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    Posted: November 14 2010 at 17:50
It is the song Money for Nothing, and in the song their is a strange sound, can be keybord or moog or something but I am not able to pinpoynt the sound it is alien to me
 
it comes first at 2:04 minuts in, the wailing drone sound, what is it Confused
 
 
 
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some sort of cheap 80s synth, probably supposed to be a "harpsichord" sound
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Dunno if it is a synth, but you could make it on one. Sounds like maybe a sawtooth or triangle wave with a fast attack, fast decay, medium sustain, and quick release put through a filter envelope that follows a similar pattern with a low pass filter tracking the volume of the note.

It would be hilarious if I'm even kind of right about that.
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Points: 18016 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2010 at 18:30
^ I'm pretty positive it's a synth
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Points: 28057 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2010 at 18:31
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

^ I'm pretty positive it's a synth


I am too but you never know.
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2010 at 20:06
I think it's the Sting. LOL  Oh wait, you mean after that...
If you've seen the original MTV video, they have a keyboard player.Wink
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Edited by Slartibartfast - November 14 2010 at 20:19
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Points: 8602 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 15 2010 at 15:55
Its a harpsichord through 37 Marshall stacks turned to 11.

Or maybe just a harpsichord sample through a distortion pedal, but the first answer rocks more.


Edited by Tapfret - November 15 2010 at 15:57

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The potarth.
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

The potarth.


Google says, "huh?"

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That was an easy one: Yamaha DX7.



Edited by clarke2001 - November 17 2010 at 04:37
Percussion, sir!
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Originally posted by clarke2001 clarke2001 wrote:

That was an easy one: Yamaha DX7.


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