Sound of the 80s
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PRODUCTS 106-Emulation Abakos Abakos PRO AL 9000 2.0 AL D1 2.0 AL D2 2.0 Alpha Alpha-Ray Amber (DCAM: Synth Squad) Analog Factory Analog Lab Pro Analog Warfare Angelina ARP 2600 V3 AudioRealism Bass Line 2 (ABL2) AudioRealism Bass Line 3 (ABL3) AudioRealism Bass Line Pro (ABL Pro) AudioRealism Drum Machine (ADM) Buchla Easel V Cheeze Machine Clavinet V CMI V Cobalt Combo Model F Combo Model V Corona Crazy Diamonds CS-80 V4 daHornet deputy Mark II Dexed Drumazon eSLine FM8 Horus Horus mk2 impOSCar2 Inspired By Jupiter 8 Jup-8 V 4 Kx-Polym-CSE Kx-Synth-X16 LuSH-101 M1 MDE-X: Software Effects Suite Mini V4 Minimonsta miniSyn'X Model-E Modular V3 Mono/Fury Mono/Poly MS-20 Nabla Nepheton Night Flight Nithonat Oddity2 OP-X OP-X Pro Oxe FM Synth Oxium PG-23P pg-8x Phoscyon Phutura PlastiCZ PolyKB PolyKB II Player Polysix PPG Wave 3.V Prophet V ReDominator Repro Sawer Selena SEM V2 Sonik Synth String String Synthesizer Strings Dream Synthesizer StringZ2 Syn'X TAL-BassLine TAL-BassLine-101 TAL-Chorus-LX TAL-Flanger TAL-NoiseMaker TAL-Phaser TAL-Reverb III TAL-Reverb-4 TAL-Sampler TAL-Tube TAL-U-No-62 TAL-U-No-LX TAL-Vocoder The Legend TimewARP 2600 Transcendental 2000 Tyrell Nexus 6 Ultra Analog Session Ultra Analog Session 2 Ultra Analog VA-2 VB3 Vintager VirtualCZ VProm VSP-330 Waldorf Edition: PPG Wave 2.V Wavestation XILS 3 XILS 3 LE XILS 4 XILS V+ XILS Vocoder 5000
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- KVRAF
- 7795 posts since 28 Apr, 2013
This thread title continues to give me a chuckle every time it floats to the top.
As I remember, the true sound of the 80's was multiple hair spray cans hissing with a group of their companions snorting illegal substances off of porcelain fixtures! (with a tiled reverb!)
I, for one, am glad we don't hear those sounds anymore!
As I remember, the true sound of the 80's was multiple hair spray cans hissing with a group of their companions snorting illegal substances off of porcelain fixtures! (with a tiled reverb!)
I, for one, am glad we don't hear those sounds anymore!
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- KVRAF
- 8414 posts since 4 Jul, 2012 from Alesia
Ok OP here if you really want the sounds of the 80s then pick this up.
36 INSTRUMENTS, 80+ DRUM MACHINES, OVER 5,000 PRESETS
SAMPLE-BASED INSTRUMENTS FOR AUTHENTIC HARDWARE SOUND
AN 80% SAVINGS ($2,400+ IF PURCHASED SEPARATELY)
http://www.uvi.net/en/vintage-corner/vintage-vault.html
Sound Demo
http://soundcloud.com/uvi-official/sets ... ult-bestof
Yes its a bit Expensive at $500, but uh you get like serious 80s overkill. It's sample based so it's all sounds directly from the original hardware synthesizers.
Btw I'm not involved with UVI nor own any of their products. I just think that for anyone wanting to make 80s style stuff that this would probably be one of the better ways to go about it.
36 INSTRUMENTS, 80+ DRUM MACHINES, OVER 5,000 PRESETS
SAMPLE-BASED INSTRUMENTS FOR AUTHENTIC HARDWARE SOUND
AN 80% SAVINGS ($2,400+ IF PURCHASED SEPARATELY)
http://www.uvi.net/en/vintage-corner/vintage-vault.html
Sound Demo
http://soundcloud.com/uvi-official/sets ... ult-bestof
Yes its a bit Expensive at $500, but uh you get like serious 80s overkill. It's sample based so it's all sounds directly from the original hardware synthesizers.
Btw I'm not involved with UVI nor own any of their products. I just think that for anyone wanting to make 80s style stuff that this would probably be one of the better ways to go about it.
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fluffy_little_something fluffy_little_something https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=281847
- Banned
- 12880 posts since 5 Jun, 2012
The 80s sounded quite diversely, there was a huge difference between, say, 82 and 88, or between American and British.
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- KVRAF
- 7795 posts since 28 Apr, 2013
Agreed. Not to mention the many genres that were spawning from all those different factors.fluffy_little_something wrote:The 80s sounded quite diversely, there was a huge difference between, say, 82 and 88, or between American and British.
- KVRAF
- 2946 posts since 31 Jan, 2003 from Ghent, Belgium
How about... say... Skinny Puppy vs Bananaramafluffy_little_something wrote:The 80s sounded quite diversely, there was a huge difference between, say, 82 and 88, or between American and British.
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- KVRist
- 44 posts since 19 Sep, 2014
Yamaha DX7, aka the instrument A-ha used for "Take On Me." It doesn't get more vintage 80s than that!
- KVRAF
- 7691 posts since 11 Jun, 2006
my favorite light on cpu 80's sounding synth picks are:
OBXD
Charlatan
Synth1
FM7
Pro-53
TAL Elektro
Alpha 3.3
PlasiCZ
PG8X
minimoogV
oddity
M1
MS20
Polysix
PPG Wave 2.2
Steinberg A1
Steinberg Model-E
Tau 303
OBXD
Charlatan
Synth1
FM7
Pro-53
TAL Elektro
Alpha 3.3
PlasiCZ
PG8X
minimoogV
oddity
M1
MS20
Polysix
PPG Wave 2.2
Steinberg A1
Steinberg Model-E
Tau 303
HW SYNTHS [KORG T2EX - AKAI AX80 - YAMAHA SY77 - ENSONIQ VFX]
HW MODULES [OBi M1000 - ROLAND MKS-50 - ROLAND JV880 - KURZ 1000PX]
SW [CHARLATAN - OBXD - OXE - ELEKTRO - MICROTERA - M1 - SURGE - RMiV]
DAW [ENERGY XT2/1U RACK WINXP / MAUDIO 1010LT PCI]
HW MODULES [OBi M1000 - ROLAND MKS-50 - ROLAND JV880 - KURZ 1000PX]
SW [CHARLATAN - OBXD - OXE - ELEKTRO - MICROTERA - M1 - SURGE - RMiV]
DAW [ENERGY XT2/1U RACK WINXP / MAUDIO 1010LT PCI]
- KVRAF
- 5223 posts since 20 Jul, 2010
/\ you forgot SQ8L, essential 80's-ness.
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- KVRAF
- 7691 posts since 11 Jun, 2006
ahhhh yes! but i own a REAL ensoniq transwave synth. so SQ8L doesn't see much action in my music labSendy wrote:/\ you forgot SQ8L, essential 80's-ness.
HW SYNTHS [KORG T2EX - AKAI AX80 - YAMAHA SY77 - ENSONIQ VFX]
HW MODULES [OBi M1000 - ROLAND MKS-50 - ROLAND JV880 - KURZ 1000PX]
SW [CHARLATAN - OBXD - OXE - ELEKTRO - MICROTERA - M1 - SURGE - RMiV]
DAW [ENERGY XT2/1U RACK WINXP / MAUDIO 1010LT PCI]
HW MODULES [OBi M1000 - ROLAND MKS-50 - ROLAND JV880 - KURZ 1000PX]
SW [CHARLATAN - OBXD - OXE - ELEKTRO - MICROTERA - M1 - SURGE - RMiV]
DAW [ENERGY XT2/1U RACK WINXP / MAUDIO 1010LT PCI]
- KVRAF
- 7691 posts since 11 Jun, 2006
all you really need to do 80's isAudioPhile2 wrote:Yamaha DX7, aka the instrument A-ha used for "Take On Me." It doesn't get more vintage 80s than that!
a Linn-1
a simmons SDS-V
a dx7
a d50
an M1
a minimoog
an obxa
and alot of cowbell!!!!!
