Imagination Bass Sound | Music And Lights, Just An Illusion
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Today we reconstruct the #Bass sound of 1982's #Just An Illusion" and "Music And Lights" by British band Imagination, using a vintage Roland SH-1000 synthesizer! This video is inspired my my friend Paolo aka SynthMania. You should SO subscribe to his channel: www.youtube.com...
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Very great job, Claudio! Sounds awesome with the Distressor and Roland chorus, -- Per Sweeney, to make it really 100% we'll have to use the small BOSS chorus (the original CE-2) and dbx 160 VU ( SH-1000 --> Boss CE-2 --> dbx 160) - at some point I bought the SH-1000, the CE-2 and a pair of DBX 160 VU but promptly forgot to make an addendum to my original video :D - one of the best syn bass sounds ever for sure!
Hey man!! Great!!! But please tell me, how do you know?...
If there is an article about it I would LOVE to know :-) grove on Paolo, and thanks for the inspiration 🕺🤟❤️
@@Doctormix Tony Swain himself wrote on his blog a few years ago "Hi Frankie, There has been much speculation about this subject but as I also played and recorded the bass lines it is time to put the record straight! The Bass was played using an early Roland SH1000 made in the late 70's This was originally designed to sit on top of a Hammond organ so it looked like one! This was a monophonic synth but would play two octaves at once so using a combination of square and sine waves an octave apart combined with a lot of wrestling with a portamento switch to get the slides this is how the bass lines were done. No sequencer was used at all on the bass lines just a lot of sweat and keeping time which was helped by me also being a drummer! The synth was recorded through a Boss chorus guitar pedal (blue type) and then compressed a lot through a studio DBX160 a really great vintage compressor.The bass was very high in the mix but cut through because of the compression and the split octaves.Just an illusion bass was the best of two different lines recorded over two days on Analogue 24tk before digital came in. I hope this finally answers the question.
Best
Tony"
@@Doctormix Tony Swain's blog website (his message is down the page at 5 February 2013 at 0327: tonyswainproducer.blogspot.com/2012/08/tony-swain-producer-composer.html
SynthMania oh wow!!! Thanks for sharing man!! Much appreciated 🙏
I have pretty bad depression and it's hitting hard right now, but you still manage to break through it and make me smile, thank you :-)
Keep your chin up
One of the best and most modern bass synth sounds ever, still today sounds modern, always wanted to know how they did it. Thank You!
You missed a pretty good chance to name your channel "Claudio Audio."
One of the most beautiful bass lines in my humble opinion.
100%
The “Just an Illusion” baseline was my ringtone about 10 years ago!
I love Imagination, part of my growing up years. I just don’t know why I do. He does know “why”. Seems some people have different ears to mine, no matter how hard I try to listen. Thanks Doctor Mix!
This is still one of my favourite songs, mostly because of that bass! Glad I’m not alone.
Thank You so much Dr. MIX. You are great.
Love you back!
Such a blast from the past, the doctor is in the house
The prescription for everything is always BASS
My first impression was like: one more weird producer on youtube, but the more I am looking your video the more inspired I become, and see your professionalism. Good job
Jolley&Swain productions seem to consist of only this synth-sound back in the 80s... But: very good adaption. Lovely !
SH-1000 massive ✊
I love 70's synths. You need to get more Alex.
@@dzod I've got 7 synths from the 70s and have featured dozens and dozens more on my channel...
But yeah, definitely need more. 😃
ASSEMBLE!
@@AlexBallMusic Yes Alex but when you feature these synths you treat us to some lovely funk. Not many others do that. Oh and nice video on the CS-15.
Amazing work Claudio, this is by far the best recreation of this legendary bass sound. You´re the master.
@1:57 they are both square wave PWM signals. The only thing that differs is the duty cycle, i.e. the time that signal stay high vs the time signal stays low. I hope that wasn't presumptuous! Many thanks to you for bringing your synths passion on TH-cam. I always watch you.
That was too cool!! One of my all time favorite bass sounds!! Never could figure out how they created that bass sound. Outstanding! 😎🎵🎼🎵🎸
Just a small correction regarding the ADSR-envelope: In the manual of the SH-1000, Roland states that "As these envelope modifying tablets operate on the "right-side-tablet-take-precedence" system, the right end tablet alone works regardless of other tablets depression" (Page 8). In other words, if you press down the "Percussion" tablet on the VCA, then the manual ADSR-control is disengaged, and the Percussion-preset takes control of the VCA alone.
