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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
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Created:Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:Mon Aug 29 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2852
Total number of notes:33157

634.0. "Electric Violin" by VINO::VOBA () Wed Jan 07 1987 23:47

    I've seen a member (did not get his name) of the group Shadow Fax
    play his electric violin at a concert. The instrument looks very
    intriguing. Does anyone know where i can get more information on
    such instrument?
    
    --svb
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634.1Concerta for violin and piezo...JAWS::COTEGorbachev sing tractor! Turnip! Buttocks!Thu Jan 08 1987 08:197
    I've seen ads in "Keyboard" for something called the "Meta-violin".
    The ad shows Jean-Luc Ponty with the unit.
    
    I have no idea if this is the same unit used by Shadowfax but you
    might want to check it out...
    
    Edd
634.316514::MOELLERVAXnotes - the fur-lined ratholeThu Jan 08 1987 10:503
    re -1.. I imagine the 'electric violin' mentioned lacks a tape recorder
    playback head and does not require the bow to be strung with
    a prerecorded tape.
634.4Maybe, just maybe...MERIDN::BULMERSteve Bulmer, Music's my life, Software's my job.Fri Jan 09 1987 09:124
    RE .0
        I remember probably 10 years ago that I actually saw in a FENDER
    catalogue a solid-body electric violin that they (used to) produce.
    -Steve
634.5A RAAD maybe?FGVAXU::MASHIAFri Jan 09 1987 10:589
    There's also an electric violin called (I believe) the RAAD.
    I've seen it advertised in various music magazines.  There was also
    a program segment on National Public Radio a few months ago on it, too.
    
    I'm not familiar with the one that Shadowfax uses, either, so I
    don't know if it's the same kind.
    
    Rodney