On Monday, 8 October 1990 05:20:28 UTC+1, Andy Tefft  wrote:   
   > I just thought I'd post something slightly frivolous in contrast to   
   > all the rap-bashing, mtv-bashing, etc. that is going on around here   
   > nowadays.   
   >   
   > Whatever happened to Genesis's "ahh" machine? The synth that sounds   
   > like a chorus of people singing "ahhhhh.... ahhhhh..." and is most   
   > prevalent on Selling England by the Pound, Trick of the Tail (most   
   > notably at the end of the album), and Wind & Wuthering (esp. in   
   > "Afterglow").   
   >   
   > Was that a dedicated keyboard or a program on the synth (did they   
   > have programmable synths in 1976?)?   
   >   
   > Did Marillion buy the "ahh" machine? Did anyone else borrow it?   
   > I'm kind of interested in hearing other uses of this wonderful   
   > instrument.   
   >   
   > At first, I thought it was a chorus of children singing "ahhh" but   
   > the sound was just too perfect. At any rate, it has to be the   
   > most innovative use of an instrument in popular music since   
   > the flute.   
   >   
   > In fact, I'd kind of like to learn to play the "ahhh" machine.   
   > I wonder if there's one for sale anywhere?   
      
   The voices on Afterglow are not from a Mellotron - they were loop recordings   
   like on the 10CC track I'm Not In Love.   
   They couldnt repeat this live so Banks played it on a Mellotron using the   
   stand Choir tape set and it sounds totally different.   
   Listen to the album version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA_uWtbXnh8   
   then listen to the live version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqRav8j3UZI   
      
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