Synths of Sci-Fi Episode 02: Arp 2500 Synthesizer, Jerry Goldsmith, Logan’s Run & Close Encounters

[@ashfaq1999]

Brilliant

[@mylittlestudio]

Big thumb up ! Liked and suscribed . Weeeeeeell done !

[@Koboto]

Thanks for the sub!

[@Tibbon]

I got to play this actual 2500 for a few minutes once. A fellow musician in the area owned it for a while. He eventually sold it, but I’m happy just to have even seen it.

[@Koboto]

That Awesome!! How was the patch matrix? I’ve heard that it can be tricky to work with.

[@Tibbon]

@@Koboto It's not awful to work with, and keeps things quite tidy without needing patch cables everywhere. I can imagine why it didn't take off outside this one synth - cost, reliability, interoperability, etc. I didn't get to spend more than 10 minutes on it, but it was awesome to behold! I don't know where it ended up after it sold about a decade ago, but I doubt I'll ever set hands to it again!

[@pfontaine23]

Great channel and very informative. Thank you for all the time and effort putting these together!

[@Koboto]

Thanks for watching!! I hope to have a new one up early next week so stay tuned. :-)

[@JorgePorEuropa]

Wonderful! Thanks for the information and also for the amazing mix eperiment you did at the end.

[@Koboto]

Thanks sooo much for watching!!

[@peterkeys88]

these are incredible vids!

[@Koboto]

Thanks so much for watching!! Any suggestions for future videos?? :-)

[@thestud2]

I have been trying to track down this rumor that the arp 2500 in Close Encounters, is in fact Jerry Goldsmith's. It was in for repair.

[@Koboto]

I think I heard that as well, actually. I wonder who has it today. :-)

[@agerven]

The original 1027 step sequencer of the ARP 2500, as most of us know today, boasted 3 x 10 steps. The Behringer equivalent, due to having the Eurorack format, is truely limited to 3 x 8 steps 3:52

[@JoelEverettComposer]

Hi Koboto, can you recreate the Thumping Bass James Horner played on a Jupiter 8 for Star Trek II? He also used a few other synths as well. (CS80 I believe and Serge synth)

[@Koboto]

Good idea! I’ll definitely look into it. Thanks for the suggestion and thanks so much for watching!!

[@JX3D]

Very informative, but please don't use a "teleprompter" wider than the camera lense. Its like watching someone watching a tennis game. But... as I said it was very informative and very interesting, so please keep up the good work. I am subscribing for sure. I have to add an advice. Learn the lines and do them in more and smaller takes (if its difficult to remember). Then you can always insert some video between takes and no one will discover that its smaller takes.

[@Koboto]

Awesome! Thanks for the feedback and thanks so much for watching. :-)

[@mvainio]

Thanks, very informative and interesting. How about doing 2001: A Space Odyssey?

[@Koboto]

Possibly. I think that’s mostly Strauss orchestra stuff from my memories. Is there some synth work in there? If so, do you know what synth(s) we’re used? Thanks for the suggestion and thanks for watching!!!

[@mvainio]

@@Koboto I was thinking about the special effects rather than the music. Especially in the pod scenes where there are all kinds of interesting sounds that have obviously done with synths.

[@Koboto]

Ahhh.. I see, yeah, good idea...I’ll look into it for sure. Thanks again!

[@bentheintern]

Holy shit did you have inside knowledge about the behringer clones that just got announced or is this an insane coincidence

[@Koboto]

Whaaaat? Haha. No idea of what they’ve got going on. I’ll check it out now. What do think of these clones? I’m definitely mixed on it. On one hand, I love theses classic synths and what the can do, and it’s cool to make them available for more people now... but... onethe other hand, I think it’s a bit strange to look back rather than creating and innovating. Thoughts?

[@johnstaf]

@@Koboto A great instrument is a great instrument. So what if it's 50 years old?

[@snoolee7950]

behringer garbage. there fixed that for you. these are not "clones" they're concept copies with different design, circuitry and build, add familiar paint color and graphic. Do not spread this dishonst "clone" propaganda. The only thing "clone" is the color of the paint.

[@snoolee7950]

@@Koboto dishonest garbage money exploit. same thing applies to purses, watches, and perfume. If you live in a hut with a dirt floor you'll love and defend it as "your only chance." It is a perverse exploit.

[@williamfarnsworth8750]

I agree with JX3D ...also Mike ...sit on your hands. Otherwise good show. Thanks.

[@Koboto]

Cool. Thanks for the feedback.

[@snoolee7950]

excellent content, but Bubba your audio is over-compressed. are you scared of your own voice? you have so much compression it is painful to listen to.

[@Koboto]

Thanks for the feedback. Yeah...there’s definitely a lot of ways that things can be improved. Just the “fun” of doing everything by myself and trying to get it out in the time I’ve allowed. I’m not sure what happened there. I actually went back and listened to all 5 of the videos that I did in that series and the audio is very inconsistent. Haha. It’s funny because I’m actually a post mixer for documentary in my real life. Haha. Honestly. I’m still new at producing videos so I spend most of my time wrestling with the writing, shooting and editing. By the time that I crash land on my deadline I just spit it out, upload and move on. I’ve found that if I obsess on any aspects that I never get anything out. That being said, I do appreciate the feedback. I think the sound quality has been slowly improving and I’ll continue to get better as time goes on. Thanks again for watching. :-)

[@snoolee7950]

@@Koboto that's what makes audio interesting. there is a lot to it.