The Jump sound may be instantly recognizable, but the much cooler bit of synth work is the instrumental track before it, "1984". Breaking that down would make a fun video.
Love your intention, vibe and expertise - you are the "Rick Beato" from a synth perspective combined with producing and great interviews! Thank you for your passion - so much potential!! People out there, share & like this stuff.. it has to be honored alot - so precious and educational.. 👏
Thank you so much again! Every time I watch one of your videos I get an overwhelming compulsion to switch on my synths and try something new! You are one of the few synth youtube channels that actually motivates me to try out things with the gear I already have, rather than make me feel like what I've got is inadequate in the face of the latest, shiny new thing - and that is just worth so much! Keep up the great work, Anthony!
Thank you so much! Very insightful as always. Too many synth videos on TH-cam get lost in technicalities. In your videos, the musician's perspective always comes to the fore.
You worked with Georgio and Eddie! Man!!! Georgio really was the one that got me into synths, specifically him an Falty on midnight express. And it was Keith Richards and Eddie that moved me to guitar - which I’m arguable better on than keys, and even not good enough to pass my audition for dev Royal Dutch conservatory 33 years ago. My late aunt, she was an award winning barber and she moved to North Tirol. And when Donna Summer was working with Georgio in South Tirol (Italy) or living in her house in Germany at she came to get her hair done. The first time her manager or whomever looked up a reputable barber and that was my aunt. And later when my aunt moved back here to the Netherlands, Donna Summer would always go to my aunt’s to get her hair done. And I never knew until a about 4 months ago when I send my mom a documentary after I did a cover of The Never Ending story and she thought I’d written that. And I said I’d wish! It’s Georgio Morrodor and i send her a documentary. And she sees Donna and she rang me: “that gorgeous lady! She always got her hair done at your aunt’s. She introduced her to me 35 years ago and I had no idea who she was. I was amazed that an American spoke German and quite well actually. And that she was very friendly.” And I was like: “serious! Are you effing serious mum? The queen of disco! And you didn’t recognize her?!” And they had photos of the celebs they had come visit. Also those photo models etc. In a relatively small midtown barber shop 😂 So I was wondering if she mayso I called my cousin for the first time in 6 years and my cousin said: “oh yeah Donna came over 2 or 3 times a year when she went to her house in Germany. And I was like: “and I’m the only one in this family who’s musicall inclined and love Italo disco and nobody bothered to tell me?! I live 2KM away! I’d even ran over, just to shake her hand and tell her I adore her voice. I did see Alex Van Halen when I worked at the Dutch Broadcasting foundation, they just did an interview and he was waiting with other people probably on Edward and Gary Cherone it must have been it was 1999. But we had a strict policy as employees as to not to bother celebs. I would’ve loved to have his signature. But even if we weren’t bound to our policies, I wouldn’t have butted in their conversation. And now I have to rewatch Over The Too again. “What I do is, I just try to take my hat and I turn it around, and it’s like a switch that goes on!”
Definitely my fav Van Halen song, and one that takes me right back to 80s L.A. Was an amazing time and place, and so much of your music has that same nostalgic vibe & emotional effect on me Anthony. Thank you so much for your great videos, I love them.
This has become one of my favorite YT channels!! You explain things so well and you have such a unique, amazing talent and wonderful ear!! Thanks so much for sharing all this information here!!! I can't imagine any keyboard/synthesizer player that doesn't appreciate all this!!!
Another great video, Anthony! When I got my OB-X8, one of the first things I did was get the Jump and 1984 sounds going! So much fun running through my Specular Tempus pedal. You're right about guitar pedals and synths!
Well done, Anthony! On behalf of everyone who has tried to replicate this sound with mediocre success over the years, thank you so much for the cogent, understandable, well explained breakdown… And just the plain fun of it all!
Anthony thank you for your great channel. You just don’t go over the synths, the sound design, but you actually put the music in its context in terms of what was going on when it was created. I never knew all of that regarding EVH. Phenomenal.
Nice work! I have an OB-8 and an OB-X8… should be easy to do… One VH synth song I’ve always wanted a deep dive on is Why Can’t This be Love, which seems to fully utilize the OB-8 arpeggiator, Split and mono-sync functions…It was a major hit on rock radio at the time and If you have an OB-8, would be a cool breakdown.
Double like great riff, great demo! This my go to sound check if you have 5 min to setup. PS just improved my sound considerably using the korg poly 61. PPS the envelope trick is awesome, getting a lot of cool percussion effects with it on my other synths. Many thanks, this is awesome!
One of my old band mates had an OB-Xa, and we dialed in the Jump sound. It was EXACT, and we played it over and over because it just sounded so darn good.
So very cool - I love Eddie's synth chops!! My favorites are '1984' / 'I'll Wait' / 'Love Walks In' / 'When It's Love' / 'Dreams'. The synth work on the song '1984' has always made me think of the futuristic vision of 1964 World's Fair. 🤍
I played this song with my old cover band back in the 90s and spent many happy an hour creating the sound on my Korg T3. It was pretty close too, for a digital synth. Really enjoyed your breakdown and it confirmed the approach I took. Great to have it straight from the horse's mouth! Thank you for these videos Anthony, they're extremely interesting and deal primarily with my favourite era of music, the inventive and innovative 80s!
As I said in your short video you are doing a gorgeous job sharing all your knowledge with all of us. I really like your "sound dissections". Pretty awesome, informative and concise. And yes, again, a master class. Thank you so much.
Haha! I spotted the Oberheim in one of the first videos I saw of yours, and meant to ask, mostly as a joke, if you would indulge us all with a play thru of Jump on it. And here you've done it! Lol Bravo! Love it! Thanks again for all your great content, and please keep it up! I really enjoyed the interview / storytelling series, and you've worked with so many amazing people, I hope you can do more of that, too!
AARGH!! A vital part of this sound is the Env-to-pitch for the brassy aspect!!! :) Just on one oscillator, e.g. so the envelope goes from minus (or plus) to 0. Otherwise love the channel and the fact that you worked with these legends.
I do hope that now we can consider this topic covered and no one ever needs to play Jump on a TH-cam video ever again. Right up there with *No Stairway* IMHO.
Eddie was a classically trained pianist before he was a guitarist. He was an incredible piano player which most people were not aware of. His brother Alex was also a classically trained pianist. Two immensely talented brothers who helped change the history of rock and roll.
The advent of synthesizers into modern music was modern music as a genre. But the pioneering done by Bob Moog and the others at Arp and Sequential Circuits and countless others created a generation of sound and technology that spurred such beautiful creativity not simply in just the music, but equally important in the exploration of the sound and instruments as evidenced by your wonderful video. Thank you for this time travel experience and education.
Maybe I am misunderstanding how this synth work, but usually with a standard ADSR, when sustain is full the decay knob does not have any effect anymore.
The Jump sound may be instantly recognizable, but the much cooler bit of synth work is the instrumental track before it, "1984". Breaking that down would make a fun video.
Love your intention, vibe and expertise - you are the "Rick Beato" from a synth perspective combined with producing and great interviews! Thank you for your passion - so much potential!!
People out there, share & like this stuff.. it has to be honored alot - so precious and educational.. 👏
Just found this channel now, can’t be more accurate!
So excited to dive into this channel
it's not fair that Eddie crushes it on both keyboard AND guitar! Save some talent for the rest of us lol. Great vid as always!
And that drum track that kicks in, too. 🤩 Like trumpets calling forth a band.
Thank you so much again! Every time I watch one of your videos I get an overwhelming compulsion to switch on my synths and try something new! You are one of the few synth youtube channels that actually motivates me to try out things with the gear I already have, rather than make me feel like what I've got is inadequate in the face of the latest, shiny new thing - and that is just worth so much! Keep up the great work, Anthony!
Thank you so much! Very insightful as always. Too many synth videos on TH-cam get lost in technicalities. In your videos, the musician's perspective always comes to the fore.
