Ultravox Synths

Midge Ure interview with Ultravox Synths.

[@marcbergeron8690]

The best music of the 80's

[@jamessisson3703]

The bass line on All Stood Still blew my mind completely when I was 8 years old. It still gets me excited to this very day. My synth obsession is out of control!

[@Anthony-dv4ww]

Join the club lve been a big fan of syth all my life and now am Newultravox👽😎😊

[@jamessisson3703]

@@Anthony-dv4ww Yeah. I'm with that

[@Anthony-dv4ww]

@@jamessisson3703 lve bought a Rossi 600 ,microphone is it the right to help my vocal s 👽😊😎

[@jamessisson3703]

@@Anthony-dv4ww Looks great. I'm sure you'll make great sounds with that microphone as it appears to be of high quality. The main thing I think is enjoy making music. An old friend taught me it's all about the mixdown and arrangement after the song writing and quality of the performance. Hope you're having fun!

[@Anthony-dv4ww]

@@jamessisson3703 thank you for your kind words my new key board will blow your mind it has A rich sound to it just press the a and should lead you ro tune sunrise and sunney and other that makes me newultravox(caretaker charge) enjoy👽😎😊

[@noelmurphy406]

Where does it all end Midge? There 👈. Brilliant 😂

[@batphink2655]

'Errr ya not being a keyboard player!" Midge CAN play keys well enough to filling many chords on stage I;ve seen him do it and guitar and sing and write songs. He is WAY more talented than he even thinks!

[@cor2250]

Hé was real the synthesizer man from the 80's with Ultravox and solo 💯 great rare voice

[@Anthony-dv4ww]

Aren’t you forgetting johnfoxx listen to his skyscapper your Jaw will hit the floor

[@colinwright4139]

Really? He was lead singer of Ultravox. Numan was the breakthrough for synth bands and he wasn't synth master either. Clarke, Gore,Wilder,Currie,Dolby,Payne, Jones, JJ,Held.....these people pissed on Ure from a great height.

[@MorbidManoeuvres]

Ultravox in there prime, obviously owning every monster synth ever made in the 80s 🤯

[@bniddo]

Their prime is the foxx era.

[@dr_tomK]

their

[@Anthony-dv4ww]

@@bniddo some my music is inspired byj the like of John foxx Perhaps my mr no is a friendly rival👽😎😊

[@symbiat0]

@@bniddoPreferred their post-Foxx era

[@longfade]

What a wonderful time capsule.

[@bondbug73]

Twenty keyboards visually looks better on stage than a Apple Mac and midi keyboard.

[@Microdisney]

6:25 Ultravox had a 4 minute warning, Depeche Mode only had 2 minutes on Construction Time Again

[@willfomes406]

This guy helped to organise Live Aid

[@paulhorsley8922]

Brilliant thanks for posting this, I can remember this lot when they came out ....... I want an Oscar ! ......(The synth not the crappy gold trophy) ! Nice one.

[@mjtaylor26]

He says he’s not the band keyboard player, but what he did there that off the cuff playing was totally expert. This is a very interesting video. Thanks, thumbs up!

[@Moss235]

Midge is still very good today, I bet he would love to go back to this era one more time

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

Many of us would love to go back to the Eighties again.

[@monuvention9022]

He has! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJ3NfYyYjd6db6c

[@keithrooks9120]

Real talent... I adore the music of ultravox

[@TheMetalMachineMusic]

I recognise that DX7 Tubular bell sound! Do they know its Christmas!

[@ZoeSummers1701A]

TopGun Anthem.

[@Blandina11]

DX7, the sound of the '80 👍😊

[@cor2250]

If i was

[@admiralackbar9307]

Ah, the Yamaha DX7 Mk 1 such a great synth.

[@larsvanbekkum78]

That bells from that Japan thing is a famouse sound. It's a dx7 and that Bells are used in 'do they know it's christmas'

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Midge is extremely Scottish

[@ramonrojas5816]

Love the accent

[@fenderfetish]

Aye

[@BarrySmithviolin]

Glasgow Weegie ! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@gphone9619]

Like Kippers

[@Ndlanding]

So am ah.

[@peternicklin2693]

PPG, STANDS FOR PALM PRODUCTS GMBH, A GERMAN SYNTH COMPANY.

[@synthesizerhome2041]

stands for Palm Products Germany

[@Firstinversion899]

I thought it was Pittsburgh Plate Glass. Oh well.

