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Lunatique · Post by **Lunatique** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:54 am

I love checking out demo songs made by manufacturers to demonstrate the sounds of their products. They are almost always from good to excellent.

What are some of your favorite manufacturer's demo songs?

Off the top of my head, here are a few that I like:

Friday Evening (Waldorf)
Schloss Ahrenthal (Waldorf)
Viva Synth1 (Synth 1)
Odd Machines (Odo Synths)
Puls8 (Creamware Pulsar)
impOSCar (impOSCar)

r_module · Post by **r_module** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 12:57 pm

Barbie Girl (Mattel)

nuffink · Post by **nuffink** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 12:59 pm

"Do the shake and vac..."

meister eder · Post by **meister eder** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:09 pm

The multimode demo song in the Roland JD-800 has that special make-you-happy summer feeling....

Trojan Badger · Post by **Trojan Badger** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:27 pm

The demo song for the Waldorf PPG was very cool indeed, placing it solidly in the 80s. I still play that on my MP3 list. I could never figure out the interface though, so I never bought it.

The Halion jazz number was the reason I bought Halion. What a fool I was.

Spectrasonics' demos are really good: Diego Stocco's "Angels" for Atmosphere, and "nitelife" for Stylus. Never regretted buying the three SS instruments. They are now my most essential pieces of kit.

VicDiesel · Post by **VicDiesel** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:56 pm

*wonder if I should start a thread "Your favourite thread about favourites"*

Nah.

V.

ObFurrfu: Furrfu.

Lunatique · Post by **Lunatique** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:56 pm

There was this demo song from one of the consumer Yamaha PSR series that was this really cool Middle Eastern/electronica type song. Does anyone actually have that Yamaha PSR keyboard and know what I'm talking about? This was back around 1998.

gnu23 · Post by **gnu23** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 2:34 pm

Common Ground (Atmosphere) by Putte
Distant Times (Atmosphere) by Maarten Spruijt

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 2:42 pm

Lunatique wrote:There was this demo song from one of the consumer Yamaha PSR series that was this really cool Middle Eastern/electronica type song. Does anyone actually have that Yamaha PSR keyboard and know what I'm talking about? This was back around 1998.

Got one of those mid-range PSRs packed away some place. Will try to excavate it and see if I can figure which one you mean. Given my equipment clutter level, it won't be today, sorry. :-S

I recall the cartridge that came with it had a rendition of "A-Train" that definitely sounded sequenced but better than I'd have expected for such a cheap keyboard...

Meffy

t-willy · Post by **t-willy** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 2:44 pm

the demo song that FL studio had before the present one i loved for some reason.

lates

t-willy

tetraplan · Post by **tetraplan** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:25 pm

The Casiotone one.

Groet, Erik

Soniccat · Post by **Soniccat** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:53 pm

I liked hearing this so much I am going to buy one.

http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/adr_guitars/index.shtml

demoes on middle of page.

hebex · Post by **hebex** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:57 pm

Credit to those who make an effort when making demoes, I appreciate it. Even if I may not necessarily buy the product, I listen to the songs anyway...

A few of my favorites:

- The mentioned "Imposcar" is very good, yes (no songwriter credited on the webpage, a shame), http://www.gmediamusic.com/

- Mtron "Tape banks vol III 02" by Putte, very beautiful, http://www.gmediamusic.com/gforce/m-tro ... index.html

- Spectrasonics Trilogy (the one product of these I own, by the way...), "Join the party!" by Tobias Marberger, very funky,
http://www.spectrasonics.net/instrument ... demos.html

- "CS80-V medley" by Mitsuru Sakaue and "Winterhat" by Matthew Tyas for the Arturia CS-80V, http://www.arturia.com/en/cssamplesongs.lasso

- "Zebra escapes the lion" by vae, for the Zebra VST (hopefully soon for PC...), http://www.u-he.com/zebra/index.php?item=listen

- Right now I listen a lot to the "Ultra focus demo #2", a demo by B. Henriot. Makes the UF sound very inviting, http://www.univers-sons.com/us2K/exec/p ... ULTRAFOCUS

- Last, but not least, the funniest of them all, "S.I.D. surprise!", by Stefan Kengen for the Scarbee Imperial drums, http://www.scarbee.com/demos/sid_demos.php

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:03 pm

The demo song for the 12string factory floppy disk that shipped with the Ensoniq EPS16+. Listened to it at my local dealer, bought the machine a minute later. That was 1990, and it's still my most favourite instrument.

Urs

putte · Post by **putte** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:08 pm

thanks gnu and hebex ..

putte

Your favorite manufacturer's demo songs?