How Do You Make BLADE RUNNER Music???

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  • In this week's vlog I do a live (poor mans) homage to #vangelis' seminal score from Ridley Scott's seminal film #bladerunner . What do YOU use to make dystopian soundscapes?
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  • @LockStoppageSandwich
    @LockStoppageSandwich 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Well you got the background drone bit right. The rest was pretty pants to be honest.

    • @TheCrowHillCo
      @TheCrowHillCo  2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Thanks for your words of encouragement. I’m glad you’re not MY teacher.

    • @LockStoppageSandwich
      @LockStoppageSandwich 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@TheCrowHillCo ………and visa versa x

    • @donshekn9114
      @donshekn9114 ปีที่แล้ว

      cool channel though. youll probably be butthurt and hate me but thats ok too

    • @decisive-dolphin
      @decisive-dolphin ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheCrowHillCo what a strange reply to a decent bit of criticism

    • @rreprah9515
      @rreprah9515 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@decisive-dolphin Bro this is literally the opposite of criticism. Saying "lol ur bad" isnt criticism, its just needless feces slinging lol.

  • @JohnPloskina
    @JohnPloskina 2 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    Best way I've found to get dystopian future soundscapes is to walk around outside with a microphone.

    • @Ayo.Ajisafe
      @Ayo.Ajisafe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm not sure if you meant this as a joke or literally but it made me laugh for sure.

    • @JohnPloskina
      @JohnPloskina 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@Ayo.Ajisafe Every joke has that kernel of truth in it somewhere...

    • @mattbondcomposer
      @mattbondcomposer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh daym.

    • @kid.forever
      @kid.forever ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

    • @MorningStar-369
      @MorningStar-369 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      lol... true... blade runner visuals with the luxurious smooth ziggurats in the opening scene were not dystopian at all. Standing in a line in the supermarket watching few men with belly ahead of you with cart full of junk food is the dystopian scape

  • @theboofin
    @theboofin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    Vangelis is the missing ingredient. Across all his records he displays his inimitable feel, taste and instinct. One of a kind.
    The 2049 score is a masterclass of sound design and abstract sonic world building though. Great stuff

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      more like instrument + player + circumstance(S)
      people never know what they are capable of until they are pushed beyond assumed limits

    • @CFox.7
      @CFox.7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Christian tells you of his time limitations and ths is not his usual style.. so.. for a couple of hours of twiddling.. he has actually done a remarkable job. Vangelis on the other hand - well he has done this his whole life - so not really remarkable

  • @Owtyg23
    @Owtyg23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    As someone who owns a cs80. (Believe me or not) it is an unbelievable piece of gear and still blows my mind I got it.

    • @leftovernoise
      @leftovernoise 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'm jealous, but my back hurts just thinking about moving it anywhere haha

    • @Owtyg23
      @Owtyg23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@leftovernoise Probably taken about 2 years off my life moving it haha

    • @FLH3official
      @FLH3official 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      ​@@leftovernoise You don't move it, you go to it.

    • @Seeattle
      @Seeattle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So how does the Deckards Dream compare in your opinion?

    • @mrnelsonius5631
      @mrnelsonius5631 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Never used one but a huge fan of its sound. It’s kind of the perfect synth for being drenched in time based effects because of the tuning irregularities. It’s constantly rubbing against itself (like a real choir of voices) so it just sounds huge with some reverb and delay. Instantly evocative sounds, worlds within textures

  • @ssdelko
    @ssdelko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    Blade Runner will always be that “I just got my first VCR” movie.

    • @Seeattle
      @Seeattle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol!

    • @duncanthompson957
      @duncanthompson957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Blade Runner at the time was oddly boring. It only took on its full resonance and majesty when watched a second time. VCRs made it the movie it’s come to be praised as.
      (It was pretty much a flop at the movies!)
      And for my money, the theatrical cut was always the best cut. Harrison Ford’s flat, throwaway voiceover really made it sing, and removed the grand air of pretension it has otherwise.
      Any director who choses to reinsert a cut unicorn dream sequence (heaven help us!) really needs to get a brother called Tony to save the family name, in my book. Talk about labouring a point.
      “You’ve done a man’s job, sir! Too bad she won’t live. But then again, who does?”

