J. Dan Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 The other thread is going around asking your favorite, but there are some sounds that immediately make you think of a certain song - even if it occurs in a different song, you think "oh yeah, the ________ sound". A couple obvious examples: 1) the Synclavier sound in the intro to Beat It by MJ 2) the cars Hard Sync on Let's go (also on other cars songs, and No Doubt "Just a Girl") 3) ARP Odessey in the intro to Rush 2112 Overture Others? Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 OB-X filter sweep on Tom Sawyer. What's that detuned oscillator patch on The Human League's Keep Feeling Fascination? Prophet 5? The DX7 Rhodes/EP on Whitney Houston's Greatest Love of All. Here's a neat site: http://www.synthmania.com/Famous%20Sounds.htm Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillNeverPost Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 That D50 sound in Enya's Caribbean Blue. Yeah, it's on that Famous Sounds site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMRG Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Jump? OBX-a Live : Kurzweil PC3K7; Roland A-88 Home : Kurzweil PC3K7; Kurzweil PC88mx; Roland MKS-80/MPG-80; Yamaha A4000; Alesis QSR; Kawai K1; Yamaha S03; Roland PK-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 OB-X filter sweep on Tom Sawyer. You're probably right, but for some reason I always had it in my mind that it was a Taurus pedal Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 Jump? OBX-a I thought about that, but it's really the most basic of basic sawtooth. I think it's the recognizable riff that people identify with, not the actual sound. You could play so,etching completely different like "love comes walking in" and people wouldn't immediately say "that's the jump sound". Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulceLabs.com Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Jump? OBX-a I thought about that, but it's really the most basic of basic sawtooth. I think it's the recognizable riff that people identify with, not the actual sound. You could play so,etching completely different like "love comes walking in" and people wouldn't immediately say "that's the jump sound". I would agree with Dan. I think the Jump *riff* is probably among the most recognizable synth riffs, but the sound itself is pretty generic. Interesting line of thinking comes from this: Take just the sound and play something completely different from the song(s) that made it famous and see if people can recognize it. THAT would be the true test, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernMeister Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 I prefer to go much further back than the Jump OBX sound. Has everyone already forgotten Lucky Man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 What's Tom Petty using on You Got Lucky? That one always tweaks my ear. Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 My whole point: How many songs use a square lead with Portamento? If you play a specific lead, it's recognizable, but ONLY if you play THAT. I feel the same with the saw patch. Sure, hit the low E and it's jump. But what if you play something else. Is it the jump patch? Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 What's Tom Petty using on You Got Lucky? That one always tweaks my ear. OBXa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 OB-X filter sweep on Tom Sawyer. You're probably right, but for some reason I always had it in my mind that it was a Taurus pedal I have both. It is definitely the OBX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicale Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 It's been said that the Hammond was the first synthesizer... Musicale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Williams Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 It's been said that the Hammond was the first synthesizer... First mass produced polyphonic additive synth, sorta. But it was preceded by the Theremin, and the Telharmonium before that. And pipe organs, with mutation (non-octave harmonic) stops, modulators (tremulant and swell box), detuning (chorale), and an eight-to-nine octave range, got there first. -Tom Williams {First Name} {at} AirNetworking {dot} com PC4-7, PX-5S, AX-Edge, PC361 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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