I grew up in that era (late 70s - most of the 80s) where I read more liner notes than real books :-) So for me this bring backs memories of the best period of my life. Kudos to the whole team. Just brilliant /KAT
I’m with you on that - loved reading the inner sleeve notes and seeing musicians names appear on other artists albums for the likes of Quincy, Herbie, Stevie, etc… where I’d first see names like Greg Philinganes, Bruce Swedien, Hubert Laws, Pattie Austin, Rod Temperton . . . the list goes on : )
Christmas came early this year! Steve Porcaro is a true keyboard magician, and it’s amazing to get a glimpse of what he was up to in the 80s! Love this content, keep it up! 🤩🎶🎹❤️
Michael was very serious about what to release and what not. Publishing previous unreleased MJ material is a sensitive topic. But hey, if it's about $$$ we know what will happen.
Steve said a few years ago that the estate has been approaching him since the Xscape days, but like many others he decided not to get involved after seeing who got their hands on the music. And damn right he was.
I'm so glad Anthony Martinelli pointed out how incredible it is that Steve Porcaro can somehow think technically and feel intuitively at the same time. For most of us, those are often two distinct modes of thought - which can take time to ease between - but Steve just seems to naturally operate both at a very high level. It's incredible. And the way he responded to Anthony's observation, it's almost like he doesn't even realise it's special.
this is why i watch this series!!! the 80s was my era and to this day i still use analog gear to create music. midi, smpte, -- my motu midi timepiece is house clock for my scsi drives and to sync up my 16 track dr4d's together with my modern equipment. sure i can do stuff on a daw but to me thats not creating music. i purposely still live in the 80s. seeing two old school programmers and synts guys talking about this stuff gives me goosebumps!
Wow! Watching that pre-MIDI stuff is extremely fascinating as well as that Porcaros have apparently been the reason to invent the tap tempo button. At that time, I was just a child with a mono record player listening their music and did.of course not know anything about CV/Gate etc. ... 3 years later in '85 I already knew about MIDI from reading but was nonetheless most likely the only Austrian child reading keyboard magazines regularily.
I still love to make electronic music the old fashioned way like in the pre midi days with CV,triggers and analog clock syncing it all up together like mentioned in this video.Why?For me its inspiring to work this way.On the other hand.Nowadays we can choose.Back then it was the only way and not certainly the easy way.Respect!
if you have multiple synths like 7 or more then dealing with midi can melt your brain :D but i think it may raise your I.Q slightly aswell, like some kind of spaghetti and numbers puzzle. This was super interesting, great to see those cv boxes, fantastic, thank you!
You know what guys...i would pay to go to a gig where you all recreate what you did making this fantatic album...this knowledge is off the scale...thankyou.
really great that youre documenting the process in such detail. Im not a massive MJ fan, but collaborative projects of such high calibre talent really are high points of mankind. great to see the hurdles too
Very nice contributions from the protagonists of that time, really worth seeing! Maybe you could also tell us something about the song order. It's not bad, of course, but it could have been set up differently.
His CV/Gate patchbay reminds me of a JL Cooper (I BELIEVE that's the name of the company) MIDI patchbay that I used in the 90s. I think it had maybe 10 MIDI ins and outs
I would love if you geeked out with Steve P on his rigs from the time where the DX-7 came out and forward. From 2010-2019 he used Logics MainStage for synths with Toto live but what did he work with from say 1985 until now?
The CV/Gate system that Steve Porcaro was talking about worked like MIDI in terms of playing synths from other synths, except it was analog (the "CV" was an analog voltage indicating the pitch and the "Gate" was a key on/off signal).
Steve Porcaro showing his original equipment is like Colonel Sanders showing his original recipe for KFC, amazing stuff!
preach that !!!!!
Haha ❤
This will go over the 99% of people’s heads, for those of us in the 1% it’s the greatest thing ever!!!
Would love to hear you drop some gems on how it worked back then! 😄
That's why these men are who they are. This should be a requirement for all current and musicians to come
I grew up in that era (late 70s - most of the 80s) where I read more liner notes than real books :-) So for me this bring backs memories of the best period of my life. Kudos to the whole team. Just brilliant /KAT
I’m with you on that - loved reading the inner sleeve notes and seeing musicians names appear on other artists albums for the likes of Quincy, Herbie, Stevie, etc… where I’d first see names like Greg Philinganes, Bruce Swedien, Hubert Laws, Pattie Austin, Rod Temperton . . . the list goes on : )
Steve Porcaro. Ultimate right guy. Right place. Right time. ❤ He helped drive so much of the sound of popular music during that era.
