mtsaintaphex Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Hi guys, I'm trying to "recreate" the synth on Alberto Balsalm. Anyone have any ideas as to how it was done? Being a beginner (please don't go to hard on me) only things I think I hear is a combination of quite low and high frequencies and a little chorus. I hope you guys have some ideas! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 I tried to do this a while back and I don't think you'd need anything fancy. I wouldn't bother with the chorus, the reverb soak and the filter modulation (especially the envelope changes) seems to be the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtsaintaphex Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 Thanks for the insights! I'll see what I can do with my Boutique JU-06 :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 We had a thread about sheet music for this awhile back... http://forum.watmm.com/topic/69727-alberto-balsalm-sheet-music/ And here are some guitar tabs of Aphex Twin songs, including Alberto Balsam: http://www.echoesofmars.com/aphex_tabs/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaggerMcGuirk Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Definitely a polysynth. Sounds like it was run through a flanger and a filter. Beyond that, it's probably infused with ancient magic or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudenorth Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I get sounds a lot like Alberto balsam when I jam with U-he Diva using the roland JP-8 templates, its got that feel to it... try dialing in a 2osc pluck sound with a mild filter env and then modulate cutoff and res by hand. thats how i imagine this was done. Kinda sounds like a Korg mono/poly or poly 6 though too... let us know how you fair and post your results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisbot Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Definitely a polysynth. Sounds like it was run through a flanger and a filter. Beyond that, it's probably infused with ancient magic or something. Anyone know the best VST for ancient magic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizza Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 what a track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Sounds like it could be FM, though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinski Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 i always though it could be some ensoniq (sq80?) or analog poly with xmod (jx8p?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amnesia Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 My guess is its a sample library synth from his Casio FZ1 with the filter and velocity used. The filter sounds FZ1ish to me. The metal snare sound, kik and sissors (hats) sound like the FZ1 also and the looping voice is lofi FZ1 sounding. You could change the sample rate of the FZ1 to get a grainner sound eg the looping voice. 3192 3195 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amnesia Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I cant edit my response above but SAW2 heavily features the Casio FZ1 or(10m) in Richard's case. Some synth sounds are FZ1 loads of drums and vocals are fz1 so I dont see why Alberto isnt as well. 3186 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amen Warrior Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 My guess is its a sample library synth from his Casio FZ1 with the filter and velocity used. The filter sounds FZ1ish to me. The metal snare sound, kik and sissors (hats) sound like the FZ1 also and the looping voice is lofi FZ1 sounding. You could change the sample rate of the FZ1 to get a grainner sound eg the looping voice. 3192 3195 Yes I agree. Didn't he say he kept most of his gear at his folks and would record sample libraries when he was visiting? Think that coincides with icbyd times. As for synth samples, I vote some kind of roland jx or mks. The sampling was for space/convenience tho I reckon, you could recreate this just on a poly, or get close anyway. Keep experimenting :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Toffer Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 I cant edit my response above but SAW2 heavily features the Casio FZ1 or(10m) in Richard's case. Some synth sounds are FZ1 loads of drums and vocals are fz1 so I dont see why Alberto isnt as well. 3186 which vocals are u talking about are FZ1? Any example track? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amnesia Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 I cant edit my response above but SAW2 heavily features the Casio FZ1 or(10m) in Richard's case. Some synth sounds are FZ1 loads of drums and vocals are fz1 so I dont see why Alberto isnt as well. 3186 which vocals are u talking about are FZ1? Any example track? All the female voices sound FZ1/ filter. I doubt they are library sounds more his own sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killabyte11 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I do see a correlation in the types of sounds used on ICBYD and SAWII. The great thing about Aphex Twin's music is although some of the sounds such as the synth in Alberto sound like standard poly stuff, you'd be hard pressed to mimic the sound exactly. Let me know if you can, I'd be interested to hear it. On a side note I recently picked up an FZ-10M for cheap....based pretty much solely on it's use by AFX. It was also used by Reload on their - collection of short stories album which I think is pretty cool as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcofribas Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 i have it on good authority the synth in question is a Yamaha Jupiter Cool with a David Smyth Outer Space Echo Compressor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 lush thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I do see a correlation in the types of sounds used on ICBYD and SAWII. The great thing about Aphex Twin's music is although some of the sounds such as the synth in Alberto sound like standard poly stuff, you'd be hard pressed to mimic the sound exactly. Let me know if you can, I'd be interested to hear it. On a side note I recently picked up an FZ-10M for cheap....based pretty much solely on it's use by AFX. It was also used by Reload on their - collection of short stories album which I think is pretty cool as well. Hangable Autobulb, ABB5 and the Ventolin remixes, too, I think, all of which was my favorite era of Aphex. What kind of deal did you get on the FZ-10m? Does it have that same kind of weird dry tone the Aphex stuff has? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killabyte11 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Hangable Autobulb, ABB5 and the Ventolin remixes, too, I think, all of which was my favorite era of Aphex. What kind of deal did you get on the FZ-10m? Does it have that same kind of weird dry tone the Aphex stuff has? Paid $150 from a seller on ebay. So far I'm loving the character, what comes out almost always sounds a bit different than what I sampled in....in a good way. The filter is multi stage so it's different than your average filter and definitely has an interesting quality to it. Here is a bit of info on that...http://www.buchty.net/casio/dcf.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxbip Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Definitely a polysynth. Sounds like it was run through a flanger and a filter. Beyond that, it's probably infused with ancient magic or something. Anyone know the best VST for ancient magic? Necronomicon vst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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