    • @duncanthompson957
      @duncanthompson957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My “I just got my first Betamax” movie was Alien. An equally good groundbreaking soundtrack.

    • @ssdelko
      @ssdelko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@duncanthompson957 Yep! That was the other one! LOL

    • @willscherrer2642
      @willscherrer2642 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Or if you're a little younger, it's a "I just got my first Laser Disc" movie.

  • @Jobjoossen
    @Jobjoossen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    That was so good, despite being clicked together in 40 minutes, The Bladerunner score is so etched into the very fabric of me, hearing you build up this demo gave me goosebumps. I don't know how much it is the synth and much the artist, but it IS clear it is dear to your heart as well...
    And yes, I liked what Zimmerman did with the 2049 score, it was a homage to the original one without having the audacity to do better, just different without losing the DNA of the original.

  • @aaronmarshall
    @aaronmarshall 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    One of the biggest secrets of Blade Runner’s sound are the reverbs. Lots of Lexicon high end verbs. You can put the cheapest, dumbest sounding synth through one and if you have the right envelopes of saw waves going into the correct reverb, it’ll get to Blade Runner vibes fast. The reverb is more important than the synth for that lead. Eventide DSP sounds good, the old units like 4000 or 7000, but I think Lexicon PCM 70, 80 or 300 is great too.

  • @swalshcomposer
    @swalshcomposer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I actually had the chance to work for Vangelis a few years back, best experience of my career. Vangelis is the nicest and wise person you'll ever know.

  • @duncanthompson957
    @duncanthompson957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I got to touch a CS-80 in the early 1990s.
    It was magnificent.
    One of two or three in the studio it was housed in.
    I worked in a small shoebox of a studio space in a studio complex in North London.
    Opposite our studio, on the other side of the corridor was a huge studio packed to the rafters with stunningly expensive keyboard equipment and a massive state of the art mixer.
    It was upkept by a Belgian dude for his absentee boss.
    The Belgian dude was an engineer/musician who just hung around tinkering on all the CS-80s, Polymoogs, what have you.
    His boss was some Greek guy, with only one name.
    Began with a V or something.
    But he never showed up.

  • @kiminthemix4251
    @kiminthemix4251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The sound is astounding..I got a plug_in called Messiah from memory moon which recreates the exact sound. It even has a preset called blade runner. And i loved your energy and enthusiasm.

  • @AlexRaptakis
    @AlexRaptakis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Vangelis did what he was best at, thus we now have the term "bladerunnery". A sound that we didn't know we wanted, but we needed. Zimmer did great justice to the sequel of the film. He has a great understanding on character, thematics, andstill manages to put his own characater without ruining anything at all.

    • @snoolee7950
      @snoolee7950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      did not need the sequel, which was made as a shameless cash-cow. bad movie junk. even the original director said the remake was just... (insert term). and lots of dead space and time-fill in the movie. you can feed people candy bars and tell them it is steak and many people go along with it.

    • @urdnal
      @urdnal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I was really disappointed with 2049's score. I was really hoping for something vangelisy as well as bladerunnery. I'm not a musician, barely a music fan. All I know is that I can't even remember one single piece from the entire thing. It's like it wasn't even there. Sure there were some sounds, but I can't recall a score. Good thing the movie was good otherwise.

    • @daelra
      @daelra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@urdnal Agree. Too much soundtrack and not enough score in the new one. The bluesy/jazzy aspect of the original was the sort of the total opposite of the soundscape stuff. It's the juxtaposition of the old and the new that made the original soundtrack so good. This ties in with the replicants having synthetic memories and feelings. As someone else put it. "a strange nostalgia of a memory that doesn't exist".

  • @Quark.Lepton
    @Quark.Lepton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    I’ve just discovered that-remarkably and fairly surprisingly-Arturia’s little Microfreak coupled with an outboard FX unit like Bluesky can recreate all of the Deckard’s Dream and all of the CS sounds with the same depth for around $300. 😵‍💫

    • @cablevamp3163
      @cablevamp3163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Microfreak can produce buchla tones too

    • @GrootsieTheDog
      @GrootsieTheDog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Well, "300.00" isnt totally accurate because you have to add the price of the efx into that equation 🤪

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Yea and I heard that microfreak also replaces an entire RA Moog Modular system, too!
      and whenever you're hungry it knows to enter the super-secret Serge 'Soup Kitchen mode'

