80's Sounds You Love

My favourite two keyboard sounds from the 1980s.

The Korg M1 - 'Universe'

Roland D50 - 'Soundtrack'

What do other people on here love?

00 Universe.mp3 977.04 kB · 11 downloads

37 Soundtrack.mp3 438.68 kB · 14 downloads

Don't know the synths, but anything from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop from the 70's and 80's

Of course, anything from the famous Yamaha CS-80:

unrelated kind of but i found this while looking for a commercial

but yeah 90's sounds interest me more since i was infant during the 80s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4kpEmQ6Xcg

HEY WE HAVE A SAMPLER AND IT'S STILL COOL/FRESH CAUSE IT'S THE 90s BEFORE VSNARES SAMPLED EVERYTHING EVER

my favourite sound of all time

let's agree that this is the worst imitation/homage to the 80s ever. esp that 'rad' synth riff at 2:10

That sound in 'Owner of a Lonely Heart', you know the one.

  On 10/25/2016 at 8:59 PM, tec said:

That sound in 'Owner of a Lonely Heart', you know the one.

I don't but I'm guessing it's a Fairlight.

  On 10/25/2016 at 8:59 PM, tec said:

That sound in 'Owner of a Lonely Heart', you know the one.

the orchestra hit?

  On 10/25/2016 at 4:53 PM, thanks robert moses said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQLKgyYrfH4

Yeah that's the one.

  On 10/25/2016 at 8:59 PM, tec said:

That sound in 'Owner of a Lonely Heart', you know the one.

That's literally a pitch enveloped orch5.

The sample of a Japanese Shakuhachi must be the most clichéd sound in 80s music.

Here's who's used it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakuhachi#Synthesized_shakuhachi

My favourites in action.

https://youtu.be/2edF0rOFzMM

the keyboard sweep that sounds like a snarling large cat

used to fantastic effect in this classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSNEmvHa7b4

Every single synth sound on Dire Straits' album Brothers In Arms. Perfection.

especially that big dx7 bass hit on this track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVdB-UKfxD4

and yes the shakuhachi sound was also used on that album :D

  On 10/25/2016 at 9:26 PM, fumi said:

Here's who's used it.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakuhachi#Synthesized_shakuhachi

https://pselodux.bandcamp.com/track/titan-part-i

I've only got two general contributions that for some reason none of you slackers has said: gated & heavily-reverbed snares, and cheesy, rich saxophone hooks.

  On 10/26/2016 at 12:06 AM, modey said:

Every single synth sound on Dire Straits' album Brothers In Arms. Perfection.

 

Yes!

That intro sound on the song 'Brothers in Arms' and actually the organ solo near the end (hammond?).

Semi-related, I came across this video today and it reminds me of something any one of my bands would have done in the early 90s - take an 80s cover-song (pre-irony) and really rock it up.

  On 10/25/2016 at 9:26 PM, fumi said:

The sample of a Japanese Shakuhachi must be the most clichéd sound in 80s music.

 

 

Here's who's used it.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakuhachi#Synthesized_shakuhachi

Instantly thought of this, although it's a 90's track

That bass patch is heaven

  On 10/25/2016 at 8:59 PM, tec said:

That sound in 'Owner of a Lonely Heart', you know the one.

Owner of a lonely kart

  On 10/25/2016 at 9:57 PM, fumi said:

My favourites in action.

 

 

I miss my M1. Lol the very first track I ever made with it I fucked with the timing at the start and didn't know what I was doing so couldn't fix it.

Also it was great fun to use sitting in a caravan in Cornwall.

The synth line in Depeche Mode's "Policy of Truth":

And who can forget "Enjoy the Silence" (although my favourite part of this song is Gore's guitar):