Way cool - I'm looking forward to the official album, Stephen!!! :-)


It is very possible this is the only recording of this rare synth demo on the planet!

Whilst restoring the ex Klaus Schulze GDS (originally used on  his 1980 Album, Dig It) back in 2014 I found a number of what appeared to be demo sequences on one of the 8 inch disks.  These may well have been supplied with the instrument by the Digital Keyboards sales team or just may have been for a demonstration at NAMM circa 1980.

I loaded up and recorded this one from the GDS which was a nice demonstration of the instrument's multi-timbral capabilites. 

Released in 1979, the GDS was a groundbreaking all digital instrument based on Hal Alles' Alles Machine at Bell Labs and featured 32 high speed digital oscillators implementing a mixture of FM and additive synthesis in 16-bit audio with two 16 stage loopable EGs per oscillator, velocity sensitive keyboard, multi-timbral playback and a built in sequencer!

The name of the demo is a mystery - at first I thought it might be a reference to Nyle Steiner but he didn't think there was a connection.

Maybe the NY in NYLE1 stands for New York?... who knows!

1979 General Development System: Ultra Rare Original GDS Demo "NYLE1"

PS - 3300: Deux Accords Mineurs

Mélopée Pour 9

Here we go, this is an authentic "bootleg" recording from the audience, captured during the "astral disaster" show of 7 july 2012. Of course, the sound quality is far from being perfect (that´s what the upcoming CD release is for) but it gives you an idea of what I was playing on stage and of what the structure of the two separate sets was like. I picked some excerpts which showcase the new material I had created especially for the Bochum show. If you like what you hear, please stay tuned for the official album release. Happy gear-spotting.
Thanks to Phil Booth for live documentation.

['ramp] bochum bootleg excerpts

PS - 3300 Démo- (chœurs)

"doombient" is a registered trademark. I thought I´d point that out first :).

Thank you for listening and enjoying. If you like what you hear, please feel free to check my Bandcamp sites:

http://ramp1.bandcamp.com/  http://stephenparsick.bandcamp.com/

And yes, I´ve got some modern instruments as well.

['ramp] bochum bootleg excerpts

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