[How to?] : 2 Unlimited - "No One" Synth tone (1994)

[damien9494]

Hi everyone,

I wish to know how did they create the main tone from that song :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnGjkua8yns

I consider that tone very well suited for the song. It's very rich, catchy and dreamy.

I did try some things things, but it appears to be more tedious to reproduce than I thought at first glance. The closer I get was with an Emulator calliope sample layered with a saw synth, but the tone in that song is actually richer and it has a special character to me. I tried with Serum to import the wavetable from the calliope sample, adding noise and filter but I can t nail the special character I'm hearing.

I don t know if it s wavetable synthesis, FM, sample, layers, but maybe one specialist here could help to find out?

[recursive one]

One of my favourite songs from my childhood.

Sorry, can't held you with the exact sound, my guess is that it must be a preset from some of the rompler workstations they had in the 90's.

Using a calliope sample for the base sound actually seems a good idea, the sound also has some kind of "warmth", I'd probably use a tape simulator like Satin to approximate it.

[damien9494]

Thank you for your answer. Maybe someone who owns one of this romplers from 90s may recognize that preset, if it is one of it.

At first it made me think about D50 or Kurzweil K2000. It's strange cos when you hear that tone for first time, you may think it's one basic tone from any 90s keyboard, but when you compare it at let's say, D-50 presets, you realize their tone is actually very specific, or maybe it's just me? I have a nostalgia thing with that song so it may be the reason I'm not objective.

Concerning the beat, it was sampled from James Brown "Funky Drummer", pitched and enhanced with drum machine kick and hi hat.

[CHOOS]

Didn't SeamlessR do something about the lead?
youtube it

[damien9494]

I did and found nothing, but thanks nonetheless

[Music Bird]

Sounds like a Fairlight vox type sample.
Art Of Noise Moments In Love used the same sound

[CHOOS]

Sorry
I'm a dumbass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vRUCI0ICaE
This was the video I THOUGHT it was but I was WAY off!

[damien9494]

Sounds like a Fairlight vox type sample.
Art Of Noise Moments In Love used the same sound

Thank you, I think you are totally right.

I've tried with an emulation of the Fairlight Syn Vox and it's exactly the tone. I've uploaded the result to Soundcloud, I'll post it here.

I've learnt a lot about the story of that sound in that article :

http://archive.is/ZvWet

[damien9494]

This was the video I THOUGHT it was but I was WAY off!

Thank you, I'm gonna watch it.

(The guy got the beard of Rick Rubin, he has to be good)

[damien9494]

Here's my version:

https://soundcloud.com/user-162165751/m ... ted-no-one

[TB4C]

Sounds like a Fairlight vox type sample.
Art Of Noise Moments In Love used the same sound

Thank you, I think you are totally right.

I've tried with an emulation of the Fairlight Syn Vox and it's exactly the tone. I've uploaded the result to Soundcloud, I'll post it here.

I've learnt a lot about the story of that sound in that article :

http://archive.is/ZvWet

Which Fairlight Emulator did you use here?

[juno987654321]

Here's my version:

https://soundcloud.com/user-162165751/m ... ted-no-one

How many layers did you use for the lead sound and what are they?
- the Sararr sample
- a type of saw? Which settings?
- Anything else?