Enjoy the Sirens

Kurzweil sounds - Programs & Setups/Multi's

Welcome to Enjoy the Sirens.
This site showcases famous synthesizer sounds, made as faