Synth Used on Europe's The Final Countdown?
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Moritz Morpheus MkIII Moritz Morpheus MkIII https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2011
- KVRian
- 668 posts since 11 Mar, 2002 from Vienna, Austria
on top right(pic1) of the dx7 this should be the hardware programmer for the superJX..hmm
peace,
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- KVRist
- 220 posts since 11 Mar, 2003 from Stockholm/Sweden
Well, I can only identify the second on from top, which I believe is a Roland JX-8P.Timfonie wrote: pic1
So the answer is ... ? :) :?
/Daniel
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neverwhere2012 neverwhere2012 https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=23348
- KVRist
- 420 posts since 30 Apr, 2004 from grand rapids, michigan
top keyboard isn't a DX7... it's way too big to be a DX7, the JX8P is a huge f**king synth for it's 61 keys. it looks a lot more like the DX5, definitely the PG-800 programmer for the JX sitting on the top synth, though.
EDIT: completely forgot... there's a patch on the Yamaha CS2X called "Europe". it's the sound from the final countdown. there's also a patch on there called "jump", imagine what that is
EDIT: completely forgot... there's a patch on the Yamaha CS2X called "Europe". it's the sound from the final countdown. there's also a patch on there called "jump", imagine what that is
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- KVRian
- 1440 posts since 16 Jul, 2003 from Zwollywood, The Netherlands (Europe)
There's been a thread about this on another board,
they said the Yamaha KX-76.
(From http://www.synthforum.nl/forums/showthr ... ght=europe)
But, they said the Kx-76 is only a master keyboard, the sounds caom from a JX.
they said the Yamaha KX-76.
(From http://www.synthforum.nl/forums/showthr ... ght=europe)
But, they said the Kx-76 is only a master keyboard, the sounds caom from a JX.
-- Regards MrM --
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Moritz Morpheus MkIII Moritz Morpheus MkIII https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2011
- KVRian
- 668 posts since 11 Mar, 2002 from Vienna, Austria
that would make sense, since the PG800 programmer for the JX is on the Yamaha KX-76..MrM wrote:There's been a thread about this on another board,
they said the Yamaha KX-76.
(From http://www.synthforum.nl/forums/showthr ... ght=europe)
But, they said the Kx-76 is only a master keyboard, the sounds caom from a JX.
however..
peace,
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- KVRer
- 2 posts since 22 May, 2018
Old thread, I know, but just to confirm what has been said already (but with a twist): Michaeli did indeed use a JX-8P for the riff, but layered with a preset from a TX-816 module. So having a DX synth on stage together with the JX would have made sense. (The KX-76 is most likely controlling a hidden TX module somewhere, together with the JX.)
Sidenote: ages ago, I was offered to buy that particular JX-8P used on the album, but declined since analogue synths seemed so old and outdated by then..!
Sidenote: ages ago, I was offered to buy that particular JX-8P used on the album, but declined since analogue synths seemed so old and outdated by then..!
- Banned
- 1583 posts since 19 Aug, 2011
https://musicplayers.com/features/bands ... Europe.php
MPc: First things first – every keyboard player, even today, wants to know what synths were used to create the famous lead sound from “The Final Countdown.”
Mic: It was a Yamaha rack thing, the TX-816, it was basically eight DX-7s in a module, together with a Roland JX-8P. I made a brassy sound from the JX-8 and used a factory sound from the Yamaha, and just layered them together. It’s a very special sound. I haven’t been able to create it on any other synth since then, so now when I play it live, I just sampled that sound and use that as the “Final Countdown” sound.
MPc: First things first – every keyboard player, even today, wants to know what synths were used to create the famous lead sound from “The Final Countdown.”
Mic: It was a Yamaha rack thing, the TX-816, it was basically eight DX-7s in a module, together with a Roland JX-8P. I made a brassy sound from the JX-8 and used a factory sound from the Yamaha, and just layered them together. It’s a very special sound. I haven’t been able to create it on any other synth since then, so now when I play it live, I just sampled that sound and use that as the “Final Countdown” sound.
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- Banned
- 1583 posts since 19 Aug, 2011
JX-8P preset "STAB BRASS", with VCA Dynamics and VCF Dynamics set to "OFF", and VCF Frequency set to 99.
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- KVRer
- 1 posts since 9 Jun, 2021
The brass lead is created on a JX8P and edited on a TX-816 rack unit. The preset is “Stab Brass”. For the pad, I’m unsure what synth it is created on but probably either a JX8P or PPG Wave Unit. For the bells, I’d say either a JX10 or PPG Wave Unit. For the effect and techno bass, I have no idea what synth or how he created it. I hope this helps.