The keyboard with the most Famous or coolest line?

[MikeyParent]

 

Originally Posted by mikael488

Not all of these songs feature the Jupiter-8 though, and when it's used it's only used sparingly.

Examples:

1999 - Prince = layers of OB-XA and OB-SX

Africa -Toto = Yamaha CS-80 (brass pads), GS-1 (kalimba and high organ part)

Africa - Rosanna = the solo is a combination of several different synths such as the Polyfusion modular,

Minimoog, CS-80, Prophet 5 and Jup-8 (used for the descending sequencer line).

Shout - Tears For Fears = The Fairlight does the flute and the bass line is a combination of a sampled bass

sounds mixed with synthesized bass timbres (Prophet 5 afaik).

Head Over Heels - Tears for Fears = the brass is essentially PPG w/waveterm; the sustained and plucked strings are

Fairlight with some Jupiter-8.

 

Well that's what I get for believing the Internet.

[mikael488]

Yeah, there's a lot of misinformation out there regarding what synths were used on this and that song/album. The info I posted comes from interviews

with the bands/musicians themselves so it should be more accurate. However, there are always those cases where you simply can't find the info you're

looking for, and in those cases I suggest you try to contact the artist directly by email or through some other means (I've done that many times myself).