Top 3 Most Iconic Vangelis sounds on Yamaha CS80

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9 ай бұрын

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I have selected three iconic patches played on the Yamaha CS80 that have been made famous by Vangelis. Next to playing a short cover I will also explain how the sounds where made on the instrument. #vangelis @CS80 @vintagesynthesizer @YamahaSynthsOfficial #synthcover @TheGoldenEighties @synthesizer #vintagesynths #jupiter8 #soundtrack #cs80

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@Doctormix 8 ай бұрын

Ohhhhhh WOW!! Subbed now.

@josesvintagekeys 8 ай бұрын

the invitation stands; but after the interview I understand why you are so busy :-)#losangelesheredrmixcomes

@houdinididiit 8 ай бұрын

I'm a simple man. I see a CS80, especially regarding Vangelis... I click. I subscribe.

@josesvintagekeys 8 ай бұрын

It's great to meet fellow simple man ;-)

@rebeccaschade3987 8 ай бұрын

The CS-80 just sounds SOOOO lush and magical. It really is the greatest synth of all times. There are other synths that are amazing, but the way the CS-80 used the polyphonic aftertouch to control the filter, gave it such an amazing expressiveness. True greatness. Of course, the performer also makes a big difference, as Vangelis truly could make this instrument sing like the voice of an angel. And I'm not even religious 🤣

@josesvintagekeys 8 ай бұрын

Vangelis was out of this world…I feel very humble

@andyturner3056 7 ай бұрын

An absolutely beautiful instrument, and one of the rarest. Vangelis always poured emotion into his music, and as soon as you hear the model CS80, the only name that comes up is Vangelis. Bladerunner became my favourite movie because of the atmosphere. The soundtrack, along with the visuals and brilliant acting make it untouchable.

@hubertvancalenbergh9022 8 ай бұрын

Vangelis was a true master. His synths always sound organic. His albums Spiral and Albedo 0.39 haven't dated in the slightest.

@sufiest666 11 күн бұрын

great job... Vangelis was a genius. I still hear I hear you now playing forever

@scrooge-mcduck 8 ай бұрын

That Blade Runner theme, what a soundscape…

@dnelski5764 9 ай бұрын

Vangelis changed my life and makes me emotional every time I hear him. Direct, emotive and genuine in every note. I love this video and honestly would watch it if it was hours longer! Cheers!

@tommyskeys 9 ай бұрын

Brass 1&2, resonance zero, and most important general filter to minimum, then modulation with aftertouch . And Lexicon 224 reverb.

@istvanpinter1255 8 ай бұрын

Vangelis was the Greatest Composer and he will stay that way forever.

@lonophonic117 8 ай бұрын

What an incredible amazing synthesizer and the greatest synthesizer ever made. Used to make incredible music by one of the greatest musicians of all time. RIP Vangelis, you absolute legend.

@josesvintagekeys 8 ай бұрын

Vangelis and a CS80 - it doesnt get any better!

@lonophonic117 8 ай бұрын

@@josesvintagekeys Exactly mate! Exactly!

@MrKersey 9 ай бұрын

Dear Jose, thanks so much for doing the video about the Vangelis' sound on CS-80, no one ever made such a detailed how-to video on KZfaq. Have a great weekend!

@josesvintagekeys 9 ай бұрын

A great weeked to you as well!

@cermisan 9 ай бұрын

RIP Vangelis. We wil never forget what a great musician he was. Back than in Aphrodite’s Child as with Jon Anderson as well as his solo albums. My favorites are 666, Heaven and Hell, Spiral.

@SelfIndulgentGamer 8 ай бұрын

Noooooo I did not know he died, where was all the coverage on TV! Bloody media. If it was a crappy politition it would be all over the place.

@Galova 7 ай бұрын

he died? it can't be true

@SelfIndulgentGamer 7 ай бұрын

Sadly so@@Galova

@Philandthesynths 9 ай бұрын

Great to hear these iconic sounds reproduced and played so well! Big congrats Jose 👍👍👍. RIP Vangelis

@Doctormix 8 ай бұрын

sounds amazing!!

@josesvintagekeys 8 ай бұрын

I only have to work on my presence - than again blue is my colour ;-)

@TheDeathBeatsOfficial 8 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this, thanks for taking the time to put it together. It's incredible how different the real CS80 sounds compared to the many VST emulations. I have both the ME80 and CS80V, both of which are great sounding synths but they don't quite hit the spot compared to the real thing. Cheers!

