why are synthesizers so beautiful. i literally like no other sound NEARLY as much as synths, and i'm not even kidding.

I couldn't even imagine the 80s without these sounds, so iconic

@meneerjansen00

3 жыл бұрын

I can. I thew away my FM radio and only listened to Led Zeppelin until the nineties. ;)

@Ader1

2 жыл бұрын

@Leslie Young "I can too"... "Synthpop"... WTF?

Can't forget Korg M1's "Organ 2" preset! Used for bass in many house songs... Very iconic and instantly recognizable.

@TryptychUK

3 жыл бұрын

Robert Miles' "Children"

@djdiscodeluxe

3 жыл бұрын

@@TryptychUK kurzweil !

@TryptychUK

3 жыл бұрын

@@djdiscodeluxe The intro notes are M1, the piano is Kurzweil.

@davidg.250

3 жыл бұрын

and D-50 calliope

@TransistorBased

3 жыл бұрын

I still use that stupid sound lol. I love it

Korg M1 patch 17 - Organ 2, THE percussive organ of the 90s, so iconic!

PolyMoog - Vox Humana preset. To be fair, Gary Numan pretty much made this sound entirely his own, making it hard for anyone else to use it without being compared with him and his worldwide hit "Cars". But regardless, this soaring PolyMoog preset is absolutely distinctive, unmistakable and iconic.

@cliffordnealon

3 жыл бұрын

My all time favorite.

@nicolasbeker6490

3 жыл бұрын

Also heard in Fade to Grey, by Visage. The mellow string sound (bass is also the Polymoog, the brass patch).

@philippezsiga1125

3 жыл бұрын

totally agree with you! legendary gary, legendary song, legendary sound! i am tracking one but the price of a polymoog has raised so much ( anyway like all vintage analog!)

@totopolo2379

Жыл бұрын

gary numan is garbage dood so boring

@johnryder8464

Жыл бұрын

It also made his music extremely repetitive.

DX7 Harmonica on 'What's Love Got to do With it' -Tina Turner, and 'Sara' -Starship. I was gonna include 'I Feel for You' by Chaka Kahn, but turns out that was Stevie Wonder on a melodica. :-)

2:32 Dire Dire Docks sound

That DX-7 sure has a pure and resonant sound. I can see (hear) why it was such a smash hit.

DX7 Electric Piano = "Every classic pop ballad in the 80s". LOL, so true! 😂

@scottptolomey3498

3 жыл бұрын

Saturated in it to a point it was annoying

@aml1418

3 жыл бұрын

What was the song he played with it ?

@StuartsPianoWorld

2 жыл бұрын

@@aml1418 I would like to know as well, beautiful intro!

@sapatomaluco

2 жыл бұрын

There should be a video exclusive for the DX7 with top 20 sounds

@derekliljequist1086

2 жыл бұрын

Every underwater level in video game history too. Lol

Fletch! One of my favorite movies and soundtracks of the 80's. I love serious thought provoking music, but sometimes it's all about cutting lose and just having fun. That's one of the reasons I love the 80's so much. Thanks for keeping the memories alive!

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Mine too. Cheers! :D

The TX81Z Lately Bass, D-50 Staccato Heaven/Digital Native Dance, DX7 Electric Guitar and M1 Pick Bass also seemed to be used everywhere from ‘87 onward. I personally associate the RD1000 with everything Elton John in the 80s.

@lassel1644

3 жыл бұрын

Lately bass still great...its on my Modx6 Amazing sound!

@DynamicRockers

3 жыл бұрын

@@lassel1644 Lately bass definitely :)

@dreamix2007

2 жыл бұрын

Ye solid bass or lately was one sound that came to my mind,

@avace917

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad someone said Lately Bass already. I'm getting to this video a bit late, but I said it anyway

To this day, I still LOVE the "Arrr 1" sound from the Fairlight.

