Ep19: Synth Sounds of Bruno Mars: "Finesse", "24K Magic" & "Uptown Funk"

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Bruno Mars reigns the airwaves with hits like "Uptown Funk" (alongside producer Mark Ronson), "Finesse" (featuring Cardi B) & "24K Magic," the Grammy-winning single off the Grammy-winning album of the same name. So can we solve the mystery of what makes these jams so infectious? Will Kurk investigates in the latest edition of #SynthSoundsOf. Don't believe us? Just watch.
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@lucaserojas 5 жыл бұрын

William, we need a series dedicated just to Kraftwerk and Daft Punk.

@onzatroy999 3 жыл бұрын

We do!

@orange5718 3 жыл бұрын

And when the world needed them most, they vanished

@RogerHeathers 3 жыл бұрын

Kraftpunk

@darklordthomaspie6293 3 жыл бұрын

I love funk music, and I am glad that Bruno Mars is helping to bring it back.

@austinallen3110 5 жыл бұрын

2:15 When your toaster strudel is toasted just right

@Reverb 5 жыл бұрын

Can anything be as good as a perfectly toasted strudel, though?

@marcusatiusvirilis7723 5 жыл бұрын

Ok, that's epic

@YoungBlaze 5 жыл бұрын

6:57 When your Toaster Strudel has been Burned

@ashleygant3641 5 жыл бұрын

Bruh savage

@euclid9492 4 жыл бұрын

Nothing better than that my guy

@AudioReplica2023 4 жыл бұрын

For all of those saying: uh...it doesn't sounds the same. Let me remind you he is using the sounds right out of the synths to the video. In the production versions ....this sounds have been processed heavily with Eq's, compressors and even used a different reverb on them. All of that to make them sit tight in the final mix. So thats the reason they dont sound exactly the same.

@VenusVoice 3 жыл бұрын

I've been in creative depression for the past five years and this morning, I got up and the first I wanted to do was produce music. Thanks for the video to help me stay motivated and inspired. Please pray for me 🙌

@thejesuschrist 5 жыл бұрын

Glorious!

@morioh6505 5 жыл бұрын

Dafaq r u doin here?? I thought you were a meme guy

@atomsasapat 5 жыл бұрын

how did you get here

@ChesttRockkwell 5 жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ!

@MinusTwoPoints 5 жыл бұрын

Jesus... you are indeed everywhere

@lftysm8374 5 жыл бұрын

Jesus!

@theawesomebrick 5 жыл бұрын

“Don’t you want one of these synths?” Yes, yes I do, but wanting one and affording one is a different story

@bhaveshtochabbra6853 3 жыл бұрын

Many problems, One solution- Arturia v collection.

@jesuslovestoastyaya 3 жыл бұрын

Check out UHE Diva! Best sounding plugin to emulate all of these synths

@wrenguitar2813 2 жыл бұрын

This man is a legitimate god tier musician. What a lesson

@splitpeaks_music 5 жыл бұрын

Mars used the Juno 106 for the synth brass stabs on 24K Magic.

@steffenherold754 4 жыл бұрын

You mean The Stereotypes used the Juno 106 ;)

@TheJamZCooler 5 жыл бұрын

Man! i rarely comment on vids but i enjoyed that so much. So informative and Just fun to listen to and watch! Im a novice piano player, you've opened up my world to the sound of the synthesizer! Thanks! BIG LOVE!

@jo_ni_kay 5 жыл бұрын

Shampoo, Press & Curl (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Brody Brown) were producers on all the 24K Magic album. The Stereotypes were credited with helping to produce three tracks on the album. Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, and Bruno Mars produced Uptown Funk. Uptown Funk had an interesting combination of drums (Bruno Mars) and bass (Jamareo Artis) along with synth drums and synth bass. The horns were live.

@KaizerVevo 5 жыл бұрын

A taste of 80's and a dip of modern pop music!

@andrewnibbi 4 жыл бұрын

“I think it’s made with the Moog Model D, so we’ll use the Moog Sub 37, a modern synth which has a completely different architecture which isn’t supposed to sound anything like the model D.”