Niow niow!!
Awesome!
Big fan of Imagination here... sounds really great, Music and Lights is my favorite! Great Job!
Love it, those are some of my favourite synth bass lines of all time.
If you read Tony Swain blog, he confirms that he used the Roland SH1000 synth, recorded through a Boss chorus guitar pedal and then compressed a lot through a studio DBX160 vintage compressor
What synth did he use for the song Burnin Up and Body Talk?
This song is criminally underrated
So good. Love the Sound of this classic funky Band. Thank you so much, Claudio. Much appreciated.
Man, you have just made my day.
Ok Doctor Mix!!!!!! :) I see you! Awesome. I love those two songs. Plus In the Heat of the Night.
Sounded great. Always thought Imagination’s baselines were absolutely wicked! You just needed to play it with the slow boom/clap of a drum machine to really groove though.
Absolute genius. Gracias Dr Mix!
Excellent video! I enjoy watching your happiness!
Doc, you nailed it absolutely perfect 👍
Whatever happened to them? At one point we had so much quality music that a lot of amazing music got overlooked. Music today isn't even close to the creativity of the past imo.
Oh yes, oh yes, ohh YES!
Yeahhhh!!! Great video, and great sound!! I like Imagination a lot... The sounds, the athmosphere... I liked your video. Nice work. Congratulations. Thanx👍🏻
I've been looking for this since forever. A huge THANK YOU from this happy dude.
You're we
lcome!!!
Your videos are a joy to watch.
Well, I Dare you Dr MIx to recreate the most iconic synth song of all times: Rock IT by Herby Hancock.
Come on! You can do it!
Bass that warms the soul, what an amazing song, good work on the remake, it brings me back to the 90s
I love this so much. Doctor Mix, you made my day yet again.
One of the classics tunes of the 80ies - will be interesting
I’ve been into edm since the late 90’s (fat of the land, dig your own hole, and homework were what I cut my teeth on). I love how you find these classic instruments and break down sounds and how they are incorporated into the songs they are featured in. I love the warm, fat, sounds of these analog synths and bass line generators. It’s so good my son (he’s almost 11 now) asks “Dad, did Dr. Mix come out with any new videos?! Keep it up, you’re doing great!
Much love from the States!
Btw 4:31 direct quote “This is the way you play it on the keyboard, niow...” 😂
Thanks a lot! I adore "Music & Lights", fantastic Discofunk track, in my favorite style.
Awesome DrMix, you are THE legend 💋
According to a former group member, the synth used was SH-2000
Funk just hit a new level !!
Paolo is awesome, his JD-800 vid is the reason I picked one of those up a while back lol.
One of the holy grail sounds. great job.
Doctor Mix and SynthMania ,two of my favorite music channels on youtube. Espen Kraft is also great ,maybe you know him too ?
Everyone needs some Imagination... and some Doctor Mix too...
Dr mix mixing entertainment and information like a boss Again!
Imgination...two GREAT records full of SOUL!!! Great great Music!!!!!
Tes, thanks! This is the sound for me! The synth! Love the SH-1000
the raw tone of that synth is insane
cool ! thank you very much !!!
Fantastic !! My favourite sound ...
I have dreamed of someone explaining how to build this bass sound. funnily enough, I asked a customer of mine who works in the music industry to replicate it.....he used just a Minimoog with essentially same settings - but - used the 3rd oscillator for a deep background tone.... somehow that seemed to be the magic ingredient. However you used effects and eq with just two oscillators.
It's such a legendary bass sound, thank you for tackling this ❤️🧡💛💚💜💙
Guy Wilkinson this is what was used on the record, along with a Roland chorus pedal.
ahhh I can listen to any note from this synth all day
Good job. Sounded great
I always thought it was recorded using a TB303. Especially from the sound of those glide notes. I know that they were one of the only few bands who used the 303 to actually be their "bass guitarist" rather than messing with the cutoff and resonance knobs, and creating acid house.
Yes so did I. An actual standard use of a 303!
