Learn how to make old school Italo Disco / Synth pop in under 12 minutes
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- Опубликовано: 13 май 2017
- Do you want to make old school Italo Disco/ Synth pop using old gear and techniques, while at the same time wondering how to do this? This tutorial is for you then. I go through what it takes and I'll even perform the work-in-progress live.
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Episode 2 in my series where I construct, and perform a track totally dawless and with only 80s synths, samplers, drum machines and modules.
In this episode I take a look at Italo Disco, a very popular genre in the 80'ies and its sound has some key signature sounds and structures that I go through here.
Each episode ends with me performing the song, recorded in one take. Could be sour notes, playing errors and more, but it's the raw performance. No autotune or post editing.
The track in episode 2 is called "Greyhound".
I go over each synth I use, why I use it and the different parts will be broken down to show you what I think each part contributes to the song. I also program the drum machines or sequencers to show how these old machines work.
the patches I refer to in the video (free download) had to be taken down due to many people having problems installing them
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My tracks pay homage to all synth.pop acts of the 80'ies like Howard Jones, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Thompson Twins, Tears for Fears, Ultravox, OMD, Euryhmics, Duran Duran, Giorgio Moroder, Jean Michel Jarre, Jan Hammer, A-ha and many more.
A use mostly old gear on my tracks and among them Roland Juno 6, Alpha Juno 2, D550 and JX-8P. Korg DW-8000. Roland TR-626 drum machine. Yamaha DX7 and TX802 and drum machine RX11. I use the Novation Mininova as a vocoder on all my tracks. Effects are usually handled by Strymon and TC electronics. Sampling is done on my E-MU ESI-4000 and I mostly use that for drums.
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This is insane. Please do a whole album.
I have a albums worth of music in this style on all the digital platforms. You can find this through this channel. Thanks! :)
Espen Kraft This is great news
Haha, that "Blue Monday" reference while showing the kickdrum!
Couldn't resist...
exactly!
Kick + Snare = Take On Me A-Ha 2:32 )))
hahaha yeah, I saw that
2:19 reminds me of the beginning from Bad Boy by Miami Sound Machine
Amazing! This could have been an italo hit back in the 80's. Congratulations
Sweet! Thanks for saying! :)
2:15 New Order - Blue Monday kick pattern. :)
how can people give this guy thumbs down his work is so awsome(:
RICKY GARCIA
They're just angry, jealous and envious because they have only crappy "music" today while we had some of the greatest music and sound in history back in the 80s and early 90s.
RICARDO GARCIA, Espen Kraft rules!! Probably some frustrated assholes who simply can’t get it done were the ones with thumbs down.
those are hard rock fans...they are jellaous
Because of their state of retardedness!
Magic ! love the Sabrina and Moroder screensavers !!
PR Indeed I was sold the minute I saw Sabrina's picture!
Sabrina is still super hot now. Mega Milf. Check her IG.
It’s such a treat to see how the legends were created in the 80’s. Wow, thank you for this. You mastered this game! Modern Talking is still with me till this day. Great job Sir!
Awesome. Thanks! :)
Love Italo Disco....grew up with it...
His composition by the title " TONIGHT " is awesome ! it has that magical feeling.
Wow, I'm very impressed by so much 80s spirit in your track :)
Awesome! Can't make it any other way ;-)
Very interesting tutorial for an insight in the italo-disco basics. Thank you!
Thanks! :)
the Juno1 is incredible at providing sounds straight from the 80's
so glad i have one
So smooth. Great sounds, great chord progression, playing is on point. Top notch gear as well, haha.
Awesome. Thanks man! :)
That was a lot of fun to watch. I enjoyed the breakdown and explanation on the parts, and seeing the old gear in service was cool too. I'm a big fan of that Roland Juno/JX sound.
Thanks! Old Rolands never sound bad :)
Espen Kraft, you are a pro. Very interesting videos you make and your domain of what’s needed to do to make the track is impressive. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!
My pleasure. Thanks for saying! :)
Wow this is pure synth gold. I love this!
Awesome, thanks! :)
I find myself liking this over and over again; even after all these years. Thank you, Espen!
Many thanks Steffen!
Awesome video's Espen. Thank you so much for your work!
Thanks Robert! :)
Love this session sir! So warm!
Thanks!
How did I miss this one! This is FANTASTIC! Great tutorial, great talent! Great gear!
