10 Iconic Synthesizer Sounds
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ค. 2024
- 10 famous iconic synthesizer sounds. Sounds that ruled the world in terms of chart hits.
A day in the life of a Nordic synth artist and TH-camr: • A day in the life of a...
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": • Let's Go
H. Faltermeyer "Fletch theme": • Fletch (OST) - Fletch'...
Tears for fears "Shout": • Shout - Tears For Fears
Jan Hammer "Crocket's theme": • Jan Hammer - Crockett'...
Art of Noise "Moments in love": • Art Of Noise - Moments...
Van Halen "Jump": • Van Halen - Jump (Offi...
Simple Minds "Don't you forget about me": • Simple Minds - Don't Y...
Europe "Final countdown": • Europe - The Final Cou...
Black Box "Ride on time": • Black Box - Ride on Ti...
Madonna "Vogue": • Madonna - Vogue (Offic...
Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer": • Peter Gabriel - Sledge...
Enigma "Sadness": • Enigma - Sadeness - Pa...
Tangerine Dream "Yellowstone park": • Yellowstone Park
Mr.Mister "Broken wings": • Mr. Mister - Broken Wings
A-ha "Take on me": • a-ha - Take On Me (Off...
Howard Jones "What is love?": • Howard Jones - What Is...
Shannon "Let the music play": • Shannon - Let The Musi...
Heaven 17 "Let me go": • Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
H. Faltermeyer "Top Gun intro": • Video
Kansas "Perfect lover": • Kansas | Perfect Lover...
Enya "Orinoco flow": • Enya - Orinoco Flow (O... - เพลง
I couldn't even imagine the 80s without these sounds, so iconic
I can. I thew away my FM radio and only listened to Led Zeppelin until the nineties. ;)
@@meneerjansen00 I can too, any Synthpop or New Wave before 1984 :) It was a different era before the DX7.
@@lifeinsocialism "I can too"... "Synthpop"... WTF?
Can't forget Korg M1's "Organ 2" preset! Used for bass in many house songs... Very iconic and instantly recognizable.
Robert Miles' "Children"
@@TryptychUK kurzweil !
@@djdiscodeluxe The intro notes are M1, the piano is Kurzweil.
and D-50 calliope
I still use that stupid sound lol.
I love it
why are synthesizers so beautiful. i literally like no other sound NEARLY as much as synths, and i'm not even kidding.
DX7 Electric Piano = "Every classic pop ballad in the 80s". LOL, so true! 😂
Saturated in it to a point it was annoying
What was the song he played with it ?
@@aml1418 I would like to know as well, beautiful intro!
There should be a video exclusive for the DX7 with top 20 sounds
Every underwater level in video game history too. Lol
PolyMoog - Vox Humana preset.
To be fair, Gary Numan pretty much made this sound entirely his own, making it hard for anyone else to use it without being compared with him and his worldwide hit "Cars". But regardless, this soaring PolyMoog preset is absolutely distinctive, unmistakable and iconic.
My all time favorite.
Also heard in Fade to Grey, by Visage. The mellow string sound (bass is also the Polymoog, the brass patch).
totally agree with you!
legendary gary, legendary song, legendary sound!
i am tracking one but the price of a polymoog has raised so much ( anyway like all vintage analog!)
gary numan is garbage dood so boring
It also made his music extremely repetitive.
1 thing that comes to mind when hearing the DX7's Electric Piano: Mario 64!
Yes the underwater levels that soundtrack was ahead of it’s time and deserved credit stand alone from the awesome game
Arturia dx7 v has a dire dire docks preset !
@@southparkchef5942 Yes I know! It sounds real nice
The Electric Bass reminds me of NBA Jam
I thought the same thing!
DX7 Harmonica on 'What's Love Got to do With it' -Tina Turner, and 'Sara' -Starship. I was gonna include 'I Feel for You' by Chaka Kahn, but turns out that was Stevie Wonder on a melodica. :-)
To this day, I still LOVE the "Arrr 1" sound from the Fairlight.
Me too 😎
Classic, shouts out to Sarah fr
Its imprinted in my brain, always takes me back
Always used to think it was from a roland synth as it was on my mc505 lol now I know love that sound
@@lisajohnson1528 It was also on the Roland JV80/JV880 and U20/U220 😎
Korg M1 patch 17 - Organ 2, THE percussive organ of the 90s, so iconic!
