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was the pro 5 the only funk synth

Post by princefan3 » Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:15 am

Hi Guys......have been looking through numerous you tube clips of funk 70/80s bands...the pro 5 comes up as being the most used synth for the brassey warble stabb sound...

could i therefore say that this synth nailed this area because of the 2 OCS per voice structure...?

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Re: was the pro 5 the only funk synth

Post by Stab Frenzy » Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:37 am

Yes, no other synth was ever used for funk, particularly not the minimoog.
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Re: was the pro 5 the only funk synth

Post by pinksoir » Mon Oct 07, 2013 12:13 pm

Stevie Wonder was pretty damn funky and used a CS80 among others.
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Re: was the pro 5 the only funk synth

Post by Psy_Free » Mon Oct 07, 2013 12:41 pm

Honourable mention for the Clavinet.
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Re: was the pro 5 the only funk synth

Post by c-level » Mon Oct 07, 2013 1:15 pm

arp solina strings keyboard saw a lot of action by funk/soul/rnb acts in the 70's
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Re: was the pro 5 the only funk synth

Post by meatballfulton » Mon Oct 07, 2013 2:19 pm

Since synths in funk predate the Prophet, answer is plenty of other synths were in use.

MiniMoog most prominently, ARP strings (Solina, Omni).

Some guys used Odysseys just to distinguish themselves from the Moog frenzy...George Duke, Herbie Hancock.
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Re: was the pro 5 the only funk synth

Post by ryryoftokyo » Mon Oct 07, 2013 6:49 pm

If you're looking for funk, I would think Moog. Get a Liberation, and get your funk on!
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Re: was the pro 5 the only funk synth

Post by Kenneth » Mon Oct 07, 2013 7:08 pm

Psy_Free wrote:Honourable mention for the Clavinet.
While very funky indeed, the Clavinet isn't quite a synthesizer.
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Re: was the pro 5 the only funk synth

Post by Jabberwalky » Mon Oct 07, 2013 7:26 pm

I'm in the minority but I think any synth is a funk synth if you're comfortable with the pitch and mod benders. I personally like the sh2 for this.
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Re: was the pro 5 the only funk synth

Post by analogholic » Mon Oct 07, 2013 7:34 pm

Oberheims were used a lot, Prince, The Time, Terry lewis/Jimmy Jam and lot´s of other funkbands.
OB-Xa and OB-8 were the most common AFAIK.
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Re: was the pro 5 the only funk synth

Post by synthparts » Mon Oct 07, 2013 8:50 pm

Yeah you'd think someone with a username of "princefan3" would have known about the funkiness of the Oberheims...
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Re: was the pro 5 the only funk synth

Post by analogholic » Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:01 pm

synthparts wrote:Yeah you'd think someone with a username of "princefan3" would have known about the funkiness of the Oberheims...
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Re: was the pro 5 the only funk synth

Post by yorgatron » Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:43 pm

Psy_Free wrote:Honourable mention for the Clavinet.
I heartily concur.
Kenneth wrote:
Psy_Free wrote:Honourable mention for the Clavinet.
While very funky indeed, the Clavinet isn't quite a synthesizer.
true, but considering the amount of outboard effects used on some clavs there's a chance they could be mistaken for synths.

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Re: was the pro 5 the only funk synth

Post by Psy_Free » Mon Oct 07, 2013 10:11 pm

Kenneth wrote:
Psy_Free wrote:Honourable mention for the Clavinet.
While very funky indeed, the Clavinet isn't quite a synthesizer.
Hence the 'Honourable mention for'.
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Re: was the pro 5 the only funk synth

Post by Big Gnome » Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:05 am

Stab Frenzy wrote:Yes, no other synth was ever used for funk, particularly not the minimoog.
And with good reason. Most other synthesizers are for synthpop, trance, or prog rock, and as such are obviously unsuitable for funk, or indeed any genre outside their particular millieu. Why, the very idea... ;)
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