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- Sun Aug 11, 2024 9:40 pm
- Forum: GX-80 Synthesizer
- Topic: Eddie Jobson - Alaska "Swoop" Sound
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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...
- 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...
- Fri Aug 09, 2024 9:15 pm
- Forum: GX-80 Synthesizer
- Topic: Eddie Jobson - Alaska "Swoop" Sound
- Replies: 5
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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,...