@BrandonElliotSmith 4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Nibbi 😭😭😭

@BrandonElliotSmith 3 жыл бұрын

@Luke Lol not a battle I would even involve myself with bro. I have no problem with it personally. Just thought the comment was hilarious. I doubt anyone in their right mind would settle for the Sub 37 if they had the means to grab a mini, but if the Sub 37 was the best they could do at a certain point in time (& they didn’t mind the “cut corners”/sonic differences), I think the decision would obviously depend on the end user & how they choose to invest their money.

@killmeorstfu 5 жыл бұрын

do the synth sounds of tame impala

@cagethefoxtrick3852 3 жыл бұрын

Juno 106, Prophet 6 and Sub Phatty end. no video required

@perfectcell6785 3 жыл бұрын

@@cagethefoxtrick3852 literally lol

@KG88KiteGodMusic 5 жыл бұрын

2:15 when it's your first day on the job at Mcdonalds and all the patties start burning at once

@caelanhenry2233 3 жыл бұрын

I love the smile when he's using the orchestra hit

@chrishepburn1503 5 жыл бұрын

Must have been live horns in Uptown Funk.

@Reverb 5 жыл бұрын

There was a time when we would swear Mark Ronson didn't travel anyplace without a full brass section at the ready.

@horowizard 5 жыл бұрын

Of course those are live horns. The Dap Kings to be certain. Better to use a sample if you're going to recreate it with Keyboards.

@joemca7917 5 жыл бұрын

I did see a video of them performing with real horns

@TallicaMan1986 5 жыл бұрын

If you have the money. Go for the real thing everytime. It'll sound better.

@2beJT 4 жыл бұрын

the horn sound used here made my ears poop

@TheRoneZone 5 жыл бұрын

But can we just talk about how, Finesse and 24K Magic are both much better than Uptown Funk....?

@nocturnal7345 4 жыл бұрын

@Shashwat mishra Nah, Perm is legit the best one, and super underrated.

@RickNP 4 жыл бұрын

yes perm

@oscar2k755 4 жыл бұрын

Versace on the floor>>>>>>>>>>>

@blu2th101 2 жыл бұрын

Teddy’s not one of the pioneers. He’s completely responsible for New Jack Swing. That being said, this is a dope series. I’ve been waiting for someone to do this. Definition subscribed.

@vfx7t 5 жыл бұрын

when I was a child, it made me dream these keyboards, I had energy to compose but I had no luck to acquire them not only these were too expensive, but it was impossible for me to easily find in Algeria Africa, nowadays I have them all plugin but I do not have the energy of yesteryear to compose, the age of 50 is shit lol finally thank you for sharing :)) google translate french english thank you :D

@DeadWhiteButterflies 5 жыл бұрын

Please, Please, PLEASE can we have a Christmas special where you do a synth breakdown of Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmas Time"? I've wanted that for long. Such beautiful analogue synth goodness in that tune! :D

@StrongThompson 5 жыл бұрын

Yes! Do this!

@dcurry7287 5 жыл бұрын

Point Break has a pretty solid one.

@arlingtonhynes 5 жыл бұрын

That’s literally the single worst record in history.

@domgreen1859 5 жыл бұрын

such a good idea!

@Grayham4 5 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@SoFloCichlids 3 жыл бұрын

I know this is an old video but man Bruno Mars if one of the best of my generation.

@tuckertotter7652 3 жыл бұрын

You said we all wanted to see Uptown Funk but you had me at Synth Sounds of Bruno Mars

@pakiaoo7 5 жыл бұрын

Cool but I thought you were going to reproduce the same sounds, some are completely different

@DevinShoulders 5 жыл бұрын

Yea I was thinking the same thing

@ThePabloaw 5 жыл бұрын

@@DevinShoulders same here

@user-vi4xy1jw7e 4 жыл бұрын

Put a shirt on

@carlosvinueza8733 4 жыл бұрын

Your videos make me learn a lot😍 Thanks for that

@sonsoffunk4437 5 жыл бұрын

Bruh Teddy Riely started new jack swing

@___David___Savian 11 ай бұрын

I did not know that the lead singer of the group Cameo did music analysis videos on KZfaq. Good for him.

