[sdiy] rick wakeman sound

[synth at oldmail.charlielamm.com]

He used a lot of minimoogs.  

Of what I've heard, the best modern stuff for mini emulation is the Virus
Access C (get the latest software rev, it has the best Mini filter sound).

Emu has something called the Vintage Keys Pro; its synth emulation factory
sounds are, for by and large, an embarrassment, but with some tweaking you
can get a decent mini sound out of it.  It also has a decent mellotron
string sound, with some tweaking there you can sound like "Heart of the
Sunrise".

Software wise, AAS Tassman, to my ears, produces a good mini sound as
well. Arturia has a title called "Mini Moog V", but I have not heard it. 

If you get any of this going, and try to get his playing style down
(during solos, he used a lot of pentatonic scales with lots of trills, no
pitch bend, some glide, etc) you should be somewhat close.

And keep a beer close by, so you can swill it while you play.  That's what
I remember best about Rick W.

--CL

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004, Mustafa Umut Sarac wrote:

> Which software or diy synthesizer give me old rick wakeman tone ?
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> Mustafa Umut Sarac
> Istanbul
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