I hear this snappy and fat synth bass sound used frequently in R&B and Pop Jazz productions between 1987 and 1990. But the exact machine it came from has remained a mystery.
So far the closest thing I have found is the Roland JX/Alpha-Juno/MKS family. But their synth bass sounds lack the mystery synth's "body" (for lack of a better description), which resembles the vibrating string sound from a real electric or acoustic bass.
I'm not betting on the usual suspect, Minimoog, since we can hear velocity-sensitive filter cutoff variation in the samples below. Minis are only capable of that after modification, and the high similarity among these samples suggests that it's likely a synth preset, a concept that doesn't apply to Minis.
The snippets below are from 3 different songs that all featured this synth bass sound. Can you identify the synth it came from?
Thanks a bunch!
So far the closest thing I have found is the Roland JX/Alpha-Juno/MKS family. But their synth bass sounds lack the mystery synth's "body" (for lack of a better description), which resembles the vibrating string sound from a real electric or acoustic bass.
I'm not betting on the usual suspect, Minimoog, since we can hear velocity-sensitive filter cutoff variation in the samples below. Minis are only capable of that after modification, and the high similarity among these samples suggests that it's likely a synth preset, a concept that doesn't apply to Minis.
The snippets below are from 3 different songs that all featured this synth bass sound. Can you identify the synth it came from?
Thanks a bunch!
Statistics: Posted by nidaye — Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:14 am — Replies 2 — Views 52