Creating the lead sound from Talking Heads Burning Down The House on Prophet-5

[@gunnersdream44]

Great song and equally great sound design! Prophet-5 is a treasure. Cheers, Paul!

[@newignis]

I was able to reproduce fairly well on a P-6. A little distortion aided as well. Thanks for sharing.

[@LaraSchilling]

Trying to program some midi data for burning down the house and came across this video, so I clicked for fun. I think I've got some better ideas on how to really get the sound. Nice name btw :D

[@PRODUCEDBYLILDOUG]

That wood color is beautiful. Is that factory or did you stain it?

[@paulschilling2996]

It was an unintentional side effect from using a color filter. :) This video shows better what the wood color on my P5 is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZnSi3uGfNehgsU

[@2_Normal_Ted_Junior]

That sounds a lot like the Bad lead synth most apparent at the beginning of the song. That’s a DX-7, though, I seem to recall.

[@christopherpederson1021]

analog synths always sound better slightly out of tune. i figured that out

[@paulschilling2996]

I concur

[@samprock]

Neat!