Nice! It's one of the earliest videos I posted after I started up my channel fresh. Thanks my friend :)
Great tutorial!!! I adore this sounds!!
Synths, synths and again... Synths!!!!! Good job! ❤
Cheers!
Thanks for the reply Espen, i will keep listening to your music, and enjoying your tutorials, Italo is a great style of music
Many thanks! :)
This guy is a pure genius.
Where was this stuff when I was learning music at school!!
Your videos are so amazing!! great sound selection and chord progression... love italo.. FANCY (slice me nice)
Thanks Amul! :)
Excellent Espen Kraft ... Excellent synthesizing work ....
Many thanks Ahmed! :)
Master of his craft!!! Such a pleasure to watch and listen 😍
Thanks Flo! :)
That hook takes me back to the 80's in such an authentic way - love the whole thing...can listen to it over and over again! And the setup is very cool - using the real beasts from back in the day...The pad on the JX-8P is so organic and warm!!! Very cool!!!
Awesome, thanks! :) The track sort of got worked on to form the finished song in the form of "Greyhound" like you hear it in one of my latest videos.
Beutyfull! Once again Espen Kraft made me smile like a kid! Awsome job! I wish one one day I will play like you
Sweet man, thanks! :)
Espen, you nailed it man! Just dope.
Thanks David! :)
I love the snare sound you had triggering by the #4 pad on the 626. It is almost exactly the same that New Order was using on the Brotherhood album.
Thanks!
Most of the drums in this video is my own samples, made through multi layering of different sounds, processed and samples back.
Great performance Espen Kraft! I like the way you drive your synths with this vintage sequencer ;)
Thanks! More to come! :)
I love how you keep the D# during that descending chord progression.
It seemed the natural way to go to create some tension. It's also the 80s way :P
Yes, the tension created is just perfect. I gotta work on that kind of stuff.
Hey Espen, I've watched this many times just for the Entertainment value. You still lead the pack in this Genre. Miles ahead of the rest.
Well done Buddy.
Always great.
Cheers
Sweet man, thanks for saying! :)
Back watching again, great playing man!!
Cheers!
Great performance!
Thanks for the in-depth demo! Very inspiring.
Thanks!
You, Sir, are a total legend.
WOW that sounds good!!
Great. I love Italo Disco too.
Cheers!
Cm and Gm are the best chords ever. Great work!
Thanks! :)
I simply love this genre!
Really talented! Awesome sounds, and loving the 80s vibes! I want to learn to play and compose like this too.
Cheers!
I’m loving these videos! It’s helping me conceptualize all these different genres.
Please make a video where the vocals are tuned down or run through a filter :). Your voice is so relaxing it would be interesting to hear it in a more “energetic” genre.
Excellent, thanks! A more energetic genre than Italo is hard for me to fathom myself in. I usually go for the more muted softer synth-pop, but have you checked out all my videos?
very solid! wow! totally authentic - bravo bravo! xx
Thanks! :)
I hope to see someone in this synth part of youtube do an 80s Latin freestyle music breakdown or demo!
Edit - love seeing Giorgio Moroder in the background lol
Wow simply amazing love italo so much
Nice! :)
absolutely perfect
Great job, Mr. Kraft!
Thanks!
Beautiful chord progressions
Thanks Alvaro! :)
Dayumn you're awesome! I'm going to be plowing through all your videos now. The free dx patches giveaways are simply amazing for a volca fm newbie like me. Keep up the good work!
Thanks man! Got lots of new stuff coming soon :)
great video and thoroughly explained! helped a lot thank you
Thanks Max. Glad it did! :)
Beautiful chord structure and variation.
Thanks Jimmy! :)
Absolutely amazing!!! Love your collection of synths! Especially that DX 7 Poly! We have a couple Korg’s we use. A MircoKorgS and a Korg MS-20.
Cheers!
This is a man with a passion for SYNTHS. Great stuff Espen
Many thanks! I appreciate you saying that. It IS a passion! :)
Great video! Thanks for the lesson!!