@aquamarine99911 2 ай бұрын

How about the AN1x virtual analog synth? I bought a used one eight years ago for around $250. I call it my "Blade Runner machine. Thank god I bought it then, because now the prices are well over a grand. It actually has a preset called "Vangelis", but that patch doesn't sound anything like these sounds. But it sounds pretty damn good.

@ToyotatechDK 6 ай бұрын

Anything Vangelis emidiately gets my attention. Great video sir

@josesvintagekeys 6 ай бұрын

Txxs toyota tech!

@md-ps2hx 8 ай бұрын

Excellent breakdown of the signature Vangelis sound!

@tekvax01 9 ай бұрын

All Three songs are some of my most favourite Vangelis songs. You sir play beautifully, and hearing them again, gave me chills! Thank you!

@Puppetnation71 6 ай бұрын

Very accurate analysis and considerations, emotions included. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge

@crnogor Күн бұрын

No one Vangelis instrumental went throw me like Bounty intro theme ! With music , he explained every situation at the story for sure hard , with out of exit .

@786itube 8 ай бұрын

Great presentation- even Vangelis would have been pleased to hear this

@josesvintagekeys 8 ай бұрын

I certainly hope so!

@alexandersanger8633 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, Jose, for the really great job. I Know, how difficult it is, to rebuild a sound on a vintage synth, but you matched it. :-) Great!!!

@R---66---R 8 ай бұрын

Evanghelis Odysseas Papathanassiou (if that is correct?)... That beautiful human being. He entered my heart, my soul...my everything. I love him forever! R.I.P.

@josesvintagekeys 8 ай бұрын

mine too!

@R---66---R 8 ай бұрын

@@josesvintagekeys Than we are both lucky victims❤ I looked it up: Evanghelos Odysseas Papathanasiou should be the right pronunciation/with such a name all is good...whatever you do in life!

@starglider101 9 ай бұрын

Great channel, great video, doesn't try to sell nothing, knows how to play, the sound is great and the camera work is fabulous. Looking forward for more videos. Thank you.

@Chripo63 9 ай бұрын

One of the greatest artist of the 20th century with the extraordinary sound of the CS80 ... thank you, Jose 👍

@SJH279 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic. Brilliant insight and for this 66 year old lover of all things prog and electronic, those sounds brought the memories flooding back. Thank you 👏👏👏

@josesvintagekeys 8 ай бұрын

For me it all started with the sound of Pink Floyd - that got me into synths and keys. Actually I love my Rhodes, Wurli and CP70 as much as I love my synths

@macronencer 9 ай бұрын

A great composer, sadly missed, and a beautiful instrument. Personally my greatest moment of "wow, I never knew that was a CS80" was when I found out they used one for the opening sound effect on the new Doctor Who theme in the 1980s (it was the ring modulator).

@josesvintagekeys 9 ай бұрын

yep, amongst the most iconic uses of the instrument: Ringmod voor Dr. Who - but also the bassline was played on the CS

@josesvintagekeys 9 ай бұрын

you will njoy the quiz I have just uploaded :-)

@DarkSideofSynth 8 ай бұрын

Great homage to an iconic synth and a musical genius

@Dan-zr5em 8 ай бұрын

Very nice, what a superb synthesizer collection you have!

@keithbutler2222 9 ай бұрын

Excellent work recreating these sounds...iconic

@c0smiq 8 ай бұрын

I wouldn't add the 'extra brass' in the end.. instead use one of the two starters, they don't seem to differ that much. Simply beautiful demonstration though! It's truly a timeless instrument. Thanks for the video.

@franciscoucetarodriguez9110 6 ай бұрын

So beautiful (I can't move from my chair)... Thank you very much!!!

@NogueiraMG 8 ай бұрын

Very nice!!!! I always wanted to know about how that amazing sounds was conceived. Thaks for posting, José.

@abbezwaal 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely fantastic! Great performance!

@lameduck9 8 ай бұрын

I bought Soil Festivities in 1992 and it's been my go to relaxation album ever since - timeless, simple and yet so complex

@jowanmokkink417 8 ай бұрын

How beautifull layering sounds!!!❤

@RemixSample 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing this!

