Where the heck were your instructional videos *IN* the 80's when I actually owned these instruments, couldn't figure out how to play them, and ultimately sold them?
It's left me sitting here thinking the exact same thing. I too ended my Keyboard/synth era behind totally confused at not being able to recreate all those great 80's riffs & sounds. At least i got to have a VERY FAMOUS guy sit in my house who purchased my Prophet V Rev 2 ;-)
I remember when the Juno-6 was out, and then a friend told me about the new 60... ’it has memory...! You can save your presets!’ What?!? Awesome times back then
You should be getting an educational grant for these videos, Paolo! Really! I used to have trigs from my 808 going to my Rogue and the sequencer on my JX-3P (and sometimes my Synsonics which I modded for external trigger). For many years, that was my songwriting staple. :-) I think it's great you're passing this knowledge on. As old guys, we take it for granted because we've grown up with this equipment but if you're a kid raised on iOS apps, it may be all new! *bows down*
WAY too kind, Jyoti! Thank you!! Yes, for us is taken for granted, but a lot of younger guys ask me about mixing consoles, effects, triggers, drum machines etc. so I figured I'd start posting some explanatory videos of how we recorded in the pre-Internet days :) Have a great day!
Thank you sir! What a great tutorial on how to finally use the gear I already have properly. Your unselfish giving to the synth community is appreciated my friend.
I've watched a lot of your videos and listened to your music, but I've never written before. I just wanted to say thank you for doing this. I love your channel and this video is really incredibly helpful to me. I play guitar in an 80's cover band but I've been playing around with synths for a few years when I came across a dirt cheap MicroKorg. That got me hooked, and awhile ago, mostly due to your videos, I purchased a Juno 60 with gig money I saved up. It makes me so happy. Nothing better than an analog synth during a long Canadian winter. Thanks again for the inspiration.
The 80's was the decade of my youthful prime I want to go back forever. You killed blue Monday triggering bright memories. Now I know how the music was done. Thank you so much for the knowledge and love ❤️.
@DCmediaUKfilm The big keyboard makes me think it's polyphonic. Why have such a large range of keys if it's monophonic? Is it just because they couldn't fit the electronics at the time into a smaller package, so they decided "might as well have a bigger keyboard to go with it?" Or is there some actual playability benefit to it?
Strange thing back in these synth days I was a skinhead and went out with a girl who loved all groups like Duran Duran human league etc I laughed at her taste in music. Well now days I think it's cool music and quite clever how they made the songs.
I grew up listening to A-Ha, Red Flag, Depeche Mode, Information Society, Thompson Twins, Duran Duran etc. Best damn childhood anyone could wish for Donna Summers I feel love is one of my favs. Cant forget about Giorgio Moroder (spelling?) Great Video btw!! I got Arturia Keylab 25 giving to me for free! Any advice for a beginner learning to play the piano/keyboard?? Thanks in advance!
As someone who turned 12 in 1980, I geek out so hard on this kinda stuff. I could play a bit of piano, and I begged my parents for a Juno, just knowing I could be the next synth-pop sensation.
I was 11 back in 1980 but thankfully for me my parents eventually did get me a Juno. Great era for music! Especially compared to the crap my teenage daughters listen to today.
@@fizzywack Damn, my family gets me a couple of pairs of cheap PJ pants from Target and maybe a $20 amazon gift card for birthday/christmas (they're less than a month apart so they just combine the gifts for both) as well as paying my phone bill. You were lucky, I'm happy for you!
@@mattbelinski7760 It's a Casio on a Plastic Beach It's a Casio on a Plastic Beach It's a styrofoam deep sea landfill It's a styrofoam deep sea landfill It's automated computer speech It's automated computer speech It's a Casio on a Plastic Beach It's a Casio, io, io
Thanks, Excellent tutorial. I own many similar pieces of equip (TR707/727, Ultranova, PolySix, OB6, and I have 4 vintage sequencers and have only very limited knowledge. This is so helpful.
