, Offshore Network Vertex, Cyborg Samurai Miyamoto, and many more tracks.

Korg M1R – A great sounding, multi-timbral classic, but while not too complicated, still inconvenient to program, because of it's small display. Also, the Plugin version of it, sounds really good, comes with a great sound library that is well-structured and is more convenient to program. Used on Offshore Network Vertex and a few other tracks but more of the M1 sounds on the album actually stem from the M1 Legacy Plugin.

Korg Volca Beats – Cool device, easy to use, but lacks proper outputs. Used on Offshore Network Vertex and Void Gate Access Software.

Korg Poly 800 II – One of my first hardware synths. Found this for cheap in a thrift-store almost a decade ago. Nice retro sounds. Not pleasant to program, chewy buttons, archaic digital menu. My album Tomes of Erebus was for big parts made on this one. Also used on Void gate Access Software and other tracks.

Casio CZ-5000 – Never really used much but the same, particular self-made patch on this synth (now thoroughly sampled). Used on Cyborg Samurai Miyamoto and a few other tracks.

Yamaha PSR-47 – Non-programmable Keyboard with lots of presets, some of them good. Has MIDI. Used on Screensaver Library. Used on Offshore Network Vertex and other tracks.

Yamaha PSR-60 – Not so fun, non-programmable FM based keyboard thing with MIDI. Used on Screensaver Library.

Yamaha Reface DX – Great sounding 4-OP FM synth, easy to program, proper MIDI and outputs, good keyboard, but that part of the menu is solved with touch controls always annoyed me. Used on Void Gate Access Software, Void Gate Panorama Station and other tracks.

Yamaha Reface CS – Interesting synth, proper outputs and MIDI, lots of sound capabilities, slightly too clean sounding. Sounded great when sampled through Akai S1000. Used on Hexadecimal Love Letters and some other tracks.

Yamaha DX21 – Nice 4-OP FM synth from the era of the DX7. In theory an easy synth, but the small, non-backlit display and the very archaic menu qualities make it annoying to program. Main synth on Wintermute and Personal System/2. Used on a few other tracks too.

Yamaha FB-01 – Interesting multi-timbral FM synth. Patches can not be programmed on-device and is ultimately too generic sounding to keep, compared to YM3812 or PSS-480. Used on Wintermute, Voidnet Online Service Provider and other tracks.

Yamaha TG33 – Interesting synth. Similar to the Roland D-05 / D-50 but FM / PCM based. Kinda headache inducing menus. When weighing up accessibility to sound-capabilities it lost out. Used on: Void Gate Access Software and a few other tracks.

Arturia Miniburte – Great monophonic analog synth. Nice for deep sounds. Used on many tracks. Didn't really fit into the concept of my next setup. Used on Offshore Network Vertex, Void Gate Access Software, Void Gate Panorama Station, Hexadecimal Love Letters and other tracks.

Waldorf Rocket – Interesting synth. Mostly used it for filtering external signals through it's analog filter. Used on: Illustrated History of Nature, Voidnet Online Service Provider, Void Gate Panorama Station and other tracks.

Roland U-110 – PCM sound module. Some nice sounds. Used on PCM Sound Module U-110 and some other tracks.

Conclusion: Most synths I'm keeping are digital, rack-mounted, multi-timbral, 90s devices or some kind of semi-unusual retro computing related thing, reducing the tools to a core-palette of things I really like, for future projects.

Well, that's it for now. An update on current Fornax Void activities. I hope there is some useful info in there for some of you. Will be back with more updates.

Best Regards, Fornax Void

2019-APRIL-22, 20:15, 1555956900

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[thekingofgear]

I recently discovered a video from the 19 June 2000 concert at Villa Reale, Milan on YouTube. I think it provides the only known footage of the first arrangement of ‘Kid A’, and the only other recording aside from Berlin. Interesting to see Jonny play piano here and Thom switching from guitar to synth for the outro. What about those synth-like, chiming notes that accompany the piano throughout - is it actually Ed’s guitar? And is this the first time the Novation Bass Station was used onstage?

The chiming notes are certainly Ed's guitar. The synth-like tone is in part due to a gentle attack on each note, which may come from compression on the low-quality recording. He may be using one of his Lovetone pedals, but those often have a more aggressive sound.

The keyboard played by Thom is the Yamaha CBXK1XG. You can see the Yamaha on the same music stand (covered in circular holes) in the Idioteque music video. That Yamaha has a built-in GM synth engine, but it was also one of the only full-featured miniature MIDI controllers available in 2000. The band used it to trigger sounds stored on their Akai S3000XL samplers.

The Novation Bass Station was first used live in 1996, for the earliest performances of Climbing Up The Walls. The Novation's tone is pretty integral to that song, and it can be heard on the studio version. When Colin started using a Roland PC-200 MKII as his touring keyboard instead of the Novation, he would use the Roland to trigger samples of the Novation.

[koney-scanlines]

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[fornaxvoid]

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laundry is done, dinner out of the way, cleaned house, finally time to let my kit breathe... #monosynth #monologue #beatsteppro #s3000xl #sampleedit (at Spruce Hill, Philadelphia)

[thekingofgear]

Hey - do we know what keyboard/sampler Thom is using for performances of Kid A and how he's using it? Had a look on the artist pages but couldn't find it... maybe I missed it.

Thom doesn’t seem to have used any keyboard for the few performances of original 2000 arrangement of Kid A (that’s the arrangement with Jonny’s outro harmonica solo). For the 2003 arrangement he used an original Novation Bass Station as a MIDI controller to trigger samples on an offstage sampler. The sampler is most likely the band’s Akai S3000XL, which was also used for Jonny’s keyboard sounds at that time. While the Bass Station is best known as the source of Colin’s synth bass on Climbing Up The Walls, it was used a few times as a MIDI controller, including on performances of Backdrifts (we’ve updated Thom’s pade to include this info). Thom also used the Bass Station for Kid A on the 2006 tour.

Thom with an original Novation Bass Station during a 2003 performance of Myxomatosis.

The band changed the arrangement again in 2008, and Thom didn’t use a keyboard at all for performances from 2008 to 2010. He did start using a keyboard again on the 2012 tour, this time a DSI Prophet ‘08 used as a MIDI controller to adjust the pitch of an Electro-Harmonix Iron Lung vocoder affecting his voice. However, he didn’t use the any keyboard for the single performance of the song on Radiohead’s 2016 tour.

Thom’s pedalboards for Radiohead’s 2012 tour. The Iron Lung vocoder can be seen on the left, above his vocal effects board.

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