Synths used in old karaoke music

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I’m curious about the origins of the synths sounds in these karaoke songs
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLXHsq ... wUFCEZsPHk Lambada karaoke 1990
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLXHsq ... ode=NORMAL Everybody Wants To Rule The World 1990
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLXHsq ... ode=NORMAL Flashdance 1988 version karaoke
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLXHsq ... ode=NORMAL I wanna dance with somebody 1990 version
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLXHsq ... ode=NORMAL Billie Jean 1990 karaoke version
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLXHsq ... ode=NORMAL What have you done for me lately 1988 karaoke
I’m wondering what was used for the drums and synth sounds? I’m trying to make karaokes in this style so any help would be appreciated, and I’m getting a Minilogue.
Many paid and free VSTs as well as Kontakt libraries. As well as HW synths/drum machine and acoustic instruments.

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Many paid and free VSTs as well as Kontakt libraries. As well as HW synths/drum machine and acoustic instruments.

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You're not getting any answers because it could literally be anything. Bread & butter workstations, General Midi synths, nothing special.

A good bet is something like the Korg M-1 or Roland JV-1080 module and all of its decendants. If you want it to sound cheap & plastic: anything from Casio. Like said already last January:
fresh101 wrote:
This pretty much covers it but I would add

Korg M1
Roland D50
Roland JV-1080
Emu Proteus series
Yamaha DX7

As these were heavily used on hits in the 80's and 90's as well.
When producing karaoke tracks you use whatever you have at hand to get in the same ballpark. Getting down the notes right is more important than nailing down the patches exactly how they were. So it will sound like a cheap rip-off, less effort is put into the production. While the original track could have taken days, weeks or sometimes months to produce, the karaoke track is made in just a few hours or so, and that's what you are hearing. What synths were used is kind of irrelevant then.
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Karaoke, old and new, comes in several different flavors. What you're talking about is obviously MIDI Karaoke. Usually these are .kar files which contain midi notes and graphics. They are usually played back using MIDI Karaoke Players like Karafun or Van Besco's Karaoke player and they generally make use of the host computer's onboard soundcard to produce the music portion creating the cheeziest possible music track. If you have the ability to route the midi portion to another hardware or software synth/sampler with GM capability you can dial in some better sounds. For instance there are some GM soundfonts and sample sets for Kontakt that sound much better BUT it still sounds like cheezy machine music because it is.

Then there are tracks created by "vocal remover" software or hardware. These take the ORIGINAL tracks and "remove" the vocals by filtering out the frequency range the vocals live in. Unfortunately, some of the instruments live there too.....not a very pleasing result either.

IMHO the best Karaoke tracks are cover versions created by REAL bands in REAL studios with no
vocal tracks. Aint nothing like the real thing baby. These tracks contain both a .wav,(or .mp3)
file of the audio and a .cdg file for the graphics.
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Yeah I plan on getting a 90s ROMpler soon for this. I use FL Studio 12. I think most of this is DX7, D-50 and M1 and derivatives of them.
Many paid and free VSTs as well as Kontakt libraries. As well as HW synths/drum machine and acoustic instruments.

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