@@newtronix That's what I always thought to the real use of the 303 as a bass not the acid squeals
'Rip it Up' by Orange Juice uses a 303 for a 'normal' bassline
And Newcleus - although they were more electro.
@@annother3350 true, although I'd still say that was quite an acid-like bassline, as opposed to something an actual bass guitarist might play
yeahhh man !!! Love u !!!
Wow sounds absolutely incredible..you nailed it..( as usual ) sounds a little bit like Sailor's Bass - Sound from A Glass of Champagne
The track was mixed on an old harrison 32 desk which I found in a London studio in a back room, the engineer told me it belonged to redbus records so it must of been the desk.
oh i had a this sh1000.when i was junior high school.now i was lost it.nostalgic
Synthmania is a great mention.
I've been watching / listening to his vids for years.
Oh, and great taste in music, btw.
I saw Leee John at an 80s gig a few years back. The intro was a bit pretentious, but in the most 80s way possible. lol
Me too!!
I'm gonna enjoy this. I once met Leee Johns and Ashley Ingram whilst working in a delicatessen in Leather Lane (Near Hatton Garden)
Man I love your song choices keep it up 👊
Wonderful!
I love “Imagination” and I love the synth bass in those two songs. ✌️☺️
Afterparty with DoktorMix must be great fun 😁😁😁
I was lucky enough to buy one 2 weeks ago, such a great synth. love the videos
Well done!! Bravo
Synthmania and Dr. Mix 🐐 of musicians 🎶 #thebest
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love just an illusion! Awesome!
I have so got to fix my sh1000
synthmaniacs gotta hang together. and man, I just missed the premier
His face ay 9:55 is priceless! You used to annoy me when I first saw your videos, now I love you!
Wow. Awesome. Love it Claudio. 😃👍🏻
I was lucky to attend their concert given in Algeria exactly at the dome on the occasion of the police feast on June 1, 1984, I was 14 years old ; thank you :)
I originally bought the Imagination Just Dubbing album in Bari, during the summer of 1983 in August. I brought it back to Canada to let my friends here it and it never caught on. Sole Sonic Force, Dazz Band, Shannon, and Grandmaster Flash were the Funk super stars. The English band Imagination never caught on in North America.
But sounds better than anything on your radio nowadays.
Very funny Dr. Mix. Amazing sound. Greetings from Brasil.
Nice job, you're a monster guy!
I'm not a musician, so I don't know much about it; but I rather think this pattern was played directly on bass, for : Ashley Ingram used to play on his bass, and most of the time with his bass much probably coupled with one of these so-called ''effect pedals'' (which already existed back in the 1980s), so as to get that typical synthetic bass sound of his ...
By the way, to come back to the synthesizer used here : isn't it the same stuff Larry Dunn was using back in 1980, in the video ''Let Me Talk'' by Earth Wind & Fire ... ?
Looks like it was the same keyboard, anyways (or perhaps was it rather an old/vintage model of Yamaha synth ...)
ARGH ! ... Now I have the warm voice of Ashley Ingram singing his part in my head and the melody won't leave me, but it's so good
Awesome!
I keep coming back to this video. It sounds absolutely spot on! It also sounds really close to the same bass sound used in the song Bimbo by Yello
This is insane!😮♥️
I could listen to that bass line all day just loop it for me.
Making me feel old!
grande Claudione... Mi hai fatto sognare ! amo quel suono
Fantástic!, years tryin to find these sound, never think thas was a Roland, i hope that new keyboards can emulate these sounds
Good Job Doctor 😁👍
You are really the Dr. Mix. You inspire me to be a better music producer.
Hiya feel better seeing you and your energy! So cheers for that. No one has ever really used there sliding bass sound. Maybe there's an idea!
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 nice job exactly same
Uuuuh I remember the time long long ago.... Imagination Illusion every day in the Radio. Cool and groovy music - Good times😎
Claudio is SO happy playing with synths and music that's a pleasure to watch :D
I would like to see video with full track reconstructionn
I've loves me some funky bass. This was great! NIOW NIOW!
Man, this sound got so drastically underrated, now played daily
VERY GOOD MY DEAR FRIEND >>> YOU ARE SUPER STAR
Me encanta...i don't understand anything but you are great and fun.
fantastic imaginationnnnnnnnn ^___^
I *LOOOOVE* this song, always have!!!