Dire Straits & Yamaha DX7

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Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms" from 1985 had a lot of synths in it. Digital synths like the Yamaha DX1 and Synclavier were utilized a lot on that album. The Emulator (not EII) and the Yamaha GS1 were also used. According to Guy Fletcher no analog synth was used on the album, only the tour.
I'm using both the DX7s and the TX802 in this video. The first string patch uses the low strings from the TX802 while the high "tremolo" strings are coming from the DX7s. Throughout the video the patches are evenly divided between these two synths. Except for the first "Brothers in arms" string sound, no sound is layered.
Chorus and reverb are used on some of the patches.
With careful programming the DX7 can sound very lush and slick, even for string- and pad sounds. The last two patches, where I play freestyle (not Dire Straits chords)are such examples.
Both these two patches are edited from the first string patch I show in this video.
All the patches in this video were made by a guy known as Hedge777 or ElectronicSupersonic
ElectronicSupersonic's channel is here: • Yamaha DX7 w E! My “Di...
I will not send his sysex patches to anyone so don't bother asking me. Ask him yourself.
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00:00 Brothers In Arms Strings
02:19 Brothers In Arms - the album
04:01 Different sounds

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@dwaynecarroll6098 5 ай бұрын

NEVER would have guessed this intro was from a DX7 I also never realized I would have an interest in programming DX. After watching this video though, I’m quite interested and may buy one. 450 on eBay not bad!

@matthewcragg3607 5 ай бұрын

"Brothers in Arms" by Dire Straits and "So" by Peter Gabriel are my two favorite albums from the 80's and that's really saying something because I am obsessed with nearly all 80's music. These two albums were masterpieces that perfectly capture the middle of the 80's. Of course, both albums were heavily featured in my favorite TV show of all time too. ;-)

@WesslansFilmprod 5 ай бұрын

Nice demo, Espen! I really liked the sounds you played at the end (the ones from "Ride across from the river"). I'm a Dire Straits connoisseur and music producer. I have over the years collected info regarding this album and tour. Especially things regarding synthesizers. Synthesizers used on the album and tour: - Yamaha GS1, super rare synth (Yamaha's first FM synth, shaped as a "baby grand". Used on the "Brothers in Arms" intro and probably all over the album. As far as I know this synth was not on the tour.) - Yamaha DX 1, rare synth (Used all over the album and can also be heard on basically every track on the tour. But most noteworthy for the "stab chords" in "Money for Nothing" and being one of the portions to form the lead for "Walk of Life" on both album and tour, as far as I know.) - Synclavier II with FM and sampling, super rare synth/sampler/workstation (Used for the Arpeggio "arp" in the intro to Money for Nothing. Can also be heard all over the album and tour) - Roland Jupiter 8, rare synth this days (used for the background war sounds in the intro to "Brothers in Arms", this synth is also one portion of the "Walk of Life" lead sound and can also be heard all over the album and tour.) - Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, used on the album and tour (not sure to what extent on the album) - E-Mu Systems Emulator II, used on the album and tour (Used for the "Shakuhachi" intro to "Ride across from the river") - They also used a Hammond B3 (uses "additive synthesis" to create sound), a Yamaha Grand Piano and a accordion. According to a story I read were the producer Neil Dorfsman was interviewed Alan Clark and Guy Fletcher played the accordion together to record the parts for the album (one moving the bellows and the other playing the notes).... Some fun and interesting information. Cheer Daniel, host of Eat and Listen channel

@steffenbrix 26 күн бұрын

I LOVE DS and vintage Yamaha stuff

@TheMontyfire 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for this ,alchemy live was a great album ,it was before brothers in arms but has some great moody keyboard bits in it

@reneandrensennirod 5 ай бұрын

By the way. I have DX7 card. (For motif ES7) And I am so happy ❤😂. Thank you Espen! 👍🌟🤗

@lundsweden 5 ай бұрын

That intro sound sounds pretty analog really, does'nt it? Great album and great classic FM sounds. I always thought that intro was made with a string machine or something.

