⚠️Important info about the lead synth in Europe - The final countdown 🎹
The sound of the keyboard riff used in the recording was achieved by using a Yamaha TX-816 rack unit and a Roland JX-8P synthesizer, as described by Michaeli: "I made a brassy sound from the JX-8P and used a factory sound from the Yamaha, and just layered them together."
@StefanoGaivota@cou@iotar and with a jx-10 being two jx-8p and that Yamaha sound also easily done with the jx, that means a single dual layer patch of the #Roland#super#jx10#synth can do that sound no problem.
@cou@StefanoGaivota@iotar and according to the JX10 manual (and checking on my synth), it is based on tones 74 and 75, GOWESTBAS 2 and GOWESTBAS 1. Sounds counterintuitive. I'll double check the JX8P preset to see what it is based on.
I loaded the Factory preset JX8P tones into the JX 10 and sound 28 STAB BRASS (loads as D4 in the JX10) doesn't sound anything like C6 Stab Brass, especially due to layering which doesn't exist on the jx8p.
Here are the settings for the JX8P sound, before the tweaks, which I'll get to maybe on Tuesday, #Roland#jx10#jx8p#synth
Some interesting discovery at lunch time. The stab brass tone (72, preset non volatile) on the JX10 is not used in the Stab Brass 8VA patch preset (C6) as I mentioned. So I decided to compare tone 72 from the #superjx#JX10 to preset 28 on the #Roland#jx8p. IMHO 72 sounds like 28 tweaked to make it sound more like the Final Countdown lead... jx 10 came out a year later, a possibility. #synth#programming#midi#analog
These are changes I would have made myself, open the filter, turn off dynamic, increase Vca vol and reduce Vca dyna (or even turn off). Jx10 preset is really close to the actual patch for the Final Countdown.
@cou@iotar@synths and finally, LFO and envelope changes. Main change is env1 key to off. Env1 sustain is on the long side, probably not needed once the JX is plugged into a Hall Reverb (another key component for the sound). Here, a Zoom Multistomp MS-70CDR with HD Reverb.
I've put a few bars of the lead for Final Countdown on soundcloud, with the Roland jx8p factory preset 28, the jx10 factory preset, and my own patch using jx10 tone 72 plus added synth tone. All with HD Reverb. Also recorded the last one dry. Sequence was recorded on a Roland MSQ sequencer and looped