Which are the best hardware synth for the 80s sound?

Bass Music · Post by **Bass Music** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:53 am

...featured in songs like:

- and if anyone could tell me specifically what plays the lead melody that comes in around 0:50, it'd be much appreciated

Mainly interested in the crazy leads where they use a lot of modulation (the lead in the Cherrelle tune) and the bass sounds. If anyone could shed some light on what was used and maybe how to get these sounds on a software synth, that'd be great.

Cheers

Volatile Psycle · Post by **Volatile Psycle** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:07 am

I can't watch the vids because im at work but i can hazzard a good guess that alot of it will be a yamaha DX7

Electric_Head · Post by **Electric_Head** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:12 am

moog
prophet
EMS VCS 3 matrix synthesizer
DX7
soo many

http://www.euro-flash.net/80ssynthesizers.php

Volatile Psycle · Post by **Volatile Psycle** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:17 am

And if you want any of them you best have some £$£$ saved up!

travis_baker · Post by **travis_baker** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:46 am

Volatile Psycle wrote:And if you want any of them you best have some £$£$ saved up!

you can get moog plug ins and what not. i doubt they compare to the real thing.

Electric_Head · Post by **Electric_Head** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:58 am

travis baker wrote:
Volatile Psycle wrote:And if you want any of them you best have some £$£$ saved up!
you can get moog plug ins and what not. i doubt they compare to the real thing.

The Omnisphere moog add-on is pretty spot on.

cloud capture · Post by **cloud capture** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:15 am

get a roland jupiter8 and you can do anything, this includes flying through space.

Sharmaji · Post by **Sharmaji** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:15 pm

dx7, jupiter 8, roland juno, memorymoog.

dx7 you can get used for a few hundred bucks. the others will cost you.

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:04 pm

You might want to look at this : http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/pro ... intro.html

Its a rompler but...

All presets are carefully selected from the Arturia Classic Synths (minimoog V, Moog Modular V, CS-80V, ARP 2600 V, Prophet V, Prophet VS and Jupiter-8V). These TAE® powered sounds offer unparalleled audio quality.

Pedro Sánchez · Post by **Pedro Sánchez** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:16 pm

DX7 typifies the 80's sound but programming them is LONG.

wub · Post by **wub** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:26 pm

legend4ry wrote:You might want to look at this : http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/pro ... intro.html

Its a rompler but...

All presets are carefully selected from the Arturia Classic Synths (minimoog V, Moog Modular V, CS-80V, ARP 2600 V, Prophet V, Prophet VS and Jupiter-8V). These TAE® powered sounds offer unparalleled audio quality.

Arturia is one of the worst CPU hogs I've ever seen.

Today · Post by **Today** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:44 pm

the synths are (but they're also the best moog emulations around n really good)
But a rompler with presets from all the arturia classics sounds like a perfect product for the OP (and for me!)

laurend · Post by **laurend** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:50 pm

Yamaha DX7

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:01 pm

wub wrote:
legend4ry wrote:You might want to look at this : http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/pro ... intro.html

Its a rompler but...

All presets are carefully selected from the Arturia Classic Synths (minimoog V, Moog Modular V, CS-80V, ARP 2600 V, Prophet V, Prophet VS and Jupiter-8V). These TAE® powered sounds offer unparalleled audio quality.
Arturia is one of the worst CPU hogs I've ever seen.

I have Analogue Factory and isn't not really that bad! There is about 5-6 patches I can't even begin to play a chord on but the rest are brilliant.

I don't exactly have a beasty processor either.. 3.2ghz AMD dual core.

wormcode · Post by **wormcode** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:30 pm

Besides the synths mentioned, the E-MU Emulator line was the workhorse sampler in 80s studios. It helped shape many sounds, and many famous sounds came from the stock disks and is one of the reasons E-MU is a legendary company.

Electric_Head · Post by **Electric_Head** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:29 am

legend4ry wrote:
wub wrote:
legend4ry wrote:You might want to look at this : http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/pro ... intro.html

Its a rompler but...

All presets are carefully selected from the Arturia Classic Synths (minimoog V, Moog Modular V, CS-80V, ARP 2600 V, Prophet V, Prophet VS and Jupiter-8V). These TAE® powered sounds offer unparalleled audio quality.
Arturia is one of the worst CPU hogs I've ever seen.
I have Analogue Factory and isn't not really that bad! There is about 5-6 patches I can't even begin to play a chord on but the rest are brilliant.

I don't exactly have a beasty processor either.. 3.2ghz AMD dual core.

It doesn`t even being to bother my i5 3.5 ghz

Kaslo · Post by **Kaslo** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:26 am

DX7 all day every day.

I have a poster of one I inherited from my old high school right above me as I type this! It's the undisputed king of cheesy 80s FM rhodes sounds.

Electric_Head · Post by **Electric_Head** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:44 am

Kaslo wrote:DX7 all day every day.

I have a poster of one I inherited from my old high school right above me as I type this! It's the undisputed king of cheesy 80s FM rhodes sounds.

the poster?

makerowner · Post by **makerowner** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:11 pm

omg those tunes

I've been listening to Rustie's album 24/7 so I've got all kinds of 80s sounds stuck in my head
Just found someone in my area selling a DX7 for $300

bassinine · Post by **bassinine** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:49 pm

uh, monotron anyone?

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