I got my hands on some of the most iconic, classic synthesizers from the 80s and the results were incredible.
Lush Pads, Sizzling Strings, familiar Brass, and some of the most beautiful sounding EPs all produced from gear made before I was born.
The crazy thing is, so many of these instantly classic Sounds are making their way back into worship music. And training your ear to recognize some of these vintage sounds will go a long way as you create and build out your keys patches.
In fact, most of the Sounds you find in software actually came from or are inspired by these hardware synthesizers.
I held on to my rack of synths and the midi splitter which gave me multiple interesting sounds. Glad to hear of the return 👍👌👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏
Great article.
One question: Dies that DX7 have the patch “Tubular Bells?” That was favorite back in the day. Cleaner than real tubular bells, probably bc the real kind has more overtones, making for an even more complex “soup.”
One comment: the ARP Odyssey (and the entire product line) was so named for the company’s founder, Alan R Pearlman. I could be wrong, but I don’t think the Odyssey even included an arpeggiator, as ARP sold them as a separate product.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARP_Odyssey
Thanks for your work!