@MrVinylistic 5 ай бұрын

The intro of "Money for Nothing" would be great too see/hear. Maybe EspenKraft may show us a making of....😁

@DmitryGorbushin 5 ай бұрын

Not only "intro". "Money for Nothing" has 2 or 3 or 4 different DX7 patches used.

@JuanManuel-il5qf 5 ай бұрын

Yeah! I love Dire Straits synth sounds. Thanks!

@peterj.9713 5 ай бұрын

For many years since now I thought it was a string synth like a Solina or so that was used for the Intro from Dire Straits . Thank you Espen for making this Video and thanks to Hedge777 or ElectronicSupersonic for creating the patches

@EspenKraft 5 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@peterj.9713 5 ай бұрын

Cheers and have a nice day

@morphoice 5 ай бұрын

those are some really beautiful sounds

@reneandrensennirod 5 ай бұрын

Very informative 🎉 Thank you, for your presentations❤

@EspenKraft 5 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@firesafetymore 5 ай бұрын

Been waiting for this video… 😁😁😁😆

@samborn7120 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful patches Espen 👌

@EspenKraft 5 ай бұрын

I can take no glory. ;-)

@luisgarbizuteclados 5 ай бұрын

Superb! 👏👏👏👏

@Da-Freaks 5 ай бұрын

thank you for the very interesting video ✌

@bionicbeatz1 5 ай бұрын

Brothers in Arms made me a bigger fan too. Great synth and guitar work.

@Gerald_Daniel 5 ай бұрын

Dire Straits' Alan Clark was among others also one of the illustrious circle of GS1 users, like a YAMAHA advertisement showed him sitting cross-legged on(!) that monstrousity. Supposedly the album "Making Movies" makes use of it. Personally I rather think its audible on "Love Over Gold". Anyway gotta listen several times...

@jaimeross7507 5 ай бұрын

BRAVO!! ❤.

@80ssynthfan48 5 ай бұрын

Hedge has some great stuff on his channel.

@markkusmierz3756 5 ай бұрын

Love all the synth work on that Dire Straits Album.Thanks for Sharing.

@neilloughran4437 5 ай бұрын

I remember buying Sound On Sound back in 1986... might even have been the first issue I ever bought... Guy Fletcher was talking about the synths he was using... I remember he referred to the DX1 like you say and maybe Steinberg Pro24 (though I think this was after Brothers in Arms)... those were the days... I think the DX7 can sound pretty nice with fx, those pad sounds would mix really well with anything... endless hours typing in programs from E&MM... :D

@StargateMax 5 ай бұрын

Oh I love those retro synth sounds...

@Martin_Demsky 5 ай бұрын

First string sound is massive, great, it reminds me The Lost Day track by Brian Eno from Ambient 4.

@dmomcilovic9185 5 ай бұрын

timeless synth

@elcasho 5 ай бұрын

Dire Straits are awesome

@JonMurray 5 ай бұрын

Nice dude ✌🏻

@EspenKraft 5 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@asdifasi5379 5 ай бұрын

Dire Straits used DX1, Emulator II, Jupiter 8, the DX7 and Synclavier, and they are supplemented by a Jupiter 6, TX7, and a "new" Roland Super JX.

@EspenKraft 5 ай бұрын

Not on the record.

@angelog.spicolaiii8021 5 ай бұрын

Yeah that record used mainly DX7, Synclavier II & Jupiter 8; ur still the best EK ,thanx again dude

@EspenKraft 5 ай бұрын

Not a Jupiter-8. It was only used on the world tour, not on the recording. According to Guy Fletcher in the interview.

@angelog.spicolaiii8021 5 ай бұрын

@@EspenKraft so just DX7 & Synclavier II for the recording in the studio, what else do you need with those two really¿thanx EK

@tvactorninjaho 5 ай бұрын

WOW. That one at 5:37 is gorgeous...

@retro-dademusic6403 5 ай бұрын

So great! To me, the regular old ROM flute sounds more like the “Ride Across the River” flute, but I’m probably wrong haha 😎

@BillVincent 5 ай бұрын

Don't forget The Princess Bride soundtrack. DX all over that film.

