In this video, synthesist Josh Lucan deconstructs and recreates the track Exit, by Tangerine Dream.
Here’s what he has to say about the video:
“I deconstruct each layer of Tangerine Dream’s song Exit from 1981, revealing many of the instruments and sounds they used. Making an appearance, in addition to several synths, are the additive synthesizer, the Synclavier, and E-mu’s early sampler, the Emulator II.”
While Lucan recreates Exit using software, the result is very close to the original. He also shared a link to the sheet music for the track, which you can play in sync with the recording on Soundslice.
This is great! I am obsessed with trying to recreate Tangerine Dream’s sound lately using the same toolkit you are using. Many thanks for posting, great sleuthing of their sounds.
This is fantastic music nerdery. I was a teenager who discovered Tangerine Dream just as Exit was released. I spent hours listening to that record, following the various synth lines. Had no idea what a PPG or Synclavier sounded like at that point and couldn’t have picked Tom Oberheim out of a police lineup.