Hi folks, I've finally put up my full remake of the Tears for Fears classic Everybody Wants to Rule the World. There's tons of interviews with the band and producer about the gear used on Songs from the Big Chair, and it seems that for Everybody Wants to Rule the World they use a Sequential Circuits Prophet T-8 for the main synth, a Fairlight for the choir, and layered Yamaha DX7's for most of the other sounds. Most of the DX7 sounds are factory presets (the DX7 only came out the year before recording), and most of sounds are two different DX7 presets layered together. They also used a PPG Wave for the bass, layered with... you guessed it, a Yamaha DX7. Show Here's the link, I used the Arturia synths for the remake and the presets are available to download near the bottom of the page! Feel free to let me know any feedback. Link - https://reverbmachine.com/blog/tears-for-fears-everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world-synths/ In the last episodes of the new season of our "The Synth Sounds of..." series, William Kurk has examined and replicated the classic tones of Talking Heads' "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" and Hall & Oates' "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)." This week, William is back in the studio to dig into Tears for Fears' seminal track "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," from their 1985 album, Songs From The Big Chair. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" represented the zenith of the new wave group's chart success, peaking at number two in the UK and remaining at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for two solid weeks. Since its release, the song has continued to permeate popular culture and is often used in film and television soundtracks—notably, Lorde covered the song in 2012 for The Hunger Games. The steadily pulsating bassline that grounds the track was played on a now-elusive synth called the PPG Wave, which was made in three variations from 1981 to 1987. To approximate the low resonance and metallic thickness of the tone, we're using the Arturia Prophet VS' wavetable (vector oscillator) feature. (See below for details on a Reverb Exclusive Arturia sale.) Unique to this song, particularly, is the way that the drum part was constructed. Instead of following in the footsteps of most of their contemporaries, who used a single drum machine for a song's drum part, Tears for Fears put together a piecemeal kit using a lot of different instruments. It was comprised of a slightly pitched snare sound from their song "Shout," shakers and auxiliary percussion from the famous LinnDrum, and the kick from the original Fairlight CMI. We used sounds from Reverb's LinnDrum Sample Pack and the Fairlight CMI V from Arturia—all of which we put into Ableton Live 10 to recreate the drum loop. Tears for Fears used the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 to record "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," but as with his lesson on The Synth Sounds of Talking Heads, William is using a new Prophet-6 to create the brassy keyboard line. William then turned the filter cutoff up on the Prophet-6 for the song's bigger and brighter-sounding keyboard part. Be sure to watch the full video above, and check back next week for the next episode of "The Synth Sounds Of..."  Download Reverb Exclusive Project Sessions Use the Provided Audio Files or Arturia's Prophet V3 and Fairlight CMI V Virtual Instruments in These Sessions Arturia Sale: Now through the end of our "The Synth Sounds Of..." series on May 15, U.S. customers can get a Reverb Exclusive discount on the Arturia software synths used in our videos. Use promo code REVERBSOUNDS at checkout for 33% off the Arturia Prophet V and 20% off the Arturia V Collection 6. Oops, looks like you forgot something. Please check the fields highlighted in red.
Tackling themes of power, corruption and the Cold War, this was a massive hit for UK band Tears for Fears in 1985. The song combined new wave and synth pop influences, featuring heavy use of synths plus a sprinkling of guitar. Upon release, the song went to number two in the UK charts, as well as scoring a number one in the US Billboard top 100 and being played over six million times on the radio. A selection of iconic synthesisers and samplers – such as Yamaha’s DX7 (opens in new tab) – was used to make the various synth parts, with the Sequential Instruments Prophet T-8 (opens in new tab) being called upon for the brass chord sound. For our take on this classic synth sound however, we’ll be using ThornCM (opens in new tab). Step 1: First, set Osc 1’s waveform to Pulse 1. Then, turn on Osc 2 and select Pulse 2 for the waveform. A little detuning will help to get the rich sound we’re looking for, so set Osc 1’s Detuning to 10, with Osc 2’s set to -8. Next, set the FX for both oscs to FM, with the amount at 15%. Step 2: Use the filter envelope to shape the sound to resemble brass more. Set the Filter to Clean LP, with Cutoff at around 900Hz. Push the Env 1 Amount to 40%, so that envelope 1 controls the filter. Set the Decay to around 60%, with the Sustain at 10%, opening/closing the filter nicely. Step 3: Increase the Amp Env Attack to 10%, and release to 50%. This’ll take some sharpness from the start of the sound, while letting it ring out like the original. Add a little chorus using HY-FX CM (opens in new tab). Reduce the Chorus Depth to around 10 o’clock, then set the Wet/Dry to roughly 25%. Don't miss the latest deals, news, reviews, features and tutorials Computer Music magazine is the world’s best selling publication dedicated solely to making great music with your Mac or PC computer. Each issue it brings its lucky readers the best in cutting-edge tutorials, need-to-know, expert software reviews and even all the tools you actually need to make great music today, courtesy of our legendary CM Plugin Suite. What synth did Pink Floyd use?The use of the EMS VCS-3 revolutionised the way synths were used in rock music, and above all, simply proved Pink Floyd were a cut above the rest of their time.
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What synths were used for War of the Worlds?"He started mainly with a Minimoog and an ARP Odyssey, and then later on in the production when they were nearing completion he got a Yamaha CS80, and they re-overdubbed a lot of the horns and things.
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