How I Programmed the Theremin Sound On Michael Jackson's Thriller
Вставка
- Опубліковано 19 тра 2023
- In this breakdown we go over how to build the Theremin patch from Michael Jackson's Thriller on my Tonus Arp 2600 and go over how the sound design of the record changed from the "Starlight" demo to "Thriller"
In this series Anthony breaks down some of the most icons synthesizer patches that he programmed for Michael Jackson’s Thriller
Anthony's musical touch as both composer and performer is connected with some of the most influential creative minds over the last 40 years. He’s composed and conducted original orchestral scores for over 80 feature films including Young Guns, Internal Affairs, The Man From Elysian Fields, 15 Minutes and Planes, Trains & Automobiles, been commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic for his symphonic work "In the Family Way", written over one thousand TV commercials in a myriad of musical styles, co-founded Levels Audio Post (LA's premiere post production facility) and performed and arranged on big-box-office films and influential hit records such as Michael Jackson's Thriller.
His extensive work as a young arranger, orchestrator and performer for Quincy Jones, Jack Nitzsche, Lamont Dozier, Arthur Rubenstein and Giorgio Moroder was vital in launching his own career. His early years pioneering modular analog synthesizers along with his wide-ranging music scholarship positioned Anthony at the center of the music technology revolution. He attended the University of Southern California School of Music as a piano and composition major.
Instagram: anthonymarinell...
Website: www.anthonymarinelli.com
Tiktok: / anthonymarinellimusic_...
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_...
IMDb: www.imdb.me/anthonymarinelli
Next video: "How the Synth Bass on Billie Jean was made" please
and how to do it on the Synclavier V by Arturia
Yes please!!
Im pretty sure its a acoustic bass
@@BillimanMCjon it’s layered with synth bass, on the synclavier
Wow I never realised how important the ARP 2600 was in the creation of this song. I'm a primary school music teacher and tried to recreate the song myself a couple years ago for my students. Wish I had these videos then lol. Always assumed it was a real Theremin and that the bass was a mini-moog. This series is blowing my mind. Thank you.
You've been killing it with the uploads lately! I hope your channel grows. So many people are interested in this.
definitively! Subscribed! 👍
Background stories on how iconic music was made and shared technical knowledge about synths is a double win. Loving your channel, Anthony. Best of luck!
Much love from Burundi 🇧🇮. You’re just a genius
Anthony, thank you so much for opening your amazing history book and be the natural teacher you seem to be. Your love and dedication are palpable!
So cool to see how many people worked to make a record happen back then, and now a days, if a producer used a sample made by 3 other producers, labels don’t want to be bothered with all the extra paperwork….
Thanx for those wonderful videos! Do you remember a bit more on how all those synths were mixed? 25y ago I asked Bruce, but he said he couldn’t remember all the details about which reverb was on the synths. He told me that he had H910, Ecoplate, L224 and EMT250 around. What were the chorus FX, CE1 pedals?
This Channel & "Stories in the Room" are 100% Priceless ...
Another brilliant upload 👏 It seems like the ARP 2600 was your favourite synth a really versatile Synth The Thermin you explained had to controls a horizontal metal loop on the left and an "Vertical Antenna " ...attached to a box similar to a record player...the loop on the left controlled volume, and the vertical antenna would control pitch brilliant video
Class is in session
Let's take notes
I hadn't heard of a theremin until seeing one pop up on my feed a few years ago. That sound was used on MJ's "Off The Wall" intro also. I absolutely LOVE this channel!
Pleaseee show us the infamous repeated two note bass sound on every bar from the break on the song Thriller. The doop doop.....doop doop ....doop doop......you didn't explain it on the Thriller bass video you made, thank you! ❤
I guarantee you it was some crazy layer.
@@juiceonthebeat8307 I just really want him to walk through it for us.
Is it a doop doop? I always thought it was a whop whop.
@@Andrew-rz7qt lol
@@dpalaoro only with musician's can you have these in-depth conversations with 🤘
Loving these historical deep dives. Thank you so much for demonstrating the patches on the Arp 2600. Loving recreating them on my mini 2600! More famous Arp 2600 sounds from famous songs would be fantastic!
Anthony, your sound has been a HUGE inspiration on my life. Your secrets unveiled to me is like gold. LOVE YOU!
This is awesome to see! Thank you for making these videos!
What an incredible privilege it must have been to be a part of such a talented team making that album! The atmosphere of creativity must have been so exciting.
