Anyone Know . . . .

[syntopia]

What kind of synth was used on the "Pieces of Eight" album for the into piece "The message" just before lord of the rings.

Google was useless in my search.

Also, I was curious if anyone knows what RUSH used for that Brilliant intro on the 2112 album.

I do know that the band mainly used Oberheim in the past, but maybe someone here has the 411 on how they actually did the synth part.

Thanks in advance

[Z]

I know Styx were heavy users of Oberheim synths. I just listened to "The Message" on YT and the polysynth is probably a 4 or 8 Voice



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2112_(song)

Says it was an ARP Odyssey.

[Micke]

Oh yeah, I'm sure that's the Oberheim Eight voice on "The Message". Dennis De Young later got into the OB-X
but he continued to use the older model both in the studio and live.

[syntopia]

Great, thanks for the input guys.

I'll need to check into that type of synth.

"The message" sounds like a unison patch with lots of thick osc layers, I wonder if that was multiple tracks or if it was just a single take.

Kewl sounding board for sure.

[Z]

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieces_of_Eight, DeYoung is credited as the only performer on "The Message". As talented as he may be, I'm certain it was still multi-tracked. In the studio, very little is recorded in a single take.

I could have sworn I heard or read somewhere that Rush's "La Villa Strangiato" took around 22 single takes, but according to Wiki, they eventually decided to record it in 3 sections: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Villa_S ... Strangiato