You should write a book. If it was well-written, nicely structured, and full of such information, I'm sure it would sell enough to give a return on the effort.. it would be a very interesting book. I'd buy it and cherish it !
Fantastic video. Thank you SO VERY MUCH for taking the time to very clearly explain how all these amazing songs were either done, or could be done. Very, very cool. Thank you.
Just worked through this with Korg Gadget on my iPad and a little Akai keyboard... quick bit of drum programming and voila - a huge grin on my face!!! Thank you for the lesson Paolo, this was fantastic! :)
Thank you very much for sharing these techniques. An old beginners handbook on programming drum machines, will get much use and i am definitely going to have fun trying out new arpeggios. Of-course in the spirit of sharing, I'll share these songs with you and other TH-camrs who happen to come across this wonderful video. Also, if you have any tips on achieving a wider stereo-sound, to make this music come alive even more, would be great! Have a wonderful weekend, stay well and have fun playing music!
wow, love this, , been playing around with arps, for ages but never really understood how to get that 80s ,bass sounding like it should. sending a rimshot as a trigger, i never new that . will be play again, using that technique. thanks dude
Have you ever thought of hiring an Italian woman to sing over the top of your synthesisers? You could stand silently behind the keyboard wearing shades. You would be the last Europop synth duo of the 1980s.
I need to remember to take notes when I watch your videos. I don't plan on exactly emulating them the way you describe, but there are so many learnable takeaways that I should be writing down.
Excellent tutorial! Came to this game when it had migrated to computers sequencers, so fascinated to see how some of this classic baselines were created.
Brilliant . Thank you so much for sharing your talent, and these tips with everyone . I'd be struggling to figure this out on my own as I'm relatively new to all this .Thanks again Kieron
Hey man, I just wanted to say that because of you I saved all my money and got a 707 and Juno 60. This video was so helpful and literally 90% of the music I record uses this technique. Thank you for doing what you do.
You know any synth that has cv in, like the DM 12 and any drum machine with gate or separate outs can do the same, for so much cheaper, Juno 6/60 go for about $7k and 707 about $4k where I live, owch!!
Great Video! I loved that 80's electo sound and I appreciate even more now that I see what they were doing. I use Logic and it's just a touch of a button to do those patterns now
I've watched many synth videos, and I have to say this was one of the best, and most fun videos I've seen like ever. It totally gave me some ideas on sounds I have in my head that I didn't know how to get on Ableton Live. Hope I can figure it out now. subbing
You missed a few handclaps running along with the snare on "Safety Dance"... hahaha I'm just being picky on purpose. Nevermind me, I love your lessons and I envy your beautiful and well-preserved collection of vintage synths and drum machines from the 80~90 era. Grazie, Paolo!
Love your channel, SynthMania. I am glad I stumbled onto it. I have been fascinated by this stuff since the late 70s/early 80s when all that great music was cranked out. It's great to have your explanations.
Yes, this is weird. Who a fuck can give negative feedback on this video? Why? Great lesson, great talented "teacher", clean words. Maybe because is not "living in paradise with Ferrari" or reacting or gaming video?
I used to use an Alesis module with a Roland controller, layered with an Alesis nanosynth, the Roland D50 had the sequencer it was the closest I could get to the Duran Duran covers we used to play in the 90s, great video brings back allot of memories,
Great tutorial Paolo, I grew up listening to this music in the 80's and always wondered how they produced some of these tracks. Thank You, you have great talent.
WOW...!! I had to sign into my YT account just to give this Man a thumbs up... Bravo..! Most incredible.. Both.. Videos are..Well done.. what you do and teach is.. very much appreciated Sir Thank you..!
Loving these new vids Paolo! More please! Could we see an Sh101 and Lately bass/Solid bass layering video? Sort if like the early industrial sounds of Nitzer ebb Murderous or Front 242. If you were into that sound...
I watch a most of your videos but rarely comment. I found this one to be very interesting being a big 80s synth fan. Excellent video. Looking forward to more stuff like this.
Just awesome! I've always wanted to know how this was done! Now I have an idea how those classic bass lines were done. "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League, "Reap the Wild Wind" by Ultravox... so many more!
