MOTM Madness - Featuring Yamaha GX1 Filter clone

The Yamaha GX1 was the great behemoth that led to the more affordable Yamaha CS80. The sweeping brass sounds in Blade Runner are the CS80 courtesy of Vangelis. One thing that absolutely makes the CS80 is the character of the filter. It is extremely distinct and offers a character to the CS series sound that is unmistakably unique. It's a gorgeous sounding filter and the MOTM-485 diode filter captures it. You can hear a bit of it in the demo. I asked Paul about the demo sounding a bit out of tune and he said that's just Dave Wright. Good enough for me. Enjoy. : )

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Track module listing from the man behind MOTM himself:

http://www.carrionsound.com/485plasticworld.mp3

- five tracks in multitrack
- one track - bassline - vco-485vcf-mixer-soundcard (midi 2 cv controlled)
- one track - fast bassline - vco - 485vcf-mixer-soundcard (midi 2 cv w/ gate on burst generator to adsr to vcf)
- one track - drone - vco-time machine-490vcf(w/ lfo on it) -mixer-soundcard
- one track - drone - vco-infinet melody generator-phaser-mixer-soundcard
- one track - mpc1000 w/ beats - 485 vcf (w/ hand tweaking) - to soundcard - to mixer
- MOTM-485 diode filter based on the Yamaha GX-1 circuitry (mainly) + other MOTM goodness

Paul S.

Update:
I was trying to figure out a good way to describe the GX1/CS80 filter. I wanted to say nasal, but not quite. I just realized how much is sounds like processing sounds through a swarm of buzzing bees. I also was trying to think of what this particular track reminded me of and realized it's Ultravox. Like something that could have been on a b-side from the Rage in Eden days.