HW SYNTHS [KORG T2EX - AKAI AX80 - YAMAHA SY77 - ENSONIQ VFX]
HW MODULES [OBi M1000 - ROLAND MKS-50 - ROLAND JV880 - KURZ 1000PX]
SW [CHARLATAN - OBXD - OXE - ELEKTRO - MICROTERA - M1 - SURGE - RMiV]
DAW [ENERGY XT2/1U RACK WINXP / MAUDIO 1010LT PCI]
HW MODULES [OBi M1000 - ROLAND MKS-50 - ROLAND JV880 - KURZ 1000PX]
SW [CHARLATAN - OBXD - OXE - ELEKTRO - MICROTERA - M1 - SURGE - RMiV]
DAW [ENERGY XT2/1U RACK WINXP / MAUDIO 1010LT PCI]
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- KVRer
- 29 posts since 9 Feb, 2007
Don't know if this has been posted yet, but Dexed (a DX7 VST/AU emulator + DX7 realtime editor, Patch/Cart Loader and Saver) is by far the best DX7 emulation I've ever heard. I've A/B'ed the Dexed plugin to my real DX7 and some of the patches have no difference at all. Oh yeah, best thing about this is it's free!
It works great as a stand along plugin and by far the best DX7 editor I've ever used. The ability to use it in your DAW as a plugin controlling a real DX7 is just so tits to me! Highly recommended.
Other vst's/au's I go for in my Synthwave/Outrun productions are TAL - U-No Chorus (makes several appearances in all of my tracks) and U-HE Satin for tape emulation. Really warms up whatever you run through it.
And what Layzer said "alot of cowbell!!!"
http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=2026
It works great as a stand along plugin and by far the best DX7 editor I've ever used. The ability to use it in your DAW as a plugin controlling a real DX7 is just so tits to me! Highly recommended.
Other vst's/au's I go for in my Synthwave/Outrun productions are TAL - U-No Chorus (makes several appearances in all of my tracks) and U-HE Satin for tape emulation. Really warms up whatever you run through it.
And what Layzer said "alot of cowbell!!!"
http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=2026
- KVRAF
- 2475 posts since 6 Jul, 2013
Add a Jupiter 8 and a TR808 to that...layzer wrote:all you really need to do 80's isAudioPhile2 wrote:Yamaha DX7, aka the instrument A-ha used for "Take On Me." It doesn't get more vintage 80s than that!
a Linn-1
a simmons SDS-V
a dx7
a d50
an M1
a minimoog
an obxa
and alot of cowbell!!!!!
- KVRAF
- 25852 posts since 20 Jan, 2008 from a star near where you are
The other day I was browsing through presets in SuperWave Tarkus.
Got to "Sawnders working" and turned off the gate sequence, suddenly I had the lead sound for "Don't Go" by Yazoo
G C B A E(-1)
G C B A E(+1)
Got to "Sawnders working" and turned off the gate sequence, suddenly I had the lead sound for "Don't Go" by Yazoo
G C B A E(-1)
G C B A E(+1)
- KVRAF
- 4278 posts since 6 Nov, 2009
So yeah, like these:beely wrote:Add a Jupiter 8 and a TR808 to that...layzer wrote:all you really need to do 80's isAudioPhile2 wrote:Yamaha DX7, aka the instrument A-ha used for "Take On Me." It doesn't get more vintage 80s than that!
a Linn-1
a simmons SDS-V
a dx7
a d50
an M1
a minimoog
an obxa
and alot of cowbell!!!!!
VSDSX
M1
OBXD
Dexed
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fluffy_little_something fluffy_little_something https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=281847
- Banned
- 12880 posts since 5 Jun, 2012
Just tried that preset, indeed sounds pretty similar Not so sure about your notes, though, haven't heard that song in agesNumanoid wrote:The other day I was browsing through presets in SuperWave Tarkus.
Got to "Sawnders working" and turned off the gate sequence, suddenly I had the lead sound for "Don't Go" by Yazoo
G C B A E(-1)
G C B A E(+1)