2:32 Dire Dire Docks sound
The TX81Z Lately Bass, D-50 Staccato Heaven/Digital Native Dance, DX7 Electric Guitar and M1 Pick Bass also seemed to be used everywhere from ‘87 onward. I personally associate the RD1000 with everything Elton John in the 80s.
Lately bass still great...its on my Modx6 Amazing sound!
@@lassel1644 Lately bass definitely :)
Ye solid bass or lately was one sound that came to my mind,
I'm glad someone said Lately Bass already. I'm getting to this video a bit late, but I said it anyway
All of these sound fantastic!
Great videos 👍
Another great video as always. Couldn't sit still to your "House piano" demo 😃
Excellent. Thanks! :D
So glad my 106 got featured, I've messed with a lot of synths in my day, but there's just something about the sounds that you can build on it that brings me back every time. So funky, so unique, such a great synth for the price imo
Another sleepless night saved. Meaning I couldn't sleep and got to enjoy this video, minutes after upload!
So big thank you Espen! :-)
Happy to keep you up for a couple minutes more. ;-) Cheers
Fletch! One of my favorite movies and soundtracks of the 80's. I love serious thought provoking music, but sometimes it's all about cutting lose and just having fun. That's one of the reasons I love the 80's so much. Thanks for keeping the memories alive!
Mine too. Cheers! :D
That DX-7 sure has a pure and resonant sound. I can see (hear) why it was such a smash hit.
Top 10 is my favorite topic from your channel, Aspen!
Cheers!
very well done - also excellent recording quality for this video
Musical trip down memory lane. great stuff mate!
Cheers! :D
The M1, in my heart, is the true sound of a piano.
:D
Early 90's piano housemusic will always be in my heart. I get goosebumps when I hear this type of music. For example, "K-Klass - Let me show you" piano starts at 1: 16. Thanks for making this video, so many memories. Subscribed.
Many thanks! :D
that DX7 speaks to my soul haha great video!
I enjoyed this video and can hardly wait for part2
Cheers! :D
For the tub bells on the DX7, you should’ve just played the key of E. Most American viewers would realize that it’s the Taco Bell sound.
How could you make a bell from a taco? Surely you would need metal, glass, etc.
@@steverushforth7009 need iron in the diet.
Hahaha!! It totally is the Taco Bell sound!
I did enough other examples for the American portion of my viewers. ;.-)
@@EspenKraft 😂
All these amazing sounds bring you back to a time when music actually meant anything! 😄
Not a lot can beat music from the 80s and the 90s if you ask me! 😛
Grym video som vanligt, ha en trevlig helg! 🙂
Tackar! Det samma. :D
music from the 70's
Love those sounds.
Thanks a lot Mr. Kraft! So many sounds from famous DX7 - 1983 rules! Ohh, that M1's House Piano effect, sweet memories, from childhood and teenage, from House/Eurodance of 1990's:-))
Cheers! :D
all sounds are very beautiful
Cheers!
most of these sounds are packed in any Yamaha keyboard with XG standard since mid nineties even the entry level ones, I discovered it playing with a midi module and It was so fun
Great compilation!
Cheers!
@@EspenKraft as a fun fact, just two days ago I was listening to the last Cars album for the first time and heard "that" Cars synth sound and thought "wow, after all these years they still used it". And you included it as the first sound. Funny coincidence
Cool :)
Amazing synth sounds, great content, very useful video, thank you!.
Cheers! :D
Indeed the iconic sounds of the era.
What a trip to memory lane! A sort of for metal heads, Jens Jonhansson ‘ s Lead sound, a PolySix emulation runned on JV1080 then thru JD10 distorsion, amazing! Guys, listen it on latest live Rainbow concerts when it is a solo spot.
That Roland Jupiter 8 is just a magnificent piece of kit and a stunning looking keyboard i would never be able to afford one 😍 great video pal.
Cheers!
Very interesting review. You definitely are the 80’s. Thank for this travel in time too.
Cheers!
the DX7 can sound so sonically pleasing and perfect after so many years!. Still love it, but just not for everything
My favorite synth sound of all time 2:12 I dunno, its just so incredibly melodic, cut though sound, covers all specters of the scale. So powerful. Van Halen made it immortal with the Öberheimer. Hall & Oates out of touch, Stevie Nicks stand back, to name a few, it’s the perfect sound in my option 😂
Love the sound of synth!😘✨
Love this, thank you very much!
No complaints here Espen. You nailed them. Thank you for the memories. As always take care and be safe!! Maybe Dead or Alive You Spin Me Around?
