Released in the USA in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System Growing up I always wondered how some of these sound effects for arcade games and game consoles were created.…
The "Deep Note" is the rumbling, out-of-pitch sound that begins from chaos and quickly ascends to a harmonious end right before our ears, moments before the feature film begins to…
Ben Burtt, the man behind the "voice" of R2-D2 (perhaps the most famous robot-droid movie character ever, alongside C3P0, its loyal companion) described designing the robot's sound as "the hardest sound…
In this tutorial, we will program the bell-synth lead melody sound from "When I Hear Music" released by Debbie Deb in 1983. For this tutorial, it is important that your instrument…
In this tutorial, we re-create the synth lead solo sound from "New Song" released by Howard Jones in 1983. You can use any keyboard or soft synth that you may like…
In this tutorial, we will program the one-note synth melody sound from "The Safety Dance", released by Men Without Hats in 1983. You can use any keyboard or soft synth that…
In this tutorial, we will program the synth lead sound from Funkytown by Lipps Inc. You can use any keyboard or soft synth that you may like to follow this…
In this lesson, we will program the vintage Polymoog synth lead heard on "Cars" released by Gary Numan in 1979. In this tutorial, I will use only 2 oscillators to…
In this tutorial, we will program the synth marimba sound heard on Cindy Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", released in 1983. You can use any keyboard or soft synth…