> > Anyway, to create something remotely on-topic, I've been watching > Portlandia (which is hilarious) and I'm struck by the title theme. > It's an airy pad that as you can guess fills a background space- > almost identical to the Gorillaz Stylo sound- > It's been heard elsewhere and long before, but I'm a programmer and > the mechanics of the sound are unknown to me- anyone want to comment? > I want to say it's 3-4 "breath" style formants played simultaneously, > but I'm just a player-hater and I love my TX-81Z. > There are a some Vox presets that come close. The first one on the XL-7 - Humana is already 80% there. Layer it and slap-on the reverb (external maybe). Similar choir sounds on other roms - I know Pop and Vintage have decent-ish choirs, much improved by layering and tweaking. First heard on 10cc's I'm not in love? - fascinating to see how they made it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq7oGenbp2I By comparison we have it too easy! Sorry if that's too nerdy forya. --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Scott Solmonson <scosol@...> wrote: > > Anyway, to create something remotely on-topic, I've been watching > Portlandia (which is hilarious) and I'm struck by the title theme. > It's an airy pad that as you can guess fills a background space- > almost identical to the Gorillaz Stylo sound- > It's been heard elsewhere and long before, but I'm a programmer and > the mechanics of the sound are unknown to me- anyone want to comment? > I want to say it's 3-4 "breath" style formants played simultaneously, > but I'm just a player-hater and I love my TX-81Z. > > -- > NUNQUAM NON PARATUS >
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Portlandia choir pad
2011-03-24 by stimresp