The electronic Stonehenge. Long may it produce glorious new sounds.
@psmith30017 ай бұрын
Wrong, there is nothing new under the sun - so get over it!
@RadioCamp Жыл бұрын
Back in 1977 I was the morning DJ at a tiny AM/FM station in Mendocino, California. Of course "Songs in the Key" of Life was spinning a lot. One morning I commented on the ultra-tight horn section on "I Wish." A woman called and said "those aren't real horns, it's a synth." What??? Next thing I knew she'd arranged for Malcolm Cecil (who I guess was living locally at the time) to come by the studio for an interview. Wow!
@janatanelmodickie48017 ай бұрын
The album specifically credits musicians for the horns on its sleeve. Was Motown telling the porky pies?😮
@jazzbo2516 ай бұрын
The horns on I WIsh are live, and Margouleff and Cecil were not working with Stevie on Songs in the Key of Life. They worked together on the Stevie's Music of My Mind through Fulfillingness First Finale (and some other albums by Syreeta Wright and Minnie Riperton).
@RadioCamp6 ай бұрын
@@jazzbo251I stand corrected! :-)
@benkleschinsky4 жыл бұрын
It would have been amazing to be a fly on the wall when guys like Stevie Wonder and Weather Report were using this to make their albums in the 70's. This is an absolute incredible piece of music history. I'm glad it's been preserved.
@thejoe57222 ай бұрын
R.I.P Malcolm! Was a really cool dude , did some work building a new shed for him a couple months before he passed
@thesoundsmith7 ай бұрын
"From the front, it's got to be playable and from the back it's got to be _serviceable._ H"ow true. I gave up trying to create an amalgam of Arp 2600, Roland System 100, a row of PAIA modules and "keyboard." when it started to look like an Escher print... Great job, sir. , Respect, Rest In Passion, you'd be bored with 'peace'...
@donaldpriola18073 жыл бұрын
Malcom was one of the coolest. RIP.
@mikeschneider9013 жыл бұрын
I knew Malcomb quite well and he was always a joy to work with. I miss him.
@BenticSebastian3 жыл бұрын
RIP Malcolm Cecil.
@benaustin63613 жыл бұрын
RIP Malcolm. Thank you for helping to create the sonic landscape of my childhood and for managing to not only craft amazing music technology, but for building the relationship with perhaps the greatest creator of music using those tools. Much appreciated.
@smd1uk Жыл бұрын
I noticed the sequencer keyboard from a Synthi AKS stashed away in there.
@hintoninstruments23697 ай бұрын
Malcolm had several EMS products. This is what he told me in 2007: "I still have a 256 sequencer and a smaller sequencer with a "painted" keyboard and perspex cover as well as a Cricklewood keyboard and a couple of the thin blue AKS sequencers. The 256 hasn't worked in a while - we rehoused it to fit TONTO but it got replaced with a computer based unit back in the early 90's. I also still have an EMS octave filter bank and a pitch to voltage converter - neither of which have been used for ages but were working fine last time they were played with."
@smd1uk7 ай бұрын
@@hintoninstruments2369 I swapped my AKS sequencer keyboard for a DK2 way back in the 70s and I’ve regretted it ever since.
@michaelwilde22093 жыл бұрын
About Time was one of the best and most amazing albums of all time ,sad to hear of Malcolms passing a true pioneer of music
@davidhall3747 Жыл бұрын
I was curious about Stevie Wonder's Synthesizer Arrangement and this Video popped up. An amazing arrangement indeed. I'm a multi- Instrumentalist.
@troy84203 жыл бұрын
I love his outfit
@CraigMansfield3 жыл бұрын
Airways knew the synths, but never knew the man who put it all together. I'm sorry to learn of him by his "passing". Sympathy to everybody who feels this loss
@karlmckinnell26357 ай бұрын
Every mad scientists dream 😊. So amazing to learn about this instrument.
@seankellymurray Жыл бұрын
Truly amazing level of design, Malcolm Cecil a genius and visionary in his time.
@axs2033 жыл бұрын
We have lots of things today in our computers but this is much more magical
@infinit127 ай бұрын
Brilliant. the small detail of adding a faraday cage is genius!
@benkleschinsky4 жыл бұрын
This should have a million views. Incredible.
@soloharmonicsrobj8246 Жыл бұрын
This is an amazing setup, and so many great electronic instruments in one arena. I've heard Tonto's Expanding Headband on a late night radio show titled Hearts Of Space.
@loskioskbears3 жыл бұрын
So sad to hear that he left us today. BTW, this video is very interesting, but the sound of the synth itself is way too low in the mix. I can hardly hear it!
