Guess the synth game #19

As usual - all seven synth audio example below come from the same synth. Which one is it?

Choices:

Roland MKS-7

Access Virus TI Polar

Bit 99

Waldorf Blofeld

Digidesign Hybrid

Example 1 resonant filters

Example 2 full comp synth

Example 3 analog strings

Example 4 "Gary Numan-style" synth

Example 5 bass / comp

Example 6 "Miami Vice-style" bass / synth

Example 7 analog brass

Hint:

sounds virus to me. Especially the first sound with the ploppy envelope.

There's a lot of reverb on those strings, is that on board or off?

I'd guess VA over RA for this one, but i've been wrong before.

Not sure if that's pic a hint because all those synths are white. Well, not the MKS-7, those are all yellow by now

I'm going with the Access Virus TI Polar

The effects come from the DAW. The synth was recorded dry or with the effects turned off.

Another hint is:

ffffff

Here are more examples with no effects:

4th Dimension Carousel

Analog Cellos

Analog Strings

Bronski's Xylophone

Calm Analog Beauty

Classic Analog Carpet

Downstairs at Cire

Obese Hippo

Overweight Frog

Resonant Curtains

Sparkling Anastrings

Synth Brass

Tinsel Banjo

Winter 1985

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Sounds like a softsynth to me, so I'm going to guess Hybrid.

Blofeld

Neither Virus nor Blofeld can produce these sounds. This is a real analog filter imho. Thus Bit 99 or MKS 7. I suppose that the alternate panning should be a hint, but I unfortunately know neither of the two machines.

It's a DCO synth and since it does sound a bit Junoish to me and I don't think I heard much of what really makes the Bit 99 sound like a Bit 99 - from what I remember of the Bit 01 anyway, I'm going to have to say it's the MKS 7, based on what I know of its closest relatives (I've never been near or heard an MKS 7, I think).

I'ma go with the Bit 99 because it's black&white like the photo.

I'ma go with the Bit 99 because it's black&white like the photo.

I thought it was black, but now you've made me extra suspicious. Sparkling Anastrings has a panning effect that might just be Italian.

Obese Hippo..... Sounds a little Bit 99, no? I must get to bed.

Actually, my final vote is for Bit 99. If I'm wrong I will blame the, um, very poor recordings!!!

Roland MKS-7

It is the Bit 99.

It came in black and WHITE.

Unfortunately it lost some of the cool features of the Bit One, especially the Unison... but it makes up with better MIDI, adjustable touch-sensitivity, more reliability etc.

Yes, it does have the classic (((STEREO))) effect, also found, for examples, in the Oberheim OB-8

It's a DCO, but has real VCFs and VCAs. I think it has CEM chips which sounds really great.

It's the sound of the '80s. Not as full-featured as the big boys, and no knobs... but the sound is powerful and beautiful.

YEAH ITALY!!! It's too bad my home country doesn't make hardware synths anymore... I.K. Multimedia is holding up strong in the soft market, but boy - times have changed .

that was my guess, I owned both the Virus and Waldorf and there was no way they made those sounds.

I then thought the Roland but I remembered that the MKS-7 doesn't have named patches and even if it did it wouldn't name so many of them with the word "analog" in them,

It didn't sound at all VI- especially something from Digi, so I defaulted to Bit 99 purely out of deducing, although I have never heard or seen one before.

FYI, I made those patch names up

Wow, I'm actually a little surprised. I thought the filter didn't have the juice that analog filters usually have.

I think it looks awesome and it sounds pretty cool, but...

I still don't get this hint

Don Solaris has all the answers you need.

"ffffff = hexadecimal number which converted to standard numbers equals 16 777 216. In 24 Bit graphics systems 16 777 216 is the total amount of available colors (from 2^24 bits). The specific one selected is hexadecimal #FFFFFF which converted to web standard color set equals white color. This gives me two hints. One is "BIT" the other is "WHITE". The surface of the Crumar "BIT" 99 is "WHITE".

->> Therefore i conclude it to be Crumar Bit 99."