Geddy used to have his amps behind him, but then he started just plugging his bass into the PA system so there was this huge empty space behind him. One night the roadies decided to just put random stuff behind him, and it was funny and the fans loved it; so they started doing it from then on. They chose washing machines for the Vapor Trails tour.
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2112, alex lifeson, caress of steel, geddy lee, gefilter
The OB-SX was envisioned by designers to be a smaller, lighter, more durable "live performance" version of their (then) flagship OB-X. The OB-SX featured the same VCO/VCF/VCAs of the OB-X and a voice card design similar to the OB-Xa in which polyphony was based on the number of 2-voice PCB cards installed (using CEM/Curtis chips). Sacrifices were made to the OB-X's "knob for each function" programming interface (replaced in the "SX" by a few realtime only filter and envelope controls), the ability to save patches (all sounds were preset in ROM) and the last octave of the keyboard ("chopped" to 48 notes).
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alex lifeson, geddy lee, keyboard, keyboard player, keyboardist
The OB-1 is a simple and great monophonic synth from Oberheim based on the same synth architecture as the SEM. Released in 1978, it was the first truly programmable analog synth of it's time with 8 program memories.
Classic and fat sounding bass & lead synth sounds. Similar in sound and synthesis from the Roland SH-101 to the MicroMoog. It has two analog oscillators and a very capable 2 or 4 pole switchable VCF (filter) that sounds great, and a good LFO that can control the VCA or VCF. This is a very versatile monosynth, especially during its time, and makes an interesting alternative to other more common bass-synths. It has been used by Tangerine Dream, Rush, Vince Clarke, and The Grid.
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1978, alex lifeson, geddy lee, keyboard, keyboard player
The GeFilter... a device of musical genius! Invented by Slobovich, and witnessed in action by O'Malley and Gershon at Gershon's Haus of Sausage in WIllowdale in 2010!
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2112, alex lifeson, classic rock, le studio, geddy lee
The GeFilter... a device of musical genius! Invented by Slobovich, and witnessed in action by O'Malley and Gershon at Gershon's Haus of Sausage in WIllowdale in 2010!
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2112, alex lifeson, le studio, fly by night, geddy lee