Wow.. the OBX is in prime condition! Thought it was the OBX8 edition... amazing you kept it in such condition since 1979!
Most epic synth riff + most epic guitar riff packed into a song, what more can you ask?
Fantastic way of teaching sound design. It’s fun to follow along with the Arturia VST’s!
Too bad the Ob-Xa V I'm using has different controls and I cannot recreate even following this tutorial.
My favourite Van Halen song.
Absolute classic! For sure! So simple and therefor so catchy.
You worked with Georgio and Eddie! Man!!! Georgio really was the one that got me into synths, specifically him an Falty on midnight express. And it was Keith Richards and Eddie that moved me to guitar - which I’m arguable better on than keys, and even not good enough to pass my audition for dev Royal Dutch conservatory 33 years ago.
My late aunt, she was an award winning barber and she moved to North Tirol. And when Donna Summer was working with Georgio in South Tirol (Italy) or living in her house in Germany at she came to get her hair done. The first time her manager or whomever looked up a reputable barber and that was my aunt.
And later when my aunt moved back here to the Netherlands, Donna Summer would always go to my aunt’s to get her hair done. And I never knew until a about 4 months ago when I send my mom a documentary after I did a cover of The Never Ending story and she thought I’d written that. And I said I’d wish! It’s Georgio Morrodor and i send her a documentary. And she sees Donna and she rang me: “that gorgeous lady! She always got her hair done at your aunt’s. She introduced her to me 35 years ago and I had no idea who she was. I was amazed that an American spoke German and quite well actually. And that she was very friendly.”
And I was like: “serious! Are you effing serious mum? The queen of disco! And you didn’t recognize her?!” And they had photos of the celebs they had come visit. Also those photo models etc. In a relatively small midtown barber shop 😂
So I was wondering if she mayso I called my cousin for the first time in 6 years and my cousin said: “oh yeah Donna came over 2 or 3 times a year when she went to her house in Germany.
And I was like: “and I’m the only one in this family who’s musicall inclined and love Italo disco and nobody bothered to tell me?! I live 2KM away! I’d even ran over, just to shake her hand and tell her I adore her voice.
I did see Alex Van Halen when I worked at the Dutch Broadcasting foundation, they just did an interview and he was waiting with other people probably on Edward and Gary Cherone it must have been it was 1999.
But we had a strict policy as employees as to not to bother celebs. I would’ve loved to have his signature. But even if we weren’t bound to our policies, I wouldn’t have butted in their conversation.
And now I have to rewatch Over The Too again. “What I do is, I just try to take my hat and I turn it around, and it’s like a switch that goes on!”
*Giorgio Moroder 😊
@@jimbotron70 thanks yeah with an I!
Definitely my fav Van Halen song, and one that takes me right back to 80s L.A.
Was an amazing time and place, and so much of your music has that same nostalgic vibe & emotional effect on me Anthony. Thank you so much for your great videos, I love them.
This channel just blows my brains out everytime... 💥🧠😊
Man I remember when this song came out. It was exhilarating. That intro created anticipation for that feeling every time. Never gets old.
This has become one of my favorite YT channels!! You explain things so well and you have such a unique, amazing talent and wonderful ear!! Thanks so much for sharing all this information here!!! I can't imagine any keyboard/synthesizer player that doesn't appreciate all this!!!
That detune tip is gold dust - thank you !
My son (he's 9) just learned to play this intro. He's quite happy and like it a lot!
Perfect Mr.Marinelli.On top of that Compressor,EQ added bass and treble.
Excellent. Best synth content channel ever, by the master himself.
A spice that added a touch✨🎹
Thanks Anthony!!
Thank for today’s lesson proffered Anthony !
BRO!! Your Channel is *B L O W I N G U P* !!!
Well deserved.
That was fantastic ty
Another great video, Anthony! When I got my OB-X8, one of the first things I did was get the Jump and 1984 sounds going! So much fun running through my Specular Tempus pedal. You're right about guitar pedals and synths!
great breakdown. Step by step
Awesome, Love your view on music and sounds. You have a great ear.
