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Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: July 16 2002, 17:28 What would be the ideal set up of synths if you perform Oldfield songs? I would be thinking this: Roland SH-2000 Roland VP330 Vocoder Polymoog Yamaha piano Oberheim OBX-a (maybe?) Korg M1 Fairlight CMI ( ) Of course, you can nowadays just use one synthesizer, link it up to a computer or sampler... but this is much cooler. I'd love to have this set up.   -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

Horse Unregistered Posted: July 21 2002, 11:10 It depends on which tracks I was to play, but: Clavia NordLead Fairlight series III (the CMI IIx is too hard to work live - trust me) Mellotron Mk4 Farfisa Roland JD 800 Kurtzweil K2000 Back to top

Thea Cochrane Group: Musicians Posts: 445 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: July 23 2002, 11:32 When did Mike use a Mellotron on an album? I've got the VST Mellotron and like it very much - although I have to allow extra time to play Strawberry Fields, Nights In White Satin and various bits from OK Computer every time I use the thing. Back to top

Thea Cochrane Group: Musicians Posts: 445 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: July 26 2002, 07:00 Just thinking about my last post - you could do most of it with virtual instruments so all you'd need is a MIDI keyboard and some kind of computer - probably an iBook for reliability. That would mean that you wouldn't need some of the older synths or the Nord. The MIDI keyboard would be a Korg Trinity for the modern S+S-type sounds. The Fairlight could be emulated or multi-sampled into something like Halion or Gigasampler. Or maybe several iBooks to be sure that all the virtual instruments would work ok. Back to top

Horse Unregistered Posted: July 26 2002, 07:24 Of course you're right. But soft synths doesn't look impressive do they?   But they are much more reliable than the vintage stuff. A mellotron doesn't stay in tune, and it takes soooo long time for the Fairlight to load sounds. Even the CMI Series III with harddisc drive is (seen with todays eyes) veeery slow! I've worked the Fairlight a couple of times now, and most of the time you spend waiting. But I must say that it's worth the wait. I've resampled all Fairlight standard sounds onto my Yamaha A3000 sampler, wich is much easier to work. I don't know if Mike as ever used a Mellotron on any of his albums, but I know that he has got one.... Back to top

Thea Cochrane Group: Musicians Posts: 445 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Aug. 01 2002, 08:14 I'm considering buying a disc of sounds sampled from the Fairlight presets.... as soon as I get a sampler. Back to top

Horse Unregistered Posted: Aug. 05 2002, 10:57 Be careful with the Fairlight sounds. The standard factory sounds doesen't sound very well. You'll have to work it very hard in order to make them sound allright. However, if you do make it sound allright, it sounds tremendous. The amazing thing about the Fairlight was not it's standard sounds, but it's sampling abillities. Of course a few of the sounds have become very classic, for instance the 'Swanee', 'Saxy', 'Ohh' and 'Ahh'. Happy Sampling Back to top

mdenari Unregistered Posted: Aug. 13 2002, 11:41 You colud come very close with a Roland XP 30 or so and a Kurzweil 2000 or 2500 with sampling option, in 2 instruments you wolud have everything you need... Back to top

laurent Unregistered Posted: Aug. 21 2002, 14:25 You would have to include an Ensoniq SD1 of VFX or even ESQ1 as Mike use it a lot, specialy lately (bass sound in TB3) Back to top

mdenari Unregistered Posted: Aug. 22 2002, 14:34 Now assuming you have the same equipment mike has, there is still no guarantee you wil have the same sounds, unless, mike is using all factory presets, wich to me sounds unlikely. Therefore, you basicaly need Synths and Samplers that are able to recreate those sounds as close as possible. I was mentioning the Kuzweils because they bring toghether the best of both workds, synth and sampler. Of course there are lots of other good machines out there, the key is you need to know how to program them well enough and at the same time understand the type of sounds mike is using. Bottomline: Dont think that because you have the same gear it wil sound like Mike. It might be easier to get closer with machines you already own and understand how to program. Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Aug. 23 2002, 05:59 Oke, thanks! I know enough! sampling is better and cheaper than those old synths, but old synths rock! *hick!* -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

Pieman Unregistered Posted: Aug. 23 2002, 08:36 Mmmmmm......... Horse, i suspect we could have the man himself in this discussion......... Back to top

Horse Unregistered Posted: Aug. 23 2002, 13:45 What do you mean? Back to top

mdenari Unregistered Posted: Aug. 23 2002, 15:57 Yes, what do you mean??? Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Aug. 23 2002, 17:44 I know completely where Blue Dolphin is coming from here. Working from just a few versatile (and more reliable) sound sources is no doubt the sensible option, but there's something fun about a huge wall of keyboards...and simulations are never quite the same as the real thing. I'd possibly be tempted to add a Yamaha DX7 to the list, for all those Islands FM sounds (assuming you actually want to recreate those...). As for 'the man himself', there are ways of telling if it's him (though those would depend on certain things)... Back to top

akane Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: Aug. 2002 Posted: Aug. 23 2002, 19:35 btw about island, i think (not sure) that mike used roland d50 a lot typically for orchestral sounds -------------- Blue Haired Akané Back to top

Horse Unregistered Posted: Aug. 24 2002, 05:27 Unfortunately, Mike has never been that interested in synths. Not in terms of having them on stage at least. It would be much more fun to imagine which synths to have on stage when performing Jarre og Vangelis. Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Aug. 25 2002, 06:57 Well, I know Mike nowadays is very fond of synths. He went to Germany to record Tres Lunas because of the great supply of synths there. (jee, I really started a disscusion here...) -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

Horse Unregistered Posted: Aug. 25 2002, 17:46 Allright... Let's stop talking about which synths we would like to have. Which synths do you actually have? This is my list: Quasimidi Raven Quasimidi Quasar E-Mu Proteus 1/xr Korg Polysix E-mu Emax Yamaha A3000 Back to top

mdenari Unregistered Posted: Aug. 26 2002, 09:25 Here comes my list: Kurzweil k2500 + Sampling Kurzweil K2000 + Sampling Roland XP30 + 2 expansions Roland Alpha Juno 6 Akai s950, Akai s612, Kawai k1, Matrix 1000, Emu Classic Keys, Roland GR50 Korg Electribe R1 Back to top

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