Thanks Rick! I can't hear any signature sounds I'd fancy on a list like this from that particular Dead or Alive song though, although the entire track is iconic and stellar! :D
i do not know why i loved the Arr so much!;-)
Nice video. I would add two sounds: 1) analog synth bass (M. Jackson and a lot of 80' music) and 2) West Coast Whistle (iconic sound in soul and RnB music)
Awesome sounds 🤩👌🏻👍🏻
Cheers!
Great video! Thanks)
Thanks! :D
Roland D50 - Staccato Heaven ("Say you will" by Foreigner), Digital Native Dance ("Skyskraper" by David Lee Roth), Fantasia, Living Calliope, O K Chorale.
Moog!
The round, slightly detuned, multi-oscillator (ironically a square wave), solo Moog sound. ELP's Lucky Man introduced synths to many. (Also featured in Heart's Magic Man.)
Chick Corea's signature synth sound. Kind of plucky, very expressive, probably also a Moog...
Loved this!!!
Thanks!
DX7 sounds, alot them very clean and almost perfect.....but that tubular bells sound gets you 'hooked'! Harmonically superb.
Other iconic presets for my opinion were the "Lately Bass" sound from the TX81Z, the piano and ep sounds of the MKS-20, that Prophet VS choir sound used by France Gall, that M1 dance organ sound and the Alpha Juno hoover.
Few others I'd include... Alpha Juno - what the, korg m1 - organ 2, jp8000 - supersaw, 1080 - pizzicato strings, definitely latelybass/solid bass
This video was so soothing
Super, super cool!!! Thank you!!!
Cheers!
The shakuhachi here gives me goosebumps. Sadly, the sample on my keyboard sounds more like a harmonica/piccolo mashup. Also, a blockbuster full of car chases and shootouts comes to mind with the squelch bass. Tubular bells - > Roxette
Thanks a lot for that good chosen list, Espen. You asked for more, so here it is: The House Organ as used in Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman.
Yep Organ2
Cheers! :D
Great Beautiful Iconic Synthesizer Sounds !!!
Cheers! :D
It's truly amazing on what these machines can do
Can't go wrong with Huey Lewis and the News #Pure80sPopRock ;)
And 3:56 everyone is automatically playing that phat brass and sax riff in their heads!
Happy I could use that riff without, well... yes. ;-)
don't need money, don't take fame
Great list! My list would have the Lately bass as well.
Cheers! :D
C15 ❤
Excellent. Thank you for the nice video.
Thanks - still use these in current productions.
Grandes maquinas de som ..que fiseram showwsss e ultrapassaram decadas..
Soundtrack 17 on JX-8P and all similair dreamy chorusy synth pad sounds. Phasing strings (Solina, Logan, Omni etc..). Yamaha CS-serie flute, brass and guitar sounds (yes, mr. Vangelis). To mention some. ;-)
I believe Eric Persing designed that patch sound, as well as the famous Soundtrack on the D50. Also, that type of sound is in the General MIDI Spec.
Fantastic video :)
Cheers!
The are all so nostalgic and remarkable!
Tears for Fears used so many! That could be a video all by itself!
И это лишь малая часть легендарных синтезаторных пресетов!
Extremely satisfying video as usual man. This list is really on point too, you even mentioned the emulator ii so I got nothin to add there lol
BTW you convinced me to buy a proteus in one of your older videos and I have no regrets!
Happy you liked it. Congrats on the Proteus too! :D
@@EspenKraft it's such a good rompler, totally holds up IMO
I used it for pianos and strings on my song Breakers Promise 🙂
I'm sure you have better things to do but if you're bored I have it on my channel if you'd care to hear it 👀😄
When the harpsichord came out it changed everything and changed music at the time... so did the clavinet when it came out.. and the piano. The difference between that era was only the wealthy got to hear the sounds of the era. In 'recent' times records, tape, radio, etc started fanning out sounds of new instruments (Hawaiian guitar, Rhodes, Hammond B3's)... started marking eras... but then the synth came. Moog then Oberheim, Arp, Sequential, Korg, Roland, Yamaha.. Akai... each bringing new tools and sounds that defined swiftly passing decades. Anyway... LOVED the video.. just discovered your channel and plan to watch more. HUGE fan of history and how technology innovations of each era gave each era it's own unique flavor. Hard to know who you are unless you know where you've been, right? Thanks for educating us!!!
3:44 Is the pure sound of Enigma band of the 90's
Interesting situation here, I found myself to preferer mostly digital synths (or digital/analogue hybrids), instead of analogue one, maybe because I grow up on 80's/ 90's music :-D
Of course big exception is CS80, as we everybody love Vangelis ;-)
Excellent !
