Tutorial: Vangelis Blade Runner Sound... on microKORG!

YouTube via StrangeQuarkStar | April 09, 2009

"Everybody loves the signature Vangelis sound. Very few have access to a Yamaha CS 80. Hence this tutorial!

UPDATE: Upon further tinkering I found out that you need some more resonance and possibly unison mode for Blade Runner (opening, the Blues is a whole different thing...).

Basically I made a microKORG adaptation of meastempo's Yamaha CS 70M videos. If you haven't seen them yet, do so! They're awesome! http://www.youtube.com/user/meastempo" [posted here]

also:

blade runner prophet
flickr By jamespi

"Settings for a Prophet 5 to sound like synth lead on blade runner opening theme"

Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene I - with CS70M

YouTube via meastempo
"Made this video trying Jarre sounds with the CS70M! All sounds is from the Yamaha, only delay and phaser fx are added, wish i hade the Electro Harmonix "Smallstone" pedal for this, but the Roland phaser effect will do for now."

Ensoniq Mirage demo

YouTube via meastempo
"Kevin Saunderson used the Mirage for the Inner City's Good life, original factory samples from ensoniq"

Roland Paraphonic 505 Demo

YouTube via meastempo
"I bought this beauty only to get the strings similar to VP-330 (or exactly the same??) but it hade other nice features to, a stereo chorus with external input, a strong mono bass section and a simple synth part with resonance filter. The video shows only it's functions in a hurry, going to do another more serious demo of it later on."

CS70M VCF filter demo

CS70M with FC7 and FC4 pedals

YouTube via meastempo.

Vangelis Blade Runner opening titles

YouTube via notjarre
"Cover of Vangelis opening titles from Blade Runner. My first recording using my new Korg Radias. CS80 sound programming thanks to guidance from meastempo. Sequenced parts and strings using Logic Express."

That Vangelis bladerunner sound...

YouTube via meastempo
"Not the Yamaha CS80, but almost there. With some more tweaks it can sound even closer."

Yamaha CS70M

YouTube via meastempo
"Some Vangelis sounds from the CS70M, lots of people complain about this synth, that it not sounds like the big brother CS80, i think it does a little.."

Yamaha CS70M part2

"More Vangelis (Blade Runner Blues)"