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Beware the Beast Man

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Mon Nov-29-04 09:22 AM
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Songs featuring a stylophone

okay, I can only think of one: "Space Oddity" by David Bowie

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ChavezSpeakstheTruth

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Mon Nov-29-04 09:52 AM
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1. Pocket calculator by Kraftwerk

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asthmaticeog

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Mon Nov-29-04 10:03 AM
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4. When I saw them live

in Chicago, they played that song on modified pocket calculators - old ones, from the era in which that song was written. Cooooool.

So WTF is a stylophone?

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Beware the Beast Man

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Mon Nov-29-04 10:05 AM
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6. It's an old monophonic synth

In which you use a stylus to operate the keys. Apparently it was a crappy little novelty item at the time (late 60's). Here's a link:
http://www.stylophones.com/

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asthmaticeog

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Mon Nov-29-04 10:15 AM
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13. COOL!

I want.

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KDLarsen

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Mon Nov-29-04 10:05 AM
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7. Yeah, that was the good old days..

.. now they just perform it using their laptops/synthesizers/keyboards/magic wands :D

Still one heck of a live experience though.

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asthmaticeog

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Mon Nov-29-04 10:13 AM
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12. No, this was in '97 or '98!

They didn't lean on pre-recorded backing sounds very heavily at all - the whole show was pretty much played live -- they even made mistakes here and there. I was impressed.

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KDLarsen

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Mon Nov-29-04 10:48 AM
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14. I know, I saw them in 1998 as well

.. but when they went on their 2004 world tour, Pocket Calculator was no longer performed using their converted pocket calculators & mini-keyboards.

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asthmaticeog

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Mon Nov-29-04 12:19 PM
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16. Awwww, man, that's weak.

Glad I got to see them do it old-style, then.

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ChavezSpeakstheTruth

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Mon Nov-29-04 10:06 AM
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9. here

http://www.stuffwelove.co.uk/stylophone.htm

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Buzz Clik

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Mon Nov-29-04 09:56 AM
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2. hi tech

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Buzz Clik

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Mon Nov-29-04 09:59 AM
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3. sample of the sound...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/henry01/henrys_old_crap/old_electronics_fun/amgrace_stylophone/amgrace_stylophone.htm

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Beware the Beast Man

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Mon Nov-29-04 10:03 AM
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5. I found a stylophone VST plugin

but I can't get it to work.

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ChavezSpeakstheTruth

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Mon Nov-29-04 10:06 AM
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10. Where'd you get it?

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Beware the Beast Man

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Mon Nov-29-04 10:10 AM
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11. KVRvst.com

http://www.kvr-vst.com/

It's a site that has links to all kinds of VST downloads, free and commercial. For some reason, I couldn't get the stylophone VST to work in Fruity Loops. There's a ton of cool free stuff here, though!

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ChavezSpeakstheTruth

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Mon Nov-29-04 10:48 AM
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15. Thank you my good man

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Buzz Clik

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Mon Nov-29-04 10:05 AM
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8. Particle Man, They Might Be Giants

Edited on Mon Nov-29-04 10:07 AM by Buzz Clik

click the link below, and click on the MP3 download.

http://www.tmbw.net/wiki/index.php/Particle_Man/Stylophone

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