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ROLAND VP-330 "Vocoder Plus" Mk2

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Uploaded by on Dec 17, 2008

vintage gear demo by RetroSound

Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus Mark2 (1979)

For me the best analog-strings ever...

... and used by Vangelis (Blade Runner, Chariots Of Fire, The Bounty, See You Later...), Tomita, Kitaro, Mike Oldfield, Tony Banks, YMO, Laurie Anderson and many more.

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http://www.myspace.com/retrosound72

View the vid in much better quality and stereo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiwcYakBW20&fmt=18

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  • how many note polyphony does it have? Very cool sounds!

  • full polyphon

  • 3:08 gets me drooling every time! some day, some day..........I have watched this so many times, I never get tired of watching and hearing it, cheers marco

  • Buy me! buy me! ;)

    Mick, I can understand that good. Before I my VP330 bought, I heard the vangelis albums bladerunner and seeyou later again and again and again. I hope you find a VP330 for a good price. cheers

  • Great!

    Can you say that VP-330 strings are EXACTLY the same of Paraphonic RS-505 strings?

    Thank you!

  • yes, the strings are the same

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  • what a beautiful sound ! ! !

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  • its sounds like a Solina

  • The new VP-770 can suck my-

  • @retrosound72 Sounds like the same two synths that Don Airie used on the Mr. Crowley intro...The VP-330 comes in on the second time through, right after the CS80 does it's trademark stepped portamento.

  • I don't know why but this reminds me of Blade Runner nice job

  • Strings are good, but I still prefer strings on the Eminent 310 and Logan String Melody II… It's probably a matter of personal taste ;-)

  • I want this ensemble... for free...

  • It killed me until I figured it out, but the very beginning sounds like the intro to I'll Wait by Van Halen!

  • @jukingeo yep. the vp330 does the background string sections on a lot of pieces, while the CS 80 does the expressive brass leads & sfx

  • @discodelirio Actually BOTH the VP-330 and the CS-80 were used on the Blade Runner Soundtrack

  • @oxygene65 : no, on "Blade Rinner" OST the synth you hear is the Yamaha CS80.

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