Thanks! :D
Estábamos esperándote. Saludos
Cheers! :D
That sync sound always makes me think of Daft Punk.
Once you fire up your new U-220, you'll hear a surprisingly faithful version of the Fairlight CMI's "ARR1". I think it sounds great, especially considered it's "re-synthesized" from what was essentially an 8-bit sample!
I know. I had it for several years in the past. Almost all the Roland romplers from that point on had that sound in it. It's far from gritty enough to match the original though, but still nice. ;-)
I had the U110 with it on.
Nice video ! Thank you :)
Cheers! :D
Great Video
Cheers!
Thank you for this little journey back to musical youth, but:
1:59 Van Halen used a OB-Xa and Simple Minds used a Oberheim OB-8 for their sounds (which were two different sounds)
4:26 Actually the name is "Bass 2"
5:08 This was the Roland TB-303
and I miss the Yamaha DX-7 "Harp 2", Korg M1 "Organ 2" (Bass and Organ), Yamaha TX81z "Lately Bass" and Roland JP-8000 "Supersaw"
You can't possibly have listen to what I say in the video or read the video description.
"Jump" was done with the Ob-Xa as I clearly state in the video description, I associate the "synth brass" SOUND to the songs I reference. The same with the "acid bass". I have all the facts straight.
@@EspenKraft Ok
This is one of the most pleasant sounds in world!!
Is it A-ha's Take on Me at 5:54 ?
It is.
That Enya synth at the end. Love it!
Cheers!
Cool video. I love how you recreate eighties songs.
Many thanks!
What was the intro sound called?
Orchestra hit
What is the sound used in the intro? 😅
Orch hit
@@SamuelPratama26 Thanks man
Great video, as per.
Cheers! :D
Thank you so much,espen🙏👏👍🎹🎶
Cheers! :D
@@EspenKraft keep the fire burning👏
Now a challenge: make a song that has all those sounds :)
You do it! ;-)
Haha great Idea, although it would have to go from a ballad to club banger, I'm actually going to try today!!
I think I got all 10(or as close as I have) in, kind of sloppy and rushed but that's how I roll, thanks! soundcloud.com/ccbookbook/top10
faith no more had a lot of emax II in their music. from their 80's music to early 90's was all emax II. if you look any live concert, music videos, photos etc you will see that roddy always had the same emax II's, a black one and the grey one with all the sounds listed on it's console..
Thanks thats awesome, I saw a Korg Poly61 in this video, was a favourite of mine for a while too.
Thanks! Yes, I like that a lot.
I could listen to this stuff all day!
Cheers! :D
Keeping the 80s alive from the Synth Attic!
I hope so. Cheers! :D
@@EspenKraft you aren't alone :)
Iconic sounds😃
Roland juno 2 and the hoover bass
Yes made famous by the likes of Joey Beltram, that sound transformed my life as a 12 year old!
I think Espen says he hates the hoover/mentasm sound :D
@@xsm5525 Espen is not one to mince his words, if he doesn't like something he will tell you very bluntly!
I really detest the "hoover" sound and you'll never hear that from me. The Alpha Juno should not be abused like that. ;-)
With a passion! ;-)
Beautiful.
Great examples!! I realized this Tubular bells synthesizer at 5:46 was the Top Gun intro theme instantly! The Terminator theme, (metal hammering one maybe) had this too I think!! I came here to try to find the type of sensational synthesizer used in the beautifully mesmerizing Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 opening 2! It's a lot like the synthesizer in the Yasuke opening "Black Gold" !
Tubular bells and doesnt mention "tubular bells!" Yea I know it wasn't a synth on "tubular bells!" 🤣
Those were *actual* tubular bells.
That's crazy (crazy good & amazing)
Cheers! :D
Top most iconic sound of the mid-80s to early 90s, that is. There were some pretty iconic sounds before, too. White noise, sample and hold, slow massive filter sweeps, the vocoder, triangle wawe leads with portamento comes to mind. The DX-7 harp sound was used in lots of New Age music of the early 90s, and somewhat later the low-fi, sampled strings started to appear everywhere.
Nice vid 👍👍
Cheers!
Please make a sequel to this one as there are dozens of other iconic synth sounds!
I might do that.
Great video! 💫💫💫
Thanks! :D
I thought I was the only person in the world with an M3R! I spotted that K1m too, still have my K1. Enjoyed this video Espen!
Cheers Paul!
So many memories