Interesting stuff. Arpeggiators always add some bulk to electronic/techno based tunes. What fascinates me is how, in particular British computer game music programmers of the 80's and 90's used to use rapid arpeggio to create pseudo-chords. Typically the programmers were limited to three sound channel so you were limited to maybe one bass, one riff and perhaps another 'instrument' or game fx, plus white noise for 'percussion' and other sounds. I was never a complete fan of that sound but it was impressive to here how these programmers would push these sound chips to their limits.
Instant sub! Very informative video, no BS talking about other stuff that has nothing to do with anything, just straight to the point. Again, great stuff!!
95% percent of dislikes in this kind of great video are accidental. Even myself accidentally clicked dislike, luckily i noticed it. It was not a first time either.
Great job. As far as I know, the bassline from "I Feel Love" wasn't intended to sound like that, but half speed. But Giorgio Moroder used a short delay and magically it speeded up. Everybody at studio loved the effect and, alas, the first techno disco track ever was created.
Don't forget that it was hard panned LR as well, so if you listen to just one side you only get half the bassline, and doesn't sound complete at all. Like when the Beatles used to put the whole drumkit on the left side just for fun!
Not sure about 'just for fun', but a lot of older records placed the instruments in stereo stage according to where they might be on an actual stage. It does sometimes come in handy if you want to edit a track though, as you can sometimes separate stuff out that way...
MrMargaretScratcher yeah, I do think part of their ethos was to try stuff out for fun. Perhaps I should have said 'tried stuff out in the spirit of experimental creativity '. Doing it to replicate the sound stage positioning sounds a bit pedestrian to me. They were more interesting than that I think (especially on tomorrow never knows). But if that's what they said they were doing, fair enough!
Oli Freke ah yeah, with all the weird kind of seagull noises etc! Check out the leftside wobble edit of that track. But yeah, the more 'orthodox', earlier recordings of funk and rock n roll bands were very commonly laid out with drums panned off centre, until it became the convention to have the drums and bass in the centre.
Where the heck were your instructional videos *IN* the 80's when I actually owned these instruments, couldn't figure out how to play them, and ultimately sold them?
im 40..when i graduated he would have been one of my best friends... i subscribed 'ohiorichkid instagram' - producer for rapper 50cent
He was digging through the manuals until 2017
Yeah, my SP808EX manual is over 200p LoLng
It's left me sitting here thinking the exact same thing. I too ended my Keyboard/synth era behind totally confused at not being able to recreate all those great 80's riffs & sounds. At least i got to have a VERY FAMOUS guy sit in my house who purchased my Prophet V Rev 2 ;-)
because it took him since the 80's to figure it out! lol jk
I remember when the Juno-6 was out, and then a friend told me about the new 60...
’it has memory...! You can save your presets!’
What?!?
Awesome times back then
Yeah, bastards released the 60 about 1 week after I got my 6 🤬 no wonder I was always broke! Just had to have it
You should be getting an educational grant for these videos, Paolo! Really!
I used to have trigs from my 808 going to my Rogue and the sequencer on my JX-3P (and sometimes my Synsonics which I modded for external trigger). For many years, that was my songwriting staple. :-)
I think it's great you're passing this knowledge on. As old guys, we take it for granted because we've grown up with this equipment but if you're a kid raised on iOS apps, it may be all new!
*bows down*
WAY too kind, Jyoti! Thank you!! Yes, for us is taken for granted, but a lot of younger guys ask me about mixing consoles, effects, triggers, drum machines etc. so I figured I'd start posting some explanatory videos of how we recorded in the pre-Internet days :) Have a great day!
That Blue Monday drum/synth bass loop was so bad ass!
The Juno's bass sound is utterly sweet.
The thick sound of that Juno is indeed music to my ears... thank you for the video. Cheers
Thank you sir! What a great tutorial on how to finally use the gear I already have properly. Your unselfish giving to the synth community is appreciated my friend.