@retro-dademusic6403

3 жыл бұрын

Me too 😎

@churricardo1457

3 жыл бұрын

Classic, shouts out to Sarah fr

@magicknight8412

3 жыл бұрын

Its imprinted in my brain, always takes me back

@lisajohnson1528

3 жыл бұрын

Always used to think it was from a roland synth as it was on my mc505 lol now I know love that sound

@retro-dademusic6403

3 жыл бұрын

@@lisajohnson1528 It was also on the Roland JV80/JV880 and U20/U220 😎

So glad my 106 got featured, I've messed with a lot of synths in my day, but there's just something about the sounds that you can build on it that brings me back every time. So funky, so unique, such a great synth for the price imo

1 thing that comes to mind when hearing the DX7's Electric Piano: Mario 64!

@thisandthat7927

2 жыл бұрын

Yes the underwater levels that soundtrack was ahead of it’s time and deserved credit stand alone from the awesome game

@southparkchef5942

2 жыл бұрын

Arturia dx7 v has a dire dire docks preset !

@auryle

2 жыл бұрын

@@southparkchef5942 Yes I know! It sounds real nice

@dudedude5247

Жыл бұрын

The Electric Bass reminds me of NBA Jam

@Foreverbeautiful25

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing!

DX7 sounds, alot them very clean and almost perfect.....but that tubular bells sound gets you 'hooked'! Harmonically superb.

The M1, in my heart, is the true sound of a piano.

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

:D

most of these sounds are packed in any Yamaha keyboard with XG standard since mid nineties even the entry level ones, I discovered it playing with a midi module and It was so fun

What a trip to memory lane! A sort of for metal heads, Jens Jonhansson ‘ s Lead sound, a PolySix emulation runned on JV1080 then thru JD10 distorsion, amazing! Guys, listen it on latest live Rainbow concerts when it is a solo spot.

Top most iconic sound of the mid-80s to early 90s, that is. There were some pretty iconic sounds before, too. White noise, sample and hold, slow massive filter sweeps, the vocoder, triangle wawe leads with portamento comes to mind. The DX-7 harp sound was used in lots of New Age music of the early 90s, and somewhat later the low-fi, sampled strings started to appear everywhere.

Another great video as always. Couldn't sit still to your "House piano" demo 😃

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thanks! :D

Moog! The round, slightly detuned, multi-oscillator (ironically a square wave), solo Moog sound. ELP's Lucky Man introduced synths to many. (Also featured in Heart's Magic Man.) Chick Corea's signature synth sound. Kind of plucky, very expressive, probably also a Moog...

All of these sound fantastic! Great videos 👍

all sounds are very beautiful

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Indeed the iconic sounds of the era.

The shakuhachi here gives me goosebumps. Sadly, the sample on my keyboard sounds more like a harmonica/piccolo mashup. Also, a blockbuster full of car chases and shootouts comes to mind with the squelch bass. Tubular bells - > Roxette

Roland D50 - Staccato Heaven ("Say you will" by Foreigner), Digital Native Dance ("Skyskraper" by David Lee Roth), Fantasia, Living Calliope, O K Chorale.

Thanks a lot Mr. Kraft! So many sounds from famous DX7 - 1983 rules! Ohh, that M1's House Piano effect, sweet memories, from childhood and teenage, from House/Eurodance of 1990's:-))

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! :D

Another sleepless night saved. Meaning I couldn't sleep and got to enjoy this video, minutes after upload! So big thank you Espen! :-)

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to keep you up for a couple minutes more. ;-) Cheers

Top 10 is my favorite topic from your channel, Aspen!

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

i do not know why i loved the Arr so much!;-)

that DX7 speaks to my soul haha great video!

Musical trip down memory lane. great stuff mate!

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! :D

Early 90's piano housemusic will always be in my heart. I get goosebumps when I hear this type of music. For example, "K-Klass - Let me show you" piano starts at 1: 16. Thanks for making this video, so many memories. Subscribed.

