On my last night in Japan, I finally ran into someone who uses my beloved Scope Platform. He's a young synth addict who spotted the Oberheim XPander immediately that I use. He managed to sneak around behind me and recognised the routing window on my LCD. Gave me a thumbs up, so naturally I had to have my crew invite him for sake on break.Turns out he runs a dual Scope Pro rig.Pretty hip for a kid from his age. Made his purchase at Musikmesse in Munich.I now have someone to go to the exhibition with next year. Yes I'm being Germanised thanks to CWA. I've got to say that is refreshing to meet a youngster ( mid 20s' ) who knows his way around Analog Modular Synthesizers. He's got a MOD III patch library that is fantastic.All homegrown too from what I see. I have finally heard some Monophonic patches that compete with real hardware. I have got to spend more time with JBowens Rotors, and Flexor when I get back. I'm confident that I can retire my SE-1x, and XPander now.Even if it took 7 OSC's in MIII to do it.
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wow, what a coincidence.. considering that CW stuff lost its distributer in Japan for a while. (they're back now, I think) I got mine just before the distribution stopped. There's a very small Scope user community in Japan that isn't active anymore. But there may be new ones.
So, I'm 27, Japanese, and know my way around Mod like hell.. the only part that doesn't fit your description is that I live in Miami now. hehe.
But you should have told me.. cuz I'm in Japan right now for the holidays...
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So, I'm 27, Japanese, and know my way around Mod like hell.. the only part that doesn't fit your description is that I live in Miami now. hehe.
But you should have told me.. cuz I'm in Japan right now for the holidays...
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Kensuguru,
O Genke des ka. Close but no cigars. The flight from Osaka to Miami must be a killer!! Small world though, I went to U of M in Coral Gables. Only owned a Rhodes 88 back then. You young Japanese guys are impressive. Seems as though your age group has recevied an excellant education in all feilds. I was most impressed by the amount of well spoken English by younger people. I must admit that Isao Tomita, also Japanese, was the reason I bought so many Modular synths in the late 70s' early 80s. I still have the vinyl of Snowflakes Are Dancing. If you haven't heard it, please try to find it. If you love Debussey, and Chopin, it's most inspiring. I play all those pieces, and when I play Clare de Lune, people really enjoy it.
Tadashi was the only guy I met there, but he assured me there was a small legion of Pulsarians. I invited him to show us his ModIII patches on Planetz, I hope he follows up, as he was unaware of the forum.
If it wasn't for the stops in Japan, my tour of the Far East, and Hawaii would have been rather boring. Japan is truly an awesome and incredible place.
O Genke des ka. Close but no cigars. The flight from Osaka to Miami must be a killer!! Small world though, I went to U of M in Coral Gables. Only owned a Rhodes 88 back then. You young Japanese guys are impressive. Seems as though your age group has recevied an excellant education in all feilds. I was most impressed by the amount of well spoken English by younger people. I must admit that Isao Tomita, also Japanese, was the reason I bought so many Modular synths in the late 70s' early 80s. I still have the vinyl of Snowflakes Are Dancing. If you haven't heard it, please try to find it. If you love Debussey, and Chopin, it's most inspiring. I play all those pieces, and when I play Clare de Lune, people really enjoy it.
Tadashi was the only guy I met there, but he assured me there was a small legion of Pulsarians. I invited him to show us his ModIII patches on Planetz, I hope he follows up, as he was unaware of the forum.
If it wasn't for the stops in Japan, my tour of the Far East, and Hawaii would have been rather boring. Japan is truly an awesome and incredible place.
I found this <a href=http://www.photosaga.com/page2.html>site</a> when asking myself 'wth is a harajuku girl ?' - answered under Tokyo Kids*, but all photos seem to have that 'live appeal' that puts you right into the scene.
The site layout is a heavy contrast to it's content...
* this refers to a special location and passion, not to be generalized, but there some amazing dressups
cheers, Tom
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The site layout is a heavy contrast to it's content...
* this refers to a special location and passion, not to be generalized, but there some amazing dressups
cheers, Tom
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ASTROMAN,
A most familiar sight when I went shopping, and gorging my face, on my neverending quest for the hottest wasabi I could find. Our following was mostly the long haired die hards from the 80s'. Picture the Allman Brothers with lots of synths/keyboards. That's us. We seem to attract the Yakuza/Biker spirit over here like Steppenwolf ( bless Jon Lord )did with the Hells Angels in USA. I hope the culture here continues to thrive. It's truly unique. They enjoy the night life like no one else. I grew up free like this, wonder what happened to the good ol' USA.By the way I have tweaked the B2003 w/Pro 3T to where I can get just about any B3/C3 sound I ever heard. Can't wait to get home and delve into QWave,Solaris,Flexor,B2003....I can't believe how much fun I have with this platform. If I hit the Megabucks$ in Vegas I'm going to bribe CWA to build me some custom boards with new SHARCs', and of course I'll force John Bowen at gunpoint to design whatever is in his head with out ROI constraints.
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A most familiar sight when I went shopping, and gorging my face, on my neverending quest for the hottest wasabi I could find. Our following was mostly the long haired die hards from the 80s'. Picture the Allman Brothers with lots of synths/keyboards. That's us. We seem to attract the Yakuza/Biker spirit over here like Steppenwolf ( bless Jon Lord )did with the Hells Angels in USA. I hope the culture here continues to thrive. It's truly unique. They enjoy the night life like no one else. I grew up free like this, wonder what happened to the good ol' USA.By the way I have tweaked the B2003 w/Pro 3T to where I can get just about any B3/C3 sound I ever heard. Can't wait to get home and delve into QWave,Solaris,Flexor,B2003....I can't believe how much fun I have with this platform. If I hit the Megabucks$ in Vegas I'm going to bribe CWA to build me some custom boards with new SHARCs', and of course I'll force John Bowen at gunpoint to design whatever is in his head with out ROI constraints.
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