A-ha "Take On Me" sound.

[bigman2005]

This article should shed some light on what synths were used
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar11/a ... s-0311.htm

[mizu]

prophet5 it is. I heard they first used yamaha DX 7 but they ended up with the prophet 5

[philip]

Last time I saw them, Magne did use 106 for all those sounds.

[bigman2005]

Juno 60 was used for the main sound

DX7, and PPG Wave were also in the studio at the time.

[iProg]

The melody line is DX-7 layered with PPG. The pads are P5.

[philip]

The melody line is DX-7 layered with PPG. The pads are P5.

To me the melody sound is more like analog,I made something similar with my 106,so I think that was made with juno60 layered with dx7 or PPG. And I can repeat,Magne did use juno 106 for that sound on the last concert

[gunnare]

This article should shed some light on what synths were used
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar11/a ... s-0311.htm

Hm , it should not be difficult to read that text, it says:

“When they came to RG Jones, my equipment was already there,” adds Tarney. “This included a [Roland] Juno 60 that provided the song’s main theme and which I still use, as well as a UMI computer system that a friend of mine put together, and which Vince Clark also used. "


And I remeber Magne said to a norwegian music magazine that he used juno60 for the main theme.

[Nightdare]

Hm, I'm guessing "The Sun Always Shines On TV" was done with the same setup

Though I'm wondering how they done the piano intro for that

[DLovas]

i know that they used to have an alesis a6 andromeda - not sure if it was used in that song but possibly.

[philip]

i know that they used to have an alesis a6 andromeda - not sure if it was used in that song but possibly.

OMG

[Nightdare]

May I?




Aha - Take On ME
1984


Alesis Andromeda
2000

[madtheory]

Hm, I'm guessing "The Sun Always Shines On TV" was done with the same setup

Though I'm wondering how they done the piano intro for that

Probably with a piano.

[Nightdare]

Probably with a piano.

yeah I figured

It's more the 'mix' I'm trying to figure out, should be doable with something like Proteus VX and some eq/fx Right?

[DLovas]

May I?




Aha - Take On ME
1984


Alesis Andromeda
2000

ah ok lol guess not - but i do know they had one - or at least the keyboardist owned one at some point. I know this because at one point (when i was on the market for one) somebody PM'd me (on VSE i believe) saying that they had an Andromeda they were willing to sell, that had been used by A-ha...

maybe he was lying....

didn't think too much of it at the time, because i didn't really care if A-ha had used it, and he didn't ask for anything above the ordinary.