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The brass you hear in Vangelis is probably an Oberheim OB-Xa, incredible brass sounds. The band toto made those sounds extremely popular here in the states too. Google who the Porcaro brothers were (well one is still alive and kicking :) )

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CS80 indeed. There is an almost identical patch for the Arturia CS-80v if interested:

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2017/10/19/free-arturia-c...

Much cheaper than getting an original CS80 ;-)

The CS80 was decades ahead of it's time. I love playing with CS-80v, but I need a keyboard with polyphonic aftertouch to do it justice, and the Ensoniq models are now way too pricey. Wish I'd bought one 10 years ago when they were unpopular, available, weird and cheap.

launchpad pro? it’s small and quitet, too!

You're right! I remember actually trying the Arturia a while ago just to get that sound.

Regarding the Oberheim brass... it's incredible :) , I probably wanted it to be the OB.

there's also deckard's dream: https://black-corporation.com/product/deckards-dream-mk2/

on that ICYMI, there's one month to go before Oberheim starts shipping the OB-X8 (which contains the OB-X, OB-Xa, and OB-8 switchable filter and envelope responses)!

... but AFAIK the Blade Runner theme was famously done on a CS-80

I believe Vangelis' brass sounds were played on a Yamaha CS80, although the OB-Xa is capable of similar sounds.

That would be a Yamaha CS80 - at least for Bladerunner, it's one of its most famous uses.

Btw, the Oberheim had a new release just last week or so.

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