I would LOVE to know how to get my paws on the Emax HD's or the Emax 2's that

Depeche used on the tours 88-93.



Could you imagine having Alan Wilder's Emaxes with the hard drives loaded with

Depeche Banks.



Just a dreaming session happening in my brain....



THey must still be around, I wonder who has them.  I'm sure Alan didn't keep

them as he would move on as far as gear goes.  I think he has an Emulator 3. 

But those units must still exist somewhere.



Hmmmm any ideas people?

I read about a guy who loaned his emax I to the dust brothers and they used it

to create Paul's Boutique, such an amazing album.  He still has the emax, but

what a seminal album, and a sample based album that you could not make and

release today because of all the clearance issues you would hit!  You'd have a

lawsuit for every dollar.  Not to mention how brilliant the album is musically. 

That's a HD I would love to sift through to hear how they did it.







Peace















To: emax@yahoogroups.com

From: jrb1864@...

Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:22:15 +0000

Subject: [emax] Celebrity Emaxes Where are they now?















I would LOVE to know how to get my paws on the Emax HD's or the Emax 2's that

Depeche used on the tours 88-93.



Could you imagine having Alan Wilder's Emaxes with the hard drives loaded with

Depeche Banks.



Just a dreaming session happening in my brain....



THey must still be around, I wonder who has them. I'm sure Alan didn't keep them

as he would move on as far as gear goes. I think he has an Emulator 3. But those

units must still exist somewhere.



Hmmmm any ideas people?



















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Even when I loaned my Emax SE (with HD retrofit) to a friend who needed it

for a live show, he wiped the HD after he was done with it.



I would assume that the Alan Wilders and Dust Brothers of the world would

never sell their samplers with their precious samples loaded on them. :-)



-Dave





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not only that i wouldn't want the Emaxes which DM toured with as i'm sure

they were beat to hell by the end of their tour.  ha, i doubt DM even wanted

them by then.  but yeah, sure the samples are stored away somewhere safe.



Brooks







On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Dave Sotnick <sotnickd@...> wrote:



>

>

> Even when I loaned my Emax SE (with HD retrofit) to a friend who needed it

> for a live show, he wiped the HD after he was done with it.

>

> I would assume that the Alan Wilders and Dust Brothers of the world would

> never sell their samplers with their precious samples loaded on them. :-)

>

> -Dave

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

>

>

>





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True, however even to own a machine used by one of those people would still be

rather fantastic.



Even if it was a backup unit that didn't get used much.  They went somewhere,

and I'm gonna find one!  If I do, then I need to get it autographed!

I never knew why always sampler or keyboard users wants to imitate or use the

same samples or sound of celebs.

synths and samplers are great instruments, and everyone could create great

sounds, even pressing random buttons.

OK depeche mode sounds awesome, but that's all. don try to be depeche mode.

use your imagination please. same for the people who need X piece of gear that

john doe use in some tour.

music's first.



best wishes



chip

I don't know what all the aggro is on this thread.... I think it'd be

really cool to have an emax used by a musical hero.



I am very very lucky to have a TR727 that was owned by two musicians

that are special to me, and just having it around makes me happy. No it

does nothing that any other 727 can't do, and to be honest I don't even

really use 727 sounds, but I'll never sell it. Because they used it in

making one of the 5 most musically important albums to me, ever. Its not

about being a gear collector as such, or being a creepy stalker, but

about having a physical link to music that's important to me.





but yeah - back to the emax - the idea of having the actual sound banks

to play with would be even more fun. imagine listening to a live version

of one of your musical heroes tracks, then going throgh the sample bank

in the sampler and learning how they put together the banks for

performing that track... even sitting at home in your studio and jamming

along with the live recording. that would be really fun.