Thanks for vids 👏
When you patched the square wave oscillator 1, it sounded like a car alarm until you played the melody. Just a funny observation hahaha :)
I love your videos. I have always been interested to play synthetizers ever since I heard Emerson, Lake & Palmer when I was 11 years old! Someday I'll have one.
Please, don't stop sharing your knowledge to the people. Thank you very much!
Love this videos, gosh they are so filled with jewels!!!
Love these 🎹
Pure gold. Thanks! 🙏🏻
This is so helpfull! Keep on doing it this please. Thanks!!
So cool to hear these sounds isolated like this! I love these videos. We want more! 🙏🏼
Thanks so much for these videos ❤❤
Love it, thank you for sharing this :)
Fantastic channel, please keep making these !
This is amazing to listen to a legend explain the odds and ends of one of the most iconic songs in history !!! 👏🏾
Great sound design breakdown.
Very interesting to hear these stories and get the walkthrough of these iconic sounds. Thanks!
I learn so much from you, keep doing tutorials
This is an incredible series of videos, both educational and engaging. Excellent and keep them coming! ❤
So inspiring. Thank you for sharing this incredible history 🙏🏾💯
Thank you for walking through these step by step. It's great to see as a synth enthusiast how things are done on an actual HUGE album and from a historical perspective.
Wow. I always figured it was an actual theremin. A student at my recording school had downloaded the thriller stems and the part was labeled as a theremin. These videos are so cool. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent advise on all fronts.
Your love of sound, synths, and the process of creation shines through.
Thank u, Anthony. for everything, for sharing your knowledge and your stories. There were many who waited for someone who would share these things. We value all the effort and time you dedicate to your content.
Great sound. Feels like a real Theremin 🎉
True legend, please continue to keep us informed! You deserve way more followers its just a matter of time
Really cool you did a video on this, I always thought it was a minimoog and also planned on sampling this sound from the thriller track so this is cool
youre the living history book, legend!
Just discovered this channel - brilliant stuff!
Wow... can't wait! THANK YOU sir, for sharing all these precious golden nuggets of info and knowledge 🙌🏼❤️🎶🇵🇹
Gold information, also, a video with your synth Tips! I have Berringer 2600, so Your advices are very useful. Thank You!!!
Ah man, I love to watch this. Keep those video's coming Mr. Marinelli. There's no better way than starting my Sunday morning breakfast and watching your video's.
I could listen to you all day. I love your work and you are such a kind man. Greets from Germany
stimmt total !
You're very good at explaining in a way that really converts the tech into easily digestible info.
Even when it's basic stuff, hearing it explained so solidly helps to reinforce the knowledge.
And that studio!
Amazing!!!!
ICONIC!!!!!
Stoked your getting some internet shine funk synth brother 😎
Wow! That’s amazing. So simple, but so epic! My buddy has the Korg version of the 2600. He’s having a field day! Keep ‘em coming!🤨🎶❤️🎹👍🏾
Super interesting Anthony! Big up🙌
Anthony....is such a pleasure you share all this.Your knowledge and every story to every sounds.thank you sooo much
Thanks for listening
Great video (s) . I would not have known how many individual components would have gone into one sound. I think what you are showing everyone is important music history. With technology today it's almost to easy to pull up any sounds we want and without your building blocks documented future generations will only hear the sound and not understanding the creation .
I'd love to also see a video of all your classic instruments.
First time seeing this channel and I subscribed immediately after the first sentence.
I think these videos are gems for synth guys to watch. I was appreciating the deep explanation and level
Of organization.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us, Michael Jackson is my all time favorite. God Bless! :)
Muchas gracias Antonio!!! ;-) you are unveiling a beloved memory and now as a musician this is like Claudio (Dr. Mix) said PURE GOLD!
I recently discovered your channel. I really like your approach to this content. You clearly know what you are doing, but unlike some others you have a kind and generous presentation. Watching and learning from you reminds me of watching and learning from Bob Ross. I'm fairly new to higher end synths and wish that I had access to this kind of information in the 90s when I got my first synth. Thank you for your relaxing, straightforward instructions and the enjoyable tales of your past adventures in the studio.
