Comments on: Vintage Knob Madness: Thomas Dolby’s Custom-Built MIDI Controller

By: Create Digital Music » Thomas Dolby Extras: Live Performance Technical Details, Logic + Max/MSP

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:58:24 +0000

[...] More gory details: Tech Talk, at Thomas Dolby’s blog (which, thank you very much, is actually written by him, unlike some of the nonsense PR stunts we’ve seen lately!) Tom Brislin’s Interview/Feature for Keyboard Magazine (interestingly, the setup sounds as though it had been considerably improved by the time I saw it six months later) Vintage Knob Madness: Thomas Dolby’s Custom-Built MIDI Controller [Create Digital Music] Thomas Dolby’s Blog, Road Rig, Build Your Rig Cheap [...]

By: Create Digital Music » Johnny DeKam’s Live Visuals Rig on Thomas Dolby Tour

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:14:44 +0000

[...] Thomas Dolby’s blog continues to induce rabid gear lust. After drooling over Mr. Dolby’s live rig and repurposed vintage MIDI controller, we now get a glimpse at Johnny DeKam’s live video rig. (Kevin Johnsrude caught this one, and reminds us that “envy is one of the seven deadly sins.” Better keep that in mind.) [...]

By: Edward Champion’s Return of the Reluctant » He Blinded Me With Sonics

Edward Champion’s Return of the Reluctant » He Blinded Me With Sonics — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:39:08 +0000

[...] This will only be of solace to you if you’re as much of an audio geek as I am, but Peter Kirn has the scoop on Thomas Dolby’s custom setup, which is an interesting and quite unusual combination of MIDI controllers and vintage signal testing equipment. [...]

By: Jim S.

Jim S. — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:41:03 +0000

Didn’t say he couldn’t do as he darn well pleased with the thing. As you say, it was his. I was bringing it up more so people know that old things like these may still be useful and possibly valuable to others. These bridges go for about a hundred bucks on that online auction site. Anyway, we’re way off topic.

By: Senor Pantaloons

Senor Pantaloons — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:05:24 +0000

The great thing about ownership is the entitlement to do what you want with your goods, regardless of what people on blog comments have to say about it!

By: Jim S.

Jim S. — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 20:58:47 +0000

Michael W: I wasn’t complaining about destroying a museum piece. Like you, I have no particular use for having my own museum. I was complaining about destroying a precision instrument of a type which is still useful and difficult to find today. But as I said, if it was already dead, go to town with it. :)

By: mifune

mifune — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:27:06 +0000

i’d like to take a peek inside. whats inside of it? microcontroller? looks nice, very nice.

By: trudeau

trudeau — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 14:37:24 +0000

Reading the Thomas blog was stimulating. Lovely connection, PK.

By: Jim S.

Jim S. — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:45:34 +0000

Ahh. Okay, if it was already not functional, that’s different. :)

By: Michael W.

Michael W. — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:13:03 +0000

Very nice work Gustavo. I agree with you. I hear the same argument in the old truck groups I’m a part of. I like things that work for me, I don’t feel a need to store everything “pristine and unmolested” for future generations to look at in a museum. I’ve been looking for an old military looking radio that I can gut to re-make into a semi-portable sound system for my work truck (’65 Dodge M37). Keep rescueing stuff from the dumpsters and re-using them!