And seeing how very few people on this list are actual professional

day-in day-out musicians, our emaxes are mostly for hobby use or at best

semi-pro use.. and in that case, shouldn't it be about fun and having

things around you that you love, as much as anything else?





and now all this rambling has made my brain dredge up an old quote it

stored away.... I remember reading this quote in a magazine once, from

some famous guitarist (maybe neil young??) who was talking about how he

loves picking up and playing old guitars, because they've been used by

people to sing songs and express themselves, and the old instrument is

full of stories and emotion. I always liked that idea.





Chip wrote:

> I never knew why always sampler or keyboard users wants to imitate or use the

same samples or sound of celebs.

> synths and samplers are great instruments, and everyone could create great

sounds, even pressing random buttons.

> OK depeche mode sounds awesome, but that's all. don try to be depeche mode.

> use your imagination please. same for the people who need X piece of gear that

john doe use in some tour.

> music's first.

>

> best wishes

>

> chip

>

Say you did own an emax with famous presets...

even when you don't play the same riff. the sound may trigger something

subconsciously that reminds many people of the songs they loved in the past.

some may notice it some may not... they may not know why they like it so much :)

That would be cool if it happened naturally like if you inherited the instrument

or it was a gift to you from the famous owner or even if they sold it to you but

going to an auction just for that would be a bit nerdy / trying too hard for my

tatses lol.

not to be rude just joinin in the convo.

d









--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, mr julian <jujulilianan@...> wrote:

>

> I don't know what all the aggro is on this thread.... I think it'd be

> really cool to have an emax used by a musical hero.

>

> I am very very lucky to have a TR727 that was owned by two musicians

> that are special to me, and just having it around makes me happy. No it

> does nothing that any other 727 can't do, and to be honest I don't even

> really use 727 sounds, but I'll never sell it. Because they used it in

> making one of the 5 most musically important albums to me, ever. Its not

> about being a gear collector as such, or being a creepy stalker, but

> about having a physical link to music that's important to me.

>

>

> but yeah - back to the emax - the idea of having the actual sound banks

> to play with would be even more fun. imagine listening to a live version

> of one of your musical heroes tracks, then going throgh the sample bank

> in the sampler and learning how they put together the banks for

> performing that track... even sitting at home in your studio and jamming

> along with the live recording. that would be really fun.

>

> And seeing how very few people on this list are actual professional

> day-in day-out musicians, our emaxes are mostly for hobby use or at best

> semi-pro use.. and in that case, shouldn't it be about fun and having

> things around you that you love, as much as anything else?

>

>

> and now all this rambling has made my brain dredge up an old quote it

> stored away.... I remember reading this quote in a magazine once, from

> some famous guitarist (maybe neil young??) who was talking about how he

> loves picking up and playing old guitars, because they've been used by

> people to sing songs and express themselves, and the old instrument is

> full of stories and emotion. I always liked that idea.

>

>

> Chip wrote:

> > I never knew why always sampler or keyboard users wants to imitate or use

the same samples or sound of celebs.

> > synths and samplers are great instruments, and everyone could create great

sounds, even pressing random buttons.

> > OK depeche mode sounds awesome, but that's all. don try to be depeche mode.

> > use your imagination please. same for the people who need X piece of gear

that john doe use in some tour.

> > music's first.

> >

> > best wishes

> >

> > chip

> >

>

oh i agree completely never limit yourself to what's been done, I just have a

serious nostalgia streak for such things.



It's a fun thing to thread if nothing else.  I honor those who inspire me,

that's my root cause here.

are you a collector i presume?





On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:43 PM, John <jrb1864@...> wrote:



>

>

> True, however even to own a machine used by one of those people would still

> be rather fantastic.

>

> Even if it was a backup unit that didn't get used much. They went

> somewhere, and I'm gonna find one! If I do, then I need to get it

> autographed!

>

>

>





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Depending on the item, yes I'm a collector.

I WOULD SAY THAT HE ARCHIVED THE LIBRARY AND REFORMATED THE HARD DISKS AS IT WAS

THERE PERSONAL COLLECTION

   ----- Original Message -----

   From: John

   To: emax@yahoogroups.com

   Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 4:22 PM

   Subject: [emax] Celebrity Emaxes Where are they now?











