Wanted OMD Enola Gay Lead Synth Tone

Started by mattymichaels, February 19, 2021, 11:35:01 AM

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mattymichaels

Hi everyone, had the Gr55 for a few weeks and just can't believe I didn't get this sooner. I'm in a covers band that specialises in UK mod and Britpop but that's not gonna stop me from asking if anyone can help with the lead synth tone for OMD's Enola Gay  :) TIA




Brent Flash

Welcome to the group mattymichaes!  :)

Antonuzzo

The two main synth sounds on Enola Gay (the riff and the solo in the middle) were done on a Korg Micro-Preset, a real entry-level synth (they used it for Souvenir as well). Not sure what would recreate it on the GR55; maybe one of the square-wave leads.

The rhythm on the track was done on a Korg Micro-pops - there's a free plugin that emulates it: https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2020/12/02/bucket-pops/

(You can also do Oxygene IV and II on that as well)

mattymichaels

Hi Antonuzzo, thank you so much for taking the time to reply. This is really helpful (and interesting to hear some background too!). I'll check out the plug in as well as continuing to experiment with wave leads (perhaps combining with one of the softer pad sounds) as you suggest. Thanks again! Matt