Monkee Funk

video upload by Happy Noises

"Monkee Funk Emu Emax factory disk song
Eventide H90 reverb added"

Follow-up to Emu Emax Factory Disk Songs

Miami Vice Crockett`s Theme ~ Vintage Synthesizer Recreation ~ RetroSound

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One of my favorite tracks.
Miami Vice Soundtrack - Crockett`s Theme
made by Jan Hammer (1986)

All parts made with the E-MU Emulator II (1984)

This cover song series contains my own recreations of my favourite songs from the last 50 years. The original music from which I take inspiration belong to their respective owners. I recreate tracks only for personal passion and to pay homage to these tracks.
My intention is not to create covers that sound exactly like the original (if you want to hear identical sounds, please listen the original). It's more of an inspiration with my sounds from the old synthesizers from the past and of course the great appreciation for the original performers and producers.
Check out the original songs with the original artists here on YouTube.
Thank you."

Emu Emax Factory Disk Songs

video uploads by Happy Noises

Playlist: 1. Emax! E-Emax!

Emu Emax “Yamaheimer” factory disk song “Emax! E-Emax”
(Eventide SP2016 reverb added)

2. BigMuff Rock

Emu Emax factory disk song “BigMuff Rock”
Eventide H90 reverb added

3. Crimsonite

Emu Emax factory disk song “Crimsonite”
Eventide H90 reverb added

4. Papa Rock

Papa Rock Emu Emax factory disk song
Eventide H90 reverb added

5. Burundi Lust

Burundi Lust Emu Emax factory disk song
Eventide H90 reverb added

Frankie Goes To Hollywood Two Tribes ~ Vintage Synthesizer Recreation ~ RetroSound

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Two Tribes
One of my favorite tracks from the 80s.
by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Produced by Trevor Horn

All parts made with the E-MU Emulator II (1984)

This cover song series contains my own recreations of my favourite songs from the last 50 years. The original music from which I take inspiration belong to their respective owners. I recreate tracks only for personal passion and to pay homage to these tracks.
My intention is not to create covers that sound exactly like the original (if you want to hear identical sounds, please listen the original). It's more of an inspiration with my sounds from the old synthesizers from the past and of course the great appreciation for the original performers and producers.
Check out the original songs with the original artists here on YouTube.
Thank you.

RetroSound synthesizer demo videos since january 2007.
Everything is free. If you like my work, you can also support me with the purchase of my merchandise stuff or my music.
Shop: https://retrosound.creator-spring.com/
Bandcamp: https://retrosound.bandcamp.com/album..."

EM-U - Emulator E4X Turbo Sampler +USB Floppy Emulator

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E-mu Mo’Phatt Demo

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"Multitracked demo of Mo’Phatt. Only tweaked presets and for some sounds additional fx (Space reverb and Waves delay) used."

Best of E-MU Emax Sampling Synthesizer ~ RetroSound Demo

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Best of E-MU Emax Sampling Synthesizer
all sounds: E-MU Emax SE (1986)

Setlist
0:06 Intro
0:20 Dark Planet
0:45 Forbidden Land
0:58 Hearts Of Iron
1:49 Andromeda
2:23 Black Hole
2:37 Stop And Go
2:56 Elektroschrott
3:52 Aggro
4:30 Baikal-Amur-Magistrale
5:32 Metal-Synth
6:09 Anomalie
6:37 Arco Strings
6:48 Demontage
7:23 80s Cinema
7:30 Liquid Stack Track
8:09 Monks
8:35 Your Room
8:43 Sampling
8:55 Scream
9:23 Spectrum Synthesis
9:44 Slowdown
10:11 The Village
10:35 The Lost House In The Woods

Here is the full Emax playlist with a lot sampling sound demos, sampling tutorials and one synth demo tracks.
E-MU Emax Playlist:"

1970s EMU vintage analog modular synthesizer catalogs

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"Two EMU modular system catalogs. One is an original from the 70s/80s and the other is a photocopy of an earlier one.

Both have pictures and specifications of the modules available for each system. Talks about the system and its functions, how to order etc."