    • @Quark.Lepton
      @Quark.Lepton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@shaft9000 You’re wrong-it doesn’t. But for those of us who are forced to consider costs for basic living these days, it’s an affordable option to achieve some acceptable, pleasing results-my point. My druthers though-I’d prefer having a Deckard’s Dream and a CS, just like our mate Christian! 😄👍

    • @Quark.Lepton
      @Quark.Lepton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@GrootsieTheDog Indeed. I use a Behringer Virtualizer, ‘which, compared to the Bluesky, is remarkably and fairly surprisingly….’ 🤣 …is a hundred quid at your local B&Q…. 😁

  • @maitreya1906
    @maitreya1906 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Bladerunner score is sick man I do all my art projects listening to it. Literally no bodies of work out there like it, and still searching

    • @VitaKet
      @VitaKet 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Check out "The Ascent" OST.

    • @Ancient_Entity
      @Ancient_Entity 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes... bladerunner is my all time fav film, and the music is a big reason why

  • @sworntoavenge
    @sworntoavenge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Vangelis was the first time I'd ever heard synth. I feel like my interest in the genre has always been pursuing the sounds that I heard as a child, without ever truly approaching them.

  • @MrDCPatterson
    @MrDCPatterson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I've spent years skirting the prickly admission that I just want to sound like Vangelis ❤️ and occasionally I admit to that and have a great time. I'm torn between Bladerunner and Chariots of Fire as being my most profound musical origins.
    It is lovely to find I'm not a lone nerd, but there is a perhaps an entire generation of us!
    PS Christian, that is the easiest to understand review of the Deckard's Dream I've ever seen, and now my wife understands why I need one. Thank you!

  • @starsunderer
    @starsunderer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Flash Gordon was awesome, your crazy. Can't wait for the sequel.

  • @henrahmagix
    @henrahmagix 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    10:50 OMG THAT'S IT! god it's so recognisable, the pitch bending down 😍

  • @McTroyd
    @McTroyd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've been trying to get into synths since I first learned of their existence in the 80s. A mere ~17 years ago I finally bought a Yamaha keyboard with MIDI over USB capability (very new for the time!). The closest I've come to making soundscapes THAT big, though, would be thanks to a Korg NTS-1 I bought with a gift card from my father. I liked the novelty of "building" your own synth, but wasn't ready for just HOW BIG that little thing can get, as a mono synth with onboard effects. If I ever had to produce a soundtrack like that, the NTS-1 would feature prominently. It might even be... _instrumental._ 😁👍️

  • @prod.byshroom6112
    @prod.byshroom6112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I make experimental hip hop beats and have been using a lot of the cinematic libraries I acquired when I bought Komplete 11 but have never seen anyone use the samples like you did. This inspires me to keep experimenting and pushing my ideas.

  • @Concreteowl
    @Concreteowl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Flash Gordon is a fantastic film. It perfectly matches the kinky kitch vibrancy of the score. If you don't like it you haven't lived.

    • @travislee9662
      @travislee9662 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Totally agree. I was little when this came out and we first got HBO. Every time it was on me and my brother was watching it lol

    • @69shakti
      @69shakti 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Go Flash Go! Classic

    • @cordellscott
      @cordellscott 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's a miracle!

    • @travislee9662
      @travislee9662 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cordellscott He saved everyone of us!

  • @GuidoGautsch
    @GuidoGautsch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Great stuff! You could consider picking up a Hydrasynth to go with it. Not only is it an amazing synth in its own right, but comes with a poly aftertouch keyboard AND the ribbon controller, so you'd get all the expression capabilities of the original as well if you use it as MIDI controller for the DD 🤩

    • @imme.7106
      @imme.7106 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Memories of green is a great song.... before even considering the wonderful integration of synthesized textures that make the song iconic.
      It all works when there's a true musician behind the knobs and sliders!!

  • @DanaVastman
    @DanaVastman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Had a CS60 for 5 years when I was a we lad of 28...sold it to a fella in Japan during the dawn of midi...for PEANUTS to "upgrade" to ALL the new stuff as it was a PIA re tuning... but listen to my early stuff captured on cassettes & it brings back sooooo many lovely memories.

