A-ha - Take on Me - Roland Juno 106

[JWood]

Hi all,

I was wondering if you knew how I could make the signature riff of A-ha's "Take On Me" sound just like this live recording with my Juno 106. In the "original" recording I believe it was played on a DX-7 (which I have as well), but Magne has also performed live with a Waldorf Q, and more recently the Juno 106, which is my favorite sound of the 3 for the riff. I was wondering if you knew how I could make my Juno 106 sound like the way Magne plays the riff on this live performance.



Thanks!

-Jack

[erikljunggren]

Original sound is a combination of Juno 60 and DX7. The sound used live is a mainstage patch from ES2.

[philip]

Hi all,

I was wondering if you knew how I could make the signature riff of A-ha's "Take On Me" sound just like this live recording with my Juno 106. In the "original" recording I believe it was played on a DX-7 (which I have as well), but Magne has also performed live with a Waldorf Q, and more recently the Juno 106, which is my favorite sound of the 3 for the riff. I was wondering if you knew how I could make my Juno 106 sound like the way Magne plays the riff on this live performance.



Thanks!

-Jack

yes,you can

[NCChao1268]

The JU-60 and the JU-106 have a very similar sound architecture, so creating the signature Take on Me lead patch would be possible and not too difficult. The bassline in the song I believe might be patch 15 BASS 1 fed through a chorus on the DX7 factory patches.

-Nathan

[gcoudert]

As erikljunggren pointed out, the original sound is layered. One sound has a short decay and is an octave lower. The other has a longer decay. This can’t be achieved on a Juno alone.

Click here for badly mixed instrumental demo.

[philip]

As erikljunggren pointed out, the original sound is layered. One sound has a short decay and is an octave lower. The other has a longer decay. This can’t be achieved on a Juno alone.

Click here for badly mixed instrumental demo.

don't be a fool

[gcoudert]

As erikljunggren pointed out, the original sound is layered. One sound has a short decay and is an octave lower. The other has a longer decay. This can’t be achieved on a Juno alone.

Click here for badly mixed instrumental demo.

don't be a fool

It is layered whether you like it or not and I sincerely hope you get a ban for calling another forum member a fool. Any mods around?

[stickman393]

Click here for badly mixed instrumental demo.

That was fun! Nice work on the sounds.

[NCChao1268]

Click here for badly mixed instrumental demo.

That was fun! Nice work on the sounds.

It sounds really nice, very authentic sounding and really true to the original.

-Nathan

[gcoudert]

Thanks for the kind words. The point I was trying to make is that there are two patches that make up the lead sound, as you will hear in the (isolated) original synth track below if you listen carefully:



For this reason alone, an unlayered Juno cannot reproduce that lead sound, as all models will only operate in single mode. I am not saying Junos cannot replicate either part, I am just saying they cannot play them simultaneously. There is definitely a very short-decay sound layered with the more obvious sound, the latter being an octave higher. That’s how I created the lead sound in my own version which, apart from the sampled drums and sampled DX7 bass, is 100% Fantom X8.

[philip]

As erikljunggren pointed out, the original sound is layered. One sound has a short decay and is an octave lower. The other has a longer decay. This can’t be achieved on a Juno alone.

Click here for badly mixed instrumental demo.

don't be a fool

It is layered whether you like it or not and I sincerely hope you get a ban for calling another forum member a fool. Any mods around?