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offline deepspace9mm from filth on 2004-09-28 03:54 [#01346568]
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It's just a kazoo / panlid / dusbin setup. Richard is like
my best mate in the whole world and he told me to keep it
quiet, but then he had bumsex with my nan, so i don't give a
fuck anymore.


 

offline E-man from Rixensart (Belgium) on 2004-09-28 10:18 [#01346613]
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WTF !!!
didn't he use mega-ultra-selfmade-synth and effect boxes he
made out of shoebox and phone wire??!!

have i been spoiled for sooooo long??!!!!

could it be that he used common/cheap equipment like you and
me and every techno-boy from that era...

i'm sooo disapointed ..........



 

offline mdv from Zwolle (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-30 04:00 [#02041002]
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Just a post to correct my previous errors.
First thinking selected ambient works II was made with a
cs80 then thought it was made with a prophet 3000 since i
got some very similar sounds out of it. But i was all
wrong..
It's a Yamaha SY99
Hope this post brings someone pleasure.


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2007-01-30 04:02 [#02041003]
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'born to be alive' wasn't written by the village people.
thats for sure.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2007-01-30 04:06 [#02041004]
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It was so long since I last saw this that I forgot all about
that post and nearly posted the same thing again.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2007-01-30 04:06 [#02041005]
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I find the DX7 thing a bit hard to beleive, but I am almost
positive on the matrix 1000. I have a matrix 6, which is
pretty much the exact same architecture, only you can edit
the presets without needing a computer. It has some of the
same kind of sounds.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2007-01-30 04:07 [#02041006]
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He *might* have done some circuit bending, but don't believe
anything you hear from his interviews.


 

offline mdv from Zwolle (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-30 04:10 [#02041007]
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hahahaha
it's not a dx7 (the sy99 takes fm much further) or matrix
1000, are you deaf?

It's the Yamaha SY99

He made SAW2 completely on that synth, inc effects etc.
No external equipment used at all.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2007-01-30 04:13 [#02041008]
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Are you on crack?

I have a couple presets on the matrxi 6 that sound near
exact to the sounds used on mdv.

I doubt it was only the sy99.



 

offline mdv from Zwolle (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-30 04:16 [#02041009]
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yes i am sure

near exact for deaf people maybe, but the matrix1000 sounds
very very different to me i owned one

and with the sy99 i don't just get close, i get the EXACT
100% same sounds!
inc effects, microtuning etc etc
it's the SY99 trust me


 

offline mdv from Zwolle (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-30 04:18 [#02041010]
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ah you said matrix6 sorry
but anyhow it's clear it's not made by an analogue synth.
most sounds are layered rom waves filtered through the sy99
digital filter set at 12db.
other sounds are fm sounds made by the afm part of the
synth.
other things are effects from the spx1000 of which there are
2 (very similar) in the sy99.



 

offline zero-cool on 2007-01-30 04:27 [#02041013]
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he used a yamaha cs5 on saw 1


 

offline impakt from where we do not speak of! on 2007-01-30 04:27 [#02041014]
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SAW1 is much better


 

offline zero-cool on 2007-01-30 04:30 [#02041015]
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how can you compare!!!???


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2007-01-30 04:42 [#02041016]
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Dude, by saying without a shadow of a doubt that you know
for a fact that it is that synthesizer based off of sounds,
and I am saying I know for a fact that it another
synthesizer based off of sounds, but neither of us have
concrete proof, then you are spinning in circles. The only
thing that could be accomplished is one or both of us looks
like a complete idiot. Since I am not going to say anything
more, chances are that will be you. Don't argue anything
unless you have seen it with your eyes.


 

offline mdv from Zwolle (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-30 04:45 [#02041018]
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fine,
name the track you want to remake
we'll both try
and i'll succeed and you'll fail
easy as that


 

offline mdv from Zwolle (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-30 04:46 [#02041019]
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or easyer yet, just name a sound in a track on saw2 that you
think was made with a matrix 6 and i'll tell you how that
sound was made on the sy99


 

offline mdv from Zwolle (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-30 04:48 [#02041020]
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and btw i'm not saying some sounds are similar or something
like that.
i'm saying the entire album saw2 was made with the sy99
every single sound, every single effect, and it's highly
likely he did the sequencing on it too but i can't prove the
sequencing part offcourse


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2007-01-30 04:52 [#02041023]
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Well said. In my experience, when people claim to recognise
something as definately100% being synth x, the vast
majority of the time, they're wrong. There aren't actually
an awful lot of sounds that can't be produced on more than
one synth.

I'm not saying all synths can make all sounds- of course
they can't, just that there's often a lot of cross over
between the palettes.

Can someone dig up the photo of the SAW2 synth (the one with
the credits engraved on the back) and settle this? Ta.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2007-01-30 04:57 [#02041027]
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Thats a Korg MS10. He sold it on an online auction mid last
year as a matter of fact.


 

offline impakt from where we do not speak of! on 2007-01-30 05:00 [#02041030]
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Yamaha CS-5


 

offline mdv from Zwolle (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-30 05:01 [#02041032]
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recordbag i know what you mean.
i made mistakes in the future, here in this thread when i
started it over a year ago. thinking it was a cs80 then
thinking it was a prophet 3000. but i got similar "base"
sounds out of them (more the prophet 3000 than the cs80
lol)
but this time i'm not talking about "base" sounds. i'm
talking about when i'm playing the SY99 including
microtuning and reverb and delay, it sounds not just very
similar, it sounds exactly thesame! and i'm on audiophile
speakers here and know a thing or 2 about synths, been
playing with synths for about 12 years now.
also when i say it was the sy99 i mean it. it wasn't the
sy77 or the tg77 or the sy85, it was the sy99. it is also
the only synth that has both fm, rom sounds, sampler,
lowpass filters, and effects, and microtuning etc. there
weren't that many synths at that time he could've made it
on. and not only this but when i make thesame sounds it
sounds 100% thesame including effects.
so this shouldn't be really an issue of he thinks it this or
that synth, i'm simply telling you guys that this is the
synth aphex twin used to make saw2, end of story. sure this
will make a few people happy:)


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2007-01-30 05:01 [#02041033]
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Ah! You were correct!

Matrix synth


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2007-01-30 05:03 [#02041035]
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Are you sure they didn't just make some of those rom waves
with the same analogue synthesizers?


 

offline impakt from where we do not speak of! on 2007-01-30 05:05 [#02041036]
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Post a sample then


 

offline mdv from Zwolle (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-30 05:07 [#02041037]
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lol
i ment i made mistakes in the past hehe
things get confusing sometimes ;p


 

offline mdv from Zwolle (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-30 05:10 [#02041041]
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those rom waves are allmost all of real instruments, like
the ones you hear on saw2. layer 2 or more rom waves, long
envelopes, 12db lowpass over them, reverb-delay, microtuning
on some, and you have many of the pads used.

will post samples later this week


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2007-01-30 05:12 [#02041043]
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I don't even think this is even worth arguing over, let
alone posting samples. Some sound advice for any interneting
is to not care when people dissagree with you.


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2007-01-30 05:14 [#02041045]
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well done you've emulated the synths in some obscure,
ancient record. what is the point? what a load of cock,
trying your best to copy someone. stupid aphex twin fans.


 

offline mdv from Zwolle (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-30 05:15 [#02041047]
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but anyhow this is a great synth more ppl should use.
wendy carlos uses a sy77 which is thesame except for
different keyboard, no sample ram, and different effects.
and brian eno also uses either a sy/tg77 or sy99, not sure
which. you can actually hear thesame rom waves used with
sometimes almost exact same melodies as saw2 by brian eno,
only not filtered and layered. still sounds good though


 

offline unabomber from Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on 2007-01-30 05:16 [#02041048]
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SAWII was done in a Casio SK1. Fact.


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2007-01-30 05:17 [#02041049]
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thanks for sharing!


 

offline mdv from Zwolle (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-30 05:20 [#02041051]
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JAroen, i've not "emulated" anything, guess you don't know
the meaning of the word emulating.
And why do you asume i'm doing my best to copy aphex??
because i'm not, have no plans to make saw3 or anything
similar.
however after hearing the sounds on saw2 i can hear what
else is possible with the synth that made those sounds. this
interests me both as a sounddesigner and as an artist. this
does not mean i wish to make anything similar to saw2 i just
was clear to me that thesame synth would be an amazing
instrument for me.

please think before you start posting such hatefull
messages?


