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H4 – Won'tGetFooledAgain
The triggered organ sound from the Who's "Won't Get Fooled
Again". It's not really a synth sound, but it was originally a Lowrey
organ triggered by a VCS3 Putney synth, so technically it's still in the
running. The song is in the key of A.
Again, due to the use of the song on the popular TV show
CSI:Miami , this sound is lodged in the collective consciousness of
millions.
H5 - WelcomeBackMyFriends
The famous synth sound that opens Emerson Lake and Palmer's
"Karn Evil 9 First Impression - Part 2" on their Brain Salad Surgery
album. Most people refer to this song as "Welcome Back My Friends
To The Show That Never Ends". This sound is a good example of
sample and hold modulating the filter. Yes, the song is in A flat, which
of course required Keith to play all his amazing stuff on the BLACK
keys - an incredible feat.
The sound itself was created on a modular Moog system (System
55, most likely), using patchchords connected from outputs of
modules to the inputs of other modules, like an old telephone
switchboard. In fact, the term "patch", used now to describe a
synthsesizer sound, came from the way sounds were created on a
modular synth.
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