   I would LOVE to know how to get my paws on the Emax HD's or the Emax 2's that

Depeche used on the tours 88-93.



   Could you imagine having Alan Wilder's Emaxes with the hard drives loaded with

Depeche Banks.



   Just a dreaming session happening in my brain....



   THey must still be around, I wonder who has them. I'm sure Alan didn't keep

them as he would move on as far as gear goes. I think he has an Emulator 3. But

those units must still exist somewhere.



   Hmmmm any ideas people?













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paul wellars EII sold for only £180 as it did not load sounds as floppy was

broken but still even with famous peoples gear it dont sell that much



tears for fears EII library was just sold on ebay and it sold for £25 for 15

floppies now if there was a library to get hold of it would be dave stuarts from

eurythmics

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   To: emax@yahoogroups.com

   Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 9:43 PM

   Subject: [emax] Re: Celebrity Emaxes Where are they now?











   True, however even to own a machine used by one of those people would still be

rather fantastic.



   Even if it was a backup unit that didn't get used much. They went somewhere,

and I'm gonna find one! If I do, then I need to get it autographed!













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Wow TFF was another most inspiring group on musical and philosophical levels as

well.  I enjoy the subject matter and some of their back story in regards to

primal scream therapy etc.  Curt Smith was also a major influence on my bass

playing and Roland a song writing hero of mine.  I like that they walked the

thin line between super stardom and not being recognized by the average

(American) person on the street.  They maintained a sense of separation from the

'stars' of their time. Integrity holds through time.

Well I've got an Emax 2 that was used by Depeche. I know the

Emax's history, as it came directly from Mute.

It had a bit of a hard life, but has now been repaired, and is in

Full working order.

I've also got a Novation Drum Station from Mute's now closed

Studio, 'The Instrument'.

It was used by Depeche, as well as Fad Gadget, and several other

Mute artists.

I'm a big fan of Depeche Mode, and have been for many years.

I also managed to get hold of 2 large boxes of samples on floppy.

I have to admit that I have only had time to have a listen to 25%

Of the discs, but I have to say there are some very interesting sounds

On the discs I've loaded.

So, Depeche used instruments are still around. Several of which

Have ended up on eBay.



All the best



Dave



From my iPhone



On 10 Jul 2009, at 16:22, "John" <jrb1864@...> wrote:







I would LOVE to know how to get my paws on the Emax HD's or the Emax 2's that

Depeche used on the tours 88-93.



Could you imagine having Alan Wilder's Emaxes with the hard drives loaded with

Depeche Banks.



Just a dreaming session happening in my brain....



THey must still be around, I wonder who has them. I'm sure Alan didn't keep them

as he would move on as far as gear goes. I think he has an Emulator 3. But those

units must still exist somewhere.



Hmmmm any ideas people?









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That would entertain me for weeks, had I those items.



Enjoy enjoy and not the silence!

Back in the day, I mean way back before

craigslist and eBay,  there was this local

news paper listing here in SF called the Adveriser

and I responded to this add for an Emulator 1. Ended up

belonging to some group called Voice Farm, I had never heard

of them before. The E1 came with a whole

box of their samples which I thought were sort

of lame at the time, but their where also a few factory

samples that sounded very familiar. Any way to make

a long story short,  Voice Farm ended up opening

for Depeche Mode, it was supposed to be

Nitzer Ebb, not sure what happened.  This was for the Violator

tour, I know DM was using Emax IIs and DX7s for a backups.

I always wondered if Voice Farm had gotten

the E1 or some of the disks from DM.  The recoginzable

sounds all sounded like they where from Black Celebration.

.



On Jul 10, 2009, at 1:58 PM, "Chip" <xtr909x@...> wrote:







I never knew why always sampler or keyboard users wants to imitate or use the

same samples or sound of celebs.

synths and samplers are great instruments, and everyone could create great

sounds, even pressing random buttons.

