Thursday, April 3, 2025
Some interviews of producer John Simon
https://relix.com/articles/detail/john-simon-the-producer-of-the-band-janis-and-leonard-cohen-vitalizes-his-c/
In the following he can be clearly heard interviewed in the open air:
https://www.analogplanet.com/content/analogplanet-interviews-producerarrangermusician-john-simon-part-1
Το Δικο Μας Σ' Αγαπω - Γιωργος Ουρειλιδης, Lyrics, rough demo
[Verse 1]
Στο 'πα και στο ξαναλεω
Μη μου λες για χωρισμο
Γιατι ποναει η καρδια μου
Μακρυα σου
[Verse 2]
Σ' αγαπαω πιο πολυ
Κ'ο θεος μου εισαι εσυ
Εισαι παθος κ'αμαρτια
Κ'αδυναμια μου
[Chorus Χορος 1]
Δεν υπαρχουνε ορια
Ετσι ειναι γραμμενο
Στης ζωης μας τα συνορα
Στο δικο μας σ'αγαπω
[Chorus Χορος 2]
Δεν υπαρχουνε ορια
Ουτ'υπαρχουν κανονες
Στης καρδιας τα αισθηματα
Στις μεγαλες μας αγαπες
[Verse 3]
Στο 'πα και στο ξαναλεω
Εισαι ολη μου η ζωη
Μονο εσενα σε λατρευω
Και σε θελω
[Verse 4]
Μονο παψε πια να κλαις
Πως θα χωρισουμε εμεις
Γιατι αμα θα σε χασω
Να το ξερεις θα χαθω
[Chorus Χορος 1]
Δεν υπαρχουνε ορια
Ετσι ειναι γραμμενο
Στης ζωης μας τα συνορα
Στο δικο μας σ'αγαπω
[Chorus Χορος 2}
Δεν υπαρχουνε ορια
Ουτ'υπαρχουν κανονες
Στης καρδιας τα αισθηματα
Στις μεγαλες μας αγαπες
Chorus 1,2 repeated 3 times
A very rough demo that Giorgos did:
Ironing shirts, cooking food, operating DC machinery with just solar energy with no batteries, no inverter !
At your risk. Take all safety precautions. electricity can kill.
This is what my friend Dimcap who is a captain told me.
He had bought a few big (door size) solar panels each having an open circuit voltage at full sunshine of 36V.
He would experiment connecting directly to them things that can operate with DC, for example ironing iron, electric heating stove, electric drill (with carbon brushes).
So far he has destroyed his fridge.
But he could iron his shirts with just 2 solar panels connected in series, and with just 1 solar panel by waiting for about 8 minutes for the ironing iron to warm up.
He boiled water etc.
He operates tools such as a drill with much less than 220 volts DC with the difference of lower turns per minute.
If what he is doing takes off there may be a shift to the old debate AC vs DC.
At your risk. DC can kill in case of accident easier than AC.
P.S.
Cooking food can of course be done with no solar panels by using a Sun Oven.
Water heating for shower etc can be done with no solar panels by using a solar water heater.
Testing Pleiades K117 1.3V mic booster preamplifier, Pleiades (74Ω,25mH) filter with low output GR1/L 25/50 Ω ribbon microphone
At your risk.
Testing while trying to make a piano, vocal demo of the song To Diko Mas S'Agapo - Giorgos Oureilidis.
Signal path:
almost whispering male voice - mic at 24in on stand - Pleiades 8mH:78mH low cut (bass correction) 25ohm to 250ohm autotransformer - Pleiades (74ohm,25mH) low, low mid, mid correction filter - Pleiades K117 1.3V mic booster pre-pre - Sony TC-D5M (preamp with cassette recorder) - TDK SAX type II cassette - Sony TC-D5M used for playback - Pleiades 2N3053 class power amplifier (one channel only) - Celestion Ditton 150 speaker
It sounded impressive with great articulation, no bass heaviness, no hiss
Although high frequency detail is excellent maybe mid is a bit too prominent. Perhaps using a non low cut 1:3 transformer just after the mic and before the filter will solve it.
It would be also great to check this kind of setup on how close it can get to a master vocal recording such as Suzann - Leonard Cohen produced by John Simon.
Frequency response, subjective harmonic distortion, output impedance of Pleiades K117 1.3V JFET 2SK117 microphone booster pre preamplifier
At your risk.
A n octal base 1:5 Sowter microphone input transformer, and an octal base 7:1 Sowter microphone transformer used as output transformer are currently plugged in
With driving impedance of about 200 ohms and load terminating impedance of 10 Kohms.
Frequency response is flat at least from 15Hz (+1dB) to 78KHz (-3dB).
When connecting Sennheiser HD580 headphones across the output and listening while playing with the sinewave signal generator frequency and amplitude: As input signal is increased it can be clearly heard by ear that 2nd harmonic (octave) gradually gets into play, then including 3rd, 4th etc all too gradually happening indicating soft (analog) clipping.
Output impedance is about 400 ohms.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Veloudino Tigraki (liitle intrumental lullaby)
Key is C sharp major.
- - - #F
#F - #F#F #G
#E - #C -
- - - - repeat
Lyrics:
Veloudino Tigraki
(and at repeat)
Veloudino Gataki
Meant to be sung, or played on a glockenspiel
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