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and many thoughtful hours to get those sounds out of it! The Art of Noise's hits used just the basic sample pack from the Fairlight demo reel. ("Close to the E
by davidgerard 4y ago
and many thoughtful hours to get those sounds out of it!
The Art of Noise's hits used just the basic sample pack from the Fairlight demo reel. ("Close to the Edit" will never hit the same after you've heard the demo reel.) But Kate Bush went absolutely wild with its synthesis capabilities, for example.
- speed_spread 4y agoWhich further shows that musical proficiency trumps all technological advances. Anne Dudley's piano parts still resonate strongly with me, and I'm sure she had much to do with the arrangement of those presets. Similarly, I've read that much of Underworld's first albums comes straight out of a Yamaha CS-1 which is a pretty basic rompler.
- davidgerard 4y agoyeah, same with the DX-7/DX-9 - the entire early '80s is either Fairlight presets or DX presets. but, as you note, it ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it