Classic Synth Combinations

[@alexz635]

FM piano + strings = Dire dire docks!

[@devwarbeats]

Alexis Zikas hahah YES!

[@mimoochodom2684]

Couldn't I be 19 and come across your channel now.

[@TheNiggiboy]

haha that's exactly what i am doing right now XD

[@mimoochodom2684]

Don't die wondering dude. Go for it.

[@TheNiggiboy]

yeah i recently found this channel and since then i've been learning so much about synths! this is great

[@garyhundsrucker5430]

mimoocho dom I thought he was hooking up to an axe effects rack but it wasnt. I recently hooked my keyboard to my Marshall Code 50 and I got all kinds of nice variations that way!

[@decibelsintetico]

just thought the same, damn, so much knowledge

[@Pan6888]

Paolo this is Open Ocean from the HC forum. Your chanell sounds and looks fantastic, 80s will never fade away the same about all these classic sounds from the gera of this era, i really enjoy so much my Dx 7 mark I, keep up the good work.

[@DonPablo2011]

Stumbled onto this by accident, now I'm having flash backs to Miami Vice and Air Wolf. Awesome.

[@davedagreat69]

Your TX802 looks immaculate. I got mine for a bargain price and it will NEVER be sold! It's just too brilliant.

[@forehead84]

I think I'm into my third day of knowing about your channel and I've watched hours of great videos. Clearly putting a lot of time and effort in and that is greatly appreciated! Thanks.

[@ronaldgreen5292]

This guy is great! Excellent knowledge of the keyboard and synthesizer!

[@joekelly7505]

Just hearing the sounds themselves brings me back to that time.

[@geoffk777]

Very nice! Also great playing, especially the jazz. For those unfamiliar with these modules, the Yamaha TX802 is basically a DX7mkII in a rack. The JD-990 is a digital ROMpler and predecessor to the JV-1080 and JV-2080 (as well as the even later XV and Fantom series).

[@coldwar1977]

They should hire you for movie soundtracks mate!

[@davegrg123]

Thank you for this. I learned a trick. Some of these remind me of modern reverbs, like ‘shimmer’ reverb. But these are cooler

[@DechenHall0104]

Sounds amazing! I was doing this with my Mininova and the TX16WX sampling software on my pc, and it was quite alot of fun, especially since I was using a Fairlight CMI IIx wave files

[@looneyburgmusic]

The first time I heard someone playing the classic "MIDI Piano" patch, he called it "Glass Piano", which I thought fit really well for the sound...

[@amigalemming]

This mixing of FM and PCM sounds is the synthesis method used in the Yamaha SY-35 and similar Yamaha models. It even has the combinations you demonstrate here as presets.

[@alexey7459]

amigalemming Great synth! Got it a couple weeks ago..

[@johnstoner666]

I love your videos. I know very little about synths but this is awesome to hear and watch.

[@Windows95manofficial]

i love you channel! we are italo disco italo band from Finland! greetings : PEU

[@mwatkins0590]

i hope you do a lot of videos like this one. I have been spending most of my free time studying music composition lately and something ive been overlooking is orchestration, partly because I want to write modern music and most recommended books tend to focus on classical music.

[@StefanoPapaleo-TS]

Nice, man! I remember making those exact same combos - except the fusion one - back in those days on my DX7IID. You nailed it once again. I just hope the guys at S4K are able to fix the hissing issues on the TX802 I'm buying so I can mess around along with the TG55 and Proteus 1... all bought because of you, I'll hold you accountable!:))) Have a nice w.e.

[@altrogeruvah]

Ah, I love these Robbie Buchanan FM pianos. They were everywhere, from Disney themes to Al Jarreau's albums. So good.

[@RMCapcom7]

Dream set ideas 04. sooo Beautiful and Epic this Combi is. Badass

[@hyoenmadan]

Similar sequences are still in use as background tracks on japanese Visual Novel product lines. So is interesting to see how them are actually produced. Nice video.

[@machiwoomiapoo]

Great sounds on that 990. I like the TX802 too. :) I like the FM + Strings. It's such an 80's sound. You are doing some great work with these videos. Take care, Sam.

[@danielortizdecaracas]

I love rack synths please upload more video rack combinations, posibilities are endless

[@Miltefar]

Fantastic video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@theVHSvlog]

Feels like an infomercial is about to pop up behind me. Cool layering

[@stevebrown2070]

man I love your channel! thanks for posting this stuff

Nice video can't wait for the next more on this topics ! 🎹👌🏻

[@ILLDATA]

You've got a pretty insane hardware collection!

[@trinidad17]

"How to Twin Peaks"

[@J._Campbell]

It would be great to listen to more different combi's sounds with maybe using 3 high-quality synths (for example Roland D50, Korg M1, Yamaha DX7..) That's really true, that combinations sounds of different synths make sounds rich, beautiful and colorful. Thanks a lot!

[@zerotrooper1991]

im just a bedroom notebook producer and never had a piece of analog gear but it is an entertaining to watch how the things needed to be done in old times. also great dreamy sounds, i've enjoyed it a lot

[@yallimsorry5983]

notalonedubz To be fair, both of these modules are old school digital.

[@timwilderspin]

Love this guy. It's like an object lesson in yacht rock.

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

Wow loved this video, really nice sounds you have going. Very intresting to hear these sounds put together. I often use paino layering in my track but have never tried using my dx7 mk2 sounds to layer. I often combine either the Sq80 piano , with the M1, Jv 1080 or jd990. Very inspirational. 👍👍

[@mrhoffame]

I heard like 75 80s love songs in there LOL Love it man!!! Just subbed.

[@stcezaire06]

DX7 Ep Awesome for ever ! very nice combinations too.

[@jarrodkeiser9458]

Taught me the most important lesson on making good synth tones…actually being able to play piano

[@Retrogamer71]

amazing sounds.

[@tatsuhirosato8646]

I'm sure people ask this alot, but are you a working studio engineer or something? You seem to have access to so much amazing gear and you actually know how to play it as well (something oddly rare).

[@Daring2Win]

I sold my TX-802 to buy a TG-77, but this makes me want another. TG does so many things, while the TX is just a solid beautiful FM box.

[@devicefactor2290]

thank you Paolo, I love your Work. as a brother (non related of course) I love all that you've done and for every video, understand and admire. this is great ... i know you've done request so the only one that I can come up with is, early house. similar in vein to spacer woman, or Alexander robotnick work

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you, Shane, yes, that Spacer Woman / Alexandr Robotnick type of sound is definitely coming, I have an idea of making a video for it but I would like to get an SH-2 first, or even SH-1 or SH-09, and a DR-55 - hopefully very soon ;)

[@nathanwood1961]

your house has terrific lighting :)

[@TRFrench]

Thank you professor. You teach me so much!

[@issiewizzie]

nice combinations ....its given me some great ideas

[@W3TW4R3]

So glad I stumbled upon your channel! Subbed!

[@Todd63790]

Amazing so beautiful

[@rogerfelez7478]

Another very cool combination is Yamaha CP electric grand with a little bit of FM electric piano. Lito Vitale, a musician from Argentina, used a CP-80 MIDI triggering a TX7

[@subwaygaragemusic]

Phil Collins also do this on tour during the early 90s.

[@Chillnote]

Thx for the video

[@victornoagbodji]

wow awesome sound!

[@danielfisch389]

Got those modules too - now I know what to do with them :-) thx

[@ThoughtsEtcEtcEtc]

sounds wonderful :)

[@aubainsnipe94nyc]

I love your page mate

[@Alexedoff]

Roland JD-990 - its my dream!!!....

[@finitesound]

Great video, as always!

[@Zadster]

I'm sure the FM+Strings one was used for a cheesy Tuesday evening romantic comedy series with big hair, massive shoulder pads and lots of soft focus. If not then it certainly should have been.

[@Gusrikh1]

Very, very nice. Insightful.

[@WHIPTY]

Great demonstration man!

[@rafaelmarfil]

You keep inspiring me, thanks!

[@bartlemy]

freakin awesome- you should be making hit records today !

[@ChrisP3000x]

That was awesome!

[@s.kxx1956]

The nice thing about separate modules or synths to do this is you dont lose any polyphony like you do with a korg workstation where you can create a combi like this but your polyphony drops

[@jonathanalbalak121]

wonderful

[@BboySalamon]

"L.A. Piano"-) Love this city-)

[@robertsyrett1992]

FM+String cheese

[@trollingisasport]

sounds like my girlfriend after a yeast infection

[@MikeS-1969]

Very nice and informative!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Glad it was helpful!

[@achominski]

so awesome

[@sumaer9449]

I got the Twin Peaks feel with the Fm+String patch :D

[@PeteKowalsky]

Nice, Dude! Can you make some more of the Crumar Bit99 + Bit01, come combi's with effects?

[@rogeliomaciel3397]

Love your videos!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you!

[@onsesejoo2605]

The electric piano is very 80's but also very 70's disco ballads ala How Deep Is Your Love or When Will I Meet You Again by Bee Gees and Three Degrees respectively. :) John Lennon's Imagine is an early example from 70's combining real acoustic piano and RMI Electra true electric piano.

[@L77kim77l]

Thank you very nice sound and very helpful

[@kiko1935]

This is gold

[@hfdoukh527]

Thank you Like always

[@DJDigitalJosh]

I got a TX81Z for $50 back in the day. I remember it being heavy with a nice metallic sound. I was into buying & flipping back then unfortunately.

[@xp50player]

woah, shredding at the end there👍

[@lukassbeataddicts]

I like that fm piano a lot

[@neonvoid]

1:36 fantastic sounds

[@neonvoid]

2:10 combo sounds even more fantastic.. wow.

[@garyweaver9222]

All without a joystick, too

[@rs2klee]

love your videos :) I have a couple of rack synths myself S5000,Motif ES, TR Rack, Supernova II, JV2080 and master keyboard I use is my Trinity. At one point I was going to sell them all but keep watching your videos and keep changing my mind :) Q. id like to ask is how many rack synths do you have.? would like you to demo out the Supernova 2 rack if you have one :) also how to use the S5000 properly.

[@gunjabeans]

Epic Sounds.

[@AdamDaley1]

7:26 - Thought he was about to play Disneys Electric Parade for a moment

[@LouisSerieusement]

lovely !! cheers from france :)

[@nemisysone]

I'm learning a lot about using synths from your videos! That digital piano sound is one of my favorites! So some famous sounds are actually two or more sound modules/synths layered together? That Foster Piano combi also sounds like something Michael W. Smith would use! It's basically setting your modules to different midi channels and configuring your controller to send on both channels? Very informative video! Thanks for posting it!!!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@standamurry910]

awesome

[@corehex]

wow you're good

[@anthonyc1515]

I know nothing about synths but this is cool

[@seanbateson3398]

Magical.

[@ElijahRock92]

Don't know if you respond to comments in older videos, but I have a question nonetheless. I know it was common back in the day to layer acoustic piano patches with FM and/or PCM synth patches. However, do you know of examples where FM and/or PCM layers were combined with Fender Rhodes or Wurlitzer EP samples?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Yes, Chick Corea I think is one example during the Elektric Band period, he layered Rhodes with FM layers

[@jamespilcher5287]

fm& string sounds like the underwater levels on Mario 64

[@Noone-of-your-Business]

The Bells + Choir patch shows the problem I had on my Kurzweil MicroPiano: the pad sound - in this case the choir - would not release as long as the sustain pedal was down, even if it had been lifted _after_ the cord was struck. This renders standard piano sustain pedal technique completely useless, because playing a chord and then lifting the sustain for a brief moment is all it takes on a proper piano to dampen all the notes of the previous chord. With this kind of senseless sustain control, chords keep bleeding into each other, giving you dischord on dischord. Sad.

[@bernyboss]

I love your vids Paolo 😉

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thanks so much!

[@compographer]

Geeeeezzzz.... I hope I'd found you long ago, man! Great stuff! Btw... What can of combination is used for the digital piano-like sound on the Rainman movie theme? Cheers!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you! DX7: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGTVo52HqbaYa6Mm11s

[@sysexstudio]

Nice Paolo! Just curious, what controller keyboard is that you are using? Looks nice.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you, Sysex|Studio! The controller keyboard is an M-Audio Axiom 61

[@DanzoSrife]

Sounds great buddy! If i were to guess, you might have done some wedding performances before ? XD haha but no srsly, maybe you were in a band?

[@issiewizzie]

great thanks for you video

[@Madison-ut6bz]

are those like the best rackmount modules that you like? the tx802 has all the sounds of the dx7 right?...

[@Bruno-hd9qo]

Cool

[@korhansoydan]

we go deep into heaven at 4:31 for a minute

[@gipetuberine]

SY home made 💪🏻😁

[@kevingamache1512]

At 6:00 it got to be religion. Thats like what i love to make. Awesome

[@keyvoz]

Hello! I just bought a yamaha ex5 and when I wanted to edit a sound, they erased the others, how can I do a factory restore, could you help me?