OK depeche mode sounds awesome, but that's all. don try to be depeche mode.

use your imagination please. same for the people who need X piece of gear that

john doe use in some tour.

music's first.



best wishes



chip















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Hi Everyone.......

What's with the "so you're a collector?"  And sounds a little "nerdy?"

Are we a group of kindred spirits here, or trying to do the superior dance.?

I loved the conversation about previous owners..............................

You never know who you're talking to on the web, right ?

Some people have the poetic grace to appreciate the history associated with an

instrument that has seen historic moments on stage.  Others just wish they had.

Respect,

Dave



--- On Fri, 7/10/09, dmitri <babyd_lhp@...> wrote:



From: dmitri <babyd_lhp@...>

Subject: [emax] Re: Celebrity Emaxes Where are they now?

To: emax@yahoogroups.com

Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 6:47 PM



































       Say you did own an emax with famous presets...



even when you don't play the same riff. the sound may trigger something

subconsciously that reminds many people of the songs they loved in the past.

some may notice it some may not... they may not know why they like it so much :)



That would be cool if it happened naturally like if you inherited the instrument

or it was a gift to you from the famous owner or even if they sold it to you but

going to an auction just for that would be a bit nerdy / trying too hard for my

tatses lol.



not to be rude just joinin in the convo.



d







--- In emax@yahoogroups. com, mr julian <jujulilianan@ ...> wrote:



>



> I don't know what all the aggro is on this thread.... I think it'd be



> really cool to have an emax used by a musical hero.



>



> I am very very lucky to have a TR727 that was owned by two musicians



> that are special to me, and just having it around makes me happy. No it



> does nothing that any other 727 can't do, and to be honest I don't even



> really use 727 sounds, but I'll never sell it. Because they used it in



> making one of the 5 most musically important albums to me, ever. Its not



> about being a gear collector as such, or being a creepy stalker, but



> about having a physical link to music that's important to me.



>



>



> but yeah - back to the emax - the idea of having the actual sound banks



> to play with would be even more fun. imagine listening to a live version



> of one of your musical heroes tracks, then going throgh the sample bank



> in the sampler and learning how they put together the banks for



> performing that track... even sitting at home in your studio and jamming



> along with the live recording. that would be really fun.



>



> And seeing how very few people on this list are actual professional



> day-in day-out musicians, our emaxes are mostly for hobby use or at best



> semi-pro use.. and in that case, shouldn't it be about fun and having



> things around you that you love, as much as anything else?



>



>



> and now all this rambling has made my brain dredge up an old quote it



> stored away.... I remember reading this quote in a magazine once, from



> some famous guitarist (maybe neil young??) who was talking about how he



> loves picking up and playing old guitars, because they've been used by



> people to sing songs and express themselves, and the old instrument is



> full of stories and emotion. I always liked that idea.



>



>



> Chip wrote:



> > I never knew why always sampler or keyboard users wants to imitate or use

the same samples or sound of celebs.



> > synths and samplers are great instruments, and everyone could create great

sounds, even pressing random buttons.



> > OK depeche mode sounds awesome, but that's all. don try to be depeche mode.



> > use your imagination please. same for the people who need X piece of gear

that john doe use in some tour.



> > music's first.



> >



> > best wishes



> >



> > chip



> >



>

























































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??? My keyboard was bought through e-bay, no history, but with a future I hope.

What is the issue with someone wanting a piece of history? Being an artist, I

would love to have a brush owned by Michelangelo. Does that mean I will be able

to copy his work? Absolutely not. Can I gain inspiration from the item? I think

so. Do I consider myself a collector? No. Would I like to have inspiration near

me? Yes.



Just because you admire someone does not mean you are imitating them.

Inspiration can come in many forms; love, admiration, even pure jealousy :), but

in the end you can learn from them and become what you are destined to be.





