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Specific Sound - How to create?

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 2:51 am
by cabasner
Hi All,

It's been years since I've posted anything here, and I hope someone might take pity on me. I've had a Kronos 2 88 for several years, and I'm a music dabbler with more money than ability or capability, so my knowledge level is terribly limited.

Back in 1977, there was a recording Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live, and a tune called Darkness/Earth in Search of a Sun. The intro to the song is clearly a synth, a series of tones that resolve into a kind of 'boom' sound. Does anyone have a clue as to whether something similar could be programmed into the Kronos?

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 5:12 am
by average_male

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:08 am
by Xenophile
Oh, man! I used to love to play that record LOUD!
I’m pretty sure Hammer used a massive Oberheim 8-voice. I would think that the MS-20 engine in Kronos could come close. A big part of duplicating that sound would be playing the dynamics.

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 12:54 pm
by cabasner
Yes, that is exactly the tune I'm talking about!