22nd November 2009
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#1 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter | Synth sound in Phoenix's "1901?"
Hi,
I know this isn't exactly electronic music, but nevertheless I think this subforum might provide the best answers.
I'm looking for a synth sound similar to the big-sounding synth on the up-beats of Phoenix's "1901," track 2 from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.
You can hear the synth right from the beginning of the track. It's the loudest synth in the mix, always on an up-beat. I'm sorry if this is an obvious question... I'm mostly from the orchestral / acoustic world and don't know much about these sounds. If anyone knows a software synth / patch that could get me started in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated.
I'm also interested to find a sound similar to the sustained high synth that comes in on the chorus at 1:20.
Thanks
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22nd November 2009
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#2 | | Lives for gear
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link please
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22nd November 2009
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22nd November 2009
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I too wondered this. However Im not certain but I think in fact it is just a heavily distorted guitar with a lot of gating to kill the sound quickly
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22nd November 2009
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one of their old albums has CS80 on a tiny part of the cover art i think. (or maybe some other yamaha CS) but it could be anything, yeah even guitar. i LOVE the song! i was singing it everyday for awhile.
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23rd November 2009
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Interesting about the Yamaha CS80. Is there any software synth, that you know of, that does an even mediocre emulation of that synth, or something like it?
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23rd November 2009
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Originally Posted by everythinglouder  Interesting about the Yamaha CS80. Is there any software synth, that you know of, that does an even mediocre emulation of that synth, or something like it? | Arturia - Musical Instruments | Intro | |
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23rd November 2009
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Originally Posted by allcentury | Thanks! I'm trying out the demo right now.
@SWAN808 or anyone else, you mentioned "a lot of gating to kill the sound quickly." I honestly am not familiar with this technique. I have a couple gate plug-ins (Waves C1 comp-gate, Logic stock), could you perhaps explain a little bit about whats involved in this technique or maybe some starting points for the settings? Thanks.
EDIT: did you mean just gating it so that the note releases instantaneously? Or did you mean something a little more destructive to the sound...?
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23rd November 2009
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Bump.
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20th December 2009
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#10 | | Gear interested
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Not a guitar. If you watch some of the y-tube videos of the band, there's a bass player and two lead guitars. None of them are playing along with the particular synthesizer sound.
De-tuned sawtooth waves it sounds like to me. Heavy compression with a medium / long attack to achieve the extra hard attack. Now add distortion untill you're happy.
My tool of choice being Reason/Record, I'd drop a multi-osc in the Thor, filter to taste. Probably a sub-osc sine-wave for extra punch for the bass. Kick up your AmpEnv Sustain. Then through the Comp-01 set at 16:1, min threshold, max attack, max release.
Add some Scream tube distortion and a little Scream warp distortion. Mixed back in over the original synth sound.
There's also some pumping in the sound I think. I'll leave the fine tuning up to you.
twelsch
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20th December 2009
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Originally Posted by SWAN808 I too wondered this. However Im not certain but I think in fact it is just a heavily distorted guitar with a lot of gating to kill the sound quickly | I was wrong about this - it was a Korg Trident. Just been watching the Future Music interview with Philippe Zdar who mixed and discussed the track...
He didnt mention ditstortion - but Im sure the Trident is not that dirty!
I agree about the compression setting advice about - but also I think it has some sidechain compression with the kick drum...which is something Philippe also mentions...
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28th January 2010
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#12 | | Gear interested
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Sorry that I'm a little late on this thread but coincidentally I just came across a bass synth preset called "Eye Liner Bass" in Apple MainStage (Channel Strip Settings>02 Bass >03 Synth Bass> Eye Liner Bass). It sounds almost identical to the synth line in 1901, and it may actually be it. I'm sure some consider it cheating, but I'm a big fan of reverse engineering. It's a great way to learn to train one's ear.
Cheers!
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28th January 2010
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2nd November 2012
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