It was later recognised as one of the 200 greatest albums of all time in The World Critic List, ranked at number 63 by notable rock critics and DJs. Starting life as an add-on synthesizer module for fattening up Minimoogs before becoming a sought-after sound in its own right, those signature SEM sounds can be heard on ‘Fool’s Overture’, the epic closing track to Supertramp’s 1977 long-player Even In The Quietest Moments…, their first Gold-certified (500,000-copy-selling) album in the US. In their Seventies heyday, British rock superstars Supertramp drew their sonic signature from a number of then-contemporary synthesizers, including, interestingly, an Oberheim® Four Voice, a Seventies-vintage polysynth made up of four instances of Oberheim®’s dual-oscillator Synthesizer Expander Module® (SEM). Arturia’s award-winning iMini not only truly transports the functionality of Dr Robert Moog’s namesake historic hardware synth to iPad, but takes things several steps further with chorus, delay, and even a polyphonic mode… and all for only €4.99 EUR/$4.99 USD (until September 7)! In little over a year after its 1982 release date it became - and remains - the biggest-selling album of all time, now exceeding 65-million copies worldwide! Title track ‘Thriller’ - the final (seventh super-successful) single to be taken from the album - features a killer synth bassline, courtesy of a Minimoog™ monosynth, most likely the most famous synthesizer of all time. Michael Jackson’s Thriller needs little in the way of introduction. Trailblazing, too - not least that it is available on Apple’s App Store for only €4.99 EUR/$4.99 USD until September 7! By bringing the still-sought-after sound palette of Sequential’s swansong, the Prophet VS Digital Synthesizer, to iPad, Arturia’s iProphet is ‘Robot Rock’ from French electronic dance duo Daft Punk’s Human After All album that topped the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart ten years ago includes sampled portions of ‘Release The Beast’ by American funk and soul band Breakwater (recorded back in 1980), which, in turn, showcased the trailblazing Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, the world’s first fully-programmable polyphonic synthesizer. Having broadened its appeal beyond the laptop and desktop domain by successfully entering the iOS soft synth market, what better way to conclude ‘Celebrating The Keys Behind The Melodies’ than by offering an attractive 50% discount on iProphet, iMini, and iSEM? Step back in time one last time, then, to (re)discover three more renowned recordings… and, this time, the trailblazing keyboards that inspired Arturia’s award-winning apps. Starting on August 18 with the 25th anniversary of British synthpop pioneers Depeche Mode’s monumental hit single ‘Enjoy The Silence’ (and attendant album Violator), which made much musical use of the trailblazing Seventies-vintage ARP 2600 semi-modular synthesizer - brought back to life as Arturia’s award-winning ARP 2600 V, Arturia has been busy celebrating the release of a significant number of renowned recordings by announcing daily discount deals on its authentic-sounding software emulations of the trailblazing keyboards that helped those recordings make musical history.
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