@EspenKraft 5 ай бұрын

That's not Dire Straits.

@BillVincent 5 ай бұрын

@@EspenKraft No, it's Mark Knopfler. But I think somehow the two are related.🤨

@angelog.spicolaiii8021 5 ай бұрын

Not really Knopfler did alot of things without DS thanx dude(s)

@doordedeur 5 ай бұрын

I can't believe they used a DX-7 for strings, when they had a Jupiter around.

@angelog.spicolaiii8021 5 ай бұрын

NED Synclavier II dude

@CraigRodmellMusic 5 ай бұрын

5:38 Did you have the Transpose function enabled? From this point onwards the notes we heard were two semitones above the keys that were played. Thanks for another interesting episode.

@EspenKraft 5 ай бұрын

Can't remember what I did.

@DrivenCrane1 5 ай бұрын

Hedge777 - respect!

@maxmoog5150 5 ай бұрын

DX7s !

@alexxdeboo 5 ай бұрын

Casio CZ 5000... Any good..?

@steffenbrix 26 күн бұрын

Esben...I've been starting a Dire Straits Tribute band for quite a while now (Denmark)...I need the right keyboard player - you would be perfect? ❤

@EspenKraft 26 күн бұрын

Thanks for saying. Not what I'm doing to put it mildly. ;-)

@steffenbrix 26 күн бұрын

@@EspenKraft It could be 😊

@EspenKraft 26 күн бұрын

Done with bands 25 years ago. ;-)

@lordlollops1 5 ай бұрын

What is the name of the first patch on the DX7

@BenjaminDehli 5 ай бұрын

Nice DX7 in the thumbnail 😉

@EspenKraft 5 ай бұрын

My old one.

@BenjaminDehli 5 ай бұрын

@@EspenKraft Nope, it's mine 😆 Feel free to use the photo however. I'm just glad it can be of use to someone 😁 Great video BTW 👍

@EspenKraft 5 ай бұрын

I was certain it was my own pic taken by myself of my old one DX7. A quick google search will often result in my own pics (from videos) showing up and very often it's faster for me to just download pics from those searches, rather than browsing through multiple hard drives to find pics suitable for thumbnails. In this case I was not careful enough and for that I apologize. My bad. I've updated the thumbnail now with a pic I know 100% is mine. Thanks for letting me know! :)

@BenjaminDehli 5 ай бұрын

@@EspenKraft Nothing to apologize for. Your photo/video work is really great, so I take that as a big compliment 😁 I love your videos, keep up the great work 👍

@EspenKraft 5 ай бұрын

Thanks man! :)

@hireality 5 ай бұрын

Espen, anyone, has anyone done these presets for Arturia synth emulators (e.g. DX7)? Thank you indeed Espen for this wonderful episode, DireStraits forever 👍

@EspenKraft 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! No idea about the Arturia.

@torarinvik4920 5 ай бұрын

Doesn't Money for Nothing have that "electric guitar sounding" patch and some orchestra hits too?

@Venatt1 5 ай бұрын

Espen, does your DX7 have the Gray E Matter installed ?

@EspenKraft 5 ай бұрын

No.

@robinwindsrygg9568 3 ай бұрын

All the stigma still surrounding the DX7 stems from ancient, outdated rumors that were thrown around in the 80’s and 90’s, that it sounds «thin, brittle, cold etc.). As soon as you start delving into programming and the endless oceans of patches available these old definitions fall completely flat. If still in doubt, get an SY99.

@chaton51 5 ай бұрын

Mark knopfler... Direstraits my favorite band ... With... Mike oldfield lol😅

@DmitryGorbushin 5 ай бұрын

You've only missed the Money for Nothing. This particular song is full of DX7 patches as well.

@EspenKraft 5 ай бұрын

No, I have one of the patches from that in this video. I didn't bother with the most obvious ones.

@amonster8mymother 5 ай бұрын

I almost met mark knopfler.

@arturbomert9877 5 ай бұрын

Kindness In your eyes, I guess You heard me cry You smiled at me Like Jesus to a child I wonder if the introduction and the entire song were an inspiration for George Michael to compose Jesus to a child.