  • @IanWaugh
    @IanWaugh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hey Christian - Love this! Love Bladerunner. Played a CS-80 for 2 minutes back in the day when a boy/girl duo who was headlining at a club I was working at had one. They cost £5K back then (about £40K) now but then you could buy a couple of houses for that! No idea how they could afford one! What tickled me were the drawers containing mini panel layouts for storing presets. Japanese ingenuity 😁 Can't justify a Dream but will certainly get a Behringer DS-80 although that will probably arrive about the same time as Bladerunner 3! 🤣

  • @brainwashingdetergent4322
    @brainwashingdetergent4322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I would love to hear what Beethoven would do with such a setup!

    • @DiamondWoodStudios
      @DiamondWoodStudios 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think you would have explain a few things to him before hand 😅

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DiamondWoodStudios He'd have to get caught-up to be sure, but it's worth bearing in mind he was one of the first users of brand new Renaissance music technology which his peers thought were too complex or new-fangled to be of any use. Electronic music may well be beyond his tastes, but I'd hope he could at least appreciate how the technology has moved-on.
      Since he was familiar with acoustic advances of the time, my way would be going-over the evolution of electro-acoustic instruments, then electric, then onto pure electronic, and hope he can keep track of how the sound waves get translated.

    • @bcanuck
      @bcanuck ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kaitlyn__L Renaissance art (1350 - 1620 AD ) Beethoven (17 December 1770 - 26 March 1827) Nothing "brand new" from the renaissance to Beethoven or anyone else living during Beethoven's time. Beethoven would master any music of any time regardless of what time that is.

  • @NateHorn
    @NateHorn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video - I'm on your tails Christian now all I need is an immense amount of talent and I'm set

  • @adastra123
    @adastra123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your enthusiasm made this video. Class stuff. Kudos from Ireland 🇮🇪

  • @sschmidtfilms
    @sschmidtfilms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Just missing the Crystallizer now. That plug-in is great and Hans and Ben used it all over 2049.

    • @rbingraham
      @rbingraham 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn I remember that plug-in. What happened to it? I used to have it but since I'm just not at all into these types of synths I never really made use of it or followed it's demise I guess.

    • @georgenelson9038
      @georgenelson9038 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      From sound toys?

    • @SkillGamingNL
      @SkillGamingNL 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@georgenelson9038 yeah, the soundtoys crystallizer

  • @Russtopia
    @Russtopia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    For huge spaces, get an Ensoniq DP4 or DP4+ or ASR-10.. Hall reverb of 2+ minutes and incredible, tunable detune with this gear that nothing else since seems to recreate.

  • @SamLowryDZ-015
    @SamLowryDZ-015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The sine wave is not an extra oscillator - it's the same osc but the sine bypasses the filter and is mixed in at the VCA stage.

  • @emodate
    @emodate 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    10:08 That bass right there! Perfection!

  • @Barrxn
    @Barrxn 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautifully done

  • @markdarnell614
    @markdarnell614 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My dad bought me a CS-60 when I was a kid...cost about $450 new - when it first came out. I was oblivious to how Awesome the baby brother to the CS-80 really was! I made my 1st Demo on it, and I remember mixing the ring-modulator, with the sub-oscillator & filters to get strikingly realistic bowing sound! I loaned it out to my half-brother, who refused to return it, as he traded it for a used truck! Got it back through law enforcement! - and then ...SOLD IT! God! - what it would be worth TODAY!!!

  • @clc2432
    @clc2432 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice simulation! I'm hoping that Jóhannsson's unused BR 2049 score will be released so we could hear his singular musical perspective.

  • @garaughty
    @garaughty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My go to synth for this type of sound/music is U-he Diva... awesome on so many levels !

  • @vividphotography
    @vividphotography 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watched Blade Runner again last week the directors cut after many years of listening to Vangelis Juno to Jupiter now.

  • @waverleyinstruments
    @waverleyinstruments 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Poor man's homage to Vangelis seems a bit harsh - I really like it. How about Blade Runner-Up Music? 😁 I had no idea the tuning on the CS-80 was that shonky! As for what I'd use for "futuristic dystopian soundscapes", I reckon I might have something lying around that lends itself to that sort of thing, but would hate it to come across as a shameless plug 😉 For percussion though, I'd use the the Snakes Of Russia snares and kicks samples, which I can plug without shame! Appreciate that won't sound like Vangelis, but they're very dystopian soundscape friendly!

