Ep19: Synth Sounds of Bruno Mars: "Finesse", "24K Magic" & "Uptown Funk" | Reverb

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  • čas přidán 9. 12. 2018
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    Bruno Mars reigns the airwaves with hits like "Uptown Funk" (alongside producer Mark Ronson), "Finesse" (featuring Cardi B) & "24K Magic," the Grammy-winning single off the Grammy-winning album of the same name. So can we solve the mystery of what makes these jams so infectious? Will Kurk investigates in the latest edition of #SynthSoundsOf. Don't believe us? Just watch.
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  • @lucaserojas
    @lucaserojas Před 5 lety +252

    William, we need a series dedicated just to Kraftwerk and Daft Punk.

  • @austinallen3110
    @austinallen3110 Před 5 lety +512

    2:15 When your toaster strudel is toasted just right

  • @thejesuschrist
    @thejesuschrist Před 5 lety +481

    Glorious!

  • @AudioReplica2023
    @AudioReplica2023 Před 4 lety +8

    For all of those saying: uh...it doesn't sounds the same. Let me remind you he is using the sounds right out of the synths to the video. In the production versions ....this sounds have been processed heavily with Eq's, compressors and even used a different reverb on them. All of that to make them sit tight in the final mix. So thats the reason they dont sound exactly the same.

  • @darklordthomaspie6293
    @darklordthomaspie6293 Před 3 lety +27

    I love funk music, and I am glad that Bruno Mars is helping to bring it back.

  • @TheJamZCooler
    @TheJamZCooler Před 5 lety +13

    Man! i rarely comment on vids but i enjoyed that so much. So informative and Just fun to listen to and watch! Im a novice piano player, you've opened up my world to the sound of the synthesizer! Thanks! BIG LOVE!

  • @VenusVoice
    @VenusVoice Před 3 lety +8

    I've been in creative depression for the past five years and this morning, I got up and the first I wanted to do was produce music. Thanks for the video to help me stay motivated and inspired. Please pray for me 🙌

  • @caelanhenry2233
    @caelanhenry2233 Před 3 lety +3

    I love the smile when he's using the orchestra hit

  • @kcarmical
    @kcarmical Před 5 lety +3

    I love your videos! The tunes are great and each is a lesson in pop music history.

  • @jo_ni_kay
    @jo_ni_kay Před 5 lety +8

    Shampoo, Press & Curl (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Brody Brown) were producers on all the 24K Magic album. The Stereotypes were credited with helping to produce three tracks on the album. Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, and Bruno Mars produced Uptown Funk. Uptown Funk had an interesting combination of drums (Bruno Mars) and bass (Jamareo Artis) along with synth drums and synth bass. The horns were live.

  • @wrenguitar2813
    @wrenguitar2813 Před 2 lety +8

    This man is a legitimate god tier musician. What a lesson

  • @carlosvinueza8733
    @carlosvinueza8733 Před 3 lety +4

    Your videos make me learn a lot😍 Thanks for that

  • @collierough1
    @collierough1 Před 5 lety

    I've been waiting and waiting for ya , Great

  • @theawesomebrick
    @theawesomebrick Před 5 lety +73

    “Don’t you want one of these synths?” Yes, yes I do, but wanting one and affording one is a different story

  • @NickAndersonTheSkinnyLovers

    i love your videos. Keep this stuff coming. So helpful and fun.

  • @TheChopShopPodcast
    @TheChopShopPodcast Před 4 lety

    can't thank you guys enough for the presets, so many VIBES!!!!!!!

  • @bennethos
    @bennethos Před 3 lety

    Loved the energy , the smiling and the explanations . Great vid

  • @RikiHyde
    @RikiHyde Před 5 lety

    Keep em coming. Love these vids

  • @motif123456
    @motif123456 Před 5 lety +1

    Great entertaining video overall....Plus cannot praise enough of the versatality achieved by using keyboard synths nowadays in the context of music making ,which this vdo has so beautifully demonstrated.

  • @splitpeaks_music
    @splitpeaks_music Před 5 lety +43

    Mars used the Juno 106 for the synth brass stabs on 24K Magic.

  • @meclazine
    @meclazine Před 5 lety +1

    First class. Love the bass synth parts.

  • @standamurry910
    @standamurry910 Před 5 lety +1

    happy there's a new video wills the man

  • @producedbyramson1436
    @producedbyramson1436 Před 5 lety +1

    Amazing!! Very good job!

  • @Cherrytea558
    @Cherrytea558 Před 5 lety +2

    Love the Novation Bass Station. Such great sound.

  • @blu2th101
    @blu2th101 Před 2 lety +6

    Teddy’s not one of the pioneers. He’s completely responsible for New Jack Swing. That being said, this is a dope series. I’ve been waiting for someone to do this. Definition subscribed.

  • @MakeMajor
    @MakeMajor Před 3 lety +1

    phenomenal, just what i was looking for. thank you so much for this. +1 SUB

  • @killmeorstfu
    @killmeorstfu Před 5 lety +39

    do the synth sounds of tame impala

  • @fnonaka
    @fnonaka Před 5 lety +1

    What a music lesson! Thanks!

  • @petascalecomputing
    @petascalecomputing Před 5 lety +1

    Always Great!

  • @Zer0Spinn
    @Zer0Spinn Před 5 lety +4

    I love this man

  • @noizyme
    @noizyme Před 5 lety +1

    More Synths Sounds in 2019! Love the series.

  • @JPrana
    @JPrana Před 5 lety

    Love this brother. Thank you.

  • @elleondejuda4681
    @elleondejuda4681 Před 5 lety

    Nice plays man , you kinda help out to set up my own.
    Is always nice to make it as fancy as possible to be really inspired when working on music.

  • @andrewnibbi
    @andrewnibbi Před 4 lety +49

    “I think it’s made with the Moog Model D, so we’ll use the Moog Sub 37, a modern synth which has a completely different architecture which isn’t supposed to sound anything like the model D.”

    • @BrandonElliotSmith
      @BrandonElliotSmith Před 4 lety

      Andrew Nibbi 😭😭😭

    • @BrandonElliotSmith
      @BrandonElliotSmith Před 3 lety

      @Luke Lol not a battle I would even involve myself with bro. I have no problem with it personally. Just thought the comment was hilarious. I doubt anyone in their right mind would settle for the Sub 37 if they had the means to grab a mini, but if the Sub 37 was the best they could do at a certain point in time (& they didn’t mind the “cut corners”/sonic differences), I think the decision would obviously depend on the end user & how they choose to invest their money.

  • @KaizerVevo
    @KaizerVevo Před 5 lety +11

    A taste of 80's and a dip of modern pop music!

  • @auxcorduniversity6354
    @auxcorduniversity6354 Před 5 lety

    Dope video - best channel!

  • @BboySalamon
    @BboySalamon Před 4 lety +1

    How I love 1980's Electro Discofunk, thanks a lot👍🎶🎵🎼🎹

  • @markymark2189
    @markymark2189 Před 5 lety

    You have the best reverb channel.

  • @hunterrogersmusic
    @hunterrogersmusic Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the help!

  • @tomslater8374
    @tomslater8374 Před 3 lety

    get this man all the synths for these videos, he deserves them all for these videos

  • @GarretGravink
    @GarretGravink Před 5 lety

    That ending was dope!

  • @Ayo.Ajisafe
    @Ayo.Ajisafe Před 3 lety

    Loved the dance moves and yeah new jack swing was amazing.

  • @alexeyblinov336
    @alexeyblinov336 Před 5 lety

    Great sounds!!

  • @dennisballard
    @dennisballard Před 5 lety

    Perfect I just was searching something for learn how you and they do

  • @aftereffects00
    @aftereffects00 Před 2 lety

    Awesome !

  • @robjornayvaz8178
    @robjornayvaz8178 Před 4 lety

    This dude is literally THE BEST

  • @brenosilva291
    @brenosilva291 Před 5 lety +1

    Maravilhoso! Trabalho sensacional

  • @alextbuck7
    @alextbuck7 Před 5 lety +5

    They listened to my request! This is awesome!!!

  • @picturegracecolb5525
    @picturegracecolb5525 Před 2 lety

    Indeed, GREAT Sounds! Thanks! Jan/ 10, 2022

  • @prod.willianscheer
    @prod.willianscheer Před 8 měsíci

    amazing!

  • @KG88KiteGodMusic
    @KG88KiteGodMusic Před 5 lety +10

    2:15 when it's your first day on the job at Mcdonalds and all the patties start burning at once

  • @GarciansVortex
    @GarciansVortex Před 5 lety

    will always killing it

  • @SoFloCichlids
    @SoFloCichlids Před 3 lety +1

    I know this is an old video but man Bruno Mars if one of the best of my generation.

  • @damienlobb85
    @damienlobb85 Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you for this. But a few things. 24k was produced predominantly by Shampoo Press & Curl (Bruno, Lawrence Brown, Chris B Brown). There's a video of Bruno in the studio showing many of the keyboards used on the album including a Juno for the brass, Moog for bass etc.

  • @SriharshaaPrabhakar
    @SriharshaaPrabhakar Před 5 lety +3

    Thank You So Much ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👏👏👏👏

  • @jmchau66
    @jmchau66 Před 5 lety

    Nicely done...again.

  • @jasonwilliamson1396
    @jasonwilliamson1396 Před 5 lety +60

    FACT CHECKS:
    Teddy Riley was "super pivotal"? Dude invented it!!!!! Jimmy Jam just tried to copy the drums, but they had their own more melodic r&B sound. But just look up the history of New Jack Swing. AND the most iconic sound of New Jack was actually the Lately Bass on the Yamaha TX Module Hands down most important New Jack Sound!

    • @mrpruitt4
      @mrpruitt4 Před 5 lety +12

      QSC Caddy Same thing I was thinking! It is so disrespectful not to call Teddy Riley the inventor of his OWN GENRE! He’s not a pivotal person, he’s the inventor!

    • @ILLCLAPYOCHEEKSBOI
      @ILLCLAPYOCHEEKSBOI Před 5 lety +4

      Yea i was confused by that

    • @johnpalmercreates
      @johnpalmercreates Před 4 lety +1

      Steve Jobs was in the room when apple was created lol

    • @BrandonElliotSmith
      @BrandonElliotSmith Před 4 lety

      John Palmer 😭😭😭

  • @morpsox
    @morpsox Před 5 lety +2

    Love learning more about synths Everytime I watch this

  • @apexlegendsglobal
    @apexlegendsglobal Před 4 lety +1

    So much Inspiration here I Love the old sounds combine to modern music this what I wanna try now Becuse iam sick of trap really I wanna made some different bring the music back from our heart to the feeling what music can be ❤️

  • @muhdfaiz7637
    @muhdfaiz7637 Před 4 lety

    All these sounds can get in Nexus 3 and Slyenth 1 and simply use with only 1 midi keyboard...the future of VSTs...loving it

  • @tuckertotter7652
    @tuckertotter7652 Před 3 lety

    You said we all wanted to see Uptown Funk but you had me at Synth Sounds of Bruno Mars

  • @alexbolster7765
    @alexbolster7765 Před 4 lety

    love this guy

  • @DeadWhiteButterflies
    @DeadWhiteButterflies Před 5 lety +157

    Please, Please, PLEASE can we have a Christmas special where you do a synth breakdown of Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmas Time"? I've wanted that for long. Such beautiful analogue synth goodness in that tune! :D

  • @thejamesonproject
    @thejamesonproject Před 4 lety

    awesome!!

  • @Mike_the_Barbarian
    @Mike_the_Barbarian Před 5 lety +1

    He's back! Been too long.. Bring us More!

  • @T0bh
    @T0bh Před 5 lety +1

    For 24k the Minimoog was used for the bass, and the Roland Juno 106 for the brass.

  • @nnataliered
    @nnataliered Před 5 lety

    ahhh I just LOOVE his music

  • @oddities-whatnot
    @oddities-whatnot Před 5 lety

    Great setup.

  • @BamBamOnTheBeat
    @BamBamOnTheBeat Před 4 lety

    Dope 🤘🏿

  • @pboutteb3
    @pboutteb3 Před 3 lety +1

    Teddy Riley was the founder of New Jack Swing. Hence also the movie New Jack City.

  • @yanetriosmusic
    @yanetriosmusic Před 5 lety +1

    I’m so amazed at all these synthesizers lol

  • @oxiplasty
    @oxiplasty Před 5 lety +1

    The live bass got a groove that always sends me back to MJ of the wall

  • @vfx7t
    @vfx7t Před 4 lety +12

    when I was a child, it made me dream these keyboards, I had energy to compose but I had no luck to acquire them not only these were too expensive, but it was impossible for me to easily find in Algeria Africa, nowadays I have them all plugin but I do not have the energy of yesteryear to compose, the age of 50 is shit lol finally thank you for sharing :)) google translate french english thank you :D

  • @Firetracks
    @Firetracks Před 4 lety

    Dope man🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @aidensaroka7268
    @aidensaroka7268 Před 5 lety +1

    The dancing is the best part of the whole video.

  • @kennylee5621
    @kennylee5621 Před 5 lety +2

    the drums on "Finesse" were sampled from "Poison" by Bell Biv Devoe

  • @DirkDienstag
    @DirkDienstag Před 4 lety

    Danke, klasse. Wow.

  • @Des_Armoni
    @Des_Armoni Před 5 lety

    Best one yet

  • @miguelbarradas
    @miguelbarradas Před 4 lety

    This video was so cool

  • @rordrom3234
    @rordrom3234 Před 5 lety

    Yesss, this will be great! Step on my good foot, good lord!

  • @CruelBuddhist
    @CruelBuddhist Před 5 lety +4

    4:14 :) Love that feeling

  • @chrishepburn1503
    @chrishepburn1503 Před 5 lety +84

    Must have been live horns in Uptown Funk.

    • @Reverb
      @Reverb  Před 5 lety +42

      There was a time when we would swear Mark Ronson didn't travel anyplace without a full brass section at the ready.

    • @horowizard
      @horowizard Před 5 lety +7

      Of course those are live horns. The Dap Kings to be certain.
      Better to use a sample if you're going to recreate it with Keyboards.

    • @joemca7917
      @joemca7917 Před 5 lety

      I did see a video of them performing with real horns

    • @TallicaMan1986
      @TallicaMan1986 Před 4 lety +2

      If you have the money. Go for the real thing everytime. It'll sound better.

    • @2beJT
      @2beJT Před 3 lety

      the horn sound used here made my ears poop

  • @my88keyz
    @my88keyz Před 5 lety

    Great demo bro

  • @BobWijnen
    @BobWijnen Před 5 lety

    Making a good synth sound for horns is unbelievably hard, as this version of Uptown Funk proves. My reference would be that synth brass sound of I wanna dance with somebody, which sounds more like a synth than like real horns.

  • @Ainobolic
    @Ainobolic Před 5 lety +2

    Funky BASSLINES ..
    Groovy Hi Hats ....
    = Smooooth!

  • @flowerthief269
    @flowerthief269 Před 5 lety

    I love all the gear

  • @you-tubero
    @you-tubero Před 3 měsíci

    Junos were definitely used for the stabs and background high pitched sounds in 24k

  • @Erroct1
    @Erroct1 Před 5 lety

    Good sounds

  • @___David___Savian
    @___David___Savian Před 9 měsíci

    I did not know that the lead singer of the group Cameo did music analysis videos on CZcams. Good for him.

  • @fundementalroast7002
    @fundementalroast7002 Před 5 lety

    This was legit!

  • @gutierrezpablod
    @gutierrezpablod Před 5 lety

    Glorious

  • @piercewilkins4898
    @piercewilkins4898 Před 2 lety

    Brass stabs are the Roland Juno. There’s a video interview of Bruno going over 24k magic

  • @ucheucheuche
    @ucheucheuche Před 5 lety

    Uptown Funk, I spoke with one of the musicians involved in that while I was in Brooklyn. Interesting your interpretation on the horns section. :P

  • @TheRoneZone
    @TheRoneZone Před 4 lety +57

    But can we just talk about how, Finesse and 24K Magic are both much better than Uptown Funk....?

    • @nocturnal7345
      @nocturnal7345 Před 4 lety +7

      @Shashwat mishra Nah, Perm is legit the best one, and super underrated.

    • @RickNP
      @RickNP Před 4 lety +1

      yes perm

    • @oscar2k755
      @oscar2k755 Před 4 lety +1

      Versace on the floor>>>>>>>>>>>

  • @ProdigyProductionsMusic

    I don't appreciate u callin me a honey dip...lolol anyhow, I do appreciate the toaster strudel dance you hit @2:15

  • @rustammazhidov2050
    @rustammazhidov2050 Před 5 lety +18

    I can watch you forever

  • @spacewalden8358
    @spacewalden8358 Před 5 lety +1

    I want em all !

  • @suadcokljat1045
    @suadcokljat1045 Před 4 lety +9

    50% of 80s sound is in drums sounds and production, mostly heavy processed with FX processor machines and gated reverbs and plates such as Lexicon 480L, PCM70, AMS, Eventide H3000... All this FX boxes are second to none even today.

  • @luigiluigi1652
    @luigiluigi1652 Před 3 lety

    Exxxxxcellent

  • @CostasKletsides
    @CostasKletsides Před 5 lety

    I used to feel bad about the sounds I make on my channel. Not that I don't suck anymore but this series of videos made me feel a bit better about my work.