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ENYA Arpeggio!?

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:30 pm
by stefanstorm
I'm totally in love with the epic track 'Storms in Africa' by Enya.
Does anyone know what type of synth is used and/or any tips on how I can recreate that sound!?
Help is greatly appreciated. :mrgreen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0QjyF8GgZs

Thanks!

/ Stefan

Re: ENYA Arpeggio!?

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:42 pm
by Aequitas123
maybe the Random one setting? you could obtain a similar sound with Operator i believe. be sure to turn the Gay level up to 100%, short release...etc.

Re: ENYA Arpeggio!?

Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 5:53 am
by hayley
This video of her in the studio may be of some help:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBI6DR0guwo

And from the comments:
"Roland D-20 / D-50 Pizzicato Strings with an echo delay will replicate that sound absolutely perfectly."

Apparently Enya was a big fan of the Roland D-50's "pizzagogo" patch. Here's a video where someone recreated Orinoco Flow using a pizzagogo sample in Reason:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEemFXGRf2Q

And if you do figure it out, I'd be interested to hear how.

Re: ENYA Arpeggio!?

Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 3:17 pm
by arafel
Above info, some experimentation & google

http://www.musicrobot.com/cgi-bin/searc ... &mode=fpos