I wish those were the real things. That’s the Arturia V Collection. The melody and solo were the Oberheim. I was tweaking knobs on it. Half the fun was finding the right instrument for the sound.
I also practice licks on the guitar and make my own loops. If I’m going to use loops, it’s more creative that way. Drums? Forget it.
My sales rep at Sweetwater told me about it when I cringed at the size of the Jupiter 80 - no it wasn’t the price. It won’t fit. I have that many instruments in the studio, but no vintage synths. The real things are like out of my price range and usually need restoring. But $200 was in the budget, and I figure if I learn how to MIDI map this thing to my Oxygen 61’s sliders and knobs I’ll be able to adjust things on the fly which for what I’m doing will be fine. I was doing the best I could with one hand on the keyboard and my left hand on the mouse. I figured this is about as close to William Orbit’s 1990s rig as I’m going to get.
Now the 5 minute thing. I can’t seem to do anything under 7 minutes. But this one was fun. I remixed it because I felt the bass was a wee bit too heavy. I forgot to slap a side chain compressor on it with the kick, and it’s amazing how much difference that makes.