Bungee wrote: I've carved out a biger piece with a little context: http://www.atte.dk/download/sound2.ogg -- peace, love & harmony Atte http://www.atte.dk

james(a)dis-dot-dat.net wrote: I guess that's the one. But I don't think it bells (unless you mean synthesized bells), actually I'm quite sure esp since I know what instruments are used on this record (they are: analog synths, fender rhodes and toy-piano). I don't know Jean Michel Jarre too well but I seem to remember the same sound being used on the Oxygene (the swing one that was a big hit). Maybe that could ring a bell (pun intended)... -- peace, love & harmony Atte http://www.atte.dk

Atte André Jensen wrote: Just a guess... Try to Google for something like "bell synthesis -labs -speech". http://www.acoustics.hut.fi/demos/dafx02/ http://www.crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques/latest/book-html/node67.html http://www.ec.vanderbilt.edu/computermusic/musc216site/Simple.bell.tutorial… Alternatively, buy some books on synthesis methods - visit your local bookshop/library and take your time! I remember studying one at University which described methods of synthesising different percussive sounds, but I can't remember the details. Have a go! You might fins a sound which you like even more... Michael

Michael T D Nelson wrote: I appreciate the help, but I'm sorry to say that it sound to me like everybody that replied are listening at another sound than the one I'm talking about. Here's another sniplet from the same record with a similar effect. This one sound more like filtered noise with resonance, and I'm more interrested in the first example. This is just to stear away from the bell-thing: http://www.atte.dk/download/sound3.ogg Anyways here's my breakdown of what is heard on http://www.atte.dk/download/sound2.ogg 1) Shaker/egg on downbeats 2) Bass 3) Pad 4) Toy piano playing the chords on downbeats 5) synth lead with bender playing melody 6) fender rhodes in the background 7) some kind of percussion, something like hand played snare drumm 8) about 5 seconds (held untill the end of the sample, although barely audible towards the end) into the sniplet a rising sound, resembling a a wind chime is heard. To me is sounds like you're all listening at the toy piano (which is what it is, I saw the band live in a small club in copenhagen, same toy piano on that tune), but I'm talking about sound #8, the "synthethic wind chime"! Sorry for my poor explanation in the first place, hope that you'll care to listen again, since my initial interrest in the sound, as expressed in the original posting, still holds. And just so straighten that out; I'm not a novice synth tweaker. And I'm not really interrested in say a sample of the sound to use in my music. I want to *understand* how the sound is done. -- peace, love & harmony Atte http://www.atte.dk

Michael T D Nelson wrote: Indeed. No, no... Yes! I'm on headphones here. I might have to go through google. Often a simple, clear explanation of a knowing person is the best, and I was (still is) hoping for that here... I'm casually reading rec.music.makers.synth, but mostly people there are interresting in modelA vs modelB or gimme-the-patches-for-download. The level of insight and thoroughness here seems infinitely higher IMHO. -- peace, love & harmony Atte http://www.atte.dk

Atte André Jensen <atte.jensen(a)gmail.com> wrote: http://www.ec.vanderbilt.edu/computermusic/musc216site/Simple.bell.tutorial… Ah got it! It sounds like a played rapid apeggio. I think I was able to get something similar with the 'pad' bit of Zyn... and with fairly wet long reverb. -- Bungee

On 12/9/05, Pete Leigh <pete.leigh(a)gmail.com> wrote: My summary still holds, however my roland MKS7, an analog synth has a preset that sounds a lot like that, so it is doable with analog gear as well. Ring mod is a good bet for that sound, though hard to get the right freqs.

Atte André Jensen <atte.jensen(a)gmail.com> wrote: I think I go with the majority here, sunthesised bells. Maybe you can get something like it by playing with the bell voices in ZynAddSubFX -- Bungee