  • @avsystem3142
    @avsystem3142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Speaking of movie soundtracks, there is a company, Monstrous Movie Music, that is transcribing many B movie soundtracks, e.g.. the score from Rocket Ship X-M (1950) by Ferde Grofé. Some of the sci-fi and horror movies of the 1950's and later actually had some really nice scores by name composers, A favorite CD of mine is "Sci-Fi At The Movies" with tracks by Bernard Hermann (The Day The Earth Stood Still), James Horner (Krull), John Charles (The Quiet Earth), Miklos Rosa (Time After Time), and John Scott (Yor, The Hunter From The Future).

  • @WhitbyStuff
    @WhitbyStuff 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Every time someone pronounces Moog properly another Angel cheers.

  • @jacobrandallholmes
    @jacobrandallholmes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your content! I’m currently an MM in media scoring student at Frost school of Music because of your channel! Thank you! ❤️🙏

  • @musicbycandlelightmbc3225
    @musicbycandlelightmbc3225 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I absolutely love Vangelis and he was the first and most influential composer I learned from to create instrumental landscape pieces. Vangelis used the Juno-106 a LOT in his earlier recordings! So I purchased one at the time. I'm 65 so synths back in the day were plenty like the Jupiter 8, Crummar strings, Farfisa synth, Yamaha DX7, Roland D-50, Moog, etc. The Proteus 1 has a few selections that resembles Vangelis's cluster of instruments. His staple set up he uses today is completely out of this world. He is self-taught like I am. He find him quite unique and highly versatile with his creativeness for movie scoring. His own solo albums are amazing.
    Sound Libraries today that I heard are vast for such Ambient scores in my opinion. Some examples would be like, Analog Dreams, Elysion, Lunaris, Cosmos, Xosphere, Aurora, Arkhis, Apollo, Bioscape, Etheral Earth, Stray Light, Experimenta Minima, Atom, Cycles and Cinemorphx just to name a few are all good to create a plethora of dark to light ambient instrumental landscapes.

    • @musicbycandlelightmbc3225
      @musicbycandlelightmbc3225 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @ghost mall Sure can brother. It's all over Vangelis' Direct Album - particularly the piece "Elsewhere" which uses a well known Juno-106 preset. You have yourself a fantastic synth. Simple but effective and well loved. The Roland JX-3P is another great synth if you can also get the PG-200 controller. This particular synth also came as a rack sound module. Anyway, cheers!

    • @pontram
      @pontram 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But my first Vangelis Album, Heaven and Hell, is from 1975, and in 1984, when the Juno 106 came out, Vangelis already had done most of his earlier recordings like Opera Sauvage, L'Apocalypse d.A., Albedo, Spiral, Beauborg, China, See You later...Juno could be used on "Mask" (1985) though. There is a slow track with a string synth sequence and high synth string accompanyment, where I would think the Juno was used (Movement 2). I always get the chills when I hear this track...

  • @DavidLilja
    @DavidLilja 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful! And some nice tips there. Appreciated! My best trick is what Gary Numan and Andy Gray said in an interview back in the days: process, process, process!

  • @johnwinstondarby
    @johnwinstondarby 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is how YOU make Blade Runner music...it is also how I listen to your Blade Runner music. Superb!

  • @Lance_G
    @Lance_G 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Magnificent homage 🙌 absolutely a huge fan of Vangelis and his work so to hear this done so beautifully warms my heart.

  • @jasonmateus924
    @jasonmateus924 ปีที่แล้ว

    I found you very excited at 11:52. I totally understand why.😂

  • @SvenHeitland
    @SvenHeitland 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow, that was great. i love blade runner. was watching your video and had to switch off my speakers (was concerned to disturb my neighbours). so I switched to headphones and that was the point i was completely blown away. could not belive that you could reproduce the sound to quick. fantasic job. Thanks

  • @DavidHilowitzMusic
    @DavidHilowitzMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Beautiful sounding synth. Very much my sound-Blade Runner is definitely the score I’ve listened to the most in my lifetime.