Thanks! :D
Nice sounds, just love it! :)
Thanks! :)
so great man
I love your tutorials and videos. thank you
Thank you Andrea! Thanks for the support! :)
Very nice bro. Im very glad im not the only one that likes the 80s synthesizers like the Yamaha Dx7, Roland Juno etc. Yes!! And im only 22 yrs old
Marvin Pinzon yep 80s synth are way cooler I just bought new ones from sweet water roland fa6 yamaha moxf6 to name a few but are started to by older ones and now my new synth are put aside lol now I have korg dw8000 roland d50 yamaha dx7iifd ensoniq Esq 1. and slowly still collecting.
boi, I'm 16 and I love this stuff just as much
so amazing.... i like the song and your synth collection
Cheers!
Thanks for this💯
this song could have been a hit, back then! Ciao from Italy
Thanks for saying man! Greetings from Norway :)
THIS IS WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks!
This is so my favourite youtube channel now!!
Awesome!
italo disco really made synth famous!!!
Its Jamie Davies I love this music he's awesome at music and keyboards keep it up Espen Kraft my mate.
So kickass. Awesome!
Sweet! Thanks :)
That sounds great.. subscribed!
This is AWESOME! Keep it all up! :) :)
Thanks Anne! I appreciate it! :)
Great tuto, very interesting !
Thanks! :)
That was really good! 👏👏👏🎼🎶😎
Thanks! :)
Fantastic! I look forward to the release of this music!:)
More to come. Thanks for watching and commenting! :)
That was really awesome!!! Wish you a thousands of likes!
Yeah! Great video and of course a great song!
Thanks! 😃
Your videos have helped me so much when it comes to writing thank you sir
That's great to hear. Thanks! :-)
Amazing tutorial and sound !
I love Italo :)
I subbed !
Thanks! More coming... ;-)
Cool! I quite dig those dog samples in the beginning, reminds me of the petshop boys.
Thanks! 😃
Great pacthes for the DX7, like the poly... could barely believe the DX could sound like that so had to download just to check it out lol, great song aswell Love it!
Thanks! :D
nice, i see why your channel was in my recommandations ;D
Hey, that's great! :)
I'm very fan of Italo Disco and i liked so much this video. Thanks a lot!!!!
Great Carlos, thanks!
Great work👍😃
Thanks! :D
We have soooo many synths in common! :) Unfortunately I am still building my studio and all my rack synths are not in place yet so cant show it off as good as you yet ;) Great content and great music! Thanks for sharing!
I know all about space and time.. ;-) Thanks!
Excellent video!
Thanks man! :)
You are a MASTER! Thanks for the DX7 patches,cheers from Italy!
Thank you, I'm glad you liked them. Greetings from Norway! :)
Great fun, reminds me of Bobby Orlando Bobcat stuff from the day!
Nice!
Ahí está! La fábrica de éxitos. Italos gapul. Hig . Energi . Gracias x publicar , todos los dias se aprende algo nuevo. Que sonido por Dios.
:D
Cool sampling trigger with the TR 707 :-)
no nonsense ...only material and few patches sounds so superb ...good feeling character of this genre..
Nice. Thanks! :)
Espen Kraft welcome😊
A very interesting explainations! i realy enjoyed those italo styles - I played myself some comps with my Tyros 4, and that gave me a lot of pleasure, for sure!
Greets.
Very nice channel!!
Thanks a lot! Let's play that Tyros! :)
You're a talented artist ! Keep going on !!!
Thanks! :)
Very, very nice!!!
Many thanks! :)
Thanks for the video, this brings back so many good memories. Those drums are on point!! Slice me Nice, Midnight Radio, Passion, Living on Video, Don't Wake Me Up, Happy Song, Deliverance, Don't Cry Tonight, Hey Hey Guy, Disco Band, Somebody To Love. :)
Thanks! Yeah, there's so many great tracks you're listing up there. The list is endless really. I'm currently working on a Italo Disco EP coming later this fall. I'm sure you'll like it. Just watch my channel :)
Excellent work and video.
Thanks!
This track is great. I like how you even gave us some of the patches for the synth. Great job, you earned a sub
Many thanks! :D
@@EspenKraft Hey man. Is this track by any chance on spotify?
@@interbrainmusic621 It is, sort of. My expanded idea and rework is on there as the song "Greyhound".
Here: open.spotify.com/album/3dIJbQyEx438NzEj9WFBFu
Well done!
Thanks my friend! :)
Nice! And everything with Giorgio and Sabrina watching you....
Congratulations! I am from Brazil and love italo disco, I was born in 1993. I will try to play an italo disco music on my CTK7200. Great sounds! Hugs from Brazil.
Thanks! :)
Interesting. Thx for sharing.