Synthesizers

[Angelman60 3,569]

I am a huge synth and sound design fan and it's surprisingly difficult to find any info about which synth preset was used on madonna's hits. I'm Especially after the true blue era info in order to re create parts from multitracks we dont have yet.

Any other info would be valuable.  Is there any other synths  curious here ?

[RUADJAI 15,955]

Im very into synths and sound design and all that. There isn't a whole lot of info on her stuff. There's a few YouTube videos; an Into the Groove recreation video.... a 909 Vogue tutorial and really I think that might be it. But once you start learning about the synths themselves you realize that everybody was using the same stuff depending on how much access they had to expensive gear or not. 

For specifically True Blue... you may want to look for other artists that were using synths at the time. You may find more info on them and it may lead to what Madonna was using too. 

Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, Gloria Estefan, Peter Gabriel

[steady75 10,301]

 

Oberheim OBX

Yamaha DX7

Emulator 2

Roland D50 

and potentially a Juno 6

these work the workhorse synths of the time 

drums Linn 9000,

bass sounds Roland MKS-80 and DX7, bells  (Papa Don't Preach) Alpha JUNO 

 Also, Emulator II was all over PDP (Marcato Strings, Voices, Bass). In "La Isla Bonita" we can hear DX7 marimba. 

theres is defo some cross over with MJ bad album especially some of the bass slap synths. There’s a sonic cohesions between those two records. 

Hope that helps.

also some info on the debut

[Angelman60 3,569]

Thanks for all this info, I've seen all of this too but when I try to replicate it, the sound doesn't seem to match.

(Mostly tried the Marcato strings EII for papa don't preach which is close but not perfect)

Some stuff seems layered as hell like PDP bells right before the chorus.

 

Im so curious to know how they did the bassline for Who's that girl but it could also be a created sound more than a preset.

 

[Honey Little 4,484]

6 hours ago, Angelman60 said:

Thanks for all this info, I've seen all of this too but when I try to replicate it, the sound doesn't seem to match.

(Mostly tried the Marcato strings EII for papa don't preach which is close but not perfect)

Some stuff seems layered as hell like PDP bells right before the chorus.

 

Im so curious to know how they did the bassline for Who's that girl but it could also be a created sound more than a preset.

 

Have fun 

[Redha DBL 7,873]

15 hours ago, Angelman60 said:

Thanks for all this info, I've seen all of this too but when I try to replicate it, the sound doesn't seem to match.

(Mostly tried the Marcato strings EII for papa don't preach which is close but not perfect)

Some stuff seems layered as hell like PDP bells right before the chorus.

 

Im so curious to know how they did the bassline for Who's that girl but it could also be a created sound more than a preset.

 

Seems so interesting. I'd love to hear your results !!!

[Angelman60 3,569]

13 hours ago, Redha DBL said:

Seems so interesting. I'd love to hear your results !!!

Here is what I did for PDP, just a few seconds trying the sounds we talked about above

https://ti1ca.com/cl0rvihw-PDP-PDP.rar.html

[steady75 10,301]

Oh yeah most of these will be presets that have been augmented. Just play around with the cut offs and stuff 

[Redha DBL 7,873]

On 11/1/2023 at 4:26 PM, Angelman60 said:

Here is what I did for PDP, just a few seconds trying the sounds we talked about above

https://ti1ca.com/cl0rvihw-PDP-PDP.rar.html

Wow you really nailed the PPDP intro !!! Totally identical 😮😮😮