  • @markonemusic
    @markonemusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great demo, really captures that Vangelis spirit. A big part of his workflow was to work the polyphonic aftertouch on the CS80 to dynamically bend certain notes. You owe it to yourself to get a Poly-AT keyboard like the Venerable Roland A80, Oh, yes, and the big ribbon controller to do those big chord dives. I’m sure there must be a midi one of those too 😎

  • @dillipphunbar7924
    @dillipphunbar7924 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gorgeous autumnal backdrop. Sounded great to my novice ears.

  • @hardspank
    @hardspank 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool, thanks for this

  • @flowinsounds
    @flowinsounds 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    that vinyl was a prized possession of mine in the 90s. just a beautiful work

  • @papastratman218
    @papastratman218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like to run my Deckard's Voice (Eurorack) through the Erbe-Verb. Such a big sound.

  • @mikezimmerman9547
    @mikezimmerman9547 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ho ho ho hohoooooollld on Christian.....Flash Gordon is a classic. You take that back!!!!!

  • @MrPruks
    @MrPruks 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would love to listen to the whole track - I thought it was excellent!!

  • @NicholasBryantBonzaiSequoias
    @NicholasBryantBonzaiSequoias 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Getting a poly-aftertouch keyboard would bring the Dream to life! Perhaps an Ensoniq SQ-80 .. if you can find one - not selling mine!

    • @NicholasBryantBonzaiSequoias
      @NicholasBryantBonzaiSequoias 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      As to dystopia - it's daily life now :( Also my minilogue XD provides lots of scary sounds - and delicate bell like timbres. Usually add some modular sequences and swooshes for extra drama.

    • @bobrogue
      @bobrogue 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hydrasynth and Deckard's - Best Friends.

  • @kubrickguy
    @kubrickguy ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant thank you!

  • @scottyhughes9179
    @scottyhughes9179 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    lovely, thank you Christian.

  • @fusion-music
    @fusion-music ปีที่แล้ว

    The lmk4+ controller keyboard aftertouch function is setup in the "controller" function. You decide which function it will operate (like expression or voice). I learn a lot from you, and this is a fascinating synth. Moog sacrificed polyphony for the beefy richness. It was a good move.

  • @TraxtasyMedia
    @TraxtasyMedia 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is my first vid of your channel and when you played the Bladerunner chords I nearly felt to tears. So AMAZING

  • @AndreaGiordaniComposer
    @AndreaGiordaniComposer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Drooling! That's all I can say for now!

  • @ChristianPauchet
    @ChristianPauchet ปีที่แล้ว

    You did a great job on the entire atmosphere and texture, that Vangelis thing he used so well to build up his notorious sound signature. Very good job indeed. Cheers!

  • @RaymondCastile
    @RaymondCastile 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Vangelis is still alive as of 11/12/2021. May he live many more years. Referring to him in the past tense kind of spooks me. There will come a time when we have to do that. No need to get there any faster.

  • @scottglasgowmusic
    @scottglasgowmusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fun! I did a score years ago called STASIS which was a time-travel terminator type film. The director wasn't sure of music direction and I said "imagine if I walked into Vagelis studio then used his gear to create your score?". Director loved the idea so that is exactly what happened. Cool video.

  • @JDStoneCreations
    @JDStoneCreations 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’d love to see and hear you play an ASM Hydrasynth. Inspired by the CS80 sonically but digital and with the additions of effects and many many ridiculous ways of sculpting the sound in ways Yamaha could have only dreamed of back then!

  • @FoxRiverBridge
    @FoxRiverBridge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As someone who can't really afford the mainstream VSTs, I find Logic's Alchemy to be of utmost utility for both sound design and music. More recently I'm finding that Sculpture allows for leads that feel similar to Blade Runner 2049

    • @daneleslie9534
      @daneleslie9534 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A really great VST for this kind of sound is u-He’s Tyrell N6

  • @stefan1024
    @stefan1024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yamaha PSS-390 + old Alesis reverb is really fun! Probably sounds more like Vangelis inspired movie of the week soundtrack, still impressive for how crappy that equipment is.

  • @mordy91
    @mordy91 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’d just love to have one of those and play around with polyphonic portamentos!! 😊
    Also the use of the downpitched crotale sample gives me strong Terminator 2 vibes as it reminds me of Brad Fiedel’s similar use of the unnaturally low downpitched use of the ‘Anvil11’ sample played using the Fairlight CMI III and used throughout the film. Especially because of the similar futuristic and dystopian universe.