@EspenKraft

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks! :D

Few others I'd include... Alpha Juno - what the, korg m1 - organ 2, jp8000 - supersaw, 1080 - pizzicato strings, definitely latelybass/solid bass

very well done - also excellent recording quality for this video

hands down, to me, the Yamaha DX-7 chorused piano was the most notable....as you said, Espen, it was used in SO many of those classic 80s songs.....

the DX7 can sound so sonically pleasing and perfect after so many years!. Still love it, but just not for everything

My favorite synth sound of all time 2:12 I dunno, its just so incredibly melodic, cut though sound, covers all specters of the scale. So powerful. Van Halen made it immortal with the Öberheimer. Hall & Oates out of touch, Stevie Nicks stand back, to name a few, it’s the perfect sound in my option 😂

@marylarson8654

Жыл бұрын

Love the sound of synth!😘✨

I love synths. Synths are the soul of electronic music

I enjoyed this video and can hardly wait for part2

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! :D

Soundtrack 17 on JX-8P and all similair dreamy chorusy synth pad sounds. Phasing strings (Solina, Logan, Omni etc..). Yamaha CS-serie flute, brass and guitar sounds (yes, mr. Vangelis). To mention some. ;-)

@PingPong85

3 жыл бұрын

I believe Eric Persing designed that patch sound, as well as the famous Soundtrack on the D50. Also, that type of sound is in the General MIDI Spec.

Other iconic presets for my opinion were the "Lately Bass" sound from the TX81Z, the piano and ep sounds of the MKS-20, that Prophet VS choir sound used by France Gall, that M1 dance organ sound and the Alpha Juno hoover.

i wish this was more about actual synth patches and not sampled sounds that are iconic but still a great video

Great examples!! I realized this Tubular bells synthesizer at 5:46 was the Top Gun intro theme instantly! The Terminator theme, (metal hammering one maybe) had this too I think!! I came here to try to find the type of sensational synthesizer used in the beautifully mesmerizing Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 opening 2! It's a lot like the synthesizer in the Yasuke opening "Black Gold" !

Thanks a lot for that good chosen list, Espen. You asked for more, so here it is: The House Organ as used in Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman.

@KeirMurphy

3 жыл бұрын

Yep Organ2

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! :D

For the tub bells on the DX7, you should’ve just played the key of E. Most American viewers would realize that it’s the Taco Bell sound.

@steverushforth7009

3 жыл бұрын

How could you make a bell from a taco? Surely you would need metal, glass, etc.

@PetraKann

3 жыл бұрын

@@steverushforth7009 need iron in the diet.

@tonyduncan4416

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha!! It totally is the Taco Bell sound!

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

I did enough other examples for the American portion of my viewers. ;.-)

@pepinillosazucarados6743

3 жыл бұрын

@@EspenKraft 😂

Very interesting review. You definitely are the 80’s. Thank for this travel in time too.

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Love those sounds.

Nice video. I would add two sounds: 1) analog synth bass (M. Jackson and a lot of 80' music) and 2) West Coast Whistle (iconic sound in soul and RnB music)

All these amazing sounds bring you back to a time when music actually meant anything! 😄 Not a lot can beat music from the 80s and the 90s if you ask me! 😛 Grym video som vanligt, ha en trevlig helg! 🙂

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Tackar! Det samma. :D

@astralseeker

Жыл бұрын

music from the 70's

The are all so nostalgic and remarkable!

I love how the 6:40 sound reminds me of Enya immediately😂

Can't go wrong with Huey Lewis and the News #Pure80sPopRock ;) And 3:56 everyone is automatically playing that phat brass and sax riff in their heads!

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Happy I could use that riff without, well... yes. ;-)

@hobbified

3 жыл бұрын

don't need money, don't take fame

Grandes maquinas de som ..que fiseram showwsss e ultrapassaram decadas..

When the harpsichord came out it changed everything and changed music at the time... so did the clavinet when it came out.. and the piano. The difference between that era was only the wealthy got to hear the sounds of the era. In 'recent' times records, tape, radio, etc started fanning out sounds of new instruments (Hawaiian guitar, Rhodes, Hammond B3's)... started marking eras... but then the synth came. Moog then Oberheim, Arp, Sequential, Korg, Roland, Yamaha.. Akai... each bringing new tools and sounds that defined swiftly passing decades. Anyway... LOVED the video.. just discovered your channel and plan to watch more. HUGE fan of history and how technology innovations of each era gave each era it's own unique flavor. Hard to know who you are unless you know where you've been, right? Thanks for educating us!!!

