Favorite synth solos!!

ClockWorkOrange · Post by **ClockWorkOrange** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 6:53 pm

Arp 2600 that explodes in the middle of Who Are You, by the Who.
Arp Quadra on Abacab, by Genesis.
Oberheim 8 Voice Polyphonic System on Fooling Yourself, by Styx.
Minimoog on Merlin, by Rick Wakeman.
Moog Modular System on Aquatarkus(Welcome Back My Friends)Live, by Keith Emerson/ELP,,, mostly all Moog Modular with some bass & drums..

mahavishnu90125 · Post by **mahavishnu90125** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:00 pm

Keith Emerson. The Brain Salad Surgery/ Welcome Back My Friends period.
Here's someone who embraced the latest technology of the time and did it
the way it should be done. Nuf said.

mahavishnu90125 · Post by **mahavishnu90125** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:00 pm

Keith Emerson. The Brain Salad Surgery/ Welcome Back My Friends period.
Here's someone who embraced the latest technology of the time and did it
the way it should be done. Nuf said.

MC · Post by MC » Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:53 pm

There's an echo in here.

MC · Post by MC » Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:54 pm

(There's an echo in here.)

modulagirl · Post by **modulagirl** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:38 am

OK, here's my contribution, "Lucky Man" Keith Emerson, "Swanky" from the Eno album "The Drop" anything by Joe Zawinul, all the sounds on "Sonic Seasonings" by Wendy Carlos ! come to think of it, anything by Wendy Carlos !! my interest in music is due to Wendy Carlos !!!

Take care !

Sonia.

goldphinga · Post by **goldphinga** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 1:52 pm

herbie hancock chameleon arp solo.
any of joe zawinuls synth solos.
tony banks.

MoogMeister81 · Post by **MoogMeister81** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 4:52 am

My favorite Moog solos are, in no particular order:

Synth legend: MiM = Minimoog; MuM = MultiMoog; PM = Polymoog

1. Supertramp - "Crime of the Century" (synth bass finale, contributed by Rick Davies) - performed on a(n): MiM
2. Kansas - "Miracles out of Nowhere" (contributed by Kerry Livgren and Steve Walsh) - performed on a(n): MiM
3. Stacy Keibler - "Why Can't We Just Dance?" (contributed by James A. Johnston) - performed on a(n): MiM
4. The Rolling Stones - "Might As Well Get Juiced" (contributed by Mick Jagger) - performed on a(n): MiM
5. Kansas - "All the World" (contributed by Steve Walsh and Kerry Livgren) - performed on a(n): MiM
6. Styx - "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" (contributed by Dennis DeYoung) - performed on a(n): MiM
7. Electric Light Orchestra - "Daybreaker" (contributed by Richard Tandy) - performed on a(n): MiM
8. Electric Light Orchestra - "Roll Over Beethoven" (contributed by Jeff Lynne and/or Richard Tandy) - performed on a(n): MiM
9. Electric Light Orchestra - "Can't Get It Out of My Head" (contributed by Jeff Lynne and/or Richard Tandy) - performed on a(n): MiM
10. Electric Light Orchestra - "Mr. Blue Sky" (Live version from Wembley Stadium 1977-78) - performed on a(n): PM
11. Electric Light Orchestra - "Don't Bring Me Down" (contributed by Richard Tandy) - performed on a(n): MuM

sundaeclubber · Post by **sundaeclubber** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 4:55 am

I had no idea that ELO used a Multimoog!
Where did you get the info?

HRx

MoogMeister81 · Post by **MoogMeister81** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 5:06 am

I got the info, refering to their promo music video of "Don't Bring Me Down." Have you seen this video yet?

Benjamin

sundaeclubber · Post by **sundaeclubber** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 5:10 am

Is it on the end of the Wembley video?

If so, I've got it but not yet seen it!!
Are you a big ELO fan then?

H

MoogMeister81 · Post by **MoogMeister81** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 5:35 am

I don't really know. "Don't Bring Me Down" was released as a single (off the "Discovery" LP) in August of 1979.

vorlon42 · Post by **vorlon42** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 9:42 am

MoogMeister81 wrote:My favorite Moog solos are, in no particular order:
...
6. Styx - "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" (contributed by Dennis DeYoung) - performed on a(n): MiM
...

DDY used a Mini? I thought he was an ARP and Oberheim user. The Four-Voice came out months before "The Grand Illusion" was released, and was featured prominently.

Excellent solo, by the way.

MC · Post by MC » Tue Dec 07, 2004 10:25 am

Yes they used Minimoogs, Dennis confirmed it in a Keyboard mag interview. Dennis also said that the Four Voice was an excellent lead synthesizer and "Grand Illusion" was the first Styx album he used it on. Whether "Fooling Yourself" was the Four Voice or a Minimoog, man that's a close one I can get that sound on a Mini, a Voyager, or my A6 using the Oberheim filter. Definitely one of my favorite synth solos though.

~morbius~ · Post by **~morbius~** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 1:06 am

I gotta start it off with the cut that actually got me into modulars when it was originally released... as it did for so many others... ELP "Lucky Man".
From that moment on, it was Emo for me. All albums through the late 70's I found unique things I enjoyed, and reversed engineered the patches on.

I gotta say, as a owner of a large modular myself, I was always in awe with Emo playing live, a challenge few dared to do, at least to that degree.
My favorite live stuff has to be from ELP's Live tour... in May of 1974, Memphis, TN. - "Tarkus".

I sat 4th row center so I could see everything Keith did, and snuck a cassette recorder in the concert. I got 5 sides on tape, and the Memphis performance struck me as being the best of the 1974 tour from all of the bootlegs & official recordings I've heard... including "Welcome Back My Friends".

It was definetly a night when Keith and Carl were at their best... Greg, however, was drinking sterno... again, and ended up repeating the same verse over and over during "The sheriff".

Back to the Tarkus performance... Aquatarkus was one of the most awe inspiring things I've witnessed as to playing a modular in a live setting. It's all in the presets, and the rehersals.

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