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

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this is a selection of tracks from the upcoming ['ramp] release "no sleep 'til wilmersdorf", the 11th album in the history of ['ramp]. this time it's going even further back, and faster, heading for the mood and setting of berlin in around 1978/79.

to be released on 2nd may 2018 in a limited edition of 222 copies. taking preorders now through stephen at parsick dot com if you want to make sure you'll be first in line and receive your copy before everyone else does. 

order your copy here (or treat yourself to a digital FLAC download):

https://ramp1.bandcamp.com/album/no-sleep-til-wilmersdorf

['ramp] -- no sleep 'til wilmersdorf 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] -- no sleep 'til wilmersdorf excerpts

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