SynthModules

Sorry for the stuttering re-sends all,
i had trouble with the word-wrap when i imported my text and had to delete 2 unreadable msg's (sorry... i wasn't trying to make a point!)
;'>
Andrew,
the most common pronunciation i've heard is:
muh-boose (accent on 2nd syllable)
as for speech synthesis....
i never touch the stuff!
=)

(igor!!!! more POWER .... MORE  P O W E R!!!!)
-doc

--- In SynthModules@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew Scheidler" <xpandrew@p...> wrote:
> OK, so now how do you pronounce "Mabuse"?
> 
> Does is rhyme with "abuse"?  "A beaux"?  "Debussey"?  
> 
> Hell, just write a PSIM/SpeechJet program for us to listen to!
> 
> Andrew
> 
> >>> jmahoney@g... 03/15/04 9:40 AM >>>
> Dear Dr. A.C. Mabuse,
> Okay, I got the message, got the message, got the message! (I received
> it 3
> times. ;-)
> 
> That's a good story, and I'm *glad* that I asked -- I doubt that most
> off-topic forays would be so funny. I'll have to grab a copy of the Roto
> Rooter Goodtime Christmas Band's Greatest Hits as soon as it's released,
> which I'm sure will be any decade, now...
> 
> I've never seen the films, myself. The song I heard was by a mid-1980s
> band
> named "Propaganda."
> --
> john
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "drmabuce" <drmabuce@y...>
> To: <SynthModules@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 10:09 PM
> Subject: [SynthModules] Re: Dr.Mabuse [OT]
> 
> 
> Ok
> This is blatantly off topic and unsolicited but I'm going to do it
> anyway
> Drmabuce is a misspelling of Dr. Mabuse (because somebody beat me to it
> on =
> yahoo)
> I am not a doctor and any medical advice I dispense should be regarded
> with=
>  great skepticism.
> It is a nickname . My real name is Mike Murphy but there are thousands
> of M=
> ike Murphys. It's kind of a celtic version of the "Bob Johnson" 
> syndrome.
> I=
>  first heard the name Doctor Mabuse in college on an LP by the Roto
> Rooter
> G=
> oodtime Christmas Band. There is a break in  a  fairly conventional
> salsa
> nu=
> mber - then you hear a nasal voice say: Ladies & Gentlemen...
> Doc-torrrrrrrr=
> rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr maBUSE!
> Followed by the most amazing deconstruction of the tenor sax timbre.
> like 4=
> 8 diesel airhorns in a shouting match.
> Lordy Day! I was in love!
> Fast forward to 1989 and Iwas recruited by a band that traditionally
> used s=
> tage names and there was no question in my mind who I wanted to be: Dr
> Alpho=
> se Caspar Mabuse.
> And it `stuck' most people in the local music scene have never known me
> as =
> anything but `doc'
> It was only AFTER I adopted the stage name that I saw the German
> expression=
> ist films.
> (I don't look like him either)
> so there!
> That'll teach ya to stray off topic in THIS forum
> 
> Salut!
> -`doc'
> 
> --- In SynthModules@yahoogroups.com, "john mahoney" <jmahoney@g...>
> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "drmabuce" <drmabuce@y...>
> > > [snip]
> > > best,
> > > -doc
> >
> > Okay, "Doc," the gig is up! I had never considered that your name
> might b=
> e a
> > pseudonym, but I dusted off an old CD last night and lo, there was a
> song=
> 
> > entitled "Dr. Mabuse." A-ha! Further research (read "Googling")
> revealed =
> a
> > deeper mystery.
> >
> > So, we're on to your little game, now, Mister
> Whatever-your-real-name-is.=
> 
> >
> > Muah-ha-ha-ha!!!  ***
> > --
> > john
> >
> >
> > *** (That's "evil laughter," and yes, I'm being silly. Fritz Lang made
> a
> > couple of "Dr. Mabuse" films, which presumably inspired the song.)
> 
> 
> 
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