Thanks for this tutorial. I love the Octave Synth Bass Arps on the 80s. I apply this technique all the time time in my music.
It's like 'This Old House' for synths.
NSV greatest comment ever !!
I've watched a lot of your videos and listened to your music, but I've never written before. I just wanted to say thank you for doing this. I love your channel and this video is really incredibly helpful to me. I play guitar in an 80's cover band but I've been playing around with synths for a few years when I came across a dirt cheap MicroKorg. That got me hooked, and awhile ago, mostly due to your videos, I purchased a Juno 60 with gig money I saved up. It makes me so happy. Nothing better than an analog synth during a long Canadian winter. Thanks again for the inspiration.
Tom, Thanks so much!
The 80's was the decade of my youthful prime I want to go back forever. You killed blue Monday triggering bright memories.
Now I know how the music was done. Thank you so much for the knowledge and love ❤️.
Really great tutorial, thank you! I got a Juno 60 VST recently and I'm enjoying learning to play 80s style synth from your videos.
One of the Best explanations, and demos out there. Excellent. Thank you!
That Juno sounds so delicious.
@DCmediaUKfilm The big keyboard makes me think it's polyphonic. Why have such a large range of keys if it's monophonic? Is it just because they couldn't fit the electronics at the time into a smaller package, so they decided "might as well have a bigger keyboard to go with it?" Or is there some actual playability benefit to it?
@@mikeexits The Juno 60 is 6 voice polyphonic
@@Jakek200 Oh I see, I remember being confused because the Boutique is monophonic
@@mikeexits actually the boutique ju06a and ju06 have four note polyphony
hahahah
Strange thing back in these synth days I was a skinhead and went out with a girl who loved all groups like Duran Duran human league etc I laughed at her taste in music. Well now days I think it's cool music and quite clever how they made the songs.
Do you hee-yoe me, doyou ca-a-are..
I grew up listening to A-Ha, Red Flag, Depeche Mode, Information Society, Thompson Twins, Duran Duran etc.
Best damn childhood anyone could wish for Donna Summers I feel love is one of my favs.
Cant forget about Giorgio Moroder (spelling?)
Great Video btw!!
I got Arturia Keylab 25 giving to me for free!
Any advice for a beginner learning to play the piano/keyboard??
Thanks in advance!
As someone who turned 12 in 1980, I geek out so hard on this kinda stuff. I could play a bit of piano, and I begged my parents for a Juno, just knowing I could be the next synth-pop sensation.
I was 11 back in 1980 but thankfully for me my parents eventually did get me a Juno. Great era for music! Especially compared to the crap my teenage daughters listen to today.
@@fizzywack Damn, my family gets me a couple of pairs of cheap PJ pants from Target and maybe a $20 amazon gift card for birthday/christmas (they're less than a month apart so they just combine the gifts for both) as well as paying my phone bill. You were lucky, I'm happy for you!
Begged my parents for a Juno and they bought me a Casio
@@mattbelinski7760 It's a Casio on a Plastic Beach
It's a Casio on a Plastic Beach
It's a styrofoam deep sea landfill
It's a styrofoam deep sea landfill
It's automated computer speech
It's automated computer speech
It's a Casio on a Plastic Beach
It's a Casio, io, io
@@mattbelinski7760 (Casio CZ-101 is pretty damn dope though, very unique form of synthesis)
This video answered questions I've had for nearly forty years!
Do you know how the midi connection and settings are done for such setup.
@@kalpeshkpanchal I sadly never owned any of this equipment, so I'm afraid I can't help.
Thanks, Excellent tutorial. I own many similar pieces of equip (TR707/727, Ultranova, PolySix, OB6, and I have 4 vintage sequencers and have only very limited knowledge. This is so helpful.
This was great! So much to absorb and love all those 80's hits.
That Juno 60 looks mint! well looked after and that sound wow
That's so cool. Love how it all just works together like that. Hardware is so much more interesting than software.
You should write a book. If it was well-written, nicely structured, and full of such information, I'm sure it would sell enough to give a return on the effort.. it would be a very interesting book. I'd buy it and cherish it !