@jasonwilliamson1396 5 жыл бұрын

FACT CHECKS: Teddy Riley was "super pivotal"? Dude invented it!!!!! Jimmy Jam just tried to copy the drums, but they had their own more melodic r&B sound. But just look up the history of New Jack Swing. AND the most iconic sound of New Jack was actually the Lately Bass on the Yamaha TX Module Hands down most important New Jack Sound!

@mrpruitt4 5 жыл бұрын

QSC Caddy Same thing I was thinking! It is so disrespectful not to call Teddy Riley the inventor of his OWN GENRE! He’s not a pivotal person, he’s the inventor!

@ILLCLAPYOCHEEKSBOI 5 жыл бұрын

Yea i was confused by that

@johnpalmercreates 4 жыл бұрын

Steve Jobs was in the room when apple was created lol

@BrandonElliotSmith 4 жыл бұрын

John Palmer 😭😭😭

@underdog2400 5 жыл бұрын

That moment you wait for the Korg Minilogue to get used..... #priceless!

@SomalieDXB 5 жыл бұрын

UNDERDOG THE DJ I only watched the video for that 😂

@oxiplasty 5 жыл бұрын

The live bass got a groove that always sends me back to MJ of the wall

@muhdfaiz7637 4 жыл бұрын

All these sounds can get in Nexus 3 and Slyenth 1 and simply use with only 1 midi keyboard...the future of VSTs...loving it

@morpsox 5 жыл бұрын

Love learning more about synths Everytime I watch this

@jaderene 5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@YTOW85 4 жыл бұрын

@@jaderene me forty

@robjornayvaz8178 4 жыл бұрын

This dude is literally THE BEST

@ksager123 5 жыл бұрын

my god that room is a musician's heaven

@tomslater8374 4 жыл бұрын

get this man all the synths for these videos, he deserves them all for these videos

@alextbuck7 5 жыл бұрын

They listened to my request! This is awesome!!!

@yehudi1751 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@tomchukk 5 жыл бұрын

When thriller, take on me, save a prayer and the safety dance will be? I’ll wait

@CostasKletsides 5 жыл бұрын

I used to feel bad about the sounds I make on my channel. Not that I don't suck anymore but this series of videos made me feel a bit better about my work.

@aidensaroka7268 5 жыл бұрын

The dancing is the best part of the whole video.

@piercewilkins4898 2 жыл бұрын

Brass stabs are the Roland Juno. There’s a video interview of Bruno going over 24k magic

@TRIANGLEMUSIK 3 жыл бұрын

That's a smashing carpet.

@damienlobb85 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. But a few things. 24k was produced predominantly by Shampoo Press & Curl (Bruno, Lawrence Brown, Chris B Brown). There's a video of Bruno in the studio showing many of the keyboards used on the album including a Juno for the brass, Moog for bass etc.

@pboutteb3 3 жыл бұрын

Teddy Riley was the founder of New Jack Swing. Hence also the movie New Jack City.

@you-tubero 5 ай бұрын

Junos were definitely used for the stabs and background high pitched sounds in 24k

@kcarmical 5 жыл бұрын

I love your videos! The tunes are great and each is a lesson in pop music history.

@nasihulwan1223 5 жыл бұрын

4:14 i get how you feel fo that sound man

@Ainobolic 5 жыл бұрын

Funky BASSLINES .. Groovy Hi Hats .... = Smooooth!

@PnoyAlloutMedia 5 жыл бұрын

Remember the time

@BobWijnen 5 жыл бұрын

Making a good synth sound for horns is unbelievably hard, as this version of Uptown Funk proves. My reference would be that synth brass sound of I wanna dance with somebody, which sounds more like a synth than like real horns.

