SynthMania quick tip #1 - The 1980s synth arpeggio

YouTube Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Jan 8, 2012

"I'm starting a new series of "Quick Tips" videos - short tutorials in which I'll describe several techniques (new and old) used in the synthesizer world. This is the first video, the "1980s Limahl-style" synth arpeggio."

SynthMania quick tip #2 - ''Acid Rave'' 303 sound

YouTube Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Jan 8, 2012

"How to obtain the classic "aggressive" 303 acid rave popular in the early 1990s.
Instruments used:
Roland TB-303 bassline
BYOC E.S.V. fuzz (germanium version)
Boss DD-3 digital delay
Roland TR-909 drum machine"

Synthmania quick tip #21 - FullTines on 1st gen DX7

Published on Apr 13, 2020 SynthMania

"Synthmania quick tip #21 - the classic 'FullTines' patch applied to the 1st generation DX7. It's very easy to do, just load the DX7 II patches sysex into the original DX7. The DX7 II factory patches are freely available on the Internet."

Synthmania quick tip #23 - How To Play The Paradise Synth

video upload by SynthMania

With the Roland Juno-60.

SynthMania quick tip posts

Synthmania quick tip #10 - The Hi-NRG fast sequenced synths

Published on Oct 29, 2013 SynthMania·282 videos

"Number 10 in the SynthMania quick tips series - here's one way to obtain the classic "Hi-NRG fast sequenced synths" used in many hits of the '80s."

Synthmania quick tip #14 - Chord Memory

Published on Mar 14, 2017 SynthMania

"The 'Chord Memory' function - featured on many synths of the past - but also of today."

With a KORG Poly-61M

Synthmania quick tip #11 - The Mr. Fingers ''Can you feel it'' bass line

Published on Nov 3, 2013 SynthMania·284 videos

"How to achieve the classic Larry Heard 'Can You Feel It' bass line"

Synthmania quick tip #13 - The Moog Source ''Blue Monday'' patch

Published on Dec 16, 2015

"My 'quick tips' series is back, with a mega-classic synth bass patch, New Order's 'Blue Monday'. I spent a good couple of hours tonight listening to the record and attempting to recreate the patch. I think I got fairly close. For most of the two hours I thought it was a couple of pulses, it turns out it was - I think - simply two saws. With an octave of interval between them. Enjoy.."

Synthmania quick tip #22 - How To Play The Awesome ''I Like To Move It'' Synth Riff

SynthMania

"The wonderfully catchy synth riff from Reel 2 Real I Like To Move It"

Synthmania quick tip #15 - Synthesizer Gated Lines

Published on Mar 14, 2017 SynthMania

"Playing a gated synthesizer line with the classic studio gate effect, the Drawmer DS201"

Roland Juno-60, TR-707, & Arturia MicroBrute.

SynthMania quick tip #7 - the Cocteau Twins style sound

YouTube Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Feb 4, 2012

"Simulating the typical dreamy, spacey, ambient-type sound of the Cocteau Twins in the 1980s."

Cocteau Twins - Lazy Calm

Uploaded by sweatyballox on Sep 9, 2009

"Dreamy opener to Victorialand."

CLICK FOR MORE »

SynthMania quick tip #5 - the "Deee-Lite style" house organ chord

YouTube Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Jan 12, 2012

"I describe what I call the "Deee-Lite" house organ chord technique - sampling a chord in a sampler as it was common to do in 1990s House music."

SynthMania quick tip 4 - the 1980s stuttering synth bass lin

YouTube Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Jan 10, 2012

"How to obtain that classic 'stuttering' synth bass line, popular in many songs of the 1980s."

SynthMania quick tip #6 - Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" Roland TR-808 pattern

YouTube Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Jan 29, 2012

"A tutorial on how to recreate the Roland TR-808 two-measure pattern from the classic hit "Sexual Healing", by Marvin Gaye"

Synthmania quick tip #8 - The Italo Dance house piano sound

Published on Feb 8, 2013 SynthManiaDotCom·238 videos

"The classic Korg M1 piano was widely used in Italo Dance / House in the early 1990s."

Synthmania quick tip #9 - The 1980s pop ballad sound

Published on May 28, 2013 SynthManiaDotCom·246 videos

"One of the typical keyboard-based setups that were used in the '80s for ballads.
Moog Minimoog: synth bass
Roland TR-808: drum machine
Yamaha DX7: electric piano"

SynthMania quick tip #3 - the 1980s bouncy octave bass

YouTube Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Jan 9, 2012

"How to obtain that classic "bouncy" octave bass in vogue in the 1980s."