Agreed.. but I'd steal it.
I'd buy it for sure.
same here. very interesting info
But everything is already here! Great insight..and gotta love those classic tunes as well! :-)
If you just want to read about the synths, Julian Colbeck's old Keyfax books are great fun - they're basically page after page of synth reviews.
Fantastic video. Thank you SO VERY MUCH for taking the time to very clearly explain how all these amazing songs were either done, or could be done. Very, very cool. Thank you.
you make these techniques look easy and they sound flawless even tho not the original techniques. bravo!
As a millenia and son of a 80s music lover I think this videos are amazing to see the old school music production techniques, great videos Paolo.
Miguel, thank *you for watching!
Teach us more 80s techniques :)) I wondered always how did they do that and now I know it, thx!
they do that because they used 80 presets, that's the trick.
I wonder if they could do one for "Doctor Doctor" (Twins song of course)
Just worked through this with Korg Gadget on my iPad and a little Akai keyboard... quick bit of drum programming and voila - a huge grin on my face!!! Thank you for the lesson Paolo, this was fantastic! :)
I just love how much I'm learning just by watching your videos. Great job, Paolo!
eduvinyl, thank you very much!
Thank you!!! I've always wanted to see something like this!! love that 80s bass!
So many awesome bass lines, and very well explained! Very nice!
thank you, this explains so much why im attracted to playing bass that way, and why i as im learning piano, why i love synth so much.
Great stuff, more please!!! Thanks for taking the time to create this and sharing, cheers!
Thank you very much for sharing these techniques. An old beginners handbook on programming drum machines, will get much use and i am definitely going to have fun trying out new arpeggios.
Of-course in the spirit of sharing, I'll share these songs with you and other TH-camrs who happen to come across this wonderful video. Also, if you have any tips on achieving a wider stereo-sound, to make this music come alive even more, would be great! Have a wonderful weekend, stay well and have fun playing music!
This video is so good. Had no idea how the song was made. Now i like blue monday even more. Really interesting for a synth newbie like me.
wow, love this, , been playing around with arps, for ages but never really understood how to get that 80s ,bass sounding like it should. sending a rimshot as a trigger, i never new that . will be play again, using that technique. thanks dude
I used to do this kind of thing with the 707 and the Polysix back in the day. But here, I learned some new tricks. Thanks for another great video!
Cool! I've been enjoying your recent videos quite a bit.
7:58 - wow, wow!!! This is like magic happening right in front of my eyes. This is so cool to finally see how it's done!
I'm old school and so good to see educating the youth! thank you sounds authentic!
I was doing the same in the 80's for basses with a Boss DR-220E and a Roland SH-101, and it sound great! Thanks for the video!
Thanks for sharing Paolo! Always love seeing your vintage gears. Would love to see you do some Depeche Mode and Erasure songs
'80's nostalgia in full effect!
you are a legend. love your videos and refer to them often.
Love this series seeing you speak! Nice to see the genius behind the videos!
Beautiful nice warm sound of the Juno 60 !
yes agreed
I love my Juno but I don't see it as a "warm" synth at all. But hey, it's all opinions :)
I meant warm analog tone
Have you ever thought of hiring an Italian woman to sing over the top of your synthesisers? You could stand silently behind the keyboard wearing shades. You would be the last Europop synth duo of the 1980s.
lol aka chris lowe pet shop boys. they're still going strong though...
Giorgio moroder did it first
Ashley Pomeroy
I stand behind my keyboard wearing my Ray Ban glasses looking cool.
I take it you haven't seen this guy's daughter. Damn, I'd go see them just to see her :-)
Hey you can dance if you want to..XD
I need to remember to take notes when I watch your videos. I don't plan on exactly emulating them the way you describe, but there are so many learnable takeaways that I should be writing down.
Excellent tutorial! Came to this game when it had migrated to computers sequencers, so fascinated to see how some of this classic baselines were created.
Wow... feels like I need to revisit my Jan Hammer's CDs collection !!
Thanks man for sharing !
