I could never imagine when I was a kid that someday there would be internet and I would be able to watch videos from the musician that programmed those sounds. Thanks internet (And Anthony!)

@brainhamster

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I was just telling my wife the same thing!!! Man...i'msuch a dork😅

@timmartin6035

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And is some instances…the very instrument used on the record 😮

@DX5

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@@timmartin6035 That is!

@pepinillosazucarados6743

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ES INCREIBLE Y QUIEN SABE LO QUE VENDRA ... TUS VIDEOS TAMBIEN HAN APORTADO A LA MUSICA DEL MUNDO

@RegalToneT

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Exactly!!

Anthony, your channel is the discovery of the year for me. Thank you for what you are filming and please don't stop doing it. It is incredibly impressive to watch a master of his craft and listening to you is priceless. You are a legend. Thank you!

@DJSidhu24

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Me too

You should get Arturia to sponsor these videos! Then people who have the Arturia Collection could following along virtually at home. Like I can (and at some point will) fire up each of these vintage synths in my DAW virtually and recreate the opening from Thriller just following this video. So if you did literally that as a video, then a link in the video description is basically straight to Arturia to buy their Collection, so someone could relive history themselves in their own home. In any case, legendary! Thanks for all the videos!

Fav thing to watch now! Gone are the days of TV, of DVDs, and now even on-demand (Netflix and such) for me - my fav “show” is right here! Thank you for sharing!

Hi, Anthony! Storytime: When I was staring out in the late 70s as a young intern at an electronics company, a road sales guy heard that I was interested in pop music. He said one day, "Hey, wanna come for a ride along, to see how I do my job in the field?" Next thing I know, we're riding to Vermont. And after a while, he silently pulls in to a parking lot and says: "Surprise..." The sign on the building said: "New England Digital." I was in shock. And I was treated to a private factory tour, an hour-long demo, and private lesson with the co-inventor of the Synclavier. I'll never forget it. Your videos and common sense explanations are a delight, and this one in particular brought back so many memories. Thank you for your efforts, time, and talent, Anthony. Good on you.

It's funny watching this video then going back to the original mix and going "Yupp, it's there". But you don't take notice as a listener. You just feel it. That general sensation of a huge "brass stab". So powerful intro! I don't remember who said it but it really stod the test of time! Thanks for letting us into the creative process many years later (it's never to late)! But as we all know the 80's are somewhat alive now again in a modern touch. Thanks!

This guy never left the 80s

After watching all three parts involving the Syclavier, Prophet 5 and Jupiter 8, I went back to the record and it was *AMAZING* to be able to distinguish some of these sounds. And I thought that it was just one synth and a bunch of brass!! Thank you for this absolutely masterpiece of a video (and the song itself)!

It really is fun to just watch someone who really knows the equipment and programming synthesizers whip these up like you do.

Thank you so much for this Anthony! Please keep making videos, never stop!

The Synclavier was a monster in the 80s. Hard to imagine spending that amount of $$$ in those days, enough to buy a house! Great video, thanks as always.

this is one of those yt channell thats really a treasure, for musical and historic reasons.

Thank you for sharing these step by step breakdowns! Great stuff!

I love love love your synth programming videos. Covering all the hits with some fantastic tips and insight into the process. Please keep it up.

Awesome Anthony, you are legendary for creating this music and sharing your process and being helpful to the music community!

I wish i knew this when I did my Re-create /COVER vers. of "THRILLER" I can still go back but ...? Thank you for showing us this! Anthony :)

Thank you for sharing your process Anthony! It's both super informative and inspiring.

that's a clean synclavier

Your videos are priceless ❤ from Burundi 🇧🇮

How does one know how (using layers) to create such fantastic memorable sounds. All the basic sounds seem unremarkable in themselves, just genius knowing how to make the combination sound great. Thanks Anthony.

Brilliant stuff as always. Lovely to see Johnny 5 watching over you.

Excellent presentation as always🎼♥

This is pure gold Tony!

I have been looking forward to this, thank you :)

These videos are incredibly fascinating. Many thanks Anthony!

Now that I've seen all three parts I'm going to have to go listen to the original and see how much I can hear them. Thanks!!

I just found your channel and I'm already excited to watch all your other videos as well.

Love these short break downs! Subscribed immediately.

❤great tutorial! I love the sound if the Synclavier! Sounds awesome thx ☺️

So great! Thanks Anthony

This is awesome Anthony! I'm personally inspired by your work to hopefully come close to your level of expertise and ear for sound design.

Great .... following on the Arturia Synclavier V Thank you

😎😎😎,,, ur work in music is light in life to those who understand it good music in life of an artists, thank u

Anthony - your method of teaching is excellent - I see the "ah-hah" moments in many of the comments. Nicely done!

This video hasn't aired yet so I don't have the scope of discussion, but I always heard that the Synclavier intro to "Beat It" was a sample from the Synclavier Demo vinyl called "The Incredible Sounds of Synclavier II" and just tacked on to Beat It for an intro. Or if it wasn't simply a sample, it was a direct replaying of that passage form the album. I'll be excited to get Anthony's "truth on the matter".

@TheRealDarion

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The version used at the beginning of Beat It is actually transposed down a semitone and is a bit cleaner so they definitely reprogrammed the sound on the Synclavier. Bruce Swedien also added some percussive hits at the beginning to give it more oomph. The guy who originally made that little piece for the Synclavier demo could've sued but didn't and actually helped work on Michael's Bad album.

@mudi2000a

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@@TheRealDarionI would have thought it was just a factory preset. The Arturia synclavier V has the preset on which the Beat it intro sound is based upon and indeed it sounds a bit different.

