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by Tea Leaf
Sun Aug 11, 2024 9:40 pm
Forum: GX-80 Synthesizer
Topic: Eddie Jobson - Alaska "Swoop" Sound
Replies: 5
Views: 1521

Re: Eddie Jobson - Alaska "Swoop" Sound

Thanks for your informative reply! Ah yes... very familiar with the analog variation mystique... full well knowing, that's also what gives them that "special" sound and makes the digital VST development such a tricky endeavor. My very first synth (at age 15, circa 1976) was a Micromoog, fo...
by Tea Leaf
Fri Aug 09, 2024 9:29 pm
Forum: GX-80 Synthesizer
Topic: Eddie Jobson - Alaska "Swoop" Sound
Replies: 5
Views: 1521

Re: Eddie Jobson - Alaska "Swoop" Sound

BTW, one quick note; the very first two notes, can sometimes sound sort of correct, but I think that's due to the Portamento/Gliss settings and only if the oscillators are initially "resting" at very low pitches. And when that happens, subsequent notes don't have any significant pitch swoo...
by Tea Leaf
Fri Aug 09, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: GX-80 Synthesizer
Topic: Eddie Jobson - Alaska "Swoop" Sound
Replies: 5
Views: 1521

Eddie Jobson - Alaska "Swoop" Sound

New poster, here... Truly loving the sound of GX-80 in general. But... Maybe I'm missing something simple. But, I believe the GX-80 factory preset "Eddie's Juneau" is supposed to capture the famous swoop sound from UK's "Alaska". But to my ears, while the sound itself is spot-on,...

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