KVR Audio

tattiemannie · Post by **tattiemannie** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:05 pm

... Here's a link to a site which has Leto ... and a few other interesting synths.

http://www.alexanderblu.com/AlexanderBl ... oad_12.htm

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:18 pm

phreaque wrote:FM8 or IL Sytrus for those famous famous DX FMish sounds..
And of course Arturia's Minimoog

I believe Moogs were banished in the 80s.

Rolands, Yamaha DXs and Oberheims were the way to go.

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:21 pm

If you're into the "Prince" type of 80s sound...

http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro/bigopxpro.html

Froqqer · Post by **Froqqer** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:44 pm

This might help http://www.musicradar.com/tuition/tech/ ... d-217689/1 Also the Rand Slider can Help you emulate sounds from older synths by adding a slight random detune to the oscillators

SoundSonicTeam · Post by **SoundSonicTeam** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:26 pm

80s sounds? Xils lab Synhtix, its based on the synthex from early 80s you could get 'happy' sounds from that.

bobbybland · Post by **bobbybland** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:48 pm

http://www.uvisoundsource.com/product_i ... ucts_id=66

Emulation II
Old School 80's flavor

Pere Founasse · Post by **Pere Founasse** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:01 am

PPG WAVE ...

george · Post by **george** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:12 am

Also, check discoDSP Phantom for some classic 80s FM synth sounds.

http://www.kvraudio.com/product/phantom-by-discodsp

botkiller · Post by **botkiller** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:13 am

One word. Juno.

TheUriah · Post by **TheUriah** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:41 pm

In case you're also interested in 80's production techniques, specifically for drums, here's an article about creating the "sound" of the 80's:

http://waveformless.blogspot.com/2012/0 ... hties.html

kritikon · Post by **kritikon** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 2:37 pm

TB303?

No, seriously - there can't have been a synth that was more definitive of the 80s than that one - 88,89 is still 80s, and that scene was huge. And I was usually as happy as ***k most times I heard a 303

Anyone mentioned the Korg M1 and Wavestation? The M1 piano was a big happy sound. It was all over Happy House (before it moved on to become MostlyIndifferentBipolarHouseStep).

Jupiter 8. Human League used it everywhere. I supposed Being Boiled wasn't necessarily that happy, but they went on to make lots of happy 80s cheese.

Difficult to pin it down cos through the 80s there were a shitload of synths being used to good effect. Post Punk through Roxy Music through New Romantic through to Acid. The 80s covers a lot of ground y'know...I'm sure I remember even Stevie Wonder was still having the odd happy hit in the 80s.

PraxisCat · Post by **PraxisCat** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:19 pm

SQ8L - It is based on a less known 80's synth, but is dead on accurate. Its also free.
FM8 - Its an FM synth, the more bright sounds will be there. It was based on the DX synths which were used endlessly in 80s music.
DIVA - For the roland analog sound (The Cure), and a ton of others.

Gonga · Post by **Gonga** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 3:02 am

It'd true generally Moog was dead in the water but not the memorymoog. Hammer used that all over Miami Vice and there are emulations available for it. Diva also does a good memorymoog string sound.

Kaboom75 · Post by **Kaboom75** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:33 pm

U-HE Zebra with Michael Kastrup presets and Diva is my 80s go to. He has presets included in Diva too.

Diva Demo by leanjacktube made with linn drum samples and 6 instances of u-he diva.

AFTU · Post by **AFTU** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:58 am

Just wanted to stop by and say thanks for all the tips!

80s VST?