Michael Jackson: Human Nature - 80s Vintage Synth Recreation

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One of my favorite tracks from the early 80s.
Human Nature by Michael Jackson from the album Thriller (1982)
Written by Steve Porcaro (Toto)

I used the Roland Juno-60 for the arpeggio and bass (original Jupiter-8), the Oberheim OB-Xa for pads, strings and horn sounds and the Emulator II for the Rhodes and guitar sounds."

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Alisa 1377: The Rare Soviet Synthesizer from the mid-80s

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Rodina Alisa 1377 - Soviet Analog Synthesizer (1985)
The Alisa 1377 is a rare monophonic analog synthesizer built in the Soviet Union during the mid-1980s.
Manufactured at the Lyubertsy Military Radioplant 'Rodina' near Moscow.
A lead synthesizer intended not for mainstream pop, but for experimental electronic music, sound design, film work and research.
Produced in small numbers, making surviving the units rare.
The Alisa 1377 is fully analog. All waveforms can be used individually or in combination. Frequency modulation (FM) available for all waves.
Pulse width modulation (PWM) with adjustable width and depth.
Octave switches (+1 / +2) and portamento. The sound character is warm, raw and a bit instable. Unconventional compared to western synths. The self-oscillating filter and the FM options allow for metallic, droning, and very experimental tones.



The video sequences are made by Natalja Smirnowa in Dec 2025 in Sankt Pertersburg (Russia)

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The Cars: Drive - 80s Vintage Synth Recreation

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One of my favorite tracks from the mid 80s.
Drive by The Cars from the album Heartbeat City (1984)
Written by Ric Ocasek

Drive is a classic 80s ballad known for its beautiful, melancholic synthesized atmosphere.
Featured the Roland JX-3P and Yamaha DX7 II Synthesizer

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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."

Nord Modular: The Synthesizer Defined RetroSound's Way

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I was one of the first Nord Modular user in germany.
I programmed a lot sound patches for the factory library in the years 1997-1999 and that open many doors for me. You can find my patches with the name 'Marko Ettlich' on the first module.

I had the Nord Modular many years and later the Nord Micro Modular. Happy Times and great memories.
You hear a few demo sounds from the archive (NM demo & demo from different music magazines like keys and keyboards)

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Roland VP-330 ~ The Iconic String & Choir Synth From Vangelis

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The unique choral textures of the Roland VP-330 are explored in this video, showcasing its potential in music production. Viewers are shown how this classic synthesizer a distinctive layer of vintage warmth.
The iconic, almost ethereal sound of the VP-330's 'choir' and 'human voice' presets, highlighting why it stood out in its era.

Demo Track: MinoTaurus

additional gear:
Moog Taurus bass pedal
Roland Juno-60 Synthesizer
Korg KR-55B drum machine

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Waldorf Microwave ~ The German Sound Cooking Studio ~

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When I started making music about 30 years ago, I didn't have any space in my old apartment, so I only bought space-saving rack synthesizers. One of the first devices I bought back then was the Waldorf Microwave. Here's a little demo track with self programmed sounds I made back then. I've never released it before."

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1010music Bento Meet Vintage Synthesizer Studio

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A journey into integrating the 1010music bento into a vintage synthesizer studio is embarked upon. The seamless blending of modern sampling and sequencing capabilities with classic analog warmth is explored.

After familiarising myself with my new toy from 1010music last week, the next step was to integrate it into my existing setup in a meaningful way. Bento takes over the work of the drummachine (LM1 samples), the control and recording of the Juno-106 and Casio CZ-101. I deliberately chose not to use a PC, I let Bento do the most things. Even the processing and effects.

Interested?
❤️ I have the 1010music bento in my Thomann shop: https://thmn.to/thocf/h9izhzc4wh

Demo Tracks by RetroSound:
0:06 bento and Roland Juno-106
2:12 bento and Casio CZ-101
4:55 bento and Roland Juno-106
7:45 bento and Roland Juno-106

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Korg Polysix - Italo Disco Synthesizer

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The unique sonic character of the Korg Polysix is explored, revealing how its classic warmth and modulation capabilities contributed to the iconic Italo Disco sound.

One of my favorite italo disco tracks from the early 80s.
Connecting Flight by Roman Romanelli from the album Connecting Flight (1982)

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ARP QUADRA 🎹

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ARP QUADRA 🎹

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Building a Synthwave track from autumn inspirations 🎹🍂

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Synthwave with the Yamaha DX7 II and the Roland Juno-106.
A ride on my motorcycle through the autumnal countryside around my town in middle of germany. 🍂

Roland Juno-106 Analog Synthesizer (bassline, add sounds)
Yamaha DX7 II (main theme, fx sounds, strings)
E-MU Emulator II Sampling Synthesizer (guitar sample)
Simmons SDS8 e-drum module
LinnDrum drum machine

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The Sound of Prince with the Oberheim 🎹

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One of my favorite tracks from the 80s.
When Doves Cry by Prince from the album Purple Rain (1984)

I used the 1010music bento with LM-1 samples and tuned the sound.
The bento works great as sample based drummachine for me.


