10 Iconic Synthesizer Sounds
A day in the life of a Nordic synth artist and YouTuber: https://youtu.be/cc9gJEAFZKo
Sounds are coming from synths as Yamaha DX7, Roland Jupiter-8 and Juno-106, some sampler sounds from the Fairlight and Emulator 2 and Korg M1, D-50 and many more.
Which sounds do you think should be on the list as well?
In the case of the "synth brass", lots of other analog synths were used for different songs and hits, like the Oberheim OB-Xa, Elka Synthex, Prophet 5 and more. The same for the "sync" sound.
00:00 Intro
00:18 The Sync (can be done on various synths)
00:52 Arr1 (Fairlight)
01:43 Synth Brass (can be done on various synths)
02:26 Electric Piano (DX7)
02:54 House Piano (M1)
03:36 Shakuhachi (Emulator II)
04:14 Electric Bass 1 (DX7)
04:54 Acid Bass (can be done on various synths)
05:40 Tubular Bells (DX7)
06:32 Pizzagogo (D-50)
External reverb, delay and chorus were used on some of the sounds. All sounds has been mixed and processed in various way to sound good. All the sounds are coming from the gear you see in the video. No softs or VST synths were used.
Two added bonus famous sounds in the video, one at the very beginning and one at the end. First out is a variation of the infamous "Orch5" sample from the Fairlight, while the other, at the end, is from the D-50.
Here are the links to (most) of the songs referenced in the video:
Cars "Let's go": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrmevLXE_kM
H. Faltermeyer "Fletch theme": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzmidE4wFsc
Tears for fears "Shout": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEWwZNUafKo
Jan Hammer "Crocket's theme": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UmOY6ek_Y4
Art of Noise "Moments in love": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cen22TBHo9M
Van Halen "Jump": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYN7mTi6HM
Simple Minds "Don't you forget about me": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdqoNKCCt7A
Europe "Final countdown": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw
Black Box "Ride on time": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0quXl_od3g
Madonna "Vogue": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJQSAiODqI
Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWJE0x7T4Q
Enigma "Sadness": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F9DxYhqmKw
Tangerine Dream "Yellowstone park": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpwCSTNcd5o
Mr.Mister "Broken wings": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKhN1t_7PEY
A-ha "Take on me": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914
Howard Jones "What is love?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w34vnz_LEX4
Shannon "Let the music play": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-0sUuGufmw
Heaven 17 "Let me go": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJrU9RIurFE
H. Faltermeyer "Top Gun intro": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRv2cVF0CdM
Kansas "Perfect lover": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdZwMehAGzU
Enya "Orinoco flow": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTrk4X9ACtw
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What’s type of synth/sound called on your intro?
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Van Halen’s Jump used a Oberheim OB-Xa, Final Europe’s Final Countdown used a Yamaha TX 816 Rack unit and a Roland Jupiter JX-8P. The Yamaha DX7 was used in various songs of the 80s.
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that DX7 speaks to my soul haha great video!
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Guys, the intro sound's name is 'Orchestra hit'. Salute me.
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whats the sound of intro of the video
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What is that sound called in the very intro of the video? Been looking for it for ages lol
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What is the name of the sound that you're playing right at the beginning of this video? 😅
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💯
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This video was so soothing
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what is the sound in the opening of the video!?
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What about won’t get fool again by the who
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What is the sound form intro?
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Great compilation!
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Так и не дождался KORG M1. Показали другой синт.☝️☝️☝️
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Nice Werk, Kraft! 😆
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Some great sounds to take us all back to better days. Love your presentation and explanation of each sound. Wow, you could not be more German if you were eating a brat and drinking a beer. I love it.
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You had me at Fletch!
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That shakuhashi sound was also on Wake Up Stop Dreaming by Wang Chung.
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I think the orchestral hit from the Fairlight CMI deserves a place on the list - (what was the name, "orch2"?) - it was ubiquitous, more so than the Shakuhachi flute, and it is instantly recognisable.
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What's the Synth from the intro?!? I'm desperate
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Great Video
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i wish this was more about actual synth patches and not sampled sounds that are iconic but still a great video
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Don't forget the iconic sawtooth, square and sine wave synth lead sounds. Those are definitely the ones that define the 80's decade.
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The “sync” sound from Roland’s JX-8P I’m pretty sure was sampled by Korg on the Korg N364 and they named it “busy boy”. I played in a Mexican band in the late 90s and early 2000s. And I used that Korg N364 and the sound “busy boy” for many sonidero songs!!!
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Very subjective
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1990's without 'Shakuashi' sound would had jumped direct to the 2000's 😊
ОтветитьEspen Man, I love all those synths just as you ! (We have to be the ~ same age...) Having a lot of them allready, I think I'll convert myself to a Polygamic religion as I need to maried to few more 😉🙃
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Top show, congratulations fron Brasil
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DX7 sounds, alot them very clean and almost perfect.....but that tubular bells sound gets you 'hooked'! Harmonically superb.
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Acid bass all the way. Just off to listen to Xena now!
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hands down, to me, the Yamaha DX-7 chorused piano was the most notable....as you said, Espen, it was used in SO many of those classic 80s songs.....
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Whats the first intro effect?
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What is the watch you got on your hand?
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the electric piano is the sound of a white man lowering himself. i cant stand hearing it anymore.
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What is the one during the intro called?
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what is the name of the one at the beginning of the intro?
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I wish there was a video that just had someone pressing one key per preset so that Casio owners can sample tones so we can sound as good as your Roland. Do you know anywhere that has just notes like that? Maybe there's a CD-ROM or something like that out there?
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Art of noise!
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The moral of the story is, there is the DX-7, and then there's everything else.
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The first sound is the Moral Kombat sound.
ОтветитьSync sound wins. Should have been used even more.
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what was the sound at the start called?
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hi Espen,as always awesome tutorials and demos! may i ask what app clones voice to english accent? cheers! 🎙📡🎛
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What was the sound in the beginning of the video??
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The specific synth-brass sound in Jump was from an Oberheim OB-Xa. It and its direct predecessor, the OB-X, were quite nice sounding instruments, with a nice growl when played hard and loud. The OB-X and its unique sound made Rush's Signals (1982) an album to be reckoned with.
They are kinda hard to get last I checked (shame, they're probably my favorite synth), so the Jupiter-8 was a great stand-in for synth brass, and doesn't sound too dissimilar.
Also that DX-7 tubular bells patch sounds really nice on its own.