--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, David Dehart <mytunes@...> wrote:

>

> Hi Everyone.......

> What's with the "so you're a collector?"� And sounds a little "nerdy?"

> Are we a group of kindred spirits here, or trying to do the superior dance.?

> I loved the conversation about previous owners..............................

> You never know who you're talking to on the web, right ?

> Some people have the poetic grace to appreciate the history associated with an

instrument that has seen historic moments on stage.� Others just wish they

had.

> Respect,

> Dave

>

> --- On Fri, 7/10/09, dmitri <babyd_lhp@...> wrote:

>

> From: dmitri <babyd_lhp@...>

> Subject: [emax] Re: Celebrity Emaxes Where are they now?

> To: emax@yahoogroups.com

> Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 6:47 PM

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>       Say you did own an emax with famous presets...

>

> even when you don't play the same riff. the sound may trigger something

subconsciously that reminds many people of the songs they loved in the past.

some may notice it some may not... they may not know why they like it so much :)

>

> That would be cool if it happened naturally like if you inherited the

instrument or it was a gift to you from the famous owner or even if they sold it

to you but going to an auction just for that would be a bit nerdy / trying too

hard for my tatses lol.

>

> not to be rude just joinin in the convo.

>

> d

>

>

>

> --- In emax@yahoogroups. com, mr julian <jujulilianan@ ...> wrote:

>

> >

>

> > I don't know what all the aggro is on this thread.... I think it'd be

>

> > really cool to have an emax used by a musical hero.

>

> >

>

> > I am very very lucky to have a TR727 that was owned by two musicians

>

> > that are special to me, and just having it around makes me happy. No it

>

> > does nothing that any other 727 can't do, and to be honest I don't even

>

> > really use 727 sounds, but I'll never sell it. Because they used it in

>

> > making one of the 5 most musically important albums to me, ever. Its not

>

> > about being a gear collector as such, or being a creepy stalker, but

>

> > about having a physical link to music that's important to me.

>

> >

>

> >

>

> > but yeah - back to the emax - the idea of having the actual sound banks

>

> > to play with would be even more fun. imagine listening to a live version

>

> > of one of your musical heroes tracks, then going throgh the sample bank

>

> > in the sampler and learning how they put together the banks for

>

> > performing that track... even sitting at home in your studio and jamming

>

> > along with the live recording. that would be really fun.

>

> >

>

> > And seeing how very few people on this list are actual professional

>

> > day-in day-out musicians, our emaxes are mostly for hobby use or at best

>

> > semi-pro use.. and in that case, shouldn't it be about fun and having

>

> > things around you that you love, as much as anything else?

>

> >

>

> >

>

> > and now all this rambling has made my brain dredge up an old quote it

>

> > stored away.... I remember reading this quote in a magazine once, from

>

> > some famous guitarist (maybe neil young??) who was talking about how he

>

> > loves picking up and playing old guitars, because they've been used by

>

> > people to sing songs and express themselves, and the old instrument is

>

> > full of stories and emotion. I always liked that idea.

>

> >

>

> >

>

> > Chip wrote:

>

> > > I never knew why always sampler or keyboard users wants to imitate or use

the same samples or sound of celebs.

>

> > > synths and samplers are great instruments, and everyone could create great

sounds, even pressing random buttons.

>

> > > OK depeche mode sounds awesome, but that's all. don try to be depeche

mode.

>

> > > use your imagination please. same for the people who need X piece of gear

that john doe use in some tour.

>

> > > music's first.

>

> > >

>

> > > best wishes

>

> > >

>

> > > chip

>

> > >

>

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

>

This is incorrect. Voice Farm opened for DM at the Cow Palace on the Tour for

the Masses (music for the masses tour) in San Francisco. Nitzer Ebb was suppose

to be the opening act for the whole tour but couldn't get into the US some Visa

issue. Nitzer did open up for DM on the Violator tour. For the Masses tour DM

used Emax HD and DX7II (martin and Alan) and a DW800(Fletch) but the non-emax

keyboards were only for triggering Emax HD rackmounts as a back-up. Alan

demonstrates the Emax HD in the documentary 101.