@suadcokljat1045 4 жыл бұрын

50% of 80s sound is in drums sounds and production, mostly heavy processed with FX processor machines and gated reverbs and plates such as Lexicon 480L, PCM70, AMS, Eventide H3000... All this FX boxes are second to none even today.

@RyanLoredo100 5 жыл бұрын

Video title should be "sounds of zapp and roger and teddy riley"

@ProdigyProductionsMusic 5 жыл бұрын

I don't appreciate u callin me a honey dip...lolol anyhow, I do appreciate the toaster strudel dance you hit @2:15

@BboySalamon 4 жыл бұрын

How I love 1980's Electro Discofunk, thanks a lot👍🎶🎵🎼🎹

@georgewaltermusic 5 жыл бұрын

This guy has the best job.

@kennylee5621 5 жыл бұрын

the drums on "Finesse" were sampled from "Poison" by Bell Biv Devoe

@T0bh 5 жыл бұрын

For 24k the Minimoog was used for the bass, and the Roland Juno 106 for the brass.

@TheSkinnyLovers 5 жыл бұрын

i love your videos. Keep this stuff coming. So helpful and fun.

@CruelBuddhist 5 жыл бұрын

4:14 :) Love that feeling

@XleeHS 3 жыл бұрын

remember the time is just so YES

@Mike_the_Barbarian 5 жыл бұрын

He's back! Been too long.. Bring us More!

@Toto.Reyes16 5 жыл бұрын

Yeeeessss william my boy is back!!!!!

@motif123456 5 жыл бұрын

Great entertaining video overall....Plus cannot praise enough of the versatality achieved by using keyboard synths nowadays in the context of music making ,which this vdo has so beautifully demonstrated.

@yanetriosmusic 5 жыл бұрын

I’m so amazed at all these synthesizers lol

@Zer0Spinn 5 жыл бұрын

I love this man

@ClemensWennersMusic 5 жыл бұрын

Oh dear. Basically everything is wrong again.. Bruno used a Juno almost exclusively on 24k and Uptown Funk for example. You played most of the parts wrong too.. I know this is about the sounds but they actually didn't sound like the records at all. I want this series to absolutely be the bomb but it unfortunately just isn't...

@marcoravelli5397 5 жыл бұрын

Agree.

@jazzfunkyplayer 5 жыл бұрын

Same. It is possible to tweak sounds much closer to original (I own Moog sub37). First I was exited about this video, but man... sounds are just not good enough. And parts are not correct either

@MegaSniv 5 жыл бұрын

absolutely Juno, I can tell by the chorus

@fundementalroast7002 5 жыл бұрын

Guy's you are being way too critical! This was a fun and interesting video showcasing what can be achieved with commercially available synths and VST's.

@ClemensWennersMusic 5 жыл бұрын

@@fundementalroast7002 No man, sorry. This is called 'synth sounds of'. All the sounds are off, just like in previous installments. For example, you could get MUCH closer to the Bruno Mars synth sound with the FREE Juno VSTi from TAL for example. A free emulation of the synth Bruno ACTUALLY used on these tracks, go figure! Like I said, I would LOVE to see this series being all awesome and correct and actually showing people how the sounds are made and the parts are played. But they're both not unfortunately.

@Cherrytea558 5 жыл бұрын

Love the Novation Bass Station. Such great sound.

@rustammazhidov2050 5 жыл бұрын

I can watch you forever

@BCRilakuma 5 жыл бұрын

In Bruno documentary 24k synth brass is Roland Juno-106

@quentinkoons 5 жыл бұрын

which documentary?

@chandeleerjet5637 Жыл бұрын

🔥 I watched Mark Ronsons masterclass on BBC Maestro and he showed that they used a Juno 106 and a minimoog on Uptown Funk. Your patches sounded just like it bit the stabs and all the synth parts were his Juno 106 and maybe a Juno 60 arp. He didnt show the orchestra hits but said they worked on it for 9 months and had a bunch of arguments on the song with Jeff Bhasker and Bruno just to go back to what they had in the first day. Mark explains how he hated the “bumbudumbubudum” part bruno introduced but after sleeping on it realized that it was one of the main hooks of the song.

