Synth settings for Don't you want me intro

davidpk00pa · Post by **davidpk00pa** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:18 pm

Help please!

I'm trying to work out what settings are used to create the sound that you hear at the start of "Don't you want me?" by Human League i.e. the bassy intro bit. Is that a variation on a Roland preset or has someone managed to recreate it themeselves (and if so what settings do you use?). Cheers

tim gueguen · Post by **tim gueguen** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:59 pm

Here's the Sound on Sound article about the tune from last year.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul10/a ... s_0710.htm

calyx93 · Post by **calyx93** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:25 pm

I've read that it was a couple (if not more) of synths layered - fairly easy to recreate though. Try listening to the remix version from "Love and Dancing" to hear more of the patches in isolation - should help.

polar69 · Post by **polar69** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:22 am

Do you mean the "Bow bow bow bow bow....bow bow bow bow" ? bit at the start ?

davidpk00pa · Post by **davidpk00pa** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:37 am

Yes exactly, that bit!

Danchenka · Post by **Danchenka** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:01 pm

the Roland Jupiter 4 was used quite a bit on Dare. I've never used one, so I can't say if that part sounds Jupiterish or not though. Maybe someone else here has?

Micke · Post by **Micke** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 3:19 pm

I'm not sure what synth they used for the intro bass-riff however I do know that the main bassline was played
on a Korg 770 (the same synth provided the thick bass on "Darkness").

celebutante · Post by **celebutante** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:18 am

I made a track for it a while back that nailed it pretty close and the secret is in fact to layer two sounds- one for the bass component and a two-osc patch an octave higher with the second oscillator tuned a fifth up. I did a piece about these kinds of layered bass sounds in the 5/06 issue of Keyboard Mag (super plug warning!): it's in my Steal This Sound book... which you could buy on Amazon

polar69 · Post by **polar69** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:35 am

Cool looking book, into my basket it goes !

davidpk00pa · Post by **davidpk00pa** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:43 am

Absolutely, great plug

- into my bag too!

celebutante · Post by **celebutante** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:52 pm

Thanks guys

elphcoil · Post by **elphcoil** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:50 pm

@Micke, good call and I agree. The 770 has those funky envelopes.

Post by **Blue Monster 65** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:13 am

Got my copy of "Steal This Sound" today - loads of fun and great info!

Good job, Mitchell!

iProg · Post by **iProg** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:16 am

davidpk00pa wrote:Yes exactly, that bit!

The bass line in the lower octave in mono is the Korg 770. The riff is played in harmony of fifths on 2 tracks panned left and right, played on the JP-4.

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