WhatIsThisThing wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 26, 2021 5:46 pm

Basically, this was a keyboard (synthesizer?) a dull yellow, textured casing, almost like a rough fabric. It was likely made between the 80s and 90s, It had maybe 49 or 61 keys

Sounds like a Waldorf Q

That is 1/2 of the "Digital Native Dance" preset from the Roland D-50. Just the "scraping metal" PCM sound without the breathy crescendo and the silly loop. The sound was used constantly in Janet Jackson tracks, specifically in 'Miss You Much' right at 3:38 when the music drops out and she speaks an...

I've always used Type II (Chrome) for all my cassette recordings (multi-track or regular 2 track)

I LOVED using DHL back when they offered domestic service within the US, but they quit that about 12 years ago. It really doesn't matter who the carrier is, it's going to get handled A LOT from point A to point B. What IS IMPORTANT is proper packing. At least 3" of void fill between the item and the...

Roland JD-Xi with the updated firmware that includes the Interactive Chord feature is what you want. They are $500 USD new and you can find them used all the time for around $350 USD. The JD-Xi is the centerpiece of my live rig. I program the backing tracks on it and play live parts on other synths....

So I just learned that there were some DW-8000 synths sold in Germany called Version E or Expanded, which added external audio input to the synth's Digital Delay, 16 additional waveforms and 64 additional patch memory locations. Does anyone know how to add this modification to "non-E" DW-8000s? I di...

Always look at SOLD listings on eBay and Reverb.com to see what current market value is.

People always ask silly amount of money for gear, but doesn't always sell.

hi, sorry for the ignorance again, and the sound I'm looking for is that maybe 4 seconds in, i know that one of the sounds comes from the Prophet 5, and also knowing what technology they used is also something else I'm looking for, i do have accuses to thousands of dollars so money isn't a worry of...

ologize for in advance) the sound I'm looking for is the sound in the song that gives it's general melody, and sounds that appear often in similar synth pop tracks of the time, with the Back to the Future aesthetic, I do not hear any melodic synth parts. For melody, there's the vocal and the guitar...

Sounds like a sample of a distorted guitar power chord.

Like what Ozric uses in this track

You might be lucky to find a Korg DW-8000 for under $300, though their prices are rising lately. Pretty much everything 80s is rising. The Roland U-20 is a digital "ROMpler" with lots of decent "bread-and-butter" sounds and has an arpeggiator. Can't really edit the sounds much besides AMP attack and...

Ugh, here we go again. I guess the OP grew up with VSTs. I grew up with hardware. Hardware was EXPENSIVE in the 80s & 90s. $500 didn't get you squat back then and adjusted for inflation, $500 back then is like a grand today. Today, for $500, you've got your pick of TONS of high quality electronic in...

Supply versus demand.

There are other options: TTSH & Behringer 2600. I'll probably get the latter - all their other synths have been very faithful to the originals.

Sounds like the strings sound on the ARP Omni to me.