Jump to content


Please note: You can easily log in to MPN using your Facebook account!

What's the synth on...


bg

Recommended Posts



  • Replies 8
  • Created
  • Last Reply

I may be totaly wrong---and I am quite often--but something's sticking in my head that Winwood suggested the synth was a Multimoog, using the ribbon controller and hard sync and downward bends to get the "sax" right. Might've been a Keyboard mag interview. Anybody remember this?

K.

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I remember a Winwood video, although he had the name covered up the 32 blue/green patch buttons gave it away as a DX-7; unfortunately I can't remember if that video was of the song mentioned. It does sound DX-ish...

Botch

"Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will

www.puddlestone.net

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Besides the identifiable sound, there's a lot of subtle pitchbending on this solo. I've always been impressed by how skillfully it was played. The pitchbending is relentless, but it never sounds mechanical.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

The "sax" solo was a Multimoog. I believe the string pad was played on a Yamaha CS80, which blended nicely with the Hammond in the song. I remember Styx used a similar blend about that time, but with an Oberheim layered with the organ.

 

Peace all,

Steve

><>

Steve

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I believe that he used a foot pedal to subtly open and close the filter while playing the solo.

R. Guilford Butts

www.mp3.com/robsmusic

 

"Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God"......Leo Buscaglia

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 months later...

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

×
×
  • Create New...