This video, via Synth Chaser, demonstrates how to turn a ARP Quadra into a radio receiver.
“Touching the input to the filter with your finger turns the ARP Quadra into a radio receiver!” they note.
Note: Don’t try this at home unless you know what you’re doing – or you might make the video on how to turn your synth into a doorstop, or the video about how to turn yourself into a patient.
In the early days, you’d sometimes see a live show where a radio station signal was coming through a synth’s or electric piano’s power supply. The need for shielding led to fixes that eventually ended the problem, but imagine how batsh*t crazy you’d feel to have that happen live. “Why is he pulling out his hair? Is that part of the show?”
Morons! Imagine them having refurbish your vintage synth. Surely this will lead to another half year or more ban for me, but this is really the only sensible comment anyone can give.
What did I do that is moronic? I do an excellent job restoring vintage synths and this ARP Quadra came out awesome. Please don’t make personal attacks based out of ignorance.
It’s a high impedance input. Touch any synth and can do same.
Trying doing that with your analogue circuit modelling plug-in!! ;D
@Rik: Yes! Would not be surprised at all when some of those will come with an upgrade, MIDI CC supported, just for this type of diversity. It will never come close to the feel of a real physical contact with electronics though!
Lol ….. back in the day when all I had was analog stuff i.e. Minimoogs, Rhodes, Hammond B3, Elka strings, etc., it was very annoying having the radio coming into my studio at times .. thats the last thing I want happening here these days …..
Great,but can you FILTER the radio sounds? THATS what I want to know.
That should end the debate “why is analog better than virtual analog”.