What is the english translation of KlopfGeist ? [altavista gave me: 'knocking spirit'] Dave Eager

> What is the english translation of KlopfGeist ? [altavista gave me: > 'knocking spirit'] I bet it's related to "Poltergeist" (I think that word is known in english, yes?). But while a "Poltergeist" is more of a rumbling nature, the KlopfGeist is just knocking... Regards, Sascha

beager@... writes: > What is the english translation of KlopfGeist ? > [altavista gave me: 'knocking spirit'] Yes, that is correct. It is the "younger brother" of Poltergeist. But where Poltergeist will cause much commotion and move things around, Klopfgeist will make tapping and knocking sounds. I *love* the name that Emagic has chosen for this neat little instrument which dopples as a metronome! f-erenc szabo, smarty pants Z+E+R+O+B+E+A+T "NOW POWERED BY THE MIRACLE OF THE TRANSISTOR!"

>beager@... writes: >> What is the english translation of KlopfGeist ? >> [altavista gave me: 'knocking spirit'] F-erenc wrote: >Yes, that is correct. >It is the "younger brother" of Poltergeist. But where Poltergeist >will cause much commotion and move things around, Klopfgeist >will make tapping and knocking sounds. I *love* the name >that Emagic has chosen for this neat little instrument which >dopples as a metronome! Klopfgeist is a word which has traditionally been used by German musicians to describe the stupid rhythm machines found in those little portable keyboards and organs that became fashion in the eighties. It is used quite tongue-in-cheek, if you know what I mean ;b ;) Urs

At 18:11 +0100 06.08.02, Urs Heckmann wrote: >Klopfgeist is a word which has traditionally been used by German >musicians to describe the stupid rhythm machines found in those >little portable keyboards and organs that became fashion in the >eighties. It is used quite tongue-in-cheek, if you know what I mean ;b There is also a term for this kind of keyboards: "Tischhupe" which is translated roughly as "desktop signal horn". -- Beste Gruesse - best regards, Michael Haydn - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dipl.-Inform. Univ. Michael Haydn mhaydn@... SoundDiver Group Executive http://www.emagic.de/ Logic Developer (Logic Control integration) Emagic Soft- & Hardware GmbH - Germany Phone: +49 4101 495 0 Halstenbeker Weg 96, 25462 Rellingen Fax : +49 4101 495 199 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Michael Haydn wrote: > There is also a term for this kind of keyboards: "Tischhupe" which is > translated roughly as "desktop signal horn". I guess 'signal-horn' would be what the [non-US]english speaking world call a hooter. Dave Eager

>I *love* the name that Emagic has chosen Yes... "Klopfgeist" fits my "Zeitfraktur" name :) >for this neat little instrument which dopples as a metronome! But not just that... I already made a little song, but unfortunately it only gets installed by the windows updater, so every 5.2 Mac user is invited to download the song from: http://www.zeitfraktur.de/emagic/KlopfgeistDemo_ZF.zip Sascha Kujawa, Emagic GmbH QualityAssurance & Betatest Manager