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Hi,
Can some tell me how Ican create the Giogio Moroder
70's/80's disco sound.

For example the pulsating synth sound of Donna Summers
'I feel Love Song'.

Can this be achieved on the AN1X or Virus and how?
Iam trying to avoid sampling as its cheeting.

Are there any soft synths that can do this?

Regards
Alien

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--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, Alien Martian <alien1x@y...> wrote:
> Hi,
> Can some tell me how Ican create the Giogio Moroder
> 70's/80's disco sound.
> 
> For example the pulsating synth sound of Donna Summers
> 'I feel Love Song'.
> 

Do you mean the pulsating bass line? That's a typical Saw Tooth bass sound through a low 
pass filter - probably 12db/octave, maybe 242db/octave. You'll probably want to adjust 
Key Tracking accordingly to get the staccato effect in the upper registers.

The pad sounds seems to be a string ensemble of some sort - I suggest you check out the 
softsynth Cheeze Machine from Big Tick (available for both Win/Mac.) The counterpart to 
tge bass line sounds like a clavinet to me - or perhaps a fair impression. Big Tick also has 
a softsynth Ticky Clav which is pretty decent

http://bigtick.pastnotecut.org/index.php?action=PROD&pcode=110&lang=EN

> Can this be achieved on the AN1X or Virus and how?

Yes. Init a Voice using the Bass preset and reduce the FC Decay and Release settings to 
taste. Choose a LPF12 and reduce the FC value while adjusting the Res to start. I would 
raise the pitch of Osc2 to '0 and rasie the VCO2 level to get a decent blend. You'll want to 
twek the AMp env to suit and maybe apply short delay. This will get you in the 
neighborhood if nothng else.

> Iam trying to avoid sampling as its cheeting.
> 
ppfft ha ha ha...

> Are there any soft synths that can do this?

Most decent VAs will do this, the actual sound iteself is probably a Moog or Arp and not a 
Prophet5. You might want to check out the recent offerings from Arturia:

http://www.arturia.com/en/

I would not mind having their Moog Modular V but I'm a bit top heavy with soft synths and 
effects right now and I've recently spotted a sample cd to add to the Want List..maybe later 
this year.

Jon

Thank you for your advise Jon,

I will try to put this into practice in what I have.
Regards
Alien


--- Jon <jondl_2000@...> wrote:

> 
> 
> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, Alien Martian
> <alien1x@y...> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Can some tell me how Ican create the Giogio
> Moroder
> > 70's/80's disco sound.
> > 
> > For example the pulsating synth sound of Donna
> Summers
> > 'I feel Love Song'.
> > 
> 
> Do you mean the pulsating bass line? That's a
> typical Saw Tooth bass sound through a low 
> pass filter - probably 12db/octave, maybe
> 242db/octave. You'll probably want to adjust 
> Key Tracking accordingly to get the staccato effect
> in the upper registers.
> 
> The pad sounds seems to be a string ensemble of some
> sort - I suggest you check out the 
> softsynth Cheeze Machine from Big Tick (available
> for both Win/Mac.) The counterpart to 
> tge bass line sounds like a clavinet to me - or
> perhaps a fair impression. Big Tick also has 
> a softsynth Ticky Clav which is pretty decent
> 
>
http://bigtick.pastnotecut.org/index.php?action=PROD&pcode=110&lang=EN
> 
> > Can this be achieved on the AN1X or Virus and how?
> 
> Yes. Init a Voice using the Bass preset and reduce
> the FC Decay and Release settings to 
> taste. Choose a LPF12 and reduce the FC value while
> adjusting the Res to start. I would 
> raise the pitch of Osc2 to '0 and rasie the VCO2
> level to get a decent blend. You'll want to 
> twek the AMp env to suit and maybe apply short
> delay. This will get you in the 
> neighborhood if nothng else.
> 
> > Iam trying to avoid sampling as its cheeting.
> > 
> ppfft ha ha ha...
> 
> > Are there any soft synths that can do this?
> 
> Most decent VAs will do this, the actual sound
> iteself is probably a Moog or Arp and not a 
> Prophet5. You might want to check out the recent
> offerings from Arturia:
> 
> http://www.arturia.com/en/
> 
> I would not mind having their Moog Modular V but I'm
> a bit top heavy with soft synths and 
> effects right now and I've recently spotted a sample
> cd to add to the Want List..maybe later 
> this year.
> 
> Jon
> 
> 
> 
> 
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