Technological innovations Kraftwerk



early 1970s vocoder, custom built kraftwerk


kraftwerk used custom-built vocoder on albums ralf und florian , autobahn; device constructed engineers p. leunig , k. obermayer of physikalisch-technische bundesanstalt braunschweig. hütter , schneider hold patent electronic drum kit sensor pads, filed in july 1975 , issued in june 1977. must hit metal sticks connected device complete circuit triggers analog synthetic percussion sounds. band first performed in public device in 1973, on television program aspekte (on all-german channel zweites deutsches fernsehen), played wolfgang flür. created drums machines autobahn , trans-europe express


on radio-activity tour in 1976 kraftwerk tested out experimental light-beam-activated drum cage allowing flür trigger electronic percussion through arm , hand movements. unfortunately, device did not work planned, , abandoned. same year ralf hütter , florian schneider commissioned bonn-based synthesizerstudio bonn, matten & wiechers design , build synthanorma sequenzer intervallomat, 4×8 / 2×16 / 1×32 step-sequencer system features commercial products couldn t provide @ time. music sequencer used band first time control electronic sources creating rhythmic sound of album trans-europe express.








Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Discography Ole Paus

Gaeta class Lerici-class minehunter

Driver.27s licenses used for identification purposes Driver's license