Does anyone know what type of Synthesizer was used on the majority of this album?

i really need some help figuring out how to get certain sounds used in a lot of mpls based music

HELPPPPP MEEEEE

http://www.vintagesynth.c...4voice.php

My first guess.

damnit, i just wish i knew how to get that signature mpls brass sound

Those synths on Be Your Man and Can You Help Me and She's A Doll are pimp.

minneapolisFunq said:

Dude, I've been trying since the late 80's to do that!

I believe the signature Minny sound is Oberheim but not the one linked above, the OB-x or Ob-xa I think. it's like the one used in the Van Halen Jump song/video.

They were analog and today's digital don't really sound as fat. you can get new virtual analog but I am not that familiar with them (but I think there is Oberheim one).

What I do, using a Motif classic, is layer 3 of the synth-brass patches together. it's never going to sound exact.

I notice the Time in current tours use Nord synths too.

minneapolisFunq said:

if you can find the video of jesse on video soul with donnie simpson, he talks about his old boards.

Other popular synths around those years were models such as the Korg Poly-6, Mini Moog, Prophet 5, Roland Juno, Yamaha DMX
Found a site with some sound-samples : http://www.sonicprojects....dbank.html

Mark Cardenas, one of JJ-Revue's keyboardists who was also part of The Time during the Ice Cream Castle-album and the Purple Rain-movie, might be able to give some info too.
He has his own myspace and i noticed him posting on a yahoo-group of Yamaha-synths : http://launch.groups.yaho...essage/485

http://www.myspace.com/marcardenas

I'm sure that these guys were not using stock patches. Even if u get the exact board, u will have 2 tweak the patches, do some layering and figure out what EFX were used on the instrument.

Thanks for adding those details Graycap

Try this. Take a sample from the song/instrument u are trying 2 copy.
Loop the sample and tweak your synth against the sample. Works like a charm.

it would be hard to match it up to a sample if i dont even know how to program a decent brass sound

im kindof lost and cant find any good tutorials, when i try to look for synth its all techno stuff

minneapolisFunq said:

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minneapolisFunq said:

THIS one is spot-on to what you're looking for:
http://www.vintagesynth.c...im/ob8.php

Graycap23 said:

TonyVanDam said:

I already posted that but no one seemed to notice !

Dude..... it's Oberheims all he way!!! that is the classic 1999/Time/Minneapolis sound. I even remember Jimmy Jam sayingthey used presets..... maybe wtih effects thrown on.

time 2 start saving up 4 an oberhiem then

damnit lol

Shango said:

Mark Cardenas is out here in Seattle, playing in various projects. I've had the pleasure of jamming w/him on occasion. maybe I'll ask him what he used back then.....

GaryMF said: