[sdiy] Mystery synth sound - One more chance?

[bloke at blokezero.com]

I'm going to say DX7 + Jupiter 6 (or something similar), there is a kind of thick slightly filtered quality to the sound that I think you'd struggle to replicate with just a DX.

Check this video: https://youtu.be/9FRNcJAkEMw?feature=shared&t=637 (I've set it to start 10:30mins in so you don't have to hear about sting and his double bass :eyeroll:). He says the bass on Westend Girls was a DX7, a Jupiter 6 and a tuned bass drum sample - layered, then goes on to demonstrate the effect. This is on the same principle that doubling an electric bass sound with a distorted electric bass, or a guitar playing the same part an octave up thickens the sound. It's a fun video!

Alex

> On 15 Aug 2024, at 08:49, Mattias Rickardsson <mr at analogue.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi synth fans,
> 
> When we're into unknown synth sound creation and favorite sounds from mysterious sources, I can't help also asking if anyone knows anything about the bassline sound of "One More Chance" by the Pet Shop Boys in the re-recorded version kicking off their follow-up album "Actually" from 1987.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prntbdZiJSg
> 
> The mystery bass sound first appears at 1:30.
> In the bridge starting at 3:33, the bassline goes for a nice little promenade, then returns.
> 
> As with many sounds on well-produced recordings, it might be a sound sculpted by doubling or tripling different synths or other sources, and also might be heavily treated with effects. This might make it impossible to pinpoint or even find documentation of. It might also be made with "uninteresting" synths, getting its interesting synthesis qualities entirely by treatments and production. Still, it's a sound with some unique magical qualities in a masterpiece of a track that never fails to give me goosebumps, and I just can't let it go unknown.
> 
> Any ideas?  This mystery bass sound has been bugging me for about 35 years, so I'm all
> ears! ;-)
> 
> /mr  -  riding the wave after Richie's synth sound exploration
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