@gatopardo9960 3 күн бұрын

Amazing synth

@hyperhypedrop2257 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for making this. Great to hear and see it.

@helldorado1489 9 ай бұрын

WOW! chills down my spine.

@joseteixeira8506 7 ай бұрын

Very nice! Great sounds.

@AlexLapugean 8 ай бұрын

Great video. Always nice to see great composers also using presents, it just shows that a lot of the times it's the inspiration to how to use them, what to combine them with, that is the most important in creating a great song. One pointer though, it's pronounced "vang-GHEL-iss", I would really hoped for people, especially musicians, would put a bit of effort in making sure they know how the names of the artists they admire are pronounced. It just shows good musical culture. All the best!

@TaurusTarkus 9 ай бұрын

Excellent video! I think this will become a very popular video, and I hope you continue to make more like this.

@josesvintagekeys 9 ай бұрын

Well,next to the real thing, you are the master of getting the Vangelis sound on your Prophet!

@acheron4444 8 ай бұрын

WoW, It sounds Big & glorious! Congrats!

@benoitminfirgilbert4368 8 ай бұрын

thats very interesting for me to use my reface , the pictures in the studio are nice

@johnlowe3050 8 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed that, thanks.

@mick_hyde 8 ай бұрын

What a wonderful sounding machine.

@josesvintagekeys 8 ай бұрын

it is!

@fattyboombatty7736 9 ай бұрын

Sprial's title track is wickedly good.... The arpeggio intro sounds like it's from another planet

@tomtebby7408 8 ай бұрын

I think that arpeggio was done on a Roland system 100

@CaptainProton1 8 ай бұрын

Now the ultimate test...do these 3 examples again but with the vst versions :)

@musiqsoundsproductions 6 ай бұрын

Vangelis + Anderson is magic. Learned so much from my dads Vangelis (and others like Kitaro, Pink Floyd, Mostly Autumn, Marillion, and many more) collection. Glad we could see a rerun of Blade Runner together back in 2019. Just one year before he passed. Man that soundtrack needs to be heard in a Dolby theater.

@BaladinBaladine 8 ай бұрын

💚Bravo !! Magnifique !

@JoeEvansSound 8 ай бұрын

Great Video thanks so much for doing this - I have already started playing all my old Vangelis albums - Cheers pj

@josesvintagekeys 8 ай бұрын

You’ll have a great time!

@dimitrisargy9804 3 ай бұрын

I didn't know that the ribbon controller was used to make all these pitch falls in Vangelis music. Thank you for that last trick. Interresting. Now I shall have to go buy a ribbon controller or something like that...

@frankb1776 7 ай бұрын

Very cool

@cataclem28 8 ай бұрын

Interesting vivid sound...

@LordLightheart 8 ай бұрын

I'll always watch Vangelis content

@p00ncho 21 күн бұрын

Suscrito! gracias por tu video. Saludos desde Chile

@penponds 8 ай бұрын

Inspiring!!

@Madre_Natura 7 ай бұрын

love Vangelis!

@raymondo6665 10 күн бұрын

Amazing, thanks for sharing. Very jealous. I thought the right hand melody was much simpler and only a twin note harmony though.

@agst2006 8 ай бұрын

CS 80's brass voices sound amazingly thick ...

@Heathaze813 5 ай бұрын

Closest I will ever get to a CS 80 is my Arminator 2 VST. I will try to do the same what you have done here. Bravo. Beautiful sounds. I remember seeing Blade Runner in theater for first time and the music was spellbinding. The only thing comparable today is Hans Zimmer Dune.

@4estral 9 ай бұрын

I would love to see more of these video studies, and I hope someday you make a video about Vangelis' masterpiece "Reve" from Opera Sauvage.

@frankhoulihanfh4972 8 ай бұрын

All of Opera Sauvage is a masterpiece.

@bobmason1361 5 ай бұрын

You did really well there Sir. Keep them coming. I wonder what Vangelis would have done with the Seaboard Rise 2, with its 5d expression.

@krinzologicstudio 8 ай бұрын

How dammn good it does sound! The CS-80 is amazing.

