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Posted: Mar. 20 2006, 09:16
I was wondering if Mike Oldfield used an Analog Moog Synthesiser on Voyager's Mont St. Mitchel?

When listening to Mont St. Mitchel in these sections 1:22 to 2:39 and 8:25 to 8:40 there is this oboe sound that reminds me of the Moog Anolog Synthesiser that Richard Wright in Pink Floyd used for the oboe sound towards the start of Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 6 to 9 in between 00:58 to 2:24 from the second side of the 1975 album Wish You Were Here.  After the above mentioned sections of Mont St. Mitchel a more real sounding oboe comes in after 8:40.  :)  :)

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Posted: Mar. 20 2006, 14:38
That sound always reminds me of a certain synth sound in Vangelis' Antarctica. I don't know Pink Floyd that much to reflect your comparison, though.

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Posted: Mar. 20 2006, 14:52
I'd like to think it was done using a fancy guitar sustainer going into a Roland VG unit with an expression pedal controlling the cutoff :)

...but most likely I'd say it was an analogue synth emulation patch from a Roland or Korg synth module or keyboard.
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Posted: Mar. 20 2006, 15:01
I'm saying this without Voyager to hand, but if I remember right, all of the synth lead sounds on Mont St Michel are VG-8 'HRM' (Harmonic Restructure Modelling) patches. It's expressive because it's not a triggered synth sound - there are no samples, no MIDI, no oscillators; instead, the sound is based on the waveform from the guitar string, which takes the place of an oscillator. The unit then uses powerful DSP to remodel the sound.
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Posted: Mar. 20 2006, 15:48
Quote (Korgscrew @ Mar. 20 2006, 15:01)
I'm saying this without Voyager to hand, but if I remember right, all of the synth lead sounds on Mont St Michel are VG-8 'HRM' (Harmonic Restructure Modelling) patches. It's expressive because it's not a triggered synth sound - there are no samples, no MIDI, no oscillators; instead, the sound is based on the waveform from the guitar string, which takes the place of an oscillator. The unit then uses powerful DSP to remodel the sound.

Thankyou Korgscrew  :)  :)

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