Re: Acetone EC-1 demo online

["Kevin Cheli-Colando" <kevin@minds-eye.org>]

The band Yo La Tengo (that is known to loop on occasion as well) has
used an Acetone organ to magnificent effect on several songs over the
past decade or so (Sudden Organ comes to mind).  

Harmless trivia for your Acetone discussions of the day.

Kevin

> 
> ACE-TONE was the name of the company that became ROLAND
> 
> 
> 
> >  > Cool!  Any other name for it?  Manufacturer?  Never heard of it!
> >
> >The manufacturer is Acetone which was a Japanese company in the early 
>60s
> >who made cha-cha drum machines, cheesy organs, guitar amplifiers, 
>effects
> >etc.
> >
> >A list of their products is here: http://www.answers.com/topic/ace-tone
> >Some more info here: http://www.keyboardmuseum.org/ar/a/ace/ace.html
> >
> >The Roland/Acetone connection may explain how the EC-1 and RE101 ended 
>up
> >so similar. As with most early oddball gear manufacturers there isn't a
> >lot of info floating around alas.
> >
> >>  On 13-Feb-07, at 10:54 AM, legion@helpwantedproductions.com wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  http://youtube.com/watch?v=V2b7fhDUB3U
> >
> >    ------------------------------------------------
> >       Weird, Scary, and Beautiful Music and Art:
> >         Http://www.HelpWantedProductions.com
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