@YeLLGoYeLLGo 8 ай бұрын

absolute Great

@escuadrongalacticogatuno1427 8 ай бұрын

Que sintetizador tan hermoso ❤ gracias por hacerme recordar la música Vangelis ❤

@isaiahromero9861 6 ай бұрын

Love the kate bush poster. Great video too

@oldunclemick 9 ай бұрын

Spiral is my joint favourite Vangelis album along with Albedo 0.39 depending on my mood. It's a pity he didn't do more albums like Albedo. My favourite track though is Dervish D - I love playing it on sax or my Roland AE-30 wind synth.

@josesvintagekeys 9 ай бұрын

Have you shared it on YT?

@oldunclemick 9 ай бұрын

@@josesvintagekeys no, not yet. I do have a full backing track but it's in Cubase on my Atari ST. I must make some time to put my MIDI setup back together and get all those old songs converted to audio! 😀

@fusion-music 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic composer he was. Taken me back to the 70s managing a record store. Inspiring. Beautiful having all those controls at hand. Nicer than my experience with the DX7. Thanks.

@DavidLee07 8 ай бұрын

It's great to see someone who loves these sounds as much as I do. For To the Unknown Man, try Guitar 1 up one octave and blend to taste. That's how I've gotten that sound on my Hydrasynth and Peak.

@toneranger 8 ай бұрын

I'm a dumb guitar player and Vangelis is my hero. I heard he had his CS80 shipped from Japan and put on a train across Russia to London. The man was a one of a kind #genius

@josesvintagekeys 8 ай бұрын

Nice story.BTW: guitarplayers are great!

@toneranger 8 ай бұрын

@@josesvintagekeys haha, I heard Jon Anderson tell a story that Vangelis had jammed with the YES guys potentially to join the band perhaps, and he proceeded to tell Steve Howe that the guitar wasn't a real instrument 😂 no wonder he did most of his work solo 😅 Guitar is only heard on a few of his tracks like Petite Fille de la Mer. Nicely played in the video. Did he play all the tracks live in that era do you know? As in, he didn't overdub and everything was recorded as 1 take or a mix of takes but he played all the instruments live ? There's a great recent documentary about him on YT with the Director of Chariots of Fire in the studio where he has around 17 foot pedals to blend the sounds live, it's crazy though he's playing his more recent symphonic stuff which I personally wasn't a fan of but incredible to watch. More Vangelis please you do it so well. I spotted the CS80 in the Barbie video for "I'm Just Ken" along with flash and EVHs son, I swear it had to be the video Director paying homage 🌈 RIP Vangelis

@jeffkiess 4 ай бұрын

To my ear, no other synth generates sounds of such clarity and purity and harmonically thick richness than the CS80. What magical components did Yamaha use back in 1976??? (Great video, btw! Subscribed!)

@freddy279 Ай бұрын

Wow...my prefer. Artist...Vangelis forever...

@kennethcoon7547 8 ай бұрын

The Blade Runner theme that you played sounds really good but we can’t tell if you hit on the exact preset without listening to it along side the original track. Good job. Sounds great!👍

@josesvintagekeys 8 ай бұрын

next i will add short clips of the original - if that is allowed vis a vis copyright laws

@magicknight8412 7 ай бұрын

So cool. I love trying to do these sounds with the Arturia vst version of it.

@davidhunt3161 6 ай бұрын

you are amazing 100 persent

@francescobocchini6015 8 ай бұрын

Wow❤️❤️❤️

@manuelalejandroorqueravald6511 8 ай бұрын

Una joya tecnológica de la electrónica antigua! Pero aún vigente!

@kitty-alicefrench1199 8 ай бұрын

The China album was stunning. Still love it now 😊

@MuzixMaker 9 ай бұрын

You’re a lucky man to have a real CS!

@josesvintagekeys 9 ай бұрын

I realise!

@michaeloreillymusic 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for this! Subscribed. Just got the Arturia CS80V - I loved your post where you compared the plugin to the real CS80 . ***any chance you can do a video where you recreate these sounds on the CS80V?*** (showing the settings for each as you did in the video with the quiz) Keep up the good work and thank you!

@pmoris4405 7 ай бұрын

Apart from the real purpose of the video which is the music, I couldn’t let notice how preserved this unit is like if the CS80s were still being made by Yamaha today

@Tjoppy 7 ай бұрын

Prachtig!

