"The Beautiful Ones"

MrFrodo · Post by **MrFrodo** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:09 am

Ever since I was seventeen and got my own copy of the Prince soundtrack Purple Rain, Ive been fascinated at how he got some of the porta sounds on "The Beautiful Ones." (I'm assuming he got them from his Oberheim model(s).) Does anybody have any helpful tips as to his patch settings for that song? Could a semblance be created using a Roland PG-800? I know; the Jx synths aren't like Oberheim OB's, but I bet one could come up with a similar sound.

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Pro5 · Post by **Pro5** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:42 pm

why would you 'need' a pg-800 to do it on an 8P (if even possible), you can fully edit the synth from software, generic box, or the synth itself, there's no magic sound by plugging in the '800.

MrFrodo · Post by **MrFrodo** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:20 pm

Maybe not, but the 800 makes it simple and immediate.

pognoot · Post by **pognoot** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:37 pm

That's the Oherheim OB-8 making those portamento string sounds sliding down from nowhere. It's a function within the Page-2 feature set. Pretty sure Prince had to multi-track it to get all the parts down, but regardless, you're hearing the OB-8 in all its glory.

MrFrodo · Post by **MrFrodo** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:43 pm

Living under my rock (in New York), I don't know if there's a softsynth emulation of the Ob series. Is there one?

pognoot · Post by **pognoot** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:10 pm

No there currently isn't, but you can make that sound in any softsynth. It's just sawtooths detuned with LFO pitch mod. Have the the OSC frequency track an assignable EG that triggers with key-on

depulse · Post by **depulse** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:33 pm

Type Oberheim VST into Google and magically there are answers coming....

http://www.sonicprojects.ch/obx/description.html

Sonic Projects OP-X, as close as you can get without having the real stuff

THEODICY · Post by **THEODICY** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:26 am

pognoot wrote:That's the Oherheim OB-8 making those portamento string sounds sliding down from nowhere. It's a function within the Page-2 feature set. Pretty sure Prince had to multi-track it to get all the parts down, but regardless, you're hearing the OB-8 in all its glory.

I thought he was using the OB-x on that album, at least he was in the movie. I love that song, my personal favorite from that album.

MrFrodo · Post by **MrFrodo** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:35 am

If it was the OB-Xa, it's hard to distinguish from the 8.

makina · Post by **makina** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 3:24 am

Here is a cover by the Makina Project of Prince's classic BEAUTIFUL ONES.

seamonkey · Post by **seamonkey** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:58 pm

depulse wrote:Type Oberheim VST into Google and magically there are answers coming....

http://www.sonicprojects.ch/obx/description.html

Sonic Projects OP-X, as close as you can get without having the real stuff

I agree, the OP-X Pro is excellent.
I'm a hardware guy, but there are some software synths imo, that can make you forget about hardware and stay in the box.
A few, Omnisphere(my island synth), Oddity, MiniMonsta, and OP-X Pro II.

Post by **Stab Frenzy** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 5:01 am

Pro-tip: Have a look at the post date before hitting reply.

seamonkey · Post by **seamonkey** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 12:24 pm

Stab Frenzy wrote:Pro-tip: Have a look at the post date before hitting reply.

Jabberwalky · Post by **Jabberwalky** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 3:08 pm

MrFrodo wrote:Living under my rock (in New York)

Didn't know that was possible. Always figured you're forced to assimilate there or you don't survive.

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