Synclavier - Revision history

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Zappa Albums & Side Projects mainly realized with the Synclavier

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Zappa Albums & Side Projects mainly realized with the Synclavier

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 [[Image:KBD_87-01_Ann_Summa.jpg|frame|Picture by [[Ann Summa]]]]
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 [[File:Frank Zappa Synclavier II.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Frank Zappa behind the Synclavier.]]
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 ''"If there was a Synclavier available when I was 14, and if I could have afforded the thing when I was 14 and I could have gone right to work on that, I doubt if I would have ever even gone on the road. (...) The only stories you got to tell about the Synclavier is about the time that it crashed when you were working on a sequence at 4:00 in the morning and it was really terrific and now nobody will ever hear it because it's gone forever. Those are the kind of stories that you get to tell about the Synclavier. (...) But every computer operator has stories like that, about the program that they were working on and then there was a power failure or you pushed the wrong button and the memory dumped or whatever. That comes with the territory."'' - Frank Zappa, interviewed by Bill Forman, ''[[Interview From Hell]]'', Bay Area Music Magazine, 16 January 1987, issue #249.

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 [[Image:synclavier9600ts.jpg|frame|Synclavier 9600ts]]
 <blockquote>"With a [[Synclavier]], you push a button and you get a finished composition which, I'd say, is every composer's dream."</blockquote>
-<div align=right>— [[Frank Zappa]]</div>
+<div align=right>— [[Biography|Frank Zappa]]</div>
 <blockquote><p>"The Synclavier System was an early digital synthesizer and sampler, manufactured by New England Digital. First released in 1975, it proved to be highly influential among both music producers and electronic musicians, due to its versatility, its cutting-edge technology and distinctive sound.</p>

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 *[[Jazz From Hell]]
 *[[Civilization Phaze III]]
 *[[Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison]]
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 *[[Resolver & Brutality|Resolver + Brutality]]
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 <p>First developed at Dartmouth College, the Synclavier was one of the first synthesizers to completely integrate digital technology. It used FM synthesis as well as sampling in order to create sounds, which were stored on large, magnetic disks. It was often referred to, by New England Digital and others, as the "tapeless studio," due to one's ability to compose and produce an entire song, solely on the Synclavier. Synclavier Systems were expensive – the highest price ever paid for one was about $500,000, although average systems were closer to about $200,000 – $300,000. Although this made it inaccessible for most musicians, it found widespread use among producers and professional recording studios, and it competed in this market with other high-end production systems, such as the Fairlight CMI."</p></blockquote>
 <div align=right>— ''[[wikipedia:Synclavier|Wikipedia, Synclavier article]]''</div>
 ===Zappa Albums & Side Projects mainly realized with the Synclavier===

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	For further reading see this [[wikipedia:Synclavier\|article]] at Wikipedia.		For further reading see this [[wikipedia:Synclavier\|article]] at Wikipedia.
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		+	Albums mainly realized with the Synclavier:
		+	*[[Francesco Zappa]]
		+	*[[Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention]]
		+	*[[Jazz From Hell]]
		+	*[[Civilization Phaze III]]

	[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]		[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]

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 <blockquote>"With a Synclavier, you push a button and you get a finished composition which, I'd say, is every composer's dream."</blockquote>
-<div align=right>– Frank Zappa<br>
+<div align=right>– Frank Zappa<br></div align=right>
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]

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		+	<blockquote>"With a Synclavier, you push a button and you get a finished composition which, I'd say, is every composer's dream."</blockquote>
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	[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]		[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]