Description: This synth sound played on a yamaha cs70m (made circa 1981) sounds a little like a section from the theme music to Beverly hills cop to me (1986 I believe). It features a lot of quick portamento on the attack portion of the sound and is played through a top end Lexicon PCM reverb. sci fi sound

Description: Synth Sound from the early 80s. A Roland Jupiter 6 is given an arpeggio to play and using a sample and hold technique it plays random variations around a theme. The sound is played dry but will sound great with a long reverb behind it.

Description: This Synth riff almost says "I'm feeling ha-ppy" as it plays out the riff and finishes with a square wave on/off type modulation. It was played on a Jupiter 6 synth circa 1983, and used portamento to finish the effect.

Description: A Synth Sound that could be used as an introduction to a passage of music. It was played on the classic early 80s synth the Yamaha cs70m. The sound is played twice for variation, and features heavy use of modulation with a rising pitch. Sci fi funk sound.

Description: An early 80s Synth riff, played on a yamaha cs70m synthesizer. The riff has a happy progressive feel to it, and uses modulation at the end of each phrase to give it that 80s feel. Suitable for looping.

Description: This is an electric guitar riff inspired by just a fragment of a miles davis solo from one of his later works (the funk jazz fusion stuff). The sound is distorted and was used in the album "Scifi Funk".

Description: This synth sound could be used for a close encounter. The alien ship has landed and as your scene pans round this sound introduces the possibility of danger. played on a Yamaha cs70m and drenched in reverb for effect.

Description: A menacing synth bass riff played on an analogue Yamaha cs70m synth. This synth sound uses that fast but not instant attack sound with a small amount of portamento to give it a distinctive 80s flavour. Played with a lot of bacground reverb, this is a sci fi sound to loop with (you may need to trim the end).

Description: A classic analogue rising pitch sound, the kind used in early 80s disco and funk records. This sound was played on a Yamaha cs70m and features heavy modulation, rising pitch all played through a top end Lexicon PCM Reverb

Description: The classic Yamaha cs70m is used for this sci fi funk riff. The sound is drenched in reverb (but still the notes punch through) and uses a quick portamento for effect. Can be looped.

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