[@thelabtechnicians5657]

🎶🎵🎹 Absolute Legend Mister Ure 🎶🎵🎹

[@AimeeWalton]

The KZbin automatic subtitles on this are hilarious 😂

[@Ndlanding]

Ah didnae git ony subthingies, bit then, ah unnerston proper English, so ah dae.

[@templarseries]

Where does this all end?Eeerm....THERE!LOL

[@SwedishChef1977]

"I wouldn't call myself a keyboard player" **plays keyboard like a pro**

[@garyseymour6319]

Also plays Jean Michel Jarre

[@cor2250]

@@garyseymour6319 me to 💯 magneet field

[@cor2250]

Me to 'plus bass

[@mattiemclean9882]

hardly

[@colinwright4139]

Not even close.

[@vindicator2011]

...after all these years I get to see this ...KZbin thank you

[@iqi616]

Oh those DX7 presets - I never let those dogs near my TX7! FM is capable of so much more interesting sounds.

[@Jolex1000]

DX-7 nailed it.

[@KeytarKris]

So kool to see the magic of music happen with technology changing

[@cnfuzz]

midge lived in the greatest era for synth technology and used them musically , every follup up synth was merely a variation of what came out those days

[@vincenzo3292]

"Oh, that's a PPG(?)," all $17K of it. In the early 80's you could buy a house for that.

[@stumpland2843]

is that a second one, on top of the CS-80 (maybe cs-60) on top of the piano?

[@80ssynthfan48]

@@stumpland2843 That looks more like an Oberheim OB-series.

[@davebellamy4867]

​@@stumpland28436:40 Looks like a PPG on top of a CS80 on top of maybe a piano to me. The other video the making of had a CS80 on it and there was a Prophet hiding underneath the PPG. Maybe a Ptophet T8?

[@klaassiersma4892]

Them The human league and Depeche Mode made me start buying synth's, thanks guys.

[@thelwulfeoforlic6482]

Analogue synth music was SO much better, I really mourn the rise of digital technology it seemed to end up stifling creativity

[@uvoikimovundutrauerblume3302]

The digital era was started . And 4 years later the original bands replaced with preset pushers .

[@waheex]

The OSCar - has that classic sound

[@mtc3000]

Saw that tour live.

[@michaelmitchell8218]

When synths where synths and we use to get the most out of them. Not like today and do nothing with them. Old synths are the best.

[@owenaitken4754]

Still lots of great synths releasing thsees days, such as the Prophet 6, Prologue, Grandmother etc.

[@davebellamy4867]

​​@@owenaitken4754 Ironically all three of those are very much like the old analog synths! Says it all. The Prophet-6 sounds gorgeous.

[@fogvarious2478]

Funny how the vst version of the Oscar is far far far more reliable

[@veerchasm1]

I like ‘em too ☘️ 🧼

[@activeautos]

3:28 Where does itall end Midge lol

[@mistdog]

Why on earth did they interview Midge Ure about the synths and not Billy Currie?

[@ChasD]

Though I agree with you, I recall that Billy wasn't into doing interviews much. To his credit, Midge was quite knowledgeable with regards to synths, though it would be far more fascinating to hear Billy talk about his Odyssey, Elka and also the later synths he used such as the PPG and the OSCar .

[@pinkieblu4320]

Have a look at the gforce software interviews with Billy (they're fairly recent). He is very honest in his opinions of classic keyboards back in the day.

[@user-yc5um2pl5v]

Usual frontman stuff that Midge even addressed in his memoir (highly recommended reading!) - the journos only wanted to talk to the one who sings. They probably didn't even know the names of other band members.

[@andypaterson1639]

Yep, next up, Midge Ure on Brexit.

[@Also_Ran]

You should check out Midge’s audio book. He programmed, engineered and promoted their use in the band. He’s well qualified to speak about them in interview.

[@amonster8mymother]

Aye.

[@dmgsoultogetherness6667]

"where does it all end midge".....(just there).

[@lars-fenin]

like the oscar.....

[@user-yc5um2pl5v]

What TV show is this from, anybody, please?

[@horowizard]

Why does every video that ever played on MTV look like visions from your worst nightmare?

[@LeeStaffs1]

OSCar!!! The God of synths. What I'd give for one now.

[@fogvarious2478]

Just get.vst version... The real one is too moody and breaks

[@MJ-tg6wb]

Muse is today’s Ultravox.

[@mikeBlogic]

I would like to know what piano sound they used

[@arizonaidiot1250]

That sucks...what happened to the rest of it??

