Oberheim OB-Xa + "crazy" Moog Source

YouTube via retrosound72 | November 16, 2010

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

vco-sync, glide and pad sounds: Oberheim OB-Xa analog synthesizer
bass sequence: Moog Source internal sequencer

Unfortunately the Source is a bit detuned after the beginning of this recording (legendary Crazy Source Syndrome)"

E-MU EMULATOR II Sampling Synthesizer (1984) Steppin`Out & The Story Behind Retrosound

Published on Nov 20, 2019 RetroSound

"(c) 2019 vintage synthesizer demo by RetroSound
supported by UVI: http://bit.ly/retrosound-uvi

all synthesizer sounds: E-MU #EMULATOR II #Sampling #Synthesizer (1984)
drums: Roland TR-707 (1985)
recording: multi-track, also I used the EIIs internal sequencer for recording
fx: reverb and delay

instrumental cover of Joe Jackson´s wonderful track Steppin`Out from the year 1982"

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I've been waiting for Retrosound's next video to share the following sent my way via Soviet Space Child. I'm not on Instagram myself, so I missed it. The cover above "Steppin' Out" is just a nice coincidence. :)

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The Story behind RetroSound: Most of you know my synthesizers, but very little about the person behind them, today there are some personal sentences from me. I grew up in the former GDR. Until I was 18 years old, I only knew synthesizers from the western tv. As teenager, I heard the music of Depeche Mode, Human League, Yazoo, Pink Floyd and Genesis. But the soundscapes of Vangelis and Jean-Michel Jarre also found their way into my ear. The first synthesizer sounds I probably perceived while secretly listening to the ELO album from my dad. As kid and teenager, I always dream of a bunch of synthesizers like my musical heroes did. There were no pictures of Playboy on my wall, like some of my age, but badly copied photographs of synths from western tv. I knew that it would only be a dream, because there was no legal way to leave the GDR. And I did not want to leave her either. Everything changed in 1989 and what nobody could ever expect became reality. Suddenly the objects of desire moved within range, but the necessary money was missing. It was not until 1998 that I bought my first synthesizer from my long and hard saved money. It was the Clavia Nord Modular. I plunged madly on the device and programmed sounds day and night. Then Clavia became aware of me in Sweden and so one thing came to another. From then on, countless of my sounds were found among the Nord Modular / Micro Modular factory sounds. That motivated me to do more. Then the Roland Juno-60 came into the house, my dream synth of the 80s and still my favorite. I had not much money, so I bought old synthesizers and restored them. Well at some point I had realized my childhood dream yet. Today I work as a freelance sound designer for UVI. I compose soundscapes for documentary films and advise musicians all over the world. And maybe some of you know my RetroSound Vintage Synthesizer Channel on YouTube. Since 2007 with demo tracks, sounds. What happened exactly 30 years ago has taken my whole life in a completely different direction. I'm very happy about that. 🙌 . #mauerfall #30jahremauerfall #neunternovember #DDR #wiedervereinigung #retrosound #synth #synthesizer #GDR #germany #1989 #mauerfall30

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Metronomy - The Look

Uploaded on Mar 21, 2011 metronomyofficial·82 videos

Yamaha EX-2 in this one. Spotted by Ian on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge.
Update via RetroSound in the comments: "the moogish synth solo is from the Moog Source." & "used synths in The Look Siel Orchestra, Minimoog, Moog Source and Juno-60 :)"

"Metronomy - The Look taken from the new album "The English Riviera"
Listen to the album : http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...
Download the album : http://smarturl.it/the-english-riviera

Subscribe to Metronomy's official channel: http://bit.ly/MetronomyYoutube

Directed by Lorenzo Fonda.

http://www.metronomy.co.uk

2011 Because Music (http://www.because.tv)"

Susan & Retro - DayTrip

YouTube Uploaded by susarom on Aug 30, 2011
Posting this one here vs. C for the Drumtraks. Remember, M is about gear spotting and demos - being able to focus on individual synths to get a feel for them. This one via The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Susan und Retro / darKRoom-Studio Reutlingen

Instruments:

Roland Juno 106
Drumtraks
Arturia CS-80
Edirol HQ Orchestral
E-Guitar (Stratocaster)
Korg MDX-E
Lexicon MPX

Video: Trip through Reutlingen
Cam: Marko Ettlich a.k.a. RetroSound
Driver: Susanne Romfeld a.k.a. Susan Rom"

RetroSound feat. Susan Rom "Floating Synth and Guitar"

YouTube via Uploaded by retrosound72 on Mar 6, 2011

"proudly presents the first colloboration from RetroSound vintage synths and Susan Rom music production.