I would be happy if you could make a similar tutorial on FM sound programming. Thank you!
Awesome!
Perfect explanation
Loved this video! If you could do a breakdown of "I'll Wait", and "1984" from the same album that "Jump" is in, that would be AMAZING 🙌🏼❤️🎶
I was going to ask the exact same question! In my humble opinion, "I'll Wait" was the best cut on the album. ;-)
Well done, Anthony! On behalf of everyone who has tried to replicate this sound with mediocre success over the years, thank you so much for the cogent, understandable, well explained breakdown… And just the plain fun of it all!
Thank you, Anthony. Always educational.
Anthony thank you for your great channel. You just don’t go over the synths, the sound design, but you actually put the music in its context in terms of what was going on when it was created. I never knew all of that regarding EVH. Phenomenal.
Excellent
THANK YOU!!!
Haha, the classic riff i always use to test my new brass patch, if it's as brassy sounding as it should be!
Nice work! I have an OB-8 and an OB-X8… should be easy to do… One VH synth song I’ve always wanted a deep dive on is Why Can’t This be Love, which seems to fully utilize the OB-8 arpeggiator, Split and mono-sync functions…It was a major hit on rock radio at the time and If you have an OB-8, would be a cool breakdown.
Press the buttons ABC8 which is Rock Unison, same sound. But the bass beat arpeggio lower split part I don’t know 🤷🏻♂️
Love this one! Im always trying to get the perfect Jump sound and this will help, thanks!
Double like great riff, great demo! This my go to sound check if you have 5 min to setup.
PS just improved my sound considerably using the korg poly 61.
PPS the envelope trick is awesome, getting a lot of cool percussion effects with it on my other synths. Many thanks, this is awesome!
I am LOVING this channel.
Great sound design teaching !!! Thx a lot Anthony and your team for these great videos ! Keep making them !
This song still gets me hype.
Thank you Anthony! I gonna try this with others synths! ^_^
Another awesome video from Anthony and his team. ❤
This is awesome!!
Fun, interesting, love it! Thank you 😊
One of my old band mates had an OB-Xa, and we dialed in the Jump sound. It was EXACT, and we played it over and over because it just sounded so darn good.
This tune is forbidden in every music store, just like Stairway to heaven. 😁
Loving everyone of these tutorial videos Anthony!
Great vid, Anthony! Please keep 'em coming!
Legend!
Awesome video!! I would have never guessed the sound of this song took so much to dial in.
So very cool - I love Eddie's synth chops!! My favorites are '1984' / 'I'll Wait' / 'Love Walks In' / 'When It's Love' / 'Dreams'. The synth work on the song '1984' has always made me think of the futuristic vision of 1964 World's Fair. 🤍
The intro that makes me interested in playing synths
lol Why I got one of those Casio Red Keytars back in the 80's as a kid!
So happy you create these videos man. I create dance music of all genres. So a real synth geek 🎉🎉
Great easy to understand explanation!
I played this song with my old cover band back in the 90s and spent many happy an hour creating the sound on my Korg T3. It was pretty close too, for a digital synth. Really enjoyed your breakdown and it confirmed the approach I took. Great to have it straight from the horse's mouth! Thank you for these videos Anthony, they're extremely interesting and deal primarily with my favourite era of music, the inventive and innovative 80s!
As I said in your short video you are doing a gorgeous job sharing all your knowledge with all of us. I really like your "sound dissections". Pretty awesome, informative and concise.
And yes, again, a master class.
Thank you so much.
How did I miss this video 😢 ❤ from Burundi 🇧🇮. One of my favorites
Wonder how many music shop workers were driven mad by this in the 80s, keep the good work up!
Being music shop worker in the 80s must have been hell 😅
@@jimbotron70why? Best era
@@SPAZZOID100 Imagine every single customer, even those without playing skills, playing over and over the latest pop hit 😀
Thanks for the breakdown! I was 12 when 1984 came out and it had a huge impact on my lifelong pursuit of keyboard instruments.
