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Video? :(

You can listen to some of the tracks made with these instruments here:

https://bleep.com/release/56481-aphex-twin-computer-controll...

Track 2 ('snar2') is basically a demo of the device.

I've been searching, so far coming up empty.

Would love to see a video of Richard James sending midi data to that snare that was meant for a completely different instrument, maybe one of the melodies from Windowlicker :-P

Even though I think this was video trickery mostly, I often wonder if the later experiments with computer controlled instruments were partly inspired by this Monkey Drummer video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZGIrNf71Q

Hadn't seen that before, thanks for the link!

That video is funny, perplexing and frightening all at the same time! I was a little relieved to realize the human appendages were added digitally (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_Drummer).

This was the first thing I thought of as well. I remember rigging up some colored gels into makeshift 3D glasses to watch this back in the day.

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