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what string synths did bobby o use
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:37 pm
by princefan3
As the title goes...what synths would you say bobby o may have used.
im finding it hard to try and get a nice responsive string synth that i could do chicago house on
or a bit of bobby o stuff.
Re: what string synths did bobby o use
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:36 am
by Broadwave
Nice to hear his name mentioned after all this time.
I believe he used an ARP Omni for strings, along with a Prophet 5 and Minimoog… An Oberheim 4 voice may have crept in there too. Not sure what sampler he used in his later work though, maybe an Emuator?
I'm only familiar with the campy Hi NRG stuff he did in the 80's - Divine, Flirts etc. and, of course, his huge influence on the Pet Shop Boys
Re: what string synths did bobby o use
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:53 pm
by princefan3
Thanks Kronic....Thats nice and re assuring...ive been searching all over, on other sites...seems the more they talk about it the more complicated the subject becomes.
got an omni 1 so thats a start i suppose...the holy grail pro 5.
Re: what string synths did bobby o use
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 10:53 pm
by ERIC31
Bobby O! Great Hi-NRG dance music!
I think I hear a Jupiter 8 in some of his stuff particularly The Flirts. Similar sounds to stuff on the first Duran Duran record and I know Nick Rhodes used a Jupiter 8 extensively.