This is a selection of some noodlings with the RMI Harmonic. Of course, all tracks were just improvised so please don´t expect any mind-blowing soloing or whatever. The first section was the RMI run through the ringmodulator of an Alesis Bitrman (alas, the RMI has no ringmodulator built in). The two final sections show the RMI embedded in a more musical context. The final bit showcases the tinkly arpeggiator stuff you may recognize from some unknown French musician named... ugh, well. The strings were a Roland RS-202 and a Yamaha SS-30, the phase shifter used was a Roland PH-830.

RMI Harmonic Synthesizer Demos

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"

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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.

RMI Harmonic Synthesizer Demos

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