Laser Harp sound from the Elka Synthex - Jean Michel Jarre Rendez-Vous

Great list! My list would have the Lately bass as well.

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! :D

@Jocke173

10 ай бұрын

C15 ❤

Thank you for this little journey back to musical youth, but: 1:59 Van Halen used a OB-Xa and Simple Minds used a Oberheim OB-8 for their sounds (which were two different sounds) 4:26 Actually the name is "Bass 2" 5:08 This was the Roland TB-303 and I miss the Yamaha DX-7 "Harp 2", Korg M1 "Organ 2" (Bass and Organ), Yamaha TX81z "Lately Bass" and Roland JP-8000 "Supersaw"

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

You can't possibly have listen to what I say in the video or read the video description. "Jump" was done with the Ob-Xa as I clearly state in the video description, I associate the "synth brass" SOUND to the songs I reference. The same with the "acid bass". I have all the facts straight.

@jay_you

3 жыл бұрын

@@EspenKraft Ok

Amazing synth sounds, great content, very useful video, thank you!.

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! :D

It's truly amazing on what these machines can do

И это лишь малая часть легендарных синтезаторных пресетов!

Interesting situation here, I found myself to preferer mostly digital synths (or digital/analogue hybrids), instead of analogue one, maybe because I grow up on 80's/ 90's music :-D Of course big exception is CS80, as we everybody love Vangelis ;-)

Love this, thank you very much!

Thanks - still use these in current productions.

3:44 Is the pure sound of Enigma band of the 90's

Once you fire up your new U-220, you'll hear a surprisingly faithful version of the Fairlight CMI's "ARR1". I think it sounds great, especially considered it's "re-synthesized" from what was essentially an 8-bit sample!

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

I know. I had it for several years in the past. Almost all the Roland romplers from that point on had that sound in it. It's far from gritty enough to match the original though, but still nice. ;-)

@TryptychUK

3 жыл бұрын

I had the U110 with it on.

That Enya synth at the end. Love it!

@EspenKraft

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

That Roland Jupiter 8 is just a magnificent piece of kit and a stunning looking keyboard i would never be able to afford one 😍 great video pal.

@EspenKraft

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Tears for Fears used so many! That could be a video all by itself!

This is one of the most pleasant sounds in world!! Is it A-ha's Take on Me at 5:54 ?

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

It is.

Great Beautiful Iconic Synthesizer Sounds !!!

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! :D

The band that was above all sampled their own natural sounds and even distorted it into the keyboard. That band was Depeche Mode. They were way ahead of their time. They didn’t use generic keyword sounds. They had multi layers of sounds.

That sync sound always makes me think of Daft Punk.

What was the intro sound called?

@Ashcool888

3 ай бұрын

Orchestra hit

No complaints here Espen. You nailed them. Thank you for the memories. As always take care and be safe!! Maybe Dead or Alive You Spin Me Around?

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rick! I can't hear any signature sounds I'd fancy on a list like this from that particular Dead or Alive song though, although the entire track is iconic and stellar! :D

Your music deserves to be in movies.

@EspenKraft

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

What is the sound used in the intro? 😅

@SamuelPratama26

Ай бұрын

Orch hit

@ihusitusi

Ай бұрын

@@SamuelPratama26 Thanks man

Now a challenge: make a song that has all those sounds :)

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

You do it! ;-)

@davetbassbos

3 жыл бұрын

Haha great Idea, although it would have to go from a ballad to club banger, I'm actually going to try today!!

@davetbassbos

3 жыл бұрын

I think I got all 10(or as close as I have) in, kind of sloppy and rushed but that's how I roll, thanks! soundcloud.com/ccbookbook/top10

Excellent. Thank you for the nice video.

