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Europe - The Final Countdown

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Matti
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Here is my attempt to make the lead sound for the famous "The Final Countdown" song. I'm not fully satisfied with the sound so feel free to improve it and please let me know how to get it better :)

Play especially with the sliders B, C, D and E. F-I is for effects.

BR,
Matti

 
Posted : 02/11/2011 4:39 pm
The_g-man
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtafuLINeu8

Not my setup, but this youtube page has a link to download the setup, and there is a tutorial video too for some of the sounds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh4EKK6yd_c

Might be helpful to some people here for making effects to use in other songs.

 
Posted : 04/12/2011 4:42 pm
fran
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Hi,

I found some info about this famous sound:

From an interview with Europe's keyboard player Mic Michaeli http://www.musicplayers.com/features/ba ... Europe.php

MPc: First things first – every keyboard player, even today, wants to know what synths were used to create the famous lead sound from “The Final Countdown.”

Mic: It was a Yamaha rack thing, the TX-816, it was basically eight DX-7s in a module, together with a Roland JX-8P. I made a brassy sound from the JX-8 and used a factory sound from the Yamaha, and just layered them together. It’s a very special sound. I haven’t been able to create it on any other synth since then, so now when I play it live, I just sampled that sound and use that as the “Final Countdown” sound.

Regards,
Fran

 
Posted : 30/12/2011 3:43 pm
fran
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Hello,

Please, post any sound related to a particular song under the same thread. Thanks!

More sounds for Europe - The Final Countdown here: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=192

I love this song! :)

Regards,
Fran

 
Posted : 20/02/2012 1:07 pm
gioj93
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Ok, I'm sorry! I see that someone just shared my videos in this topic, thank you :)

 
Posted : 20/02/2012 1:32 pm
fran
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Hi,

Thanks for the contribution Gio!

Regards,
Fran

 
Posted : 20/02/2012 1:39 pm
gioj93
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I repost my message here just for more clarity :D

"Here is my attempt to reproduce all the sounds in the beginning of this song with my PC361!

You will find all the keys assignments in this video http://youtu.be/xtafuLINeu8
and a small tutorial in this video http://youtu.be/Kh4EKK6yd_c

Let me know if you like it ;)"

 
Posted : 21/02/2012 12:05 pm
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The_g-man
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I hope you don't mind that I shared your setup, not only does it sound fantastic but I thought that the tutorial that went with it would be of valuable help to other users here to create further setups.

Great job Gio!

 
Posted : 21/02/2012 5:38 pm
gioj93
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I hope you don't mind that I shared your setup, not only does it sound fantastic but I thought that the tutorial that went with it would be of valuable help to other users here to create further setups.

Great job Gio!

I'm really happy that you just shared it, thank you! :)

 
Posted : 22/02/2012 12:37 am
The_g-man
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Would someone on here be able to adjust this setup down one semitone please?

When I transpose the sound several layers stay at their original level.

I have followed as many steps as I can on the tutorial video, but the screens only match the information for some of the affected layers.

The two sounds play in the original video at 0:16 and 0:23.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 
Posted : 13/04/2012 12:46 pm
The_g-man
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I went through the layers of this again today, and now have a makeshift version to play.

As far as I could hear, layers 2 and 4 had the supersaw sound, with an added effect on layer 5. Layers 19 and 20 had the softer sound.

I was able to adjust layers 19 and 20, but I had to follow the instructions on the tutorial video to make new sounds for layers 2 and 4, I couldn't see where to change their pitch and still have no idea why.

 
Posted : 22/04/2012 5:54 pm
tkeys
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Thank you Matti for the sounds, I have a PC3LE6 and used many of the sounds that you created.

 
Posted : 25/12/2013 11:26 am
Tomek1983
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtafuLINeu8

Not my setup, but this youtube page has a link to download the setup, and there is a tutorial video too for some of the sounds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh4EKK6yd_c

Might be helpful to some people here for making effects to use in other songs.

Hello. Could you send me the following email updates ? The link you provided on YT I do not want to load . If you can please me Send to your e-mail:
t.szukalski@wp.pl

Thank you in advance

 
Posted : 11/07/2016 11:40 am
FrankBFB
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Amazing Job Gio!

This is the best sound setup on my Kurzweil SP6.
Unbelievable what can be programmed into one sound setup.

Best regards,
Frank

 
Posted : 27/01/2019 4:04 am
Eclipse69
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Ok, I'm sorry! I see that someone just shared my videos in this topic, thank you :)

Excellent work !!! Thank you !!! You are very, very close to the original.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxsHPq72emc

 
Posted : 06/02/2020 6:32 am
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