The sound is perfect, but the notes on third chord seem incorrect.

It's just two notes on the right hand rather than the three he played I believe@@marczynsky

@@nonideal And he added fifths in the left hand

Exactly. That's the sound. That's it. I've watched so many covers and it's real close but it's not..... it

It really made me stop in my tracks, what a sound!

Reminder about eternal and finite and beauty of both… just my personal interpretation.

Someone else was just telling me about that. I'm not on reddit so this is a total coincidence, but quite a funny one. 🙂

same, hainbach. beyond all the memes it still is an absolutely magical melody. and played on a prophet... it’s otherworldly

@@AlexBallMusic "I'm not on reddit" - That's.... probably for the best.

Whats the meme?

@@thb-music Why?

Cheers. I'm a guitarist too really, just poke around on the keyboard.

Right on synth brother! I always found it surprising that YMO only used American synths in their early days. Ryuchi Sakamoto played the Prophet and a Polymoog on the early concert recordings, alongside an Arp Odyssey. There was also an Oberheim 4 voice in the line up, played by Akiko Yano. Bass was another Arp Odyssey.

I've got a video coming on the esoteric Roland MC-4 that YMO used, so that will drift into their world a bit.

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@@AlexBallMusic YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Japan great Stuff Man!

BOC claim they didn’t have access to expensive synths and most consensus supports they used a Korg Poly 61.

BoC were prominently using Yamaha CS-70M and CS-80 + Akai Samplers. And of course an orange, yeah that´s right.

@@Lobster1496 Having trawled thru thousands of sysex banks for the dx7, I was surprised how many analog sounding BoC pads can come from 80s FM

@@Lobster1496 SH-101. That is in so much of their music. I would argue perhaps their most used synth. Not just their mono / leads also. You can put 101 in sampler also, or even just use hold function too, to make drone / ambient style pads with it. Try this with a 101, hold, sample and reverse, time-stretch / pitch etc, and you can very easily get warbled pads / drones / leads. There is potential evidence they had CS-70M (based on that being said in a generic Warp write-up when selling album), but zero evidence they ever had a CS-80. Zero evidence they had a Korg Poly 61 too. I wouldn't be surprised if they sampled many/most synths btw. A crapload of Samplers, a guitar+bass, drum kit, SH-101, some crappy digital synths for pads, and lots of multi-tracking, tape, pedals, and other FX/outboard can generate 99% of BoC sounds. And like I said, of all their gear, the most obvious is SH-101.

@@neolojism It's known that they use the Yamaha CS70M which sell for twice what P5's sell for.

An Oberheim has more bass though.

@@theboofin Possibly.

I love that the comments section on the KZfaq upload of it is total existentialism. Brings out something in people. Wonderful piece of music.

It never gets old.

That gave me goosebumps straight away when played Rhubarb. Richard D. James is the man, and so are you Mr. Ball. Thanks for the video.

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Cheers. Who doesn't love a spot of Japan?

amen

so much different then new versions

@@DonQuiSjot A few of us have now done forensic comparisons with two different rev3s and two rev4s. The rev4s are every bit as good. They really sound so close to the vintage counterparts.

Thread over...time to go home..LOL

5/10

Thanks for looking into it! That's great.

Probably half the P5 recordings ever are probably double tracked. Nothing beats it :)

@@topofthemornintoya Seeing that it’s done with guitars and vocals all the time why not prophet-5’s.

They seem to use the 08 for live performances now. I guess they stuck with it after using it for king of limbs staircase.

Double possibly triple tracked and then panned for stereo

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Indeed it is. I someone who named their company after it. :)

@@AlexBallMusic Brilliant!

it sounds rode-ish because they are played in a piano-like way. it's obvious it's a synth in the end part of the song, where they open the cutoff of the filter and sounds super synth-ish.

Me too. It drinks Earl Grey.

Yep, gotta love an imaginative band being successful enough to keep working. Often it doesn't happen.

The full story. www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-japan-ghosts?amp

@@AlexBallMusic Wow, fantastic article, cheers Alex

It's been spiritual.

Nice to know. Thanks!

Woah there everyone on synth KZfaq is lovely so I’m assuming you mean “other” KZfaqrs 😄

@@finctank Unfortunately not all of them are charming, there are some with an excessive ego

Spitting truth!

Cheers. A fun lesson for me too, shows the importance of simplicity at times.

Cheers. Just checked it out

@@AlexBallMusic Thanks so much for watching it! :D

Cheers

Me too! Ah well, we can hope…

hey i love the the ring-mod warble sounds in the Ghosts intro so what was that effect played on is it possible to patch on a arp 2600 ?

Thank you. 🙂

Cheers!

Schmexellent!

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Another Schlänger Bänger incoming :D

The rev4 is absolutely brilliant. At least there is a proper Prophet available to those who let them go...

@@AlexBallMusic Ive been ecstatic since they were announced, so glad Mr. Smith did this.

I have not been around when the first Prophet was introduced, but I am a proud owner of a Prophet 10 Rev 4. Despite my 26 years of age I have been trading synths for years. The GAS comes and goes, but the Prophet stays, that's for sure. Of all the gear I had it's hands down the synth which sounds best to my ears. What I don't understand is why people seem to want to place a price sticker on everything and then proceed to call it good or bad. I'm not denying that it's expensive of course, but once you hear it, that number just goes up in smoke because it could be anything. What matters is that you have it. Sure, it lacks a few nice to have features like lfo key sync and negative envelope amounts, but the core sound is so juicy that I have no desire to modulate it too much. It's all about those oscillators and that filter. If your budget is limited you can get to more sonic places overall with say something like the excellent Hydrasynth. Pair it with a Moog or a Dreadbox for that low end and you already have a very nice setup for less than the Prophet. But to me it's not about that. Coming from what I have heard and experienced over the years: If I could have only one synth, it would be the Prophet 10. Also Alex you have done a wonderful job at recreating these sounds. I will definitely try them! :)

You had a P5 as a first synth??!! You lucky SOB my goodness.

@@GizzyDillespee yes but in all fairness it blew up after having it a month and it took some time to get it functional again. One thing about vintage gear is its best to open them up and clean them out as they collect dust easily. The previous owner did little to maintain it other than keeping the outside looking almost new... there was a line were the rear panel badging " Prophet 5 " that had a odd slight bent to it. But yeah I was lucky, especially enough to have $1,100 in 1997 at that exact same time... also I had to have a prophet as my first synth for some reason they possessed me... it also took 5 years looking for one as this was just before eBay or at least I didn't hear of eBay til 97'. Found it at a spot that always had an amazing used gear room... a month after getting the prophet they had a Jupiter 8... it was broken so didn't get it.

Cheers mate.

It's a classic! Cheers for tuning in.

@@AlexBallMusic ah, your welcome mate…

Cheers mate.

do you know what reverb?

Do you know the patch#?

I saw a post/comment saying it was done on a CZ-1000, no idea if that's true or not.

@@balloonhead61 It was ran through an Alesis Quadraverb II, not sure on the patch but the hearsay ive read says that it was likely a couple patches layered, played through a room or plate reverb on the quadraverb, and then slowed down on tape

@@antoniog2854 No sorry mate, but I do believe it was a couple of them layered together

Good to know! Cheers.

Thank you sir. :)

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“SawFEET!”

I should get commission. ;)

Me too. 🙂

Me three. Weren’t the TIE sounds for the movie made with elephant (and brass?) samples, reversed … or something like that … ?!! 🙂

Yes, great lesson in the importance of pure tone.

Cheers Daniel.

Wallop!