@garyholdsworth53 5 жыл бұрын

William, we love you and your synth vids. One time, I would just like to have you focus on the gigging keys player, that doesn't have the luxury of tons of add-ins at his/her fingertips, drums live, instead of machine, and has to make many compromises. Because, like playing these Bruno tunes (which I do live) I have to decide sometimes which sounds I keep, and which I just cannot do because I only have two hands, and in most cases, the max of two keyboards. Oh, and I would point out that I love your gliss-up slide on Uptown, but you also need to do that on 24K for some of those synth stab parts. Carry on and keep keepin it synth!

@Reverb 5 жыл бұрын

That's a fantastic idea, thanks Gary!

@riccardodamian 5 жыл бұрын

On Uptown Funk you cover all the synths that don't exist on the song BUT the one that is actually there in the chorus :)

@TheChopShopPodcast 4 жыл бұрын

can't thank you guys enough for the presets, so many VIBES!!!!!!!

@JeffCorcelius 5 жыл бұрын

You guys missed an opportunity this holiday season. “The synth sounds of Do They Know it’s Christmas Time”

@picturegracecolb5525 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, GREAT Sounds! Thanks! Jan/ 10, 2022

@noizyme 5 жыл бұрын

More Synths Sounds in 2019! Love the series.

@JacobGagoOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

This guy is the best spokesman

@hunterrogersmusic 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the help!

@trrawww8829 5 жыл бұрын

the way this guy dances at 2:16 is too funny

@meclazine 5 жыл бұрын

First class. Love the bass synth parts.

@markymark2189 5 жыл бұрын

You have the best reverb channel.

@bennethos 4 жыл бұрын

Loved the energy , the smiling and the explanations . Great vid

@SeverityOne 3 жыл бұрын

Either Arturia is sponsoring all these KZfaqrs, or all these KZfaqrs had the same idea as I in getting the Keylab. You can see that thing everywhere.

@MakeMajor 3 жыл бұрын

phenomenal, just what i was looking for. thank you so much for this. +1 SUB

@sikguy9939 3 жыл бұрын

Can't believe he used 6 synths for something that could be done with 1 synth The Prophet 6, it has all the necessary waveforms and filters

@harrythedemigod 5 жыл бұрын

I love that the comments here are all exactly what I imagine people who get really into boutique synthesizers to talk/behave like.

@fnonaka 5 жыл бұрын

What a music lesson! Thanks!

@DanG626 4 жыл бұрын

William: Now they could have used the Biddly-Boo KZX 80, or the Jimtom DSR 7, but luckily for this video we’re gonna patch the J-20 into the Moog Delta Synth for the same effect Me: Naturally

@collierough1 5 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting and waiting for ya , Great

@robertkielty5094 5 жыл бұрын

I'm too busy. TOO BUSY. So I just the like button.

@lotsofgreendrums 5 жыл бұрын

Could you do a “synth sounds of” for Snarky Puppy? Specifically thinking of the solos from Lingus and Thing of Gold?

@SamClover 5 жыл бұрын

Hi ! I played Lingus in college. The solo sounds on lingus are presets of the kingKorg synthetizer. I own the synth if you want you can email me some questions. But for the most part of the solo Cory uses a preset called "Wired Lead". It's a Chick corea electrick band-ish lead sound that's plugged through a guitar amplifier. On the korg kronos workstation (lower keyboard) he uses a rhodes sound (probably mark II) with a wah effect used with a control pedal. In the chord solo, he adds a synth pad at lower volume that enhances the rhodes sound (beginning of the solo at 4 min something. At the end of the video he uses the preset called "classic lead" which is a very common lead saw-type synth sound (when he does responses to the brass calls and keeps soloing until the end). Hope this helps!

@bencharlesb 5 жыл бұрын

I have a few videos of me playing the solo from Thing of Gold on my channel. The sound is pretty close in my opinion :)

@andrejkaric5729 5 жыл бұрын

@@SamClover you could literally make a video just from that right there comment haha