What a BRILLIANT video - I love it. Sub'd and shared. Thanks!
Fantastic! Thanks for the excellent video Paolo.
Brilliant . Thank you so much for sharing your talent, and these tips with everyone . I'd be struggling to figure this out on my own as I'm relatively new to all this .Thanks again Kieron
Hey man, I just wanted to say that because of you I saved all my money and got a 707 and Juno 60. This video was so helpful and literally 90% of the music I record uses this technique. Thank you for doing what you do.
How much were they?
You know any synth that has cv in, like the DM 12 and any drum machine with gate or separate outs can do the same, for so much cheaper, Juno 6/60 go for about $7k and 707 about $4k where I live, owch!!
2:13 Oh Lordy I love that sound!
Pure buttery heaven.
Great Video! I loved that 80's electo sound and I appreciate even more now that I see what they were doing. I use Logic and it's just a touch of a button to do those patterns now
I've watched many synth videos, and I have to say this was one of the best, and most fun videos I've seen like ever. It totally gave me some ideas on sounds I have in my head that I didn't know how to get on Ableton Live. Hope I can figure it out now. subbing
i am so impressed ! thank you so much
You missed a few handclaps running along with the snare on "Safety Dance"... hahaha I'm just being picky on purpose. Nevermind me, I love your lessons and I envy your beautiful and well-preserved collection of vintage synths and drum machines from the 80~90 era. Grazie, Paolo!
First time I've come across your channel, i hope all the videos are this good as this was great. Thanks
Wow. I learned a lot about some of my favourite songs. Thank you, Paolo.
8:43 Safety dance - Men without hats. Thank you
8:00 Donna summer "I feel love" .... In those days it was stunning.......The era of electronic music is born !
awesome. i loved the 80's and this definately takes me way back 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Love your channel, SynthMania. I am glad I stumbled onto it. I have been fascinated by this stuff since the late 70s/early 80s when all that great music was cranked out. It's great to have your explanations.
Glad you enjoy it!
I have to get my grimmy hands on those instruments damn that was so beautiful I think I found my purpose in life to play synth music
who gives this a thumbs down? Lordy.
Great video!
Yes, this is weird. Who a fuck can give negative feedback on this video? Why? Great lesson, great talented "teacher", clean words. Maybe because is not "living in paradise with Ferrari" or reacting or gaming video?
JD Torian people must have tapped by accident
Lofuckyou hehe :)
clearly!
Standard bassists
Cool. This video brought me on the idea to connect my TR-8S at my eurorack system. Works as a charm. Thx.
I used to use an Alesis module with a Roland controller, layered with an Alesis nanosynth, the Roland D50 had the sequencer it was the closest I could get to the Duran Duran covers we used to play in the 90s, great video brings back allot of memories,
love this guy top bloke just Honest really cool man
So now I'm off to listen to Blue Monday again.
A good plan! Love that song
very good use of time.
Pseudo Echo - Funkytown
lipps inc.
I prefer Pseudo Echo's cover. Just my opinion, of course.
Always love coming back to this video!
Great tutorial Paolo, I grew up listening to this music in the 80's and always wondered how they produced some of these tracks. Thank You, you have great talent.
Ray, thank you!
WOW...!! I had to sign into my YT account just to give this Man a thumbs up... Bravo..! Most incredible.. Both.. Videos are..Well done.. what you do and teach is.. very much appreciated Sir Thank you..!
Loving these new vids Paolo! More please! Could we see an Sh101 and Lately bass/Solid bass layering video? Sort if like the early industrial sounds of Nitzer ebb Murderous or Front 242. If you were into that sound...
Belgian New Beat tutorials? Yes please!
I watch a most of your videos but rarely comment. I found this one to be very interesting being a big 80s synth fan. Excellent video. Looking forward to more stuff like this.
Just awesome! I've always wanted to know how this was done! Now I have an idea how those classic bass lines were done. "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League, "Reap the Wild Wind" by Ultravox... so many more!
Interesting stuff. Arpeggiators always add some bulk to electronic/techno based tunes.