Great video
So good so good
❤ 🎹! Ur amazing to know all about the Arp 2600 and awesome tutorial and lesson! Ur a great music professor 👨🏫 making me inspired by these lesson with my music i make. Thx 🙏 more videos on how MJ's albums came to fruition! ❤️ 🎼
Would love a video on your LinnDrum, your approach to programming it and the custom chips it contains
Good gear mr Marinelli
I have a real theremin. It has two antennas, one is volume, one is pitch. The volume antenna is mounted horizontally while the pitch antenna is mounted vertically, so usually when you play you hold your left hand over the volume antenna, rest on it for silence, lifting the hand produces a louder sound, while your right hand is held at like an armslenght from the pitch antenna, moving closer brightens the pitch and vice versa.
I have got into using delay pedals and a korg Kaos pad with mine.
Did he cover how that super bitey saw bass in the breakdown at the end was made, one of the coolest sounds ever!
Love these stories. Priceless bits of music history. Keep making more, please.
Dont forget to mention that important Portamento/glide between the notes!
Fantastic!¡¡¡
Sounds from "Phoenix" on the Atari 2600! Exactly correct @ 5:50. Enjoy your videos!
... I give a 'like' before I'm really watching your videos 😃 because I know that you will present interesting 'insider facts' ... thanks for that and greets ...
Saludos desde México 🇲🇽, amigo ❤
I once made a very similar sound on my Odyssey (which I no longer own). I believe I did it by putting the filter into self oscillation
Thanks for the vid. I've just set this up on my sequential pro 3 with a small bit of glide and plate fx sounds just like a theremin ... it scared me ☺
“I know it’s a little bit complicated” 😅 I love it
Thank you for the great videos! What about the portamento on the 2600?
😎😎😎,, that's so cool, thank u for ur time and giving instructions for all of us, if u can do more things on moog Model D, thank u so much, ur maestro, great master at work u r.
wow...the way you interact with those big machines really showed how incredibly hard is to creat music, thank you for every work you did!!!!!!
Besides this technical knowledge, I think with your experience, many of us would like to know your thoughts and philosophy on music making.
OMG I love electronics
one thing that blows me away is the guitar sound jan hammer was able to make with the analog synth's he had back in the mid 70's
have you ever met jan anthoney?
Big Vincent price fan here, I gotta check out that podcast episode where you go into that!
I’ve been taking my easy key-track on/half/off switch on the filter for granted! Haha.
I usually like it on half or off myself for most things, full filter key tracking is usually just too much.
Always love me some odd-only harmonics, that’s why I prefer conical wind instruments over cylindrical ones!
Super 👌 👍
Anthony great video as always! I was wondering if you could make a video on the synth bass part of “Leave Me Alone” by MJ? I don’t know if you got the opportunity to work with him on the Bad album.
Great and educating video! 👍Isn't there some portamento too in this sound?
I think it's really funny how Vincent Price's part has always been referred to as a "rap" :)
Your killing us. This is just great. We don't deserve it.
Thank you so much for these videos Anthony. I have the same era 2600 and have learned a bunch here. What are the mods I see you've done to your 2600?
Very nice! Whats are those "extra" pots and switches in the ARP? Its something like an DIY modification? Thanks!
Would love to get a tour of that eurorack case beneath the 2600.
i always assumed that the theremin sound was sampled from a horror score or something😱 amazed and mind f*ckin bloooown🤯
Amazing !
For the « frog » sound at the end, do you used a « casiotone » ? It’s the same sound on the bass of « shes trouble » ?
Vincent Price was also on a song from Alice Cooper’s “Welcome To My Nightmare” album. Was he an influence on Rod or Michael?
All these videos are so cool, man. But now I'm dying to know what makes the bass stabs in the chorus.
A thereminist here. You got the polarity and the physical phenomenon right but the thing that is measured is your hand's or finger's distance to the closest point of the vertical rod that is the pitch antenna. Usually you move your hand just towards the antenna and back towards yourself, on a horizontal axis. Also usually theremins generated a pulse wave with an adjustable width that is filtered, at least on an Etherwave. Not really sure how it was done in an RCA theremin other than it used heterodyning oscillators.
Do a video on recreating the Tubes She's a Beauty intro they played it live on an Arp 2600 it was auto triggering and he would work the filter cutoff slider for the wah effect.
I have an original MS-20, looks like you have it too. Would be cool if you showed some stuff on it as well. Cheers!
Hi, Anthony, could you let us know how you did the Square wave tremolo sound in The Thriller song where Vincent price is talking, Great channel, I use the Arturia Arp 2600 in V Collection 9.Thanksalot Rich.
How would that sound as a bass?🧐 Wish there was a way to sample these presets. Thanks for the legendary content.