Solina String Ensemble

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  • Опубліковано 16 січ 2025

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  • @cyborgmetropolis7652
    @cyborgmetropolis7652 3 роки тому +8

    I saw one of these in Sam Ash when I was a kid. Seeing made me think there was a whole line of instruments each with different orchestral sections like brass and winds.

  • @mikehydropneumatic2583
    @mikehydropneumatic2583 6 років тому +14

    As a synth enthousiast and Dutchman this makes me feel proud.
    Another cool synth from The Netherlands is the Synton Syrinx. In my life I have only seen one!

  • @davidpancerev9658
    @davidpancerev9658 Рік тому +1

    Love the lengthy decay ! Modulation

  • @augmentedkeys5971
    @augmentedkeys5971 3 роки тому +5

    "Jean-Michel What's his name'

  • @fer_fdi
    @fer_fdi 4 роки тому +2

    drums are tuned too!

  • @yes_head
    @yes_head 4 роки тому +4

    I was able to borrow a Freeman from a keyboard player I knew back in the early 80s. As a prog fan I got hours of enjoyment out of it. It really was an important stepping stone from the Mellotron to late 70s poly-synths like the Polymoog and GX-1.

  • @davidpancerev9658
    @davidpancerev9658 Рік тому +1

    10:10.. sounds like "let X=X"by Laurie Anderson!

  • @watcherfromtheskies
    @watcherfromtheskies 12 років тому +5

    Shine On You Crazy Diamond!

  • @SpacePatrollerLaser
    @SpacePatrollerLaser 8 років тому +4

    When this came to the States in '74. I said "f only this had come out about a dozen years ago" in 1962, the height of the use of the string ensemble in rock and roll by among others Phil Spector with the Drifters, Shirelles, Gene B McDaniels, Roy Orbison and even Bobby Vee. I could have had a field day

  • @xeractus
    @xeractus 12 років тому +2

    I've owned the M-Tron Pro software for a few years and loved it. I've stumbled upon your UA-cam channel and feel like I've found a veritable gold mine. Your videos are incredible; well made, informative, entertaining and fascinating. So many vintage instruments!!

  • @scottlarson1548
    @scottlarson1548 9 років тому +28

    Take a dull and nearly irritating sound, put it through a chorus effect, and it becomes beautiful.

  • @markorendas1790
    @markorendas1790 4 роки тому +1

    I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT A SOLINA WAS. VERY NEAT AND INNOVATION

  • @longfade
    @longfade 5 років тому +1

    Another wonderful GForce offering.

  • @Ashfaq1999
    @Ashfaq1999 3 роки тому

    Great video & brilliant sounds.

  • @MakerFarmNL
    @MakerFarmNL 5 років тому +4

    This was the sound that made me decide to get into sound synthesis back in the early 80's. This is what i fell in love with and what was considered to be the holy grail of spacious sounds back than. And all that just because of a flanger / very short modulated delay effect put on top of very dull saw tooth and pulse waves.

  • @MrJpbmusic2005
    @MrJpbmusic2005 3 роки тому +1

    When I first heard Jean Michel Jarre's "Oxegene " way back in the early 80s I always wondered what that beautiful sound was, and again on "Equinox ",
    it took the Internet to finally find out!! what a beautiful sound💖 Jarre used the "Small Stone" Phaser on all his tracks that involved the Eminent

  • @SRDhain
    @SRDhain 4 роки тому +2

    Dave's got to be lauded for makong some of the most watchable (and listenable) vintage synth videos on UA-cam, so a round of 👏 is due (real, mixed in with some well filtered white noise & reverb with a smidgeon of delay) .
    On an artistic note, my first 'pure sound' (sans the usual reverb and small stone) listening experience of this instrument, was on 'Come up and See Me (make me smile)' . You hear it from towards the end of the middle 8, right through to the end of the song. It's played beautifully, so full credit goes to Duncan Mackay on that front. It makes that song extra special for me.

  • @Biyoung
    @Biyoung 9 років тому +23

    Jean michel whats he's name ?????? funny

  • @blueleadguitar
    @blueleadguitar 13 років тому +1

    Nice interesting history and demo. It was also used by Uriah Heep. Ken Hensley used it for the wonderful string sound on the song Illusion from Innocent Victim. I want one! lol

  • @patsaxon5284
    @patsaxon5284 5 років тому +2

    Wersi strings ensemble are awesome! With my MK-1 Stage Performer from Wersi, I got compliments from a recording engineer.

  • @AlainHubert
    @AlainHubert 5 років тому +4

    @3:38, I'm a drummer, but I also play keyboards so I wasn't offended by that remark... ;-)

  • @antopsyco
    @antopsyco 7 років тому +3

    9:02 Jean Michel... What's his name 😁

  • @brainhamster
    @brainhamster 7 років тому +13

    jean micheal what's his name. lol

  • @bennethos
    @bennethos 5 років тому

    I owned an eminent 310 that I bought 2ndhand and restored for 125 pounds. Besides giving me a herniated disc I had fun with it with my small stone. Sold it though, the thing weighs a ton. happy to see this software replaces these heavy monsters.

  • @scottptolomey3498
    @scottptolomey3498 2 місяці тому

    Keane used the Solina on most of their tracks that required string arrangements

  • @agerven
    @agerven 4 роки тому +2

    Legendary. Doubt that anyone ever played with modulation turned off?

