Use an old idea.
— Oblique Strategies — Eno & Schmidt
Remixing "Everybody's Weird" by dEUS under the artist name Cinérex, built around the distinctive sound of the Ibanez VOC TM-776 Talking Machine — a rare guitar effect pedal from the mid-seventies.
The Ibanez Talking Machine
The Ibanez VOC TM-776 allows a guitar signal to be shaped by the movements of the player's mouth, producing speech-like vowel sounds from the instrument. Produced between 1975 and 1977, the same effect type was used by Richie Sambora on Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" (1986).
Recording Setup
The session was recorded to Tascam DA-88 and Tascam 38. The DA-88 is a modular digital multitrack recorder that uses Hi-8 tape and records up to eight tracks per unit — multiple units can be chained together for 16 or more tracks. The DA-88 won the Emmy Award for technical excellence in 1995.
Tools
- Ibanez VOCTM-776
- AKAI S-3000
- Atari ST
- D&R Dayner
- Tascam DA-88