@TheScreamingFrog9163 жыл бұрын
It may sound weird, but I have been a huge fan of TONTO, the synth, since I first saw it, in the Phantom of the Paradise movie. Already being a synth freak as a teenager, seeing TONTO in the movie, absolutely blew my mind. Had wet dreams about it for years, after that. Sadly I did not find out about these KZbin videos about it, until after Malcom's passing.
@plane_guy60514 ай бұрын
Wow, I never knew Tonto was the setup used in Phantom of the Paradise but that all makes sense now. I thought the thing in Phantom was just some nonexistent prop but that is SO cool to know it was real. That's crazy -- I just looked and it's on KZbin kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWOtcoWCmbupa6M I always loved when Paul Williams took the final sheet music from Winslow who's passed out from working all night, and says something like 'brick him in', and they put a wall up to 'try' to kill Winslow, which of course he busts out of, but the whole script is such a hilarious and scathing take on the music industry, and then of course Winslow literally getting disfigured by the hot plastic in the record pressing machine. It's was really quite well done.
@TheScreamingFrog9164 ай бұрын
@@plane_guy6051 so glad I helped you find this. Already being a synth nut at the time, my eyes almost popped out, when I saw it in the movie theater. Only many years later, with the help of the internet, did I learn about TONTO, and its importance in the music world. So grateful for information age. Thanks for the message and have a great day :-)
@jimmy_jamesjams_a_lot41713 жыл бұрын
THIS tendency towards favoring a system that is as completely flexible as is possible, within the realm of the time when it was used. It’s a contagious endeavor. We’ve all been to the club or seen films with the DJ, holding up his headphones to hear the queued up channel that isn’t playing through the PA, so he can hear the channel that he’s going to bring in without disappointing the audience by forcing them the agony of listening to the parts they don’t want to hear. This system takes that to a whole other level. Super easy to isolate channels, and to let the performers hear the stuff that they don’t want the audience to hear. Pretty neat to think of that wire coming from the Apollo missions and NASA. That should be some extra robust wire. I wish I could get my hands on some of that wire. THANKS FOR SHARING THIS! This is a great glimpse of the reasons behind the madness!!
@jowlorenz95553 жыл бұрын
Controls to thee mothership !
@diogosimoes7445 Жыл бұрын
Here before The Weeknd's new album!!
@MikeJohnson-wc2rn7 ай бұрын
My parents had an awesome album from the 70s that was called Tonto's Expanding Head Band. My Dad always told me it was the 1st purely synth based record. It had a way trippy sleeve. Was really good. Im pretty sure that this was the gear responsible for creating it.
@glenncurry30417 ай бұрын
"Zero Time" by TONTO's Expanding Head Band! I still have my copy! Herbie Mann was executive producer!
@apexone55024 ай бұрын
Those “Soothing Sounds for Baby” albums from 1962 by Raymond Scott were all synth.
@derekrevell3 жыл бұрын
Wow! didn't expect to see an EMS KS keyboard as part of TONTO
@DjangoWineHeart7 ай бұрын
That's some mad genius type sh*t!
@djtrakakadrunkpoet85983 жыл бұрын
I really wanna see a full documentary on this coolest instruments I think I ever seen
@iandean93923 жыл бұрын
Remembering Malcolm Cecil
@pedroeustache55113 жыл бұрын
SUCH GENIUS !! BEYOND REMARKABLE!!
@joehiggs100 Жыл бұрын
Great thanks! Revolutionary.
@chromepanther96123 жыл бұрын
Malcolm was the fucking man! Absolute genius and legend.
@Nillbor964119 күн бұрын
So freaking cool
@colinmorgan67333 жыл бұрын
Fantastic to see and hear that that Malcom's and Robert's legacy has been preserved. Was quiet a thing in it's day and still is.
@glenncurry30417 ай бұрын
I still have my original copy of Zero Time!
@synkrotron4 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Thank you :-)
@manuelgonzales64832 ай бұрын
AMAZING 😮
@KozmykJ3 жыл бұрын
Rave On Malcom Cecil
@patrickbodine60103 жыл бұрын
The legacy of a genius.
@markross24263 жыл бұрын
Fantastic film thanks for sharing
@HarrySteed Жыл бұрын
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
@DelmaRaySmithJr7 ай бұрын
wow
@LeeBarry3 жыл бұрын
Perhaps in the future you could use a BCI and control iit with brain waves. (I was not aware he had passed...RIP)
@gdynk4 жыл бұрын
This is so cool
@robinwatson4282 Жыл бұрын
All now available at a laptop near you at approximately 1/10,000 of the cost.
@astrojazzman4 жыл бұрын
I wonder what Bruse Haack or Sun Ra would do with this synthesizer? 🎹🎹🎹
@jowlorenz95553 жыл бұрын
This is what the control panel of sun ra's spaceship look like .
@MrDennismcmahon3 жыл бұрын
wow moon pups dad wish i could have met him
@cyborgmetropolis76523 жыл бұрын
I heard modular synthesis can be addictive.
