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Yeah, it figures that "Baba O'Riley" was also played on the organ. 
Funny; there's a quote from Pete Townshend on the back of the Arp2500 
owners' manual where he says how suitable it is for stage work. Makes 
me wonder how often they used it on stage. I had forgotten that 
there's also an Ion preset called "Baba O'Riley". Very similar 
to "Won't Get Fooled" in that an lfo square wave is used to mod VCA. 
The key to this Ion patch though is that it uses key poly reset for 
the lfo; I think the an1x only has key mono reset. May be another way 
to get the same effect 
though.                                                              -
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Steve                                                                 
                                                                      
 --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Ed Edwards" <edward.edwards@v...> 
wrote:
>
> "Teenage Wasteland" (actually named Baba O'Riley) has a lot of 
references if you
> Google it.  There is an audio interview with Pete Townsend 
somewhere out there
> where he reveals the entire process.  Don't forget to listen 
carefully, Townsend
> is moving around a lot on the keyboard -- this is not just a simple 
hold down
> the keys and let the arpeggiator play it song.
> 
> Google kindly provided this excellent site:
> http://www.wbtracks.co.uk/synths.htm
> 
> Here's a snip:
> I'd always thought this was programmed into Pete's huge modular ARP 
2500
> synth/sequencer. It certainly sounds like it could have been! It's 
hard to
> believe that the sound we hear on Baba O'Riley is really a Lowrey 
home organ.
> The model Pete used was a TBO-1, but for anyone wishing to recreate 
Baba O'
> Riley, just pick one up the following models to do the same job: 
TLO, DSO, TLS,
> TSO 25 and HR and GAK (seems to be the nearest). Pete is using a 
setting called
> "marimba repeat." <SNIP>
> 
> ... go on and read the rest yourself.  Also download the audio demo 
of the banjo
> repeat on the Lowery - amazing stuff for 40 year old technology.
> 
> eee - Edward Edwards
> http://www.ezekielswheel.com
> http://www.untiedmusic.com/ezekiel