My fave use for the fairlight sound was Thomas Dolby's production on the Prefab Sprout album...a masterpiece imho!

faith no more had a lot of emax II in their music. from their 80's music to early 90's was all emax II. if you look any live concert, music videos, photos etc you will see that roddy always had the same emax II's, a black one and the grey one with all the sounds listed on it's console..

Roland juno 2 and the hoover bass

@lardosian

3 жыл бұрын

Yes made famous by the likes of Joey Beltram, that sound transformed my life as a 12 year old!

@xsm5525

3 жыл бұрын

I think Espen says he hates the hoover/mentasm sound :D

@lardosian

3 жыл бұрын

@@xsm5525 Espen is not one to mince his words, if he doesn't like something he will tell you very bluntly!

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

I really detest the "hoover" sound and you'll never hear that from me. The Alpha Juno should not be abused like that. ;-)

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

With a passion! ;-)

Thanks thats awesome, I saw a Korg Poly61 in this video, was a favourite of mine for a while too.

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes, I like that a lot.

Moog Taurus bass pedal sound as used on Don't Stand So Close to Me would be my fav, and so many great bands used the Taurus:- The Police, Rush, Genesis, Pink Floyd. And floor pedals mean I can play keyboards and guitar at the same time. Works for me. Although Andy's Roland guitar synth in Secret Journey is only a gnat's whisker behind.

Keeping the 80s alive from the Synth Attic!

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

I hope so. Cheers! :D

@DamienPaulLabonte

3 жыл бұрын

@@EspenKraft you aren't alone :)

@neriozulberti1492

3 жыл бұрын

Iconic sounds😃

Tubular bells and doesnt mention "tubular bells!" Yea I know it wasn't a synth on "tubular bells!" 🤣

@Stoney3K

3 жыл бұрын

Those were *actual* tubular bells.

ORCH2 - Fairlight Digital Native Dance - Roland D-50 Universe - Korg M1 Soundtrack - Roland D-50

I thought I was the only person in the world with an M3R! I spotted that K1m too, still have my K1. Enjoyed this video Espen!

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Paul!

This video was so soothing

Awesome sounds 🤩👌🏻👍🏻

@EspenKraft

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

The patch used by Tony Banks in Abacab for those 5th parts. Arp Quadra, what a beast synth in the 80’s (from the 70’s).

Great compilation!

@EspenKraft

8 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@soundandfurymusic

8 ай бұрын

@@EspenKraft as a fun fact, just two days ago I was listening to the last Cars album for the first time and heard "that" Cars synth sound and thought "wow, after all these years they still used it". And you included it as the first sound. Funny coincidence

@EspenKraft

8 ай бұрын

Cool :)

Great video! Thanks)

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :D

Estábamos esperándote. Saludos

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! :D

Van Halen’s Jump used a Oberheim OB-Xa, Final Europe’s Final Countdown used a Yamaha TX 816 Rack unit and a Roland Jupiter JX-8P. The Yamaha DX7 was used in various songs of the 80s.

@EspenKraft

6 ай бұрын

Of course

The famous sounds that I would add to the list are the following: D50 staccato heaven used by Gary Numan and Rick Astley amongst a few others. D50 native digital dance. Use by a plethora of artists. D50 machine run. Used by Jean Michel Jarre on the opening track of his album revolutions. D50 Fantasia. Sequential circuits prophet 5. Descending bells. Korg M1 universe. Beauty. Magician. Pole. Roland D50 Soundtrack. These are a few examples of Sounds Espen Kraft left out. Espen Kraft my man. Maybe you should do a part 2 video? Pure.

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

I might do a Vol.2 if this video gets a lot of views. ;-)

Thank you so much,espen🙏👏👍🎹🎶

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! :D

@jochenreich683

3 жыл бұрын

@@EspenKraft keep the fire burning👏

DX7 electric piano sound always send me to that comfort place I didn't even know where. Maybe my childhood always listened to this with my unconscious mind

Super, super cool!!! Thank you!!!

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Cool video. I love how you recreate eighties songs.

@EspenKraft

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!