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2007-01-30 05:21 [#02041052]
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I am not disputing the fact that its a great synthesizer. I
love the SY synthesizers. But I would never bank on
something I haven't seen with my own eyes. Doesn't matter
how much you are convinced. For all you know tomorrow, a
video could pop up on youtube that shows him composing it
with a juno 6 or a matrix 12 and then you end up looking
like a dork.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2007-01-30 05:21 [#02041053]
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EA-1 wasn't it?


 

offline zero-cool on 2007-01-30 05:22 [#02041054]
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post the samples dude


 

offline unabomber from Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on 2007-01-30 05:22 [#02041056]
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No, wait... It HAS TO BE a PT1! Fact.
And maybe some reverb...


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2007-01-30 05:24 [#02041057]
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Actually, I heard he did it on a dot matrix printer.


 

offline unabomber from Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on 2007-01-30 05:24 [#02041058]
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The EA1 was only used for cowbell!


 

offline mdv from Zwolle (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-30 05:27 [#02041061]
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fine this is all going nowhere.
i thought i was doing you guys a favour lol

i'll shut up and post some samples in about a week or so.
have nothing hooked up to my puter now, just rebuilding my
studio again after having sold it all about half a year ago
(wanted to quit this obsession but can't)



 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2007-01-30 05:30 [#02041066]
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so, let me get this straight, you've spent countless hours
searching for a synth that sounds exactly like saw 2? since
you don't have some sort of confirmation from the man
himself, this is obviously what you've been doing. then my
point is: why not jizz out some interesting sounds with
whatever synth you have lying around instead of trying to
emulate selected ambient works.

oh look lolz rofl <3<3 now i know which synth he used, my
life is complete, i've done my duty serving mankind and will
revel in eternal glory. guess you don't know the meaning of
the word pointless.

i need tranquilizers.


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2007-01-30 05:30 [#02041067]
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get off the internet lol


 

offline zero-cool on 2007-01-30 05:35 [#02041072]
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i have a lock of richards hair, so :P


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2007-01-30 05:40 [#02041079]
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if you divide 114 by 44.1 (khz) and then times 48 (khz)
you get 124 bpm the speed of one of the analord 10 tracks.
only then the background voices don't sound natural
anymore... this is not standard 4 to the floor with some
drone synth. this is some very special drone synth imho :)
i'm even tempted to say cs80 again ghehhe


dude, you're a fucking nutcase.

wil je er over praten? glaasje water misschien?


 

offline mdv from Zwolle (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-30 05:53 [#02041088]
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jaroen, you're an idiot.
you said "emulated the synths in some obscure ancient
record" origionally, which is wrong as you cannot emulate a
synth with thesame synth, you can emulate another synth but
not thesame synth. and now try twisting your own word to
make it appear you said "emulate selected ambient works"
which would be the correct use of the word emulate which
shows even idiots can still learn.

about it being pointless to search for a synth used on one
of your favorite records, i don't think so, but even if it
were why should you care i will do with my time as i
please.
but i think to hear a synth or sound and like it and want to
do new things with such sounds is how most of us got into
music. love for music, and i really love saw2.
i have made much music with many synths but allways kept
wondering what saw2 was made with as it sounds so different
from other music. to make a long story short when starting
up my studio again past weeks i got a tg77 and recognised it
right away and understood saw2 must have been made with a
sy99, sold the tg77 got the sy99 and am very happy now,
making some unique sounds and will be my main synth for a
long time, so i got a lot out of it and it was far from
pointless to me.


 

offline zero-cool on 2007-01-30 05:54 [#02041090]
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i wonder waht the background noise is in Bwoon Dub???


 

offline zero-cool on 2007-01-30 05:55 [#02041091]
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mdv=afx


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2007-01-30 05:55 [#02041092]
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Well, if SAW 2 was done on nothing but the sy99, you should
certainly be able to do some great tracks with it.


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-01-30 05:57 [#02041095]
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a microphone


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2007-01-30 06:10 [#02041110]
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This gentleman uses nothing but a sy99, for most of his
stuff, either.

LAZY_NEWAGESHITE


 


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