Giorgio Moroder - The chase. Which synths? - Page 2

sr3nitygirl · 26th August 2010

I remember he did an album with Phil Oakey (Human League) which was a favorite of mine during the 80's... 1985 IIRC... and the one track I really loved on that album was "Goodbye Bad Times"... which wasn't a huge hit, but I think "Electric Dreams" was on that album too, which was also used in a movie, if I'm not mistaken...

Now I feel old again...

manfromthe80s · 27th August 2010

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Originally Posted by mikael488

No, most of the drum sounds on "I Feel Love" (1977) were done on a Moog modular.

Thanks for info.
BTW, "Kraftwerk - Metropolis" have the same drums as "I feel love"
YouTube - Kraftwerk- Metropolis

NoVi · 27th August 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikael488

No, most of the drum sounds on "I Feel Love" (1977) were done on a Moog modular.

I remember reading/ hearing somewhere that the bass drum was conventionally recorded (a real bass drum). BTW Giorgio did around the same time I Feel Love was recorded a solo album with songs in the same style, named 'From Here To Eternity'. Great album. My favorite track was 'First Hand Experienced'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqQzw...eature=related

redroomnw · 24th April 2011

Great thread...

The sound of the phasing / flanging on the droning synth chord has perplexed me for years on what it is. Its very big, thick and slow... almost (but not exactly) sounding like proper tape flanging.

I'd love to get some hands on time with one of the old MXRs and my solina as Life In Tokyo definitely has a similar sound. Also, I have heard a similar effect on the slower Donna Summer balad on the "Bad Girls" album (On My Honor... Compact Phasing A since it was tracked at Musicland?)

The Bucket-brigade style phasing built into the Korg PE-2000 gets you in the neighborhood too, but not quite...

Anyway, cheers!

djugel · 24th April 2011

Funny .. I thought Moroder used Roland System 100 modules for most of his sounds,... at least the E=MC2 era.

Yuri · 24th April 2011

The remix wasn't bad either

YouTube - GIORGIO MORODER - THE CHASE (Perfecto Remix)

Johnny Wrong · 25th April 2011

DJ played The Chase at the first acid house party I went to in 1989, outdoors at a spooky old ruined tower in the middle of nowhere that is supposedly haunted.
My first time on acid too, I remember it sounding completely epic

giorgio · 25th April 2011

Tinderwet · 4th June 2011

Word.

mikael488 · 4th June 2011

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Originally Posted by redroomnw

Great thread...

The sound of the phasing / flanging on the droning synth chord has perplexed me for years on what it is. Its very big, thick and slow... almost (but not exactly) sounding like proper tape flanging.

I'd love to get some hands on time with one of the old MXRs and my solina as Life In Tokyo definitely has a similar sound. Also, I have heard a similar effect on the slower Donna Summer balad on the "Bad Girls" album (On My Honor... Compact Phasing A since it was tracked at Musicland?)

The Bucket-brigade style phasing built into the Korg PE-2000 gets you in the neighborhood too, but not quite...

Anyway, cheers!

As far as "Life In Tokyo" is concerned; an MXR flanger (grey one) was used for the phased Solina strings. The 16th note bassline was played manually (on a Moog modular) with delay repeats by one of Giorgio Moroder's assistants, either Greg Mathieson or Harold Faltermeyer.
The spacey synth FX was done by Richard Barbieri on his system 700 lab-series. Btw, most of the "Bad Girls" album was recorded in Los Angeles.

mikael488 · 4th June 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by djugel

Funny .. I thought Moroder used Roland System 100 modules for most of his sounds,... at least the E=MC2 era.

They used a heavily expanded Roland system 700 on that album (that was Faltermeyer's synth). The other gear used on E=MC2 included Polymoog, minimoog, Moog vocoder and ARP 2600. Sequencing was done with two MC-8's.

smokingrobot · 4th June 2011

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Originally Posted by Rusty_OHara

Because it's ****ing awesome?

I've remixed this for use in live sets because I love it so much.

qft.

i was able to get somewhatclose to the og sound of the driving rhythm synth with some softsynths, if i get a chance later ill post about what i did along with the notes themselves

obv having the original equipment would be best but iirc what i achieved wasnt absurdly far off.

vintagesynthguy · 25th July 2011

Great thread guys, and thanks for the knowledge Mikael. I was chatting with Richard (Barbieri) the other day, and he still has the 'lab' 700 system you refer to. Great synth and great times!

keithm · 25th July 2011

Darn fine tune. I remember listening to the single on vinyl as a kid.

Didn't he also write a theme for that Stallone arm wrestling movie Over the Top? That one was cool too.

One of the dudes that fostered my love of electronic music.

sleestack · 25th July 2011

effin dagos. should stick to making lasagna and not music!

(Im italian. I like making italian jokes about myself)

26th August 2010	#31
sr3nitygirl Gear interested Joined: Aug 2010 Location: Baltimore Posts: 10	Album with Phil Oakey.. I remember he did an album with Phil Oakey (Human League) which was a favorite of mine during the 80's... 1985 IIRC... and the one track I really loved on that album was "Goodbye Bad Times"... which wasn't a huge hit, but I think "Electric Dreams" was on that album too, which was also used in a movie, if I'm not mistaken... Now I feel old again...

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Johnny Wrong Gear addict Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 419	DJ played The Chase at the first acid house party I went to in 1989, outdoors at a spooky old ruined tower in the middle of nowhere that is supposedly haunted. My first time on acid too, I remember it sounding completely epic __________________ I never said I was perfect.......................................but I am very good

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redroomnw Gear interested Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 1	Great thread... The sound of the phasing / flanging on the droning synth chord has perplexed me for years on what it is. Its very big, thick and slow... almost (but not exactly) sounding like proper tape flanging. I'd love to get some hands on time with one of the old MXRs and my solina as Life In Tokyo definitely has a similar sound. Also, I have heard a similar effect on the slower Donna Summer balad on the "Bad Girls" album (On My Honor... Compact Phasing A since it was tracked at Musicland?) The Bucket-brigade style phasing built into the Korg PE-2000 gets you in the neighborhood too, but not quite... Anyway, cheers!

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Yuri Gear Head Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 35	The remix wasn't bad either YouTube - GIORGIO MORODER - THE CHASE (Perfecto Remix)

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vintagesynthguy Gear interested Joined: Jul 2011 Location: UK Posts: 1	Great thread guys, and thanks for the knowledge Mikael. I was chatting with Richard (Barbieri) the other day, and he still has the 'lab' 700 system you refer to. Great synth and great times!

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keithm Gear Head Joined: Jun 2011 Location: Marin, CA Posts: 49	Darn fine tune. I remember listening to the single on vinyl as a kid. Didn't he also write a theme for that Stallone arm wrestling movie Over the Top? That one was cool too. One of the dudes that fostered my love of electronic music.

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sleestack Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,257	effin dagos. should stick to making lasagna and not music! (Im italian. I like making italian jokes about myself)