------Original Message------

From: uh

Sender: emax@yahoogroups.com

To: emax@yahoogroups.com

ReplyTo: emax@yahoogroups.com

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Sent: Jul 10, 2009 7:29 PM



Back in the day, I mean way back before

craigslist and eBay,  there was this local

news paper listing here in SF called the Adveriser

and I responded to this add for an Emulator 1. Ended up

belonging to some group called Voice Farm, I had never heard

of them before. The E1 came with a whole

box of their samples which I thought were sort

of lame at the time, but their where also a few factory

samples that sounded very familiar. Any way to make

a long story short,  Voice Farm ended up opening

for Depeche Mode, it was supposed to be

Nitzer Ebb, not sure what happened.  This was for the Violator

tour, I know DM was using Emax IIs and DX7s for a backups.

I always wondered if Voice Farm had gotten

the E1 or some of the disks from DM.  The recoginzable

sounds all sounded like they where from Black Celebration.

.



On Jul 10, 2009, at 1:58 PM, "Chip" <xtr909x@...> wrote:







I never knew why always sampler or keyboard users wants to imitate or use the

same samples or sound of celebs.

synths and samplers are great instruments, and everyone could create great

sounds, even pressing random buttons.

OK depeche mode sounds awesome, but that's all. don try to be depeche mode.

use your imagination please. same for the people who need X piece of gear that

john doe use in some tour.

music's first.



best wishes



chip















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My Emax 2 came from the apple computer companies sound studio and it still has

many of the commercials audio tracks saved on the Hard drive.

Rish

   ----- Original Message -----

   From: dmitri

   To: emax@yahoogroups.com

   Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 6:47 PM

   Subject: [emax] Re: Celebrity Emaxes Where are they now?











   Say you did own an emax with famous presets...

   even when you don't play the same riff. the sound may trigger something

subconsciously that reminds many people of the songs they loved in the past.

some may notice it some may not... they may not know why they like it so much :)

   That would be cool if it happened naturally like if you inherited the

instrument or it was a gift to you from the famous owner or even if they sold it

to you but going to an auction just for that would be a bit nerdy / trying too

hard for my tatses lol.

   not to be rude just joinin in the convo.

   d



   --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, mr julian <jujulilianan@...> wrote:

   >

   > I don't know what all the aggro is on this thread.... I think it'd be

   > really cool to have an emax used by a musical hero.

   >

   > I am very very lucky to have a TR727 that was owned by two musicians

   > that are special to me, and just having it around makes me happy. No it

   > does nothing that any other 727 can't do, and to be honest I don't even

   > really use 727 sounds, but I'll never sell it. Because they used it in

   > making one of the 5 most musically important albums to me, ever. Its not

   > about being a gear collector as such, or being a creepy stalker, but

   > about having a physical link to music that's important to me.

   >

   >

   > but yeah - back to the emax - the idea of having the actual sound banks

   > to play with would be even more fun. imagine listening to a live version

   > of one of your musical heroes tracks, then going throgh the sample bank

   > in the sampler and learning how they put together the banks for

   > performing that track... even sitting at home in your studio and jamming

   > along with the live recording. that would be really fun.

   >

   > And seeing how very few people on this list are actual professional

   > day-in day-out musicians, our emaxes are mostly for hobby use or at best

   > semi-pro use.. and in that case, shouldn't it be about fun and having

   > things around you that you love, as much as anything else?

   >

   >

   > and now all this rambling has made my brain dredge up an old quote it

   > stored away.... I remember reading this quote in a magazine once, from

   > some famous guitarist (maybe neil young??) who was talking about how he

   > loves picking up and playing old guitars, because they've been used by

   > people to sing songs and express themselves, and the old instrument is

   > full of stories and emotion. I always liked that idea.

