Alan Parsons and the "Projectron"
2009-02-28 by mlcsixand78s
I was just listening to the "I Robot" album and was wondering what the "Projectron" is...? It is listed as one of the instruments on the album... I did a search and found this from the Parsons web site... interesting. " Q. What was the Projectron, which featured on some of the earlier albums? A. The Projectron was effectively an analog "sampler". It could therefore produce any sound fed into it. It was a little like the Mellotron, but was capable of much higher quality. Usually it would reproduce tape loops individually recorded to a 16 or 24-track tape machine. The attack and decay times were adjustable using voltage control technology. One of the most featured sounds is the female background vocals on Breakdown. The Projectron looked something like a keyboard synthesizer but with lots of sockets on the front panel for connections to a multi track tape machine. Sadly, there are no known photos of it and it has disappeared into the annals of legend." http://www.alanparsonsmusic.com/bio.php#21