Title link takes you to a previous post I put up on Ultravox Synths. Micke just posted the following on
this VSE thread.
Did you know:
1) that the fat bass line on Ultravox' song "Slow Motion" (off of Systems of romance, 1978) was actually played by Chris Cross on his EMS-Synthi?
2) that the EMS synthi, Arp Odyssey (and Elka Rhapsody) were the only synths used for U-Vox' 2nd album "Ha, Ha, Ha" (1977)?
3) that the Elka Rhapsody 610 was used for the string sounds on U-vox' first three albums?
4) that Brian Eno programmed the Minimoog (his own synth) on the early U-vox songs "My way" and "Slip Away"?
5) that the kick drum, snare and hi-hat on U'vox' cues "Dislocation" were done on Billy Currie's Arp Odyssey with lots of fx added?
6) that the Minimoog is responsible for the bassline on "Quite Man"
7) that the Oberheim OB-X was used mainly for solos on U-vox album "Rage in Eden"?
8) that Billy Currie bought a Yamaha CS-80 in late 1979 and used it on songs like "Mr.X" (Vienna), "Western promise" (Vienna") "I Remember" (Rage In Eden), "Hymn" (Quartet)?
9) that U-vox' main string-machine between 1980-1984 was the Yamaha SS-30?
10) that the Yamaha GS-1 FM synthesizer was used for the solo in "Mine for life"?
11) that the EMS-Synthi was U-vox's very first synth back in early '77 or thereabouts?
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Also see
Midge Ure on the Minimoog used for the bassline in Viena.