@minimoog4236 Жыл бұрын
So Tonto is basically a super-duper expanded VCS3?
@jimmywhyte71817 ай бұрын
The Michael Rosen of synthesisers.
@eyesintheskies7 ай бұрын
If you ever worry your eurocrack habit has got outta hand come back hear and ease your fear👍
@thebman805 ай бұрын
Until I actually saw someone standing right up next to Tonto, I thought it looked much taller than it actually was.
@LifetimeTravelmates Жыл бұрын
bring the tonto pronto
@jennifyrgilmore24414 жыл бұрын
Imagine if Charles Ives had had TONTO to work out his compositions....
@Ray_Wood_19847 ай бұрын
🙇♂️💓🍀🎶
@MehdiJafri-y5z8 ай бұрын
Is there a plug in for this? I wanna put it on my DAW.
@hansmittendorf Жыл бұрын
is there a continuation of this video?
@OldRuntАй бұрын
How did you control the noise?
@RaquelFoster7 ай бұрын
He's just going to give zero credit to Robert Margouleff? Robert was his partner on the TONTO albums and the four Stevie albums. Robert is the one who showed him how to use a Moog. The first synth put in TONTO was Robert Margouleff's personal Moog. Most pictures of TONTO show both of them. They both won a grammy together. And Stevie listed both of them (and listed Robert first) in the producer credits on all four albums. But I'm sure Malcolm did most of the wiring for TONTO, since he was the engineer who built electronics. Malcolm is the mad scientist. Pete Townsend also said that Malcolm loved to show off, and he saw Malcolm destroy a bass and that's what gave Pete the idea to start destroying guitars on stage. Robert was the chill stoner.
@baddriddimworkshop6 ай бұрын
damn is that 2600 greassy looking
@popitinpete7 ай бұрын
No EMS?
@tiefighter34453 жыл бұрын
RIP
@vinsflokor3 жыл бұрын
Who's the arranger and conductor of Stevie that Malcolm was referring to? I can't understand his/her name, could anybody help me out?
@huskydaddy-y5y6 ай бұрын
I’m not sure if he was an “arranger” but the other man/engineer that worked with Malcolm Cecil building T.O.N.T.O. Robert Margouleff. There’s an amazing interview titled; “Producing Stevie Wonder & the Synth that Changed Music Robert Margouleff story” on KZbin. He talks about building tonto and first meeting Stevie to recording with him and other artists. Absolutely captivating geniuses in there time!!!!
@eyesintheskies7 ай бұрын
Power cables from the Apollo mission 🤯😂
@relentlesseducator6 ай бұрын
Sounds like a line from an Action Bronson verse
@MrMassivefavour7 ай бұрын
No Cecil, Townshend, Jarre or Kraftwork. No modern popular music.
@kellymelrose85277 ай бұрын
you wouldnt want keith emerson anywhere near that..
@huskydaddy-y5y6 ай бұрын
Keith would’ve flipped it down on top of himself while playing upside down and backwards……..maybe adding some flames!!!! RIP Keith!!!
@Professor_Bugs5 ай бұрын
I just want deadmau5 to make an album with it.
@NationalMusicCentre5 ай бұрын
That would be legendary!
@RodrickColbert3 жыл бұрын
Wow,! Did he ever work with Kraftwerk? Duran Duran?
@Imetalman20003 жыл бұрын
Guy spends several minutes breaking down the sequencer. “See it’s easy to use” me: 😅 okay buddy.
@cvp19694 жыл бұрын
Is Arturia going to do a VST?
@somenamelessdude80956 ай бұрын
Operating this makes a house dj look like a poser.
@go55826 ай бұрын
this is a computer.
@djtrakakadrunkpoet85983 жыл бұрын
Ableton and Logic ain’t got shit on this
@englishjona64587 ай бұрын
This guy don’t know what half that stuff is loool
@OrbvsTomarvm7 ай бұрын
ive heard better sounding farts 🤦🏻♂
@charbokh4 жыл бұрын
Tonto means dumb in Spanish.
@patrickbodine60103 жыл бұрын
TONTO is an acronym: The Original New Timbral Orchestra The music is the meaning, not simply a translated name.
@jowlorenz95553 жыл бұрын
Kemosabi means nerd in cherokee.
@jvf62573 жыл бұрын
Wonder who’s the TONTO to waste all that $ with not lucrative end.
@jowlorenz95553 жыл бұрын
No wonder the lone ranger wears that mask .
@UKMikey4 ай бұрын
Some things are worth more than money.
@lex37297 ай бұрын
Iconic Personification of a Mad Scientist!
@AI-Consultant Жыл бұрын
I won a tonto, we converted our basement home gym to a Tonto room, i go down there for hours and realize how lucky I am and you are not. Thank you to nobody but myself.