[@LFOVCF]

3:24 Were we listening to THE bell sound, and THE synth of 'Feed the world'?

[@user-yc5um2pl5v]

Not really as it wasn't written yet.

[@DiscoStringHit]

Everyone and their mother used that preset around 1984-1986. Even Siouxsie used it on Cities in Dust

[@cor2250]

@@DiscoStringHit big fan ...siouxsie ...listen starcrossed Or the circle

[@andyfin990]

Bell sound was the PPG.

[@aaronganga2600]

it records seouuunds

[@ringi1970]

As a German I am not very familiar with the various English dialects, but could it be that the Scottish dialect is very similar to the Liverpool dialect (it reminds me a lot of the dialect of Beatle's interviews when Midge is talking)?

[@BlackRoomArts]

There are also many dialects in Scotland, but I think it's the influence of Ireland that affects the accents of the cities on the West coast, in Scotland and England.

[@BlackRoomArts]

I should add that Midge Ure is from the West.

[@ringi1970]

@@BlackRoomArts Ah thx. That makes sense! the irish influence on the west coast. And Liverpool is at the northwest of england ... ok. :-)

[@BlackRoomArts]

@@ringi1970 My pleasure.

[@hdsubstance1]

Scottish accent level 99

[@rickyred001]

John Shuttleworth

[@SimonSimon-ko1xr]

Midgens in flight

[@madmac66]

So what did Midge have against Yamaha?

[@antigen4]

they kind of skipped over THE most used synth by ultravox on the first four albums - the elka rhapsody

[@soepil]

They weren't using that at the time of the interview. Same with the Odyssey.

[@pinkieblu4320]

Who's the guy doing the interview?

[@uvoikimovundutrauerblume3302]

A crossover from Jim Foetus Thirwell and Ray Cooks

[@andypaterson1639]

"It's got 64 memories and you can out cartridges in here." Lol. He's no salesman.

[@electrocruiser]

Lol, that had me in stitches. .. I think he is a good salesman actually, I'd have walked out with something im sure...

[@Firstinversion899]

That’s what got me, too. It’s got cup holders!!!

[@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECT]

Back in these days aftertouch keyboards where on the edge - today ? Profit greed killed it

[@marguskiis7711]

"Teeking twinty geybods ona roud, itz peinvul, belive me, peinvul... Zigital züntzesaizer, sixtu foor menmoriis, you can put cartedzhis hiiier"..."

[@polivoxlab]

Roland JX8P

[@kpec3]

This one still has the tagger on it. It can't be played. Don't even look at it.

[@meredithhopkins1411]

Billy Currie would have been better in Tangerine Dream! The music would not have been so basic. His creativity would have leveled upwards.

[@scopex2749]

whats a FLOPPY DISK lol you cant even buy them now

[@tarmach523]

Keyboard Krazy I have one from my keyboarding class when I was in highschool I can sell you lol, or just go shopping on ebay tons of them there!

[@PJV1990]

Never understood some digital synths. All of that tech just to replicate traditional instruments. If I wanted a steel drum sound I'd use a steel drum.

[@Ndlanding]

Twat!

[@deletebilderberg]

‘When does it all end Midge?’ When the global technocrats manipulate a global health crisis - and too many buy nto the scam. Life will never be the same again.

[@final_mile_music9713]

Oh shut up. Unless you are joking.

[@harlennevanderijt3452]

ok

[@Anton-du-Fleur]

Oh yeah when midge urine was such a specialist with knowledge of synths NOT. Tho the oscar was and is a peach

[@marguskiis7711]

PPG Wave did the hell horrible sound. Ultraexpensive synth sounded like some square wave toy keyboard.

[@zibbybone]

maybe in this video, but you should listen to early works by The Fixx, Patrick O'Hearn, Rush's "Grace Under Pressure". I love my PPG Wave 2.2 - there's nothing else that sounds like it.

[@larsvanbekkum78]

You hate it or you love it. I know what you mean. A very cold sound.

[@mudi2000a]

WTF .. PPG rules. The sound is unique. And it has analog filters.

[@Rhythmattica]

@@zibbybone Thomas Dolby "The Golden Age Of Wireless" is the poster child of its sound... First time I heard "Windpower". Fk ME! I let go of My PPG, But the sound lives on with a Microwave 1. A PPG in a rack.

[@LoicRathscheck]

Where is the whole video? I would love to see the complete documentary!