   >

   >

   > Chip wrote:

   > > I never knew why always sampler or keyboard users wants to imitate or use

the same samples or sound of celebs.

   > > synths and samplers are great instruments, and everyone could create great

sounds, even pressing random buttons.

   > > OK depeche mode sounds awesome, but that's all. don try to be depeche

mode.

   > > use your imagination please. same for the people who need X piece of gear

that john doe use in some tour.

   > > music's first.

   > >

   > > best wishes

   > >

   > > chip

   > >

   >











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Thanks for the correction,  like I said it was way

back in the day, my mistake.



On Jul 10, 2009, at 8:55 PM, john@... wrote:







This is incorrect. Voice Farm opened for DM at the Cow Palace on the Tour for

the Masses (music for the masses tour) in San Francisco. Nitzer Ebb was suppose

to be the opening act for the whole tour but couldn't get into the US some Visa

issue. Nitzer did open up for DM on the Violator tour. For the Masses tour DM

used Emax HD and DX7II (martin and Alan) and a DW800(Fletch) but the non-emax

keyboards were only for triggering Emax HD rackmounts as a back-up. Alan

demonstrates the Emax HD in the documentary 101.

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Sender: emax@yahoogroups.com

To: emax@yahoogroups.com

ReplyTo: emax@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [emax] Re: Celebrity Emaxes Where are they now?

Sent: Jul 10, 2009 7:29 PM



Back in the day, I mean way back before

craigslist and eBay, there was this local

news paper listing here in SF called the Adveriser

and I responded to this add for an Emulator 1. Ended up

belonging to some group called Voice Farm, I had never heard

of them before. The E1 came with a whole

box of their samples which I thought were sort

of lame at the time, but their where also a few factory

samples that sounded very familiar. Any way to make

a long story short, Voice Farm ended up opening

for Depeche Mode, it was supposed to be

Nitzer Ebb, not sure what happened. This was for the Violator

tour, I know DM was using Emax IIs and DX7s for a backups.

I always wondered if Voice Farm had gotten

the E1 or some of the disks from DM. The recoginzable

sounds all sounded like they where from Black Celebration.

.



On Jul 10, 2009, at 1:58 PM, "Chip" <xtr909x@...> wrote:



I never knew why always sampler or keyboard users wants to imitate or use the

same samples or sound of celebs.

synths and samplers are great instruments, and everyone could create great

sounds, even pressing random buttons.

OK depeche mode sounds awesome, but that's all. don try to be depeche mode.

use your imagination please. same for the people who need X piece of gear that

john doe use in some tour.

music's first.



best wishes



chip



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I don't know why, but quite a few posters have

Got the wrong end of the stick.

Ok, some people would like to own kit which was

Previously owned by a celeb muso, or band.

I have several instruments in my collection that

have been used to create some of my fav tunes

What's the problem with that? I can't see one.

The sound designing issue is rightly the subject of a

different post, and so it should be.

If a person wants to emulate, (excuse the pun), their favorite band

solo artist, that's up to them I see no harm in it.

I write commercial music, and learnt my craft doing cover versions

of well known songs.

It taught me how to arrange songs, how to layer instruments,

and sounds, etc.

If you look on You Tube for example, you will see some very

well crafted cover versions, which were created as a tribute, rather

than an atempt by the musician to 'Be' the artist they are covering.



Dave



From my iPhone



On 11 Jul 2009, at 05:47, "tx_marshal" <marshal@...> wrote:







??? My keyboard was bought through e-bay, no history, but with a future I hope.

What is the issue with someone wanting a piece of history? Being an artist, I

would love to have a brush owned by Michelangelo. Does that mean I will be able

to copy his work? Absolutely not. Can I gain inspiration from the item? I think

so. Do I consider myself a collector? No. Would I like to have inspiration near

me? Yes.



Just because you admire someone does not mean you are imitating them.