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Best of E-MU EMULATOR II Sampling Synthesizer ~ RetroSound Demo

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Best of E-MU EMULATOR II Sampling Synthesizer
all sounds: E-MU EMULATOR II (1984)

Setlist
0:06 Intro
0:18 Heart Of Noise
1:12 de Lune
1:25 Retro Beat

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String Samples Tutorial: How a Vintage Sampler can Blow Away Vienna Instruments

video upload by Off The Matrix

"Vintage samplers are capable of great dynamics that were never realized with the old patches. Much material is covered in this video. A brief review of the Vienna Instruments Chamber Violins, how to send samples to the Sy99 and more. Near the end I provide an Oberheim Matrix 12 strings sample to layer with acoustic strings.

0:00 Introduction
1:20 Vienna Instruments Chamber Strings review
3:05 EMU Emulator III Chamber Violins
3:29 How to dump samples to the Yamaha SY99
5:29 Vienna Instruments EG compared to the SY99 EG
6:03 Setting up string samples
7:25 Setting the envelopes.
9:40 New card for SY77
10:12 Oberheim Matrix 12 strings sample
12:53 Closing"

E-MU Systems SP-12 Turbo 8-Voice Drum Sampler SN 2317

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"Very well preserved and fully working, near mint original condition. This is expanded, Turbo version with maximum sampling time. Sounds great."

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Madonna: "Into the Groove" Recreated using the same gear!!

video upload by Neon Nights: 1980s Music Production

"Hey guys!
This video and recreation of Madonna 1985 hit 'Into the Groove' has been a labor of love.

After obtaining the original Multitrack master (I cannot share). I was able to dive in and recreate each sound, and arrangement using the same synths as the original song. With the exception of a MKS 80, ( BASS) TR-727 (I used samples), and an Emulator II (for the PIANO solo).

It took over a week to map out, arrange, record, and mix. It was a ton of fun learning how the song was made. It was recorded with a UAD Apollo 16 , and Luna.

I hope you enjoy ! Comment please!

-Jon"

Thief (1981) complete "Igneous" scene (music by TD)

video upload by kovalmoog

"The whole scene of Thief (1981) with TD's re-edition of 'Thru Metamorphic Rocks' theme, renamed as 'Igneous' in the OST release.
The film version is by far more extensive than Thief CD version.
Enjoy that sequence !"

TD = Tangerine Dream.

Curious what they were using back then. According to this thread, they used the following on tour during that time period:

Live in East Berlin, 31st Jan 1980

Chris Franke:
Custom modular synthesizer (comprising of about 50% Moog and 50%
Projekt Electronik):
Moog Oscx2/R.M./VCF/VCAs
Projekt Elektronik VcEnvx2 & Proj. Elek. 2VCO/W.Noise/R.M./Waves (for Drums)
Digital sequencer & trigger selector
Programmer for above (SCI model 700 programmer)
Synth sound bank (for above)
Moog 960 sequential controller x2
Projekt elektronik sequence controller x2
Moog 3-band parametric
Moog 12 stage phaser
Moog 920 programmer
Moog 16-channel vocoder
Rhythm robot sequencer
Emu Oddity voice card
12 analogue drum sounds
Drum envelope unit
Drum EPROM sampled sounds
and more...

Oberheim OB-1
Prophet 5 (rev 2)
Minimoog
Korg PE-2000 polyphonic Ensemble
Elka Rhapsody 610 string machine.

Edgar Froese:
custom Moog modular synthesizer (3 box units comprising Moog modules and sequencers plus sequence controllers from Projekt Electronic)
Prophet 5 rev 2
PPG Sonic Carrier 1003 programmable duophonic DCO/DCF/DCA based synthesizer
PPG Wavecomputer 360 polyphonic digital synthesizer
PPG 350 keyboard sequencer
Arp Pro-DGX monophonic preset synthesizer
Korg PE-2000 polyphonic ensemble
Roland MC-8 microcomposer
Roland VC-10 vocoder
Arp/Solina string ensemble
Mellotron mk V

Johannes Schmoelling:
- Minimoog
- Yamaha CP-80 electric grand
- Oberheim 4-voice
- Elka Rhapsody 610
- Polymoog
- Korg PS-3100
- Synthanorma sequencer

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European tours (Nov-Dec 1980 & Jan-Feb 1981):

Equipment used:

Chris Franke:
Moog/PE modular tower as above
Minimoog
Arp Odyssey mk III
Elka Rhapsody 610
Prophet 5 rev 2

Edgar Froese:
Projekt Elektronik modular synthesizer & sequencers (used by Peter Baumann during '76 and '77)
PPG 340 A Generator Unit, PPG340 B Processor Unit, PPG380 Event Generator, PPG x 2 Terminals, PPG x 2 Computer Keyboards,
Oberheim OB-X

He may have used some more keyboards during these tours but I'm not sure which ones (possibly the Arp pro-DGX, the PPG Sonic carrier or the PPG
360 wavecomputer?)