"Floating Synth and Guitar"
used instruments:

Susan Rom live jam
guitar: Stratocaster
fx: CS-80 vst

RetroSound
synth: Oberheim OB-Xa
drums: SCI Drumtraks

more info here:
http://www.myspace.com/retrosound72 and
http://www.myspace.com/susanrom"

PPG Waveterm A + Wave 2.2 pt.2

YouTube via retrosound72 | Feb 23, 2011 |

Also added to the Part 1 post here.

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

PPG Waveterm A and Wave 2.2 Wavetable Synthesizer from the year 1982.

The Waveterm is the heart of the legendary PPG system and based on an old german computer called Eltec Eurocom II with Motorola 6809 processor.

- creation of Waves and Wavetables
- fourier analysis / resonator
- additive synthesis
- 8 bit Sampling for the WAVE 2.2
- sequencer / event generator
- storage of sounds on 8" disc

this second WT-A demo video shows a few samples from The Waveterm A library, sample edition and resynthesis. You hear only pure waveforms, no sounds."

Susan Rom - Moog Together ( The Art Of Let Go )

YouTube via susarom | February 22, 2011 | 1 likes, 0 dislikes

"Vide: Youtube

Music: Susan Rom"

via Marko of Retrosound.de
"Easy Muug 3.4 (Minimoog) plug in and the Easy Tauros (Taurus) plug In."

Oberheim OB-Xa + Minimoog "Electric Woman pt.2"

YouTube via retrosound72 | February 16, 2011 |

part 1 here Higher quality audio: http://soundcloud.com/retrosound/electric-woman-part-2

"vintage synth track by RetroSound

intro, strings and lead sounds: Oberheim OB-Xa
bassline: Moog Minimoog
drums: SCI Drumtraks
recording: multi-trak
(special thanks to susa for the assistance)"

Doepfer Dark Time Step Sequencer + ARP Odyssey

YouTube via retrosound72 | February 09, 2011 | 9 likes, 0 dislikes

"gear demo by RetroSound

Doepfer Dark Time Midi / CV Step Sequencer and ARP Odyssey
first short test over CV/Gate with the ARP.

The Dark Time is a nice step-sequencer with 2x8 steps or up to 16 steps - MIDI in/out and CV/Gate in/out
- shuffle settings and many more"

PPG Waveterm A + Wave 2.2 Video

YouTube via retrosound72 | February 02, 2011 |

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

PPG Waveterm A and Wave 2.2 Wavetable Synthesizer from the year 1982.

The Waveterm is the heart of the legendary PPG system and based on an old german computer called Eltec Eurocom II with Motorola 6809 processor.

- creation of Waves and Wavetables
- fourier analysis / resonator
- additive synthesis
- 8 bit Sampling for the WAVE 2.2
- sequencer / event generator
- storage of sounds on 8" disc

this first demo video shows only a few functions (creation of waves, wavetables) of the Waveterm A. more coming soon."

PPG Waveterm A + Wave 2.2 pt.2

YouTube via retrosound72 | Feb 23, 2011 |

"this second WT-A demo video shows a few samples from The Waveterm A library, sample edition and resynthesis. You hear only pure waveforms, no sounds."

Sequential Circuits Prophet VS Vector Synthesizer (1986)

YouTube via retrosound72 | January 26, 2011 | 4 likes, 0 dislikes

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

Sequential Circuits Prophet VS Vector Synthesizer from the year 1986.

part2: a few of my favorite VS sounds

- 8 Voices
- 4 Oscillators per voice
- 96 preset waveforms + 32 user waveforms
- analog 24 dB/oct lowpass Curtis CEM3389 VCF
- analog VCA CEM 3360
- Arpeggiator

Update:

Sequential Circuits Prophet VS Vector Synthesizer pt.2

YouTube Uploaded by retrosound72 on Jan 16, 2012

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

Sequential Circuits Prophet VS Vector Synthesizer from the year 1986.

- 8 Voices
- 4 Oscillators per voice
- 96 preset waveforms + 32 user waveforms
- analog 24 dB/oct lowpass Curtis CEM3389 VCF
- analog VCA CEM 3360
- Arpeggiator"

PPG wave 2.2 Wavetable Synthesizer (1982) pt.1

YouTube via retrosound72 | January 12, 2011 |


retrosound72 | January 19, 2011 |

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

PPG Wave 2.2 Wavetable Synthesizer from the year 1982.

part1: some typical classic Wave 2.2 sounds
part2: the different functions (coming soon)


The PPG Wave 2.2 is the direct successor of the Wave 2 but with 2 oscillators. He is one of the greatest synths ever. A real classic! Only 500 Wave 2.2 were manufactured.

