i can't stop listening to the organ music that begins at 1:28.

6:41 I just watched an interview that showed this is where they got the intro of MJ’s “beat it”

Sounds great in 2024

The crazy thing is that I have on vinyl, the very songs which contain the sounds that he demonstrated during this interview. I DJ'ed during the 80's and 90's. I never had a freakin' clue how those songs were made. I just happen to look this thing up after watching a Stevie Wonder video, which mentioned that he played this thing. I wanted to see what it was, since I played piano for my college gospel choir, as well as my father's church during the late seventies and early eighties. Wow.

every note of the beat it intro was straight off the record? sheesh

I can’t not hear the intro to Beat It and not do that whistle , drum machine break and clap , I have to 😂

I love it because it’s sprinkled on soooooooo many projects. Very versatile for the time period and a beautiful haunting sound

The sounds of the 80s all compiled into one device.

This is a treasure.

7:01 is cool lmfao Brazil 🇧🇷

Show !

How have I never heard this!?

Gets nervous re rights lol

the organ at 0:26 sounds so big.

That song "Secret Voice" is hands down the greatest song ever written in history. The artist who wrote it should be protected at all costs.

Computer Chronicles theme!

this hits hard

Best Sampler Ever

Switched On Bach was released in 1968, not the 80s :)

your supposed to make new sounds with fm instead of emulating some alien sounds.

I think Icehouse used it also.

7:31 - must figure out where this is from. I swear it's from a movie or used in a movie...

I thought the MJ "Beat It" stab was a Fairlight CMI?

nothing special

Didn’t know much about this but listen to some videos of the presenting sounds was cool. But this bloody hell hearing the first 3 presets just blew me away. It is truly an incredible synthesizer. Creating the most atmospheric, powerful and also scary sounds.

17:59 very close to intro of The Police - Wrapped around your finger

In the song "Tender Lover" (1989), the LinnDrum was heard.

4:41 Vibraphone sounds used a lot by Lyle Mays

8:29 Are you the Keymaster?

A glorified controller for a “regular” computer that did all the work.

The sound around 5:40 was used by Tangerine Dream at the start of Exit. As far as I understand if performed live they played a studio recording of it or possibly as a sample. Perhaps the clav was too bulky, finicky or expensive to use live?

the beat it riff is cool and all, but there's some real impressive synth wizardry on display here. the electric guitar is especially impressive for 1981.

Phil Colins on the drum machine. Wow

I would choose the Yamaha TX-816 over a Yamaha Tyros 5, Genos, Genos 2 or any cheesy arranger keyboard. Pair this up with a lofi PCM like a Roland TR-505 or TR-707 and you have the untimate lofi setup! All these instrument patches still sound realistic even today, on this recording they used the TX-816 with a Yamaha RX-11 drum machine, this kind of music is still just as cool now as it was back then.

I'm on a Mission, from Kiew!

Lovely!

The cool thing about this machine is you could literally create a whole video game or sci-fi film soundtrack with no need for additional instruments, what a beast.

19:55 - Imagination - Illusion.

0:52 Oh, I love that tubular bell sound. So dark and distinct.

5.42. What a great time it was! People thought, that if you can't touch smth, then there is no need for copyright protection. Then guys like Steve Jobs (let him rest in peace) and Bill Gates came into this area and explained, that it was wrong to think like this.

That wendy carlos comment was so uneccesary. "Oh wow, the 80s were wild🤓" ah yes because Wendy's identity was just a wild 80s trend

It’s unfair that they believe he has dissuaded the next generation of musicians from picking up “real instruments”. The computer age was going to happen no matter what and instruments were going to become computerized. I think it’s up to the preference of the musicians; what tech and instruments they are going to use. Personally I use a guitar, real synthesizers, bass guitar, bass synth, real racks and effects; but I also use everything I can to support my sound with what the computer provides in engineering and actual music production. Also we as musicians would never be able to have the personal studios at our disposal nowadays without computers and daws. As a result I probably would’ve never even became a musician in the first place. Computers quite literally perform the job of almost an entire studios layout.

I enjoy seeing that #RolandTR808 too 🙂 . 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟧🟧🟧🟧🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜

17:57 must the the inspiration for 'The way you make mee feel'. Especially if you listen to the rehearsal in This is It where MJ tries to explain how it's suppose to sound...

Jackson Gong sound was in fact a Synclavier and not a sample.

I can hear some TD & KS in there.

is there long version of this rehearsal video on youtube?

There's no need for this setup anymore other than the build quality and energy that goes into the hardware. I have an Arturia cmi and operate in a daw which I can take on stage with an 88 key controller and laptop. The idea was brilliant but the execution was wrong. Like many great minds, their vision shaped the future but they didn't consider the economies of scale.

Cool! Love the LinnDrum but Phil Collins is equally legendary!

Useless! Not even 1 barking dog, bubbles, or funny frog sound! 200k should at least get me a good, old fashioned, simulated wet fart!!! (or maybe a queef instead?) LOL!