@TheRealDarion

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@@mudi2000a Yes! I shouldn't have said that they reprogrammed the sound but that they replayed it. There was a preset on the original, and I had meant that they started with that preset and made little changes with either EQ or the actual settings on the Synclavier. I love Arturia's version because I can't afford an actual one and that thing is really true to the original (probably better).

amazing video many thanks

Gret video !!! Thx a lot Anthony. Please do more sound design videos on the Synclavier ! At some point you were expecting to show a "big" synclavier... it was not possible ?

More Synclavier vids for me to fanboy over - excellent! ❤

Love your channel

AMAZING VIDEO! You're one a kind please don't stop. You know the synth of Thriller that's kind of funky during the chorus? Could you do a tutorial on that one PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE! ❤😅

Love it. Thanks Anthony from another Synclavier owner 🙂

Anthony, absolutely great series here on the sounds from Thriller! Now I must admit that my favorite MJ album is Bad, so it would be incredibly awesome if you also had insights on the Bad album.

Cool, I always wondered how a Synclavier worked. I have a DX7 II, FM but a different configuration.

yoohoo.... i can't wait to see it !!! 🙂

I'm going to win at least two grammy's because of the knowledge you've been sharing. thank you

Would love to see the breakdown of the formant-y bass sound from the second half of Thriller when they're doing the dance scene in the video. I've deconstructed the song and that's the only sound I am not sure about. It sounds like it might be amplitude modulated or something, but it's so unique. **brap brap** **funk rhythm guitar** **brap brap** so good!

Great video as always! Your studio has so much Synth history. Man, id kill to visit and get some private lessons :)

@anthonymarinellimusic

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Join our next live and ask me anything !

Amazing vid Anthony. Could you do a video showcasing how the second base on thriller was programmed? That's one of my favorite components of the song

What a wonderful channel of a legendary musician! Also curious how the synclavier compared to the fairlight.

Gold!!

Great video! I made sure to like so you can keep making these amazing gems! I’m going to check out your Top 10 Synth Tips video in my watch later playlist next. One thing I wasn’t sure of.. does it change the wave pattern at all when you’re in 438hz as opposed to 440? I’m guessing the slight detuning is what makes it growl more giving it a slight dissonance?

These videos are absolute sound design gems thank you! Would you be able to do one for the bassline from just an illusion - imagination?

Aaaahhh; the famous Synclavier. I call it the Rolls Royce of synthesizers. I went back to my Thriller CD and “listened” this time. Question; can I use the Arturia plug-in to get the same or @ least ‘close’ to it? And BTW, thanks for your channel. Love it.😌🎶🎹⚡️💥👍🏾

I want that Synclavier!

i cant believe you still have one of those synclavier synths !!! they are so crappy now , but hey , you made it sound amazing as that album still sounds great - i would sell that synclavier as its prob still worth lots of money - and if you sell it saying it was the one that made thriller some collector might buy it !!! you should get with Serum as thats a good modern synth

Watching this is absolutely surreal. thank you so so much anthony.

As all of the three parts (and all of your videos) really *great*. I'm really thankful that you share so many "secrets" of the most iconic Songs of my childhood, it's fantastic. Only thing that makes me wonder is, while I see that this is mainly about the sounds as such, I'm wondering if the chords you're playing are really the ones heard in the original Thriller Intro, as I think there *definitely* was a B heard as well, and I think it's in the synths as well, while you're just playing a straight C# major chord... just curious. :)

Thank you for these videos! P.S.: Did you mean to say additive instead of wavetable?

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The sound that always intrigued me is that low C# played twice in each measure at the outro . It sounds a little bit like oscillator sync, and also digital at the same time... What synth is it? Also, the original Emulator pipe organ sample is part of the pipe organ sound in that same part of the track, am I right?

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It’s funny, seeing the Synclavier in adverts back then with its huge processing towers made it look massive but its really not, or at least the controller isn’t.

i always heard the synclavier sounded better then the fairlight

@bcastromusic

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The ones with stereo sampling and summing sound amazing. I was at studio and guy played me a piece that was all synclav and it sounded amazing straight out of the box. The clarity the imaging and the way everything blended together was amazing. Anthony used to work directly with NED on the synclavier and he has lots of experience he could share.

This is ancient history

Sir: I recently read that a Yamaha CS80 did the brass, but Mr. Marinelli is primary source for this information. Mr. Marinelli was a Yamaha CS 80 used on Thriller? Thank you.

@anthonymarinellimusic

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Billie Jean

The only synth i regret selling (sold to "The Who")

Thanks for the knowledge. I remember reading about this in KEYBOARD. Tremendous.

Shit, Most mornings my hair. :)~

@mitchelstephen7536

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Hahahaha... Luv you man.

and by the way - watched all the vids - they are great - everyone thinks it was all those other guys the quincy and that bruce guy - when really it was you - they stole your fame - you are the one who made the album not them !!!

There’s this Synth Brass used in these songs but I wasn’t able to recreate it or find it in Korg Triton or DX7 though these studios had these. How can I make similar sound sir. You can hear the Synth Brass sound in this song used as opening Pad and played throughout the song instead of regular Keyboard kzread.info/dash/bejne/hq1-ys2OZpbWpM4.html -- kzread.info/dash/bejne/gXaLs62DlLjPlbA.html -- kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZWR5lsekds-qZpc.html

Only if they had a Synclavier II for the consumer market. Like not Synclavier Go! But like a consumer level version of the legendary synth/sampler (like the EMU Emax SE which can do additive synthesis!). I think people would get a kick out of it. Anyone down for a petition for that? 🖐🫵🤙

@anthonymarinellimusic

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Checkout the new Synclav Regen, I have a library in there

@ArtisticAutisticandAiling

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@anthonymarinellimusic is it on here directly or is there a site or playlist of the sorts please? :D This is one of the coolest days I lived.

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