EastWest has announced a the release of the only synth collection that features the sounds of the world’s best-selling songs, played by the original players, and programmed by the original programmers.
A collaboration with Anthony Marinelli, synth mastermind behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller, everything in ICONIC sounds true to the original productions of the world’s mega hits.
Sampling rare vintage synthesizers like the ARP 2600, Minimoog Model D, Oberheim OB-X, Sequential Prophet 5, Yamaha CS-80 and the Synclavier II, EastWest has skillfully recreated some of the most iconic sounds in music history and turned them into modern virtual instruments.
“We realized that you can’t recreate many of these sounds today because there is very limited access to all of the original equipment used back then to create each sound,” says Producer Doug Rogers.
“Lucky for us, Anthony has a museum-worthy collection of these keyboards, and he was able to recreate the exact sounds as only he knew the original programming and keyboard combinations used. Our team then added incredible new recording techniques and software features that will allow you to transform these historic sounds into modern masterpieces. I hope our users have as much fun using these ICONIC sounds as we had making them.”
ICONIC features
- An all-in-one resource for every keyboard and synth sound imaginable, featuring 524 instruments made for pop, hip hop, EDM, and more.
- Legendary lineup of the most beloved and revolutionary keyboards and synthesizers of all time, sampled meticulously, and totalling a massive 138 GB of samples.
- Features original recreations of the most iconic keyboard and synthesizer sounds in the history of music, created by Michael Jackson’s Thriller synth programmer Anthony Marinelli, with additional programming from Ryan Thomas and Marco Iodice, perfectly recreated by the production team.
- Modern tape saturation drips from these instruments by pushing analog tape machines (including the tube Studer J37) to their limits to produce rich harmonic distortion.
- Reamping techniques add stereo space to the keyboards and synths using multiple mic positions recorded in EastWest Studio 2. This technique was often used by Thriller recording and mixing engineer Bruce Swedien.
- Cutting-edge effects in Iconic transform these legendary synths into contemporary masterpieces. Filter, drive, modulate, and use the MacroFX Pad to manipulate multiple parameters simultaneously for ultimate creative control.
Both ICONIC and the BEYOND ICONIC expansion pack with hundreds of presets geared towards contemporary pop, hip hop and EDM are available for purchase together for $299 USD. These new products are also immediately available for all EastWest ComposerCloud+ subscribers.
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