AnalogAudio1 shows you interesting musical aspects of ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS (mostly vintage, but also new), analog and digital synthesizers, drum machines, rhythm units, effect units and what you can do with them. No talking - just music & sounds! You will not only see classics, but also some absolute rarities.
As a sound designer with +20 years of experience with synths, I also offer high quality patches (sounds) for synths like Sequential Prophet-5/10 REV4, Prophet REV2, Prophet-6, OB-6, Behringer DeepMind, Pro-800 - but also for vintage synth classics like Roland Juno & JX series, Korg Poly series, Oberheim Matrix series (see my playlist "AnalogAudio1 patches"). These patches help musicians create better music. But the main reason for running this channel is MY PASSION for vintage synths & music and to share it with you!
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I remember ABC music in Bristol tried to sell me one of these but I bought a Kurzweil K2000 rack instead. Think I made the right choice for what I was doing musically at the time. The K2000 was packed with as many expansions as possible so it was a powerhouse
I had an M3r back in the day...paid $850 for it in 1991, pretty much the going rate for a new one at the time. The M1R was $1500, and the M1 was $2k. The M3r has a slightly different flavor than the M1 because of the waveforms borrowed from the T series synths. I had a blast with it back in the day, gigged all over the L.A. area with it driving it through a Roland A-80 midi controller. Not sure if it would be worth investing in one now....the Korg M1 software version would satisfy most people's thirst for these sounds, though like I said, the M3R is a little different than the M1.
This is the synthesizer used on the iconic album: Disintegration (1989). The big open string sound in Plainsong is made up off multiple layers of the Eminent Solina String Ensemble. Its in closedown as well. Its on other tracks too.
It's funny that you can see in this machine the transition between 80s and 90s drum machines, from simple analogue boxes with nice designs, to giant calculator-looking preset sounds.
Peak of 1970s string machines, that combination of the soft strings with the flute mono lead at 3:00 induces emotions I haven't felt with any other stringer
Things have changed since my last comment, I was lucky to get a Roland TR-707 for £360.32 as the seller accepted my offer. The listing price was £400 which is the maximum I am willing to pay for a drum machine as they can go for as much as £800. I think if you really like the TR-707's sounds then it's worth getting one if you can get one for under £400, you only live once!
The TR-505 is similar, the kick, rimshot, hand clap, hihats, ride and crash are the same or very close to the TR-707 but the snare and tomtoms on the TR-505 are sharper and more crisp sounding. The TR-505 also has selected percussion sounds from the TR-727.
As used on G Force Feel The Force ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-q3RMcjcRRkY.html and Class Action Weekend ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H7qtDE0gTq8.html
Eno made this synth sing and I’ve got a couple of banks of patches from someone who worked with him, they’re the same ambient pad sounds you hear on ‘Apollo’ and ‘the Pearl’ that sit behind the piano sounds. They are amazingly beautiful and I’ve not heard them anywhere else :)
Not shabby for Yamaha’s first foray into an industry that was still fledgling, didn’t have a lot of established presidents and did have a sizable amount of competition with the ones that had been established. They did pay attention to what people were purchasing and used it as a starting point. I might’ve bought one of these if I were alive 50 years ago when it hit the market. It’s incredible to look at the SY-1 name and then fast forward 15 years to when Yamaha unveiled the SY-77. Besides the two letters in the model name, there’s no similarity.