The sound character is different to the later Waldorf Microwave synths and a little bit different to the Wave 2.3. The nice SSM 2044 filter make the sounds so warm and incredible.

- 8 Voices
- 2 to 16 Oscillators per voice
- 30 Wavetables with 64 waves per table
- analog 24 dB/oct lowpass SSM 2044 VCF
- Curtis CEM 3360 VCAs
- micro processor (6809)
- 8Bit DACs

Used by: Trevor Horn (Propaganda, Art Of Noise, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Grace Jones), Ultravox, Depeche Mode, Talk Talk, Tears For Fears, Thomas Dolby, The Fixx, Thompson Twins, Gary Numan and much more"

Roland JD-800 + Oberheim OB-Xa "Baltic Sea"

YouTube via retrosound72 | January 05, 2011 |

"vintage synth track by RetroSound

'Baltic Sea' ambient track

lead sound and pads: Roland JD-800 (4 layer changing)
bass drone: Oberheim OB-Xa (hold mode)

all baltic sea pics made by me."

Yamaha DX7 II + Roland JD-800 + SCI Pro-One + Drumtraks

YouTube via retrosound72 | December 29, 2010 |

"vintage synth track by RetroSound

lead sound + fx: Yamaha DX7 II FD
pads: Roland JD-800
bass: SCI Pro-One, triggered by the Drumtraks
drums: SCI Drumtraks"

Logan String Melody II "Friends-SFS"

YouTube via retrosound72 | December 21, 2010 | 4 likes, 0 dislikes

"vintage keyboard track by RetroSound

'Friends - Song for Susa'

Merry Christmas all my friends and fans. Thank you for watching, the great comments and the support.

instruments:
Hohner/Logan String Melody II (1979)
drums: Roland TR-808"

SCI Prophet VS + Pro-One "Electric Woman"

YouTube via retrosound72 | December 14, 2010 |

"vintage synth demo track by RetroSound

intro sample/hold + lead sound: SCI Prophet VS
bassline: SCI Pro-One internal sequencer, triggered by the TR-707
drums: Roland TR-707"

Oberheim OB-X + OB-Xa Analog Synthesizers

YouTube via retrosound72 | December 07, 2010 | 8 likes, 0 dislikes

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

Oberheim OB-X 8-Voice Analog Synthesizer from the year 1979 and
Oberheim OB-Xa 8-Voice Analog Synthesizer from the year 1980


sample/hold filter sound: OB-Xa
pad and lead sound: OB-X"

Korg Polysix Analog Synthesizer pt.2

YouTube via retrosound72 | November 30, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

Part 1 here "vintage synth demo by RetroSound

Korg Polysix Analog Synthesizer from the year 1982

part2: some typical Polysix sounds

The Korg Polysix is a very nice analog synths with a great sound. The sound is very different to the Juno synths. The sound-character of the SSM filter, the Effect Sektion with Chorus, Phaser and Ensemble is really fantastic. !!! The internal Ni/Cd accu has a leakage problem and destroy the circuit board. Remove the accu quickly! Check my page for more info."

SCI Prophet VS + Roland Juno-60 + Moog Source

YouTube via retrosound72 | November 23, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

"vintage synth demo track by RetroSound

soundtrack theme: View in my Soul

analog strings and pad sounds: SCI Prophet VS
arpeggio: Roland Juno-60
deep bass: Moog Source
audio @ Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/retrosound/view..."

Oberheim OB-Xa Analog Synthesizer (1980) pt.1

YouTube via retrosound72 | November 09, 2010

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

Oberheim OB-Xa 8-Voice Analog Synthesizer from the year 1980.

part1: some self-made and factory classic OB-Xa sounds (pads, brass, bass, sync-sounds and more)

The Oberheim OB-Xa is one of the greatest analog poly-synths ever. A classic! Van Halen`s powerfull Jump and 1984 Intro sound is the OB-Xa.

The sound character of the curtis chip based OB-Xa is very different to the early discrete and SEM based OB-X. The sound is harder and not so lush. Check my OB-X demo vids! But the OB-Xa sound is more raw, organic and warmer as the the later OB-8. The OB-Xa was available with 4, 6 or 8 voice cards.

Used by: Van Halen, Depeche Mode, Thompson Twins, Gary Numan, Rush, Prince, Vangelis, New Order and much more"