Thanks! I liked the video before you even released it because I knew it was going to explain things!.
Thank you. I'm watching you from the video about upgrading the drum machine for "Thriller".
Your channel deserves millions of subscribers.
Amazing thank you for sharing Anthony.❤
Amazingly clear explanations! Would love to see a breakdown of Structures from Silence on the Oberheim
Great video as always. It couldn’t be better !
Such an uplifting riff.
Really happy I found this channel!
Loving these videos. Simple instructions and no grandstanding...
I've found a new place that inspires.
I heavily use the old music intros to give background apparatus in theater, they overwhelmed and support the act 🎬.
Great video.
Thank you for this wonderful video, go on!
Great breakdown of the sound! 👍🏼 i would love to see/hear also the musical/chords breakdown! ☺️
I can't believe no one has ever done this on youtube before 80 million times in the last 20 years!!!
Haha! I spotted the Oberheim in one of the first videos I saw of yours, and meant to ask, mostly as a joke, if you would indulge us all with a play thru of Jump on it. And here you've done it! Lol Bravo! Love it! Thanks again for all your great content, and please keep it up! I really enjoyed the interview / storytelling series, and you've worked with so many amazing people, I hope you can do more of that, too!
New subscriber I love how in depth you get with the synthesizer capabilities and recreating nostalgic tunes right in front of our eyes..❤❤❤
This was a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing this video.
AARGH!! A vital part of this sound is the Env-to-pitch for the brassy aspect!!! :) Just on one oscillator, e.g. so the envelope goes from minus (or plus) to 0. Otherwise love the channel and the fact that you worked with these legends.
I do hope that now we can consider this topic covered and no one ever needs to play Jump on a TH-cam video ever again. Right up there with *No Stairway* IMHO.
Lol
Thanks for breaking down Van Halen. Eddie is the reason I bought a vintage synth.
Learning a ton of details in this channel. And I am a lute player.
With maximum sustain, there is no decay time on the ADSR. Regardless, the sound is great. Didn't know that Van Halen was a keyboard player.
Eddie was a classically trained pianist before he was a guitarist. He was an incredible piano player which most people were not aware of. His brother Alex was also a classically trained pianist. Two immensely talented brothers who helped change the history of rock and roll.
I was thinking the same thing regarding the decay.
Brilliantly explained and crisp and clear .. best sounding and explained tutorial on youtube .. thank you !
So cool to get how its done from a Pro!
Used to play by ear but now shown how to do it rightTY!!
brilliant tutorial, enjoyed every bit as well as bits of history
Eddie's Synth work on the soundtrack for "The Wild Life" is epic!
The advent of synthesizers into modern music was modern music as a genre. But the pioneering done by Bob Moog and the others at Arp and Sequential Circuits and countless others created a generation of sound and technology that spurred such beautiful creativity not simply in just the music, but equally important in the exploration of the sound and instruments as evidenced by your wonderful video. Thank you for this time travel experience and education.
🤩🤩🤩
Great history and synth knowledge!! Most enjoyable!
Man that sounds PERFECT!! Just so cool !!
I have recreated it with the Korg Minilogue and it sounds almost the same. Thanks for sharing your AWESOME WORK!
Always excellent content Anthony.
Thanks a lot,Sir!
Great walkthrough! Thank you!
It's a great riff on a great keyboard. Thanks for the video!
Anthony - Thanks for creating such beautiful videos! 💯
Maybe I am misunderstanding how this synth work, but usually with a standard ADSR, when sustain is full the decay knob does not have any effect anymore.
You are right
Keep the videos coming. Fantastic!
Been trying to recreate this sound for a while on my Kurzweils! Thanks for breaking this down.
Really enjoyed the MJ Thriller Doctor Mix colab!
A master! Thank you for sharing your wisdom,skills and talent. You explain everything very detailed. Love the hair!