What fascinates me is how, in particular British computer game music programmers of the 80's and 90's used to use rapid arpeggio to create pseudo-chords.
Typically the programmers were limited to three sound channel so you were limited to maybe one bass, one riff and perhaps another 'instrument' or game fx, plus white noise for 'percussion' and other sounds.
I was never a complete fan of that sound but it was impressive to here how these programmers would push these sound chips to their limits.
Fast tempo arpeggios, with delay and heavy reverb to smear the attack, create what is essentially a chord pad sound, even on a monosynth.
Rob Hubbard FTW.
Great video! And man, that Juno looks like factory new!
amazing how clean it was
Instant sub! Very informative video, no BS talking about other stuff that has nothing to do with anything, just straight to the point. Again, great stuff!!
Love the Juno 60 and New Order... so great video!
81 dislikes...... 81 people who should have never been here to begin with. Great video.
Maybe they just thought it's the "Dis-i-like" button. ;D
95% percent of dislikes in this kind of great video are accidental. Even myself accidentally clicked dislike, luckily i noticed it. It was not a first time either.
@@Tulizukka Damn, three years went by so fast!
I can't be the only one who was singing aloud to every one of those demos.
He is🤦🏻♂️
Wow, great video! Thanks for the insights & techniques!
This was the most interesting and educational video I've stumbled on all night....
And now I'm going to look into buying some oldkeyboards. ...
Lovely tutorial Paolo, can we get more lessons like this in the future?
Sure
The sequencer of the Poly-800 is very basic... what would you like to see done with it? I don't have a Delta at the moment
Hi Paolo !!! Wonderful video tutorials ! Thank you so much !
If I remember correctly the P800 had a 256 notes polyphonic step sequencer.
My first synth ever :)
BillyPilgrim
Great job. As far as I know, the bassline from "I Feel Love" wasn't intended to sound like that, but half speed. But Giorgio Moroder used a short delay and magically it speeded up. Everybody at studio loved the effect and, alas, the first techno disco track ever was created.
Don't forget that it was hard panned LR as well, so if you listen to just one side you only get half the bassline, and doesn't sound complete at all. Like when the Beatles used to put the whole drumkit on the left side just for fun!
Not sure about 'just for fun', but a lot of older records placed the instruments in stereo stage according to where they might be on an actual stage. It does sometimes come in handy if you want to edit a track though, as you can sometimes separate stuff out that way...
MrMargaretScratcher yeah, I do think part of their ethos was to try stuff out for fun. Perhaps I should have said 'tried stuff out in the spirit of experimental creativity '. Doing it to replicate the sound stage positioning sounds a bit pedestrian to me. They were more interesting than that I think (especially on tomorrow never knows). But if that's what they said they were doing, fair enough!
Oli Freke ah yeah, with all the weird kind of seagull noises etc! Check out the leftside wobble edit of that track. But yeah, the more 'orthodox', earlier recordings of funk and rock n roll bands were very commonly laid out with drums panned off centre, until it became the convention to have the drums and bass in the centre.
I've heard that the mixer the Beatles used only had switches for left/right/centre, instead of pots. I haven't checked that one though.
One of the best synth tutorials ever !
Colleague, that was an excellent video about techniques of this type! Thank you, very appreciated!
the moment it started to play it reminded me to New Order - Blue Monday
bardzo przystępnie wytłumaczone:-)
Really amazing tutorial! Loved the new order demos especially
amazing Im trying to learn the synth in my older years and these videos inspire me and are very helpful thank you
What can I say, I'm just a sucker for base arpeggios. :)
I want a synth, now.
Now?
@@mcplutt how about now?
Great! This is my favorite TH-cam Chanel👍👍👍Greetings from Germany, Matthias
Enjoyed this, appreciate the in depth nature. Also, id kill for that Juno 60 and 707.. awesome man
The bass remembers me the typical Italo-Disco sound ...
"Safety Dance"! wicked.
Really enjoy these. Thanks for the videos!
You sir are a wizard. Many thanks for all your videos. They have been extremely helpful.