Johannes Schmoelling:
Moog modular synthesizer (usually handled by Edgar Froese on stage)
Minimoog
Polymoog
Prophet 5 rev 2
Yamaha CP-80 electric grand

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British Isles tour (Oct-Nov 1981):

Equipment used:

Chris Franke:
Moog/PE modular tower as above
Minimoog
Arp Odyssey mk III
Elka Rhapsody 610
Prophet 5 rev 2

Edgar Froese:
PPG 360 wavecomputer
PPG Wave 2
Arp Pro-DGX
Korg PE-2000 poly-ensemble
PPG 5-octave keyboard controller
Custom sequencer (by Helmut Groethe)

Johannes Schmoelling:
Minimoog
Oberheim OB-X (handled by Froese on previous tours)
Custom sequencer (like Edgar's)

Synth Stacks - Seeing Double

A couple of pics in via supporting member, Soundray.

Seeing double applies more to the bottom pic.

Left:
Emu Proteus 2500
Emu Audity 2000
Emu Proteus/2 XR Orchestral
Emu Proteus/2 XR
Emu Proteus 2000
Emu Ultra Proteus
Emu Vintage Keys
Emu Proteus FX
Emu Orbit The Dance Planet 9090
Emu Carnaval Lugando Con Fuego
Emu Planet Phatt
Emu Xtreme Lead-1
Emu Orbit-3
Emu Virtuoso 2000
Emu B-3

Below:
Novation Supernova II x 2
Korg O3R/W
Korg M3R
Korg O1R/W x 2
Korg M1R
Korg Wavestation A/D x 2
Roland JV-2080
Roland JV-2080 Expanded
Roland Super JD x 2
Roland Super JV x 2

E-mu Systems EMAX-II Model 2205 SN 06100669

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E-MU Systems Emulator III SN 0480515

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This is the one in the video posted earlier today here.

Pics of the inside below.

"E-mu Emulator EIII in amazing shape and fully functional condition. It has the original 8mb sample memory installed. The hard & floppy drives have been upgraded with a SD SCSI drive (scsi2Sd) which allows the machine to boot and load banks easily/quickly. The machine was last serviced a little over 4 years ago and has been a work horse ever since."

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EIII 10/29/23

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"Loading PPG Banks on my EIII while holding headphones up to my phone."

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E-mu Planet Phatt with Operation Manual

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E-MU Systems Emulator II SN 1625

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"Everyone has probably heard or seen this sampler at some point in their life (whether they knew or not) Probably most famously used by Depeche Mode, but its was the prime choice for many bands in the 80's. It had great sounding sample libraries to cover most of your bases. Or you could sample your own sounds in. It recorded at a whopping 8-bits with a total of 17.5 seconds. That might not sound like a lot by today's standards but it had a special quality that gave it a distinct character. The real magic came from the analog VCFs and VCAs that finish out the signal chain. On top of all that, it was also 8 part multi-timbral (also 8 voice polyphonic) with a built in sequencer. This could essentially run your most of your show back in the day!

This particular unit is in really great shape and had the original top 5 inch floppy drive replaced with a much faster and larger HXC SD digital drive. Includes an SD card loaded with tons of classic sounds!"

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DX5 performing Depeche Mode "Fools" (updated)

video upload by DX5

"Updating DM Fools, a cover I already perfomed 14 years ago [posted here]. Originally 'Love, In Itself' single B side (Construction Time Again era).

Gear used:
Left: Kurzweil PC1x
Right: Roland JX-8P
Emu Emax 1 (with DX7, JX8P and Kurzweil samples)
Emu Emax II (Library samples)
Backtrack recorded on its entirely by me from scratch on Pro Tools (including sequencing drums, bass, etc)
Original song composed by Alan Wilder
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara"