Identifying a sound
Re: Identifying a sound
It could be either. It sounds like a heavily processed (and probably pitched up) orchestral stab sample to me.
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- Eddy Deegan
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Re: Identifying a sound
Eddy Deegan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2026 12:22 am It could be either. It sounds like a heavily processed (and probably pitched up) orchestral stab sample to me.
I'd agree with it being an orchestral stab - possibly stretched to make it have more sustain.
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Re: Identifying a sound
That is a classic stab, that was used a lot in the 1990's. I think it's this one:
https://we.tl/t-WYuWYhbOfO
...with a bit more delay and reverb
https://we.tl/t-WYuWYhbOfO
...with a bit more delay and reverb
Re: Identifying a sound
Oh cool, that does sound exactly like it. Well done! I guess there is a sever HPF as well.
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- Tomás Mulcahy
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Re: Identifying a sound
It was a staple preset I think on the EMU Emulator and of course the Fairlight CME (It was a favourite of Trevor Horn - Featured on Owner of a Lonely Heart), but it was all over the 80s. I have a soft spot for it.
Re: Identifying a sound
The Owner of a Lonely Heart stab is not this one, that was sampled from Funk Inc- “cool is back”, 1971. Stabs were extremely popular though. Both the CMI IIx and Emulator II factory library had a big collection of such sounds- around a dozen each 
And that is not counting the CMI stuff that was sampled for the EII!
Who sampled.com is a respectable resource for ascertaining sample sources.
And that is not counting the CMI stuff that was sampled for the EII!Who sampled.com is a respectable resource for ascertaining sample sources.
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Re: Identifying a sound
there's an Alex Ball uTube on the Emulator, which has the lonley heart stabs as part of the standard library. Might not be original EMU though - who sampled who sampled who.
{Its the one with Ferris Bueller references }
{Its the one with Ferris Bueller references }
