Phat Gangster Whiney Synth Whistley sound

Anyone know how to get that phat g-funk whiney whistley synth sound heard on lots of DRE records circu 1990 and also particularly on the intro music to GTA Vice City? Any vsti and particular settings and/or more specifically samples you guys can hit me with? I've been trying to find that particular sound. Cheers peeps.

If I remember correctly check out Ohio Players - Funky Worm.

  Promo said:

Anyone know how to get that phat g-funk whiney whistley synth sound heard on lots of DRE records circu 1990 and also particularly on the intro music to GTA Vice City? Any vsti and particular settings and/or more specifically samples you guys can hit me with? I've been trying to find that particular sound. Cheers peeps.

the VSTi monologue or maybe its one of the other default built in cubase SX synths has a preset called "gangsta whine" and it sounds exactly like that GTA vice city/bone thugs n harmony sound. If you have SX take a look at all the built in synths and see if it has that preset. in the meantime i will try to find it.

any monosynth with nice portamento will do

i guess that dré made it with his minimoog

also: venetian snares - deadman dj (for the best use of that fucking sound)

Don't you do any synthesis of your own? christ, it isn't that hard.. hi pitched filtered saw with portamento and you're set.

yes, ohio players - funky worm. the original was a minimoog or a moog modular i think. *goes and looks* it's just one osc, sawtooth, lightly filtered with a wee bit of res and remember lots of glide! glide is the thing that might not be possible in some softsynths, but anything decent at all should be able to make a passable attempt.

might be one of the most easy sounds to synthesise actually

Put a blade of grass between your thumbs & blow.

I'm trying but I ain't getting anything remotely gangster. Most of the soft synths I've farted around with don't have portamento.

I fucking love this sound. Funky Worm is such a classic track...

Promo I think someone posted a Minimoog-alike VST in the plugins thread... might be a good place to start

What's the name of the intro from GTA Vice City?

Erm, I thought it was in the San Andreas intro. yesno?

  edge said:

Erm, I thought it was in the San Andreas intro. yesno?

I think you're right :-D

I was looking for this one but I haven't the title nor do I know who has made it?

That's not vice city. Must be SA, because I've never played SA.

It's right here on the official site

http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/

Fuckit, I've found it

Kool and the Gang - Summer Madness

Look for presets with "Worm" in the name. The E-Mu "phatt" family has tonnes of worms

Dre used a Korg MS-2000 for this sound.

  A/D said:

Dre used a Korg MS-2000 for this sound.

10 years before it was released? You sure about that model number? :ermm:

probably was a ms20 then.. or even a ms10..

mc breed - "ain't no future in yo frontin'"

yeah i've made similar sounds with all kinds of instruments and have put them in my track

you just gotta be in those upper octives with portomento

  iep said:

probably was a ms20 then.. or even a ms10..

I taske it they have Porta or Glide, then?

If so, yet another reason to get one... :on2long: