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1974 BALDWIN Fun Machine Organ Synthesizer Analog Drum Machine
1974 BALDWIN Fun Machine Organ Synthesizer Analog Drum Machine
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02- The Baldwin Fun Machine- Soloists (presets) part 1
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So much fun!
This machine is amazing, you can get some great sounds from it. It also has a “minor touch” ribbon which changes you key to a minor mid-performance. The built in speaker is very samplable with the right microphone. Headphone jack on mine has previously blown up an outboard speaker (previous owner)
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At 3:36 Josh starts playing around with the Fun Machine. He also has a song named "The Fun Machine Took a Shit! And Died."
It is stated in this Electronic Musician article that Murphy owns a Baldwin Fun Machine Organ.
A strange obscure proto-preset synthesizer/combo organ with build in drumbox from 1974. It would fit a Blackpool dancehall perfectly or a Finnish tango bar…you get the idea. Its not really an organ though but also not a synthesizer…its a “fun machine”…an obscure and very exotic piece of keyboard history.
With the knobs you can choose/program some presets and put an ASR (Attack Sustain Release) envelope or an autowah effect over it. On the leftside there is a little bass keyboard which plays bass-riffs and on the right you can play the fully polyphonic organ/preset synth part. The drumbox has some nice analog rhythmbox patterns. Its got lots of blue lights and a big build in speaker for a warm wooly sound.
There is little information on the Fun Machine, but I have heard rumours that there were several versions, like really big ones for theaters and ones with build in tape recorders. The Baldwin company makes mostly pianos and organs and comes from Ohio, USA. On the Baldwin homepage it sais “1974 The Baldwin FunMachine, a popular easy-to-play electronic keyboard, is introduced.” Thats about all the information there is.
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In 2015, Wilson posted this photo on Instagram, showing Baldwin Fun Machine organ.
Harrington uses The Fun Machine as a big pad and also to fill in the spaces as well as lead. "It emulates some of synths I love. Then again synths are based off Organs and can emulate organs, but It's just not as cool or as warm sounding".
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