Inspiration can come in many forms; love, admiration, even pure jealousy :), but

in the end you can learn from them and become what you are destined to be.



--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, David Dehart <mytunes@...> wrote:

>

> Hi Everyone.......

> What's with the "so you're a collector?"� And sounds a little "nerdy?"

> Are we a group of kindred spirits here, or trying to do the superior dance.?

> I loved the conversation about previous owners..............................

> You never know who you're talking to on the web, right ?

> Some people have the poetic grace to appreciate the history associated with an

instrument that has seen historic moments on stage.� Others just wish they

had.

> Respect,

> Dave

>

> --- On Fri, 7/10/09, dmitri <babyd_lhp@...> wrote:

>

> From: dmitri <babyd_lhp@...>

> Subject: [emax] Re: Celebrity Emaxes Where are they now?

> To: emax@yahoogroups.com

> Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 6:47 PM

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> Say you did own an emax with famous presets...

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> even when you don't play the same riff. the sound may trigger something

subconsciously that reminds many people of the songs they loved in the past.

some may notice it some may not... they may not know why they like it so much :)

>

> That would be cool if it happened naturally like if you inherited the

instrument or it was a gift to you from the famous owner or even if they sold it

to you but going to an auction just for that would be a bit nerdy / trying too

hard for my tatses lol.

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> not to be rude just joinin in the convo.

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> --- In emax@yahoogroups. com, mr julian <jujulilianan@ ...> wrote:

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> >

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> > I don't know what all the aggro is on this thread.... I think it'd be

>

> > really cool to have an emax used by a musical hero.

>

> >

>

> > I am very very lucky to have a TR727 that was owned by two musicians

>

> > that are special to me, and just having it around makes me happy. No it

>

> > does nothing that any other 727 can't do, and to be honest I don't even

>

> > really use 727 sounds, but I'll never sell it. Because they used it in

>

> > making one of the 5 most musically important albums to me, ever. Its not

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> > about being a gear collector as such, or being a creepy stalker, but

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> > about having a physical link to music that's important to me.

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> >

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> >

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> > but yeah - back to the emax - the idea of having the actual sound banks

>

> > to play with would be even more fun. imagine listening to a live version

>

> > of one of your musical heroes tracks, then going throgh the sample bank

>

> > in the sampler and learning how they put together the banks for

>

> > performing that track... even sitting at home in your studio and jamming

>

> > along with the live recording. that would be really fun.

>

> >

>

> > And seeing how very few people on this list are actual professional

>

> > day-in day-out musicians, our emaxes are mostly for hobby use or at best

>

> > semi-pro use.. and in that case, shouldn't it be about fun and having

>

> > things around you that you love, as much as anything else?

>

> >

>

> >

>

> > and now all this rambling has made my brain dredge up an old quote it

>

> > stored away.... I remember reading this quote in a magazine once, from

>

> > some famous guitarist (maybe neil young??) who was talking about how he

>

> > loves picking up and playing old guitars, because they've been used by

>

> > people to sing songs and express themselves, and the old instrument is

>

> > full of stories and emotion. I always liked that idea.

>

> >

>

> >

>

> > Chip wrote:

>

> > > I never knew why always sampler or keyboard users wants to imitate or use

the same samples or sound of celebs.

>

> > > synths and samplers are great instruments, and everyone could create great

sounds, even pressing random buttons.

>

> > > OK depeche mode sounds awesome, but that's all. don try to be depeche

mode.

>

> > > use your imagination please. same for the people who need X piece of gear

that john doe use in some tour.

>

> > > music's first.

>

> > >

>

> > > best wishes

>

> > >

>

> > > chip

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I have Alan Wilders Emulator II shell he played on the '84 Tour. (Just the shell

unfortunately...)

But nevertheless, it means a lot to me.

I'm also supposed to own Stevie Wonders Emulator I (it's got serial Number 001

B).



Greetz,

Elm.

Ok, I want photos!  Way cool.  Why just the shell?  What happened to the inerds?