@josesvintagekeys 7 ай бұрын

dank Tjop!

@synthsite8564 9 ай бұрын

Enjoyed your video José, thanks. I believe the Blade Runner brass sound was Brass 1 & 2, but with the channel two detuned with the CH II Detune lever, that you didnt mention in the video. That would make the sound a little fatter.

@josesvintagekeys 9 ай бұрын

Txx for your input - never thought of detuning…because the overall sound is always sligthly detuned - I wll give it a try! Overall consensus seems to be Brass 1 and 2 - which also means all the three patches were presets :-)

@mattdelany6799 8 ай бұрын

I have a ppg 2.3 as well. Amazing synth.

@josesvintagekeys 8 ай бұрын

great machine!!

@carlasker9285 7 ай бұрын

I loved his work with Jon Anderson. Arturia made a lovely CS-80 emulation.

@josesvintagekeys 7 ай бұрын

fully agree! It is still my favorite work by him

@jukeboxfandango 8 ай бұрын

8:00 - I think the programmed patch you made was spot on

@meiserhans 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the reply concerning the effects used. Would it be possible for you to make a video about it how to setup the effect chain and the settings?

@popanz6796 8 ай бұрын

The best.

@hansvink9178 9 ай бұрын

One of my favorite artists for over 40 years, nice to see you working on his music. Were you also at the performance in Rotterdam in 1991?

@tdmduc 9 ай бұрын

I was.....

@josesvintagekeys 9 ай бұрын

Lucky you! I wasn’t -but how much of the performance was really live?

@tdmduc 9 ай бұрын

@@josesvintagekeys from where I was standing I think 50% was live. There was a choir and Jon Anderson sang too. There were some synths and a piano on the stage but it kept raining so a lot of them had to be covered with plastic. But the sound was incredible good. When I watched it back on TV I was glad I went to the event because I was there all afternoon prior to the event. But the show was much bigger than what you saw on TV. Still have this old worn out Eureka event T-shirt🫣

@hansvink9178 9 ай бұрын

@@josesvintagekeysYou couldn't see that from the other side of the Maas, where the most audience stood. I think there was not much live, but I am afraid that this is the case with many concerts. In particular with key artists such as Vangelis and Jarre.

@elfspell 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Jose for your time and insights. I was trying for many many years to recreate one of Vangelis's iconic sound but never managed to get it exactly. It is something between piano and rhodes.. you can hear it alot in his Antarctica album like Antarctica Echoes. On Memory of Antarctica we can hear a lot the modulation of that sound .. like a 'tail' at the end.. Was wondering how it could be done................

@CinemaSynesthesia 9 ай бұрын

This was so great to see, really got those sounds perfect. Just one small quibble - The Unknown Man is in triple time, not 44!

@josesvintagekeys 9 ай бұрын

oooooopssssss! one of my weak spots. txxs for the feedback

@hrzlpfrz 3 ай бұрын

See your JP-8 in the Background.. had a time to played it in 1982 from a stdio guy in Munic´s Union Studios..but cant afford as well as the ppg´s or CS80.. then got a JP-4 which I loved ..

@darrengoodenough8064 9 ай бұрын

Short stories brilliant album

@josesvintagekeys 9 ай бұрын

fully agree!!! Still my favorite

@darrengoodenough8064 4 ай бұрын

Love it

@pepinillosazucarados6743 8 ай бұрын

THE CITY WAS MY FAVORITE ALBUM HE COMPOSED IN A HOTEL IN ROME ...HE USED AN AMAZING DISTORTION GUITAR FROM THE KORG T1 ON THE TRACK NERVE CENTRE ...IT CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER

@ThemFuzzyMonsters 6 ай бұрын

Jose, so well done! May I asked what you used for your incredible reverb sound?

@josesvintagekeys 6 ай бұрын

Reverb comes from Universal Audio Lexicon 224 - which can now run 'native' (you don't need the UA anymore) - and I think they still have some Black Friday deals

@nicoskoumaradios8553 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video... from what we know, back then in the Nemo years, Vangelis music produced by multiple overdubs, even for the simplest lines. So, in my opinion, the final sounds that we hear in his albums may constructed by multiple slightly different presets to give the sound a bigger presence...

@josesvintagekeys 8 ай бұрын

I think you are fully right!