Two videos:
The official processed video. The OMNI sounds silky and smoothed out a bit.
The live/raw video. You can really hear the raw sound of the OMNI hear.
Friday, March 10, 2006
The Song That Made String Synths Famous
Well, in my world at least. Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart. I beleive this is an ARP OMNI 2. If not please correct me in the comments and I'll update the post. For years I've heard it's either a Solina or OMNI. In the video it's clearly and Omni. I do know New Order later used and ARP Quadra for their strings. ARP all the way for them. Links below.
Two videos:
The official processed video. The OMNI sounds silky and smoothed out a bit.
The live/raw video. You can really hear the raw sound of the OMNI hear.
Two videos:
The official processed video. The OMNI sounds silky and smoothed out a bit.
The live/raw video. You can really hear the raw sound of the OMNI hear.
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'Love Rollercoaster' by the Ohio Players featured a string synth hook in the chorus. This was a top 40 hit in 1975 (give or take a year. I'm pretty sure this was the song that made the string synth famous, except now I'm remembering Gary Wrights 'Dream Weaver' from a year or two before...
ReplyDeleteDreamweaver, definitely. Sucrose Omni strings lovingly massaged by one David Foster, as I recall.
ReplyDeleteI still remember hearing those fizzy slabs of 'Not Mellotron' and recoiling in horror.
Yes, it was an ARP Omni on Love Will Tear Us Apart, treated through a Melos DE1 analogue echo.
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