  • @paulcousins6535
    @paulcousins6535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The cs-80 V by Arturia does a pretty good job of replicating it for a soft syth.

  • @dustynmartin3806
    @dustynmartin3806 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Call me frugal, simple, and new-fashioned; I just use Serum for the large majority of my synth designs. But almost any subtractive synth should be able to do the trick.
    For "Bladerunner/Synthwave" motifs, I adhere to a relatively simple routine:
    Mold "building block" wave shapes (sine, triangle, sawtooth/ramp, and square) to taste and adjust tuning/unison to establish timbre, apply filters, shape ADSR envelopes for both OSC amplitude and filter, and for garnish maybe add a really slow and shallow LFO to either the master fine tune or individual OSC's fine tune to simulate VCO drift. After that, I allow reverbs and delays to really set the atmosphere of the sound (proper FX usage, in my opinion, is what really sets that chilling dystopian vibe).

  • @ElJuloProduction
    @ElJuloProduction ปีที่แล้ว

    Good stuff sir ! Nicely done for the pitch enveloppe ! I'll try these with the cs 80 arturia. I play on Roland Fantom, it would be to compare the 2 versions ! (Or mix 🙃)

  • @tajobi9984
    @tajobi9984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    if you felt like extending out that demo to a full album I would definitely spend some time listening to it. I could use more soundtrack to my present/future dystopian life

  • @richnewman
    @richnewman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nick from Sonic State did a demo of the original Dreadbox Nyx that's squarely in Blade Runner territory. And I can confirm that that synth, with its onboard reverb, does get the job done nicely.

  • @Xeranxies
    @Xeranxies 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I believe that the key to good/great digital art, be it a painting or music, is the imperfections. That's not to say that perfectly tuned music is bad, far from it, it's just that when something is ever so slightly out of tune or there's a brush stroke in the wrong direction or out of place it only seems to add character to something that could be perceived as being cold and lifeless. Just my two cents worth 😅

  • @MatheoRamet-mc3qb
    @MatheoRamet-mc3qb 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hwo did i miss that youtube ?? Been searching for that for a long time. Very grateful for all your work !

  • @NickBDesigns
    @NickBDesigns 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome thanks for showing off the beautiful synth

  • @theboytheycalljonny1
    @theboytheycalljonny1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you made a springboard? Very handy for other-worldly, metalic, muted, rich and dynamic sounds and super cheap / fun to build.
    All you need is a bit of wood, then for sound generation add hooks, springs, nails, tin, metal bowels etc.
    think resonators next…can be anything depending on desired sound (mallet, spoon, scraper)
    Finally secure piezos / contact mics to board, add fx pedals (looper, feedback, distortion, delay reverb).
    Fun!

  • @2fathomsdeeper
    @2fathomsdeeper 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Roland A-80 had one patch identical to what Vangelis used. I ran that and a Kawai K1II factory tenor sax patch to play along with the soundtrack. Only thing missing was a breath controller for the sax, but could still nail it pretty well on keys.

  • @RemixSample
    @RemixSample 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like to use The Legend VST synth (it's like a digital poly mini moog) into Valhalla Shimmer and pitchbend the hell out of it!

  • @swessels
    @swessels 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Christian, you scare me a little when you refer to Vangelis in the past tense. As always your posts are entertaining. Also, nice to hear folks pronouncing his name correctly.

    • @RainOfAshes
      @RainOfAshes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Literally had me checking to make sure he's still alive. Thankfull he is... Unless Christian knows something we don't.

    • @JohnsysChannel
      @JohnsysChannel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think I've ever heard it pronounced incorrectly Van Gel iss? Vongelis? How have you heard it pronounced?

    • @swessels
      @swessels 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JohnsysChannel With a soft G, such as "Van Jealous"

    • @tweakingtuesday1743
      @tweakingtuesday1743 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@swessels 😱 I made a track called “Vanjealous”!

    • @driverv86
      @driverv86 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We may not know when he passes. The dude keeps to himself and has a remarkably pure sense of what music is or should be.

