SCI Prophet VS sound design tutorial VS Choir

Published on Jun 10, 2014 RetroSound·289 videos

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part 13: The synthetic choir sound in Ella, Elle L`a" from France Gall (1987)

very important is the wave, the envelope settings

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Roland JD-800 sound design tutorial Space Drone

Published on Jun 4, 2014 RetroSound·288 videos

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part 14: the deep space drone sound in the movie "Alien"

very important is the Noise Wave, the pitch and filter settings

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KORG Polysix sound design tutorial Tears For Fears

Published on May 22, 2014 RetroSound·284 videos

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part 11: the hollow synth sound in "Start Of The Breakdown" from Tears For Fears

very important is the VCO waveform (pulse) and the envelope settings

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Roland Juno-60 sound design tutorial Cyndi Lauper

Published on May 20, 2014 RetroSound·284 videos

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part 10: the arpeggio sound in "All Through The Night" from Cyndi Lauper.

very important is the VCO waveform (pulse) and the envelope settings

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Moog Source sound design tutorial New Order

Published on May 16, 2014 RetroSound·281 videos

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part 9: the bass sound in "Blue Monday" from New Order

very important is the VCO waveform and the filter settings
this is the dry synth sound.

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Moog Minimoog sound design tutorial Gary Numan

Published on May 13, 2014 RetroSound·281 videos

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part 8: the infamous synthesizer sound in "Are Friends Electric" from Gary Numan.

very important is the VCO pulse width and the filter settings

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SCI Pro-One sound design tutorial Yazoo

Published on May 8, 2014 RetroSound·279 videos

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part 7: the percussive bass synthesizer sound "Don`t Go" from Yazoo.

very important is the VCO waveform (square, triangel) and the envelope settings with short decay.

this is no cover song. only a sound demo. ;) try it!

unfortunately it came to a few disturbing noises during the recording. the output level was a bit too high. ;-)

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Roland Jupiter-4 sound design tutorial Human League

Published on May 7, 2014 RetroSound·278 videos

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part 6: the rich and dark synthesizer sound in the early Reproduction album from The Human League.

very important is the VCO pulse width modulation and the envelope settings

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PPG Wave sound design tutorial Depeche Mode

Published on May 1, 2014 RetroSound·276 videos

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part five: the wave choir sound in "See You" from Depeche Mode

very important is the special formant wavetable, the pitch modulation and the filter settings

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Moog Taurus Sound Design Tutorial Rush

Published on Apr 29, 2014 RetroSound·275 videos

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part four: the deep bass sweep sound in "Tom Sawyer" from Rush

very important is the filter resonance and the envelope modulation"

Oberheim OB-X sound design tutorial Killing Joke

Published on Apr 26, 2014 RetroSound·274 videos

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part three: the airy pad sound in "Love Like Blood" from Killing Joke

very important is the filter resonance and the slow pitch modulation."

ARP Odyssey Sound Design Tutorial Ultravox

Published on Apr 24, 2014 RetroSound·273 videos

 "(c) 2014 vintage synthesizer sound tutorial series by RetroSound part two: the agressive synth lead sound from the new wave group Ultravox. very important is the oscillator sync function and the pitch modulation. unfortunately it came to a few disturbing noises during the recording. the output level was a bit too high for the electric mistress guitar pedal. ;-)"

Oberheim OB-Xa Sound Design Tutorial Foreigner

Published on Apr 16, 2014 RetroSound·271 videos

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part one: the haunting pad sound in Foreigners "Waiting For A Girl Like You"

the sound in the original song is made with the huge Oberheim OB-Xa Analog Synthesizer (1981) and layered with a simple OB sweep pad sound.

very important is the filter resonance (12dB/oct) and the pitch modulation."