And I used the Oberheim OB-Xa synthesizer for all synth sounds.
I played the guitar sample with the E-MU Emulator II."

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The Sound of Berlin`s Take My Breath Away

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One of my favorite tracks from the 80s.
Take My Breath Away by the group Berlin from the album: Count Three & Pray 1986
featured the Yamaha DX7 II, the Emulator II and the Linndrum

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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."

1010music bento ~ The Sampling Synthesizer and Sequencing Workhorse

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Last week arrived my prize from the Keyboards Synthesizer competition. 🙂 Some of you voted for me. Yes, no vintage synthesizer. :D I promised I would make a demo. And here we are.

Call me crazy, but I couldn't tear myself away from it all weekend. I loaded all my drum machine samples from the last 30 years into the box, along with waveforms from my synthesizers. This thing is a sound and performance monster. Even as a sampling drum machine alone, it's worth its weight in gold. Sampling with extensive editing options such as slicing, chopping up samples, multi-sampling , real-time and step sequencing, granular synthesis, etc. Everything under one roof. Bento works scene-based like Ableton Live, for example, which means you first build the individual components and then put everything together into a song at the end. The advantage of this is that you can rebuild and rearrange the song in real time over and over again.
It's still in the early stages of development and updates are coming out all the time, but even in its current state, Bento is super awesome.

here is the bento:
0:06 Intro
0:18 Sample Processing
1:08 Granular
1:36 Track Programming
2:47 RetroSound Demo Song 1 (Electro)
3:56 RetroSound Demo Song 2 (Synthwave)
5:29 Drum Sample Processing

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Roland Jupiter-4: The Analog Polyphonic Pioneer 🎹

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Roland Jupiter-4 - The Analog Polyphonic Pioneer
A deep dive into my favorite Jupiter the Roland Jupiter-4, exploring its unique features and the reasons it is often overshadowed despite its significant contributions. The enduring legacy of the Roland Jupiter-4, a foundational analog polyphonic synthesizer, is explored in this video. Its pioneering sound and significant impact on electronic music are highlighted.

I used in the demo track:
Roland Jupiter-4 (1978) most sounds
Roland TR-808 (1982) drums
PPG wave 2.2 (1982) choir sounds"

Yamaha AN1x

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YAMAHA AN1x Synthesizer Factory Demo Tracks

YAMAHA AN1x Synthesizer Factory Demo Tracks

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I had the Yamaha AN1x synthesizer in the late 90s.

AN1x factory track list:
0:06 King of AN
1:19 Slapper
2:57 Vintages
3:51 Hardcore
5:11 Kangaroo
6:16 MegaDron
6:54 Splinklr
7:45 Rocket
8:29 Wonder
9:17 With CS1x

All tracks performed and mastered by Yamaha.

The Yamaha AN1x is a virtual analog synthesizer from the year 1997
10 Voices
2 Oscillators per voice
FM, Ringmodulator, Sync, Edge
resonant 12/18/24dB/ low/band/hi pass filter + hi pass
Arpeggiator , Step-Sequencer
digital FX

You hear the factory tracks from the AN1x.
All tracks performed and mastered by Yamaha.

The AN1x playlist:"

One of the most rare synths 🎹 Logan Vocalist

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YAMAHA CS1x Synthesizer Factory Demo Tracks

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I had the Yamaha CS1x synthesizer in the mid 90s and programmed a few sounds for the Yamaha user library.

CS1x factory track list:
0:06 AnaLuner
2:13 TRANSIT
3:34 ArpTech
5:14 EASTWEST
6:19 KnobTech
7:53 FRIDGE
9:16 HipHpGrv
10:43 NY BABE

The Yamaha CS1x is a sample ROM synthesizer with AWM2 sound engine especially for 90s dance music styles.
Basic playmode is the performance mode which a maximum of 4 layered PCM patch-samples.
4,5 MB sample ROM.
128 ROM presets
128 RAM user patches

The filter is a digital lowpass 24/oct with resonance.
Arpeggiator with 30 presets.
MIDI.
FX with Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Distortion and 43 variations

You hear some factory tracks from the CS1x.
All tracks performed and mastered by Yamaha.

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The Rmif Opus string synthesizer from the USSR

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Theme From A Summer Place by Percy Faith (1959)
Written from Max Steiner

I used my old soviet trio RMIF Opus string synthesizer, Elektronika EM-26 vocoder/strings, Alisa 1377 analog synthesizer and some orchestral samples from my Emax sample library.

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."

Recreating a Classic 80s Synthwave Track 🎹❤️

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I remastered my old 80s synthwave track Day Off. Over 15 years old.
I used the Roland Juno-60, the SCI Pro-One and the Roland TR-707
dawless recording, no MIDI, all played live


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