    • @marcuskeulertz5852
      @marcuskeulertz5852 4 роки тому +1

      The modulation made this instrument so bloody famous.

  • @MusicFed
    @MusicFed 6 років тому

    at 7:00 a crucial piece of advice: chords or octaves on the lower register with Contra Bass or Cello selected will require careful playing, or else the monophonic nature of those 2 will give weird jumpy notes....I guess why a lot of famous users only selected the upper instruments for their pad sounds. a solution is to play those chords and remember to quickly lift the upper bass note first

  • @robertsyrett1992
    @robertsyrett1992 8 років тому

    Thanks for this history lesson!

  • @JohnLRice
    @JohnLRice 10 років тому +10

    HEY! No drummer jokes! ;-)

  • @groovechaser
    @groovechaser 10 років тому

    Love it! Ever since I heard it on Dream Weaver, it had an eddect on me and had to get one. I ordered a used one in 1996 from a place in Memphis. I was very excited to get it. When I got it in, I plugged it in, and the crescendo didnt work! I have taken it to everywhere since, even Switched On in Austin, and no one can fix it. Sad.

  • @ltsaudio6390
    @ltsaudio6390 3 роки тому +2

    3:37
    I’m a drummer and I know what that slider does.

  • @organfairy
    @organfairy 6 років тому +2

    Often the cheapest way of getting a string synthesizer is to buy an old home organ from the early 1980s. Yamaha, Elka, and Technics had some pretty good string simulations. But they are of course only for home use due to the weight and bulkyness....

  • @Dyaxxis
    @Dyaxxis 11 років тому

    Depends. I'd say significantly more difficult and laborious than later predominantly micro controller based instruments. Kenton has several kits listed on their website (either "ARP" or "Eminent" versions).

  • @meowzer999
    @meowzer999 7 років тому +1

    I've got a real string-synth fetish. In the right context, they're really lovely.

  • @SoundAuthor
    @SoundAuthor 10 років тому

    Thanks for the education. Excellent video :)

  • @GNeuman
    @GNeuman 9 років тому

    The vsm is excellent..

  • @danedmiston7734
    @danedmiston7734 8 років тому +1

    Hum? I hear Jean Luc Ponty Cosmic Messenger strings sounds here especially with the phaser on.

  • @orangefunk
    @orangefunk 13 років тому

    Had the same problem with mine. I replaced a faulty octave divider with one from an old organ that a friend sent me and all was good in the world. :-)

  • @MusicFed
    @MusicFed 6 років тому

    I have never seen a mono version with leds in the buttons. it's like a hybrid. the notes missing suggest an issue with the dividers

  • @rustyman99
    @rustyman99 8 років тому

    Nice MK4 you have there

  • @raymondleggs5508
    @raymondleggs5508 9 років тому +1

    sounds lush

  • @OpticalHaze
    @OpticalHaze 6 років тому +1

    07:19 this!

  • @LouisvilleTorn8o
    @LouisvilleTorn8o 12 років тому

    How hard is it to put a MIDI retrofit on one of these?

  • @meowzer999
    @meowzer999 7 років тому +2

    Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division is a purrsonal favorite. I think that's an ARP Omni tho'...?

  • @meowzer999
    @meowzer999 7 років тому +1

    Ha!, dig on drummerz!

  • @rifholr926
    @rifholr926 3 роки тому

    Why you haven't got Russian Soviet sintesisers? Maestro, polivoks, tom 1501 very interesting sintesisers with hard or dream sound. I'm Russian

  • @fernandoperdomomusic
    @fernandoperdomomusic 4 роки тому

    Day vid Bah Weee!!!

  • @williamgraham8761
    @williamgraham8761 4 роки тому

    I can hear early tony banks in this keyboard.😁

    • @yes_head
      @yes_head 4 роки тому +1

      According to online sources, Tony got the strings on songs like "All in a Mouse's Night" from a Roland RS-202, not the Solina or Freeman. However, I'm pretty sure Peter Bardens of Camel was using one of these for their mid-70s classics like "Lunar Sea."
      I'm surprised Gary Wright's "Dream Weaver" didn't even get a mention in this vid.

  • @iseeolly9959
    @iseeolly9959 4 роки тому +3

    The Cure used this loads.

  • @RadicalCaveman
    @RadicalCaveman Рік тому

    That's the same phaser Mozart used.

  • @vicvicmoon5540
    @vicvicmoon5540 2 роки тому

    Most of drummers tune their instrument, too (while keyboard players often use to detune theirs) 😋

  • @jacobbrown1690
    @jacobbrown1690 3 роки тому +1

    pink floyd

  • @zedster911
    @zedster911 8 років тому

    I rember going into a local music shop who had a "String Machine" and this guy was "Playing" (?) it like a keyboard... duh! what????

  • @johnvcougar
    @johnvcougar 7 місяців тому

    Drummers have to tune, too, mate! And their job is a lot trickier than yours! 😊

  • @EphemeralProductions
    @EphemeralProductions 8 років тому +1

    Jean Michel Jarre. LOL (said like zharr)

  • @meowzer999
    @meowzer999 7 років тому

    Altho' I've never forgotten a detractor's critique of the String Ensemble, that it sounded like a "glorified organ", ha.

  • @motzky46
    @motzky46 9 років тому

    Wenn ich bedenke dass diese in der 70'-er mir gefallen hat....... Schlimm