  • @GrootsieTheDog
    @GrootsieTheDog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There is a running joke for guitarists: There is a guitar shop where a sign above the guitars states, "NO STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN". "NO Blade Runner theme (and Jump)" should be a sign...😛

  • @harrysdesignery-editsnstuf4947
    @harrysdesignery-editsnstuf4947 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this was released on my birthday and it has inspired me to keep pushing for me synthwave sound

  • @danandkiko
    @danandkiko 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's some great sounds. I was fascinated to hear all the elements you thoughtfully put in. I love BR and synths, but am not much of a keyboardist. Even still, I learned a lot from this exercise. Thanks.

  • @milgeekmedia
    @milgeekmedia 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I heard that pitch bend the hairs on the back of my neck shot up! (I am probably the only non-musician commenting here so I don't understand your technical stuff... I just understand what makes me go wobbly when I hear Cyberpunk-esque soundscapes.) Excellent video and demonstration, thank you.

  • @alexandrebout4762
    @alexandrebout4762 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the ASM HydraSynth is so close to the CS80. it reproduces wonderfully the sounds of Vangelis and especially those of the CS80. it also has a polyphonic aftertouch keyboard. with the same dynamic ribbon as the CS80. which allows it to obtain the same sounds and especially the same modulation effects while playing live.

    • @Quark.Lepton
      @Quark.Lepton 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Totally-that is one hell of a powerful synth. It’s next on my list. If you haven’t seen it, you should check out Loopop’s Hydrasynth review along with all of Christian’s brilliant review.

  • @PRATIK1900
    @PRATIK1900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your brother Joe after watching Blade Runner 2049: "wow that's literally me"

  • @dougcroxford4038
    @dougcroxford4038 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was very interesting but both of my cats HAAAAATED it and left the room lol

  • @awpMusic1
    @awpMusic1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I recently discovered a great little monosynth - the Dreadbox Typhon - fantastic sound and fantastic effects - well worth checking out. Deckards is beyond my budget for now.

  • @Unison_Detune
    @Unison_Detune ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Christian, them that don’t get composition for film do not appreciate the brilliance. Lots of little tips here, thank you.

  • @johnnyt5054
    @johnnyt5054 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video. If you can run VSTs Memory Moon's ME80 is highly regarded as a CS80v emulation for $40. Arminator by Krakli is also a beloved emulation and free!

  • @0therun1t21
    @0therun1t21 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was beautiful, thank you!

  • @gagsmedia
    @gagsmedia 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    CH it’s a pleasure watching you work :)

  • @71goaliemask
    @71goaliemask 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just relistened to the Blade Runner soundtrack the other day after a VERY long break. Holy moly does it stand up well to the test of time.

  • @AynenMakino
    @AynenMakino 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    For dystopian soundscaping I've been getting a TON of good use out of the Roland system 1m combined with the Intellijel Rainmaker. The 1m is particularly great for the low end there, while the Rainmaker can really add more richness across the whole frequency spectrum if you mix the delay and comb filter together. The constant moving around you can do in the stereo-field also really adds to the final result.

  • @davenuremberg
    @davenuremberg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was a little bit horrified eery time you said you won't be able to demonstrate the after touch...I have one and honestly without having an MPE controller, a ton of this synths beauty is lost. Yes it sounds beautiful in the demo, but really the expression you can get using MPE aftertouch and pitch modulation is the reason I love this synth so much. Chris, I cannot stress how much you should try this with a linnstrument!

  • @BryanJohnson1969
    @BryanJohnson1969 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah, I'll go with the arturia v collection thank you. CS80v, SEM v, Buchula Easel v, VCS3, matrix 12, OBXA, Selena, prophet 5, Jupiter 8, Moog 55, melatron, then run it all through various effects from guitar rig 6 and a nice granular reverb/delay and all for well under $1,000 or even cheaper on sale.

  • @CoreFinder100
    @CoreFinder100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was awesome so enjoyed it, could imagine the music playing with the movie

  • @Netsuko
    @Netsuko 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been down in the dumps for years now. I keep spending money on plugins, instruments and hardware, yet I never make anything. Watching your enthusiasm is very likely going to get me back to actually creating stuff.

    • @vodun
      @vodun 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You gotta find inspiration.

  • @violentene
    @violentene 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice!

  • @zafod101
    @zafod101 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can't wait for behringer CS80 copy to be released

  • @157preilly
    @157preilly 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool video.

  • @canooples5134
    @canooples5134 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I looked away for a bit and forgot what I was listening to and thought it was a bunch of angry frogs screaming for a second