Christmas came early this year! Steve Porcaro is a true keyboard magician, and it’s amazing to get a glimpse of what he was up to in the 80s! Love this content, keep it up! 🤩🎶🎹❤️
This is pure gold 😍. Human Nature will always be my favorite MJ song…
I don't understand a thing these guys are saying but I love the enthusiasm they project for their past creative work.
Fascinating stuff! Also I hope Steve Pocaro makes a deal with the MJ estate to release the unreleased songs he has. The world deserves to hear them.
_Cubs lose again, but Al Capone's found alive._ 😸
Michael was very serious about what to release and what not. Publishing previous unreleased MJ material is a sensitive topic. But hey, if it's about $$$ we know what will happen.
@@martijn_nl This is true but the tracks in particular that Steve has are great. No point in them collecting dust. Let the fans hear it.
Absolutely
Steve said a few years ago that the estate has been approaching him since the Xscape days, but like many others he decided not to get involved after seeing who got their hands on the music. And damn right he was.
I'm so glad Anthony Martinelli pointed out how incredible it is that Steve Porcaro can somehow think technically and feel intuitively at the same time. For most of us, those are often two distinct modes of thought - which can take time to ease between - but Steve just seems to naturally operate both at a very high level. It's incredible. And the way he responded to Anthony's observation, it's almost like he doesn't even realise it's special.
this is why i watch this series!!! the 80s was my era and to this day i still use analog gear to create music. midi, smpte, -- my motu midi timepiece is house clock for my scsi drives and to sync up my 16 track dr4d's together with my modern equipment. sure i can do stuff on a daw but to me thats not creating music. i purposely still live in the 80s. seeing two old school programmers and synts guys talking about this stuff gives me goosebumps!
Wow! Watching that pre-MIDI stuff is extremely fascinating as well as that Porcaros have apparently been the reason to invent the tap tempo button. At that time, I was just a child with a mono record player listening their music and did.of course not know anything about CV/Gate etc. ... 3 years later in '85 I already knew about MIDI from reading but was nonetheless most likely the only Austrian child reading keyboard magazines regularily.
Steve _REALLY_ loved that Polyfusion setup. He had spent almost a decade before that putting it together.
I still love to make electronic music the old fashioned way like in the pre midi days with CV,triggers and analog clock syncing it all up together like mentioned in this video.Why?For me its inspiring to work this way.On the other hand.Nowadays we can choose.Back then it was the only way and not certainly the easy way.Respect!
if you have multiple synths like 7 or more then dealing with midi can melt your brain :D but i think it may raise your I.Q slightly aswell, like some kind of spaghetti and numbers puzzle.
This was super interesting, great to see those cv boxes, fantastic, thank you!
Absolute gold! Thank you!
It's incredible how many albums were made by a select group of incredibly talented musicians I was totally ignorant of how the record industry worked.
Mind blown!
Excellent
I miss Michael Jackson so much.. and I never even met him or knew him.. the people who did must miss him so much more
You know what guys...i would pay to go to a gig where you all recreate what you did making this fantatic album...this knowledge is off the scale...thankyou.
Amazing stuff...thank you!!
Steve and Antony should a geek show .... synth legends
Super cool video!
really great that youre documenting the process in such detail. Im not a massive MJ fan, but collaborative projects of such high calibre talent really are high points of mankind. great to see the hurdles too
Very nice contributions from the protagonists of that time, really worth seeing!
Maybe you could also tell us something about the song order.
It's not bad, of course, but it could have been set up differently.
😍😍😍
His CV/Gate patchbay reminds me of a JL Cooper (I BELIEVE that's the name of the company) MIDI patchbay that I used in the 90s. I think it had maybe 10 MIDI ins and outs
I should mention that I used at Diddy's MIDI room at the Hit Factory in NYC. The predecessor of Daddy's House
I would love if you geeked out with Steve P on his rigs from the time where the DX-7 came out and forward. From 2010-2019 he used Logics MainStage for synths with Toto live but what did he work with from say 1985 until now?
I'm always curious how the pros did it back in the day, especially since there was no MIDI.
Maybe a video of how it was back then? 🤔
It's all sync ports and midi.
The CV/Gate system that Steve Porcaro was talking about worked like MIDI in terms of playing synths from other synths, except it was analog (the "CV" was an analog voltage indicating the pitch and the "Gate" was a key on/off signal).
We need a new word for this stuff, let's call it "crazygeek" it's awesome!
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steve mentions "it was strictly for FSK machines" FSK meaning ?
FSK stands for "Frequency Shift Keying". It was an early form of time code, before MIDI time code or SMPTE time code.
Human "magic" nature
Too short! (sorry guys :)
Long versions coming sooon!!!
@@storiesintheroom Coolio. I'm making up for it by watching the Paul Jackson Jr Episode :) Thriller is the gift that keeps on giving...