Lyricon
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The Lyricon is an
(essentially, Lyricon II without synthesizer)
Invented by Bill Bernardi (and co-engineered by Roger Noble and with the late Lyricon performer
Two additional re-modelled Lyricons were engineered later.), although external MIDIfication modules were produced by JL Cooper and STEIM.
Approximately 200 units of the Lyricon I were handmade and approximately 2000 units of the driver and Lyricon II were manufactured.[8][9] However, since Computone went out of business and due to the death of the instruments' inventor in 2014, the number of functioning instruments has greatly reduced as few people have the know-how to repair them and spare parts are hard to obtain.
The design of the Lyricon controller was later borrowed to form the basis for Yamaha's
Prominent examples of a Lyricon's sound can be heard in Gerry Rafferty's song "Night Owl", played by Raphael Ravenscroft, and in Michael Jackson's song "Billie Jean", where Tom Scott used the instrument.[7]
Prominent Lyriconists
- Ian Anderson
- Jay Beckenstein
- Richard Elliot
- Kenny G[3]
- Chuck Greenberg
- Steve Jolliffe
- Roland Kirk
- Michał Urbaniak
- Yusef Lateef
- Andy Mackay
- Bennie Maupin
- Dan Michaels
- Lenny Pickett
- Jonas Kullhammar
- Courtney Pine
- Raphael Ravenscroft
- David Roach
- Tom Scott[3]
- James Senese
- Wayne Shorter[3]
- Bruno Spoerri
- Pedro Eustache
- John L. Walters[3]
- Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander
- Chris Wood
- Takeshi Itoh
See also
References
- ^ Guerrieri, Matthew (July 6, 2013). "With the '70s-era Lyricon, woodwind met synthesizer - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
- ^ Greenberg (2006) p.34-40
- ^ a b c d e Ingham (1998) p.184
- ^ US3767833A, Noble, R. & Bernardi, W., "Electronic musical instrument", issued 1973-10-23
- ^ Walters, John L. (September 1987). "The Search For Expression (SOS Sep 1987)". Sound on Sound (Sep 1987): 36.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4408-7830-5.
- ^ a b "Sounds of Future Past: The Lyricon". daily.redbullmusicacademy.com. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- ^ a b c "Jorrit Dijkstra | Lyricon". Retrieved 2022-07-10.
- ^ "Lyricon". David A. O'Brien. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
Notes
- Greenberg, Joy (2006) "A Pause in the Rain" ISBN 1-60145-018-4
- Ingham, Richard (1998) ISBN 0-521-59666-1
- Search For Expression’ by John L. Walters Sound on Sound magazine, September 1987
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