Listen to Wendel in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvg5mbM6FGs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvg5mbM6FGs
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Hey Nineteen
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Hey Nineteen · Steely Dan
Gaucho
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 1984-01-01
Producer: Gary Katz
Mixing Engineer: Elliot Scheiner
Recordingarranger, Hornarranger: Rob Mounsey
Vocalist, Composer Lyricist:…
Hey Nineteen · Steely Dan
Gaucho
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 1984-01-01
Producer: Gary Katz
Mixing Engineer: Elliot Scheiner
Recordingarranger, Hornarranger: Rob Mounsey
Vocalist, Composer Lyricist:…
The Wendel Jr., produced in 1985, went on to be used on albums by Donald Fagen, John Denver and Arcadia. The unit used perfectly engineered 16-bit 50kHz samples, with the natural decay of each drum hit left entirely intact. Cartridges of different drum kits could be swapped out on the front face. "Think of Wendel Jr.'s output as a good mic in the right place of a good sounding drum. The phrase 'Realer than real' comes to mind, but I promised that I would not use it in this manual," said Nichols in the Wendel Jr. manual.
The samples from the Wendel Jr. cartridges have been digitized and are available at:
https://samplesfrommars.com/products/wendel-from-mars?variant=32569344950356
https://samplesfrommars.com/products/wendel-from-mars?variant=32569344950356
Samples From Mars
WENDEL FROM MARS
The Vintage Drum Replacer, Transformed into a Drum Machine Pack Making its debut in 1984, the Wendel Jr. was a lighting-fast drum replacer featuring acoustic drum and percussion samples engineered by Roger Nichols. Based on its $80,000 predecessor (simply…