For the music, I just used a Spring Reverb tank ordinarily used for putting sound through to add reverb by way of vibrating small springs, but in this case I scraped the springs and then added delay and reverb to that sound. This is similar to the large Analog synths of the 70’s and would be like those available to the Radiophonic Workshop at the time.
![oberheim matrix 1000 editor reverb oberheim matrix 1000 editor reverb](http://legowelt.org/golemXIV/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/oberheimatrix1000.png)
Oberheim matrix 1000 editor reverb Patch#
"I did also cheat a little with use of a modern synth actually part of a modular Eurorack system, which is all analogue and allows patching the modules in any way you want using patch leads. I ended up using about 15 sounds in total across both synths.
![oberheim matrix 1000 editor reverb oberheim matrix 1000 editor reverb](https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--j2rQYLh---/f_auto,t_large/v1500041452/nn6igq0ggbgxcqpn6020.jpg)
Certain sounds just leant themselves perfectly to defining the Cybermen, such as the classic distorted Bell chime. "I narrowed the list down to around 30 for each synth, and labelled with notes such as ‘Distorted Cyber’, ‘Classic DW 5th Synth’, ‘Danger pad’, ‘Synth Brass’, ‘Sad strings’ etc. Prior to doing this, I watched ‘Attack of the Cybermen’ to get a feel for the music, but also just used my memory of how I recall it sounding in that era. I then spent a long time going through 100’s of sounds on each synth, listening for ones that would possibly be useable. "Secondly, I opted for a Oberheim Matrix 1000 synth, which being fully Analog is similar sounding to what the Radiophonic Workshop would have been using. Whilst I couldn’t find a definitive list of what Malcolm Clarke would have used, it certainly is able to produce very similar sounds to his. I have a Yamaha TX7 (non-keyboard version of the classic DX7) which is a digital FM Synth that was released in 1983, so would have been available at the time.
Oberheim matrix 1000 editor reverb software#
"I have a few hardware Synthesisers from the 1980’s and 90’s and so thought it would be ideal to use all hardware rather that software recreations or samples, as the sound (at least to my ears) would be more authentic. This isn’t always the case with the monthly range, but this was the original 80’s Cybermen in a story set in the 80’s, so it just seemed right.
![oberheim matrix 1000 editor reverb oberheim matrix 1000 editor reverb](https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--Vh7BokeV--/t_card-square/v1500041419/upmi7bmfrf5cyekjz2tj.jpg)
"Once I learned I would be doing the Sound and Music for ‘Hour of the Cybermen’, I knew I had to try a capture the feel of the music from the era. HOUR OF THE CYBERMEN SOUND AND MUSIC NOTES - from the talented Steve Foxon