Xanadu#23 Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Hi guys, I'm a new user to the XW-P1 and I'm struggling a bit in my attempts to emulate the opening 'growl' sound to Rush's Tom Sawyer. Any ideas on how to get close would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomo Alegre Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Hello: Yo no entender... Mi ser español... It is a joke. I like this group. I do not know them. It is a good sound. I like it, but I don't know how to help you. I'm sorry. Luck and welcome. Thank you, Xanadu#23. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I *think* the opening keyboard sound to Rush's 'Tom Sawyer' was played on an Oberheim OB8 or OBX. Geddy Lee was a big fan of Oberheims, though he also used used Moogs (MiniMoog along with Taurus pedals, as also used by Alex Lifeson). Geddy also used Roland Jupiter 8's later on, so I guess it would be one of the synths I just mentioned. EDIT: Just done a wiki search: "The unique growling sound heard in the song came from Lee's fiddling with his Oberheim OB-X synthesizer" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sawyer_(song) Maybe try one of the onboard XW 'OB' solo synth sounds, increase the resonance and then sweep the filter from high to low. That should start getting you into the right ballpark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich willey Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 howdy folks anyone figure this one out please post it I too am looking for this sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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