Very great job, Claudio! Sounds awesome with the Distressor and Roland chorus, -- Per Sweeney, to make it really 100% we'll have to use the small BOSS chorus (the original CE-2) and dbx 160 VU ( SH-1000 --> Boss CE-2 --> dbx 160) - at some point I bought the SH-1000, the CE-2 and a pair of DBX 160 VU but promptly forgot to make an addendum to my original video :D - one of the best syn bass sounds ever for sure!
@@Doctormix Tony Swain himself wrote on his blog a few years ago "Hi Frankie, There has been much speculation about this subject but as I also played and recorded the bass lines it is time to put the record straight! The Bass was played using an early Roland SH1000 made in the late 70's This was originally designed to sit on top of a Hammond organ so it looked like one! This was a monophonic synth but would play two octaves at once so using a combination of square and sine waves an octave apart combined with a lot of wrestling with a portamento switch to get the slides this is how the bass lines were done. No sequencer was used at all on the bass lines just a lot of sweat and keeping time which was helped by me also being a drummer! The synth was recorded through a Boss chorus guitar pedal (blue type) and then compressed a lot through a studio DBX160 a really great vintage compressor.The bass was very high in the mix but cut through because of the compression and the split octaves.Just an illusion bass was the best of two different lines recorded over two days on Analogue 24tk before digital came in. I hope this finally answers the question. Best Tony"
@@Doctormix Tony Swain's blog website (his message is down the page at 5 February 2013 at 0327: tonyswainproducer.blogspot.com/2012/08/tony-swain-producer-composer.html
I love Imagination, part of my growing up years. I just don’t know why I do. He does know “why”. Seems some people have different ears to mine, no matter how hard I try to listen. Thanks Doctor Mix!
My first impression was like: one more weird producer on youtube, but the more I am looking your video the more inspired I become, and see your professionalism. Good job
@1:57 they are both square wave PWM signals. The only thing that differs is the duty cycle, i.e. the time that signal stay high vs the time signal stays low. I hope that wasn't presumptuous! Many thanks to you for bringing your synths passion on RU-vid. I always watch you.
Yeahhhh!!! Great video, and great sound!! I like Imagination a lot... The sounds, the athmosphere... I liked your video. Nice work. Congratulations. Thanx👍🏻
Just a small correction regarding the ADSR-envelope: In the manual of the SH-1000, Roland states that "As these envelope modifying tablets operate on the "right-side-tablet-take-precedence" system, the right end tablet alone works regardless of other tablets depression" (Page 8). In other words, if you press down the "Percussion" tablet on the VCA, then the manual ADSR-control is disengaged, and the Percussion-preset takes control of the VCA alone.
Sounded great. Always thought Imagination’s baselines were absolutely wicked! You just needed to play it with the slow boom/clap of a drum machine to really groove though.
I’ve been into edm since the late 90’s (fat of the land, dig your own hole, and homework were what I cut my teeth on). I love how you find these classic instruments and break down sounds and how they are incorporated into the songs they are featured in. I love the warm, fat, sounds of these analog synths and bass line generators. It’s so good my son (he’s almost 11 now) asks “Dad, did Dr. Mix come out with any new videos?! Keep it up, you’re doing great! Much love from the States!
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love just an illusion! Awesome!
Whatever happened to them? At one point we had so much quality music that a lot of amazing music got overlooked. Music today isn't even close to the creativity of the past imo.
I was lucky to attend their concert given in Algeria exactly at the dome on the occasion of the police feast on June 1, 1984, I was 14 years old ; thank you :)
Oh, and great taste in music, btw. I saw Leee John at an 80s gig a few years back. The intro was a bit pretentious, but in the most 80s way possible. lol
My first synth was a SH 2000. I could make sounds worth a million. I think these old SH 1000 and SH 2000 are way more useful even you can´t twerk them (from the fabric) very much, but if you are a little handy with a soldering iron, you can make really great stuff. Thanks for yet another gem Doctor.
If you read Tony Swain blog, he confirms that he used the Roland SH1000 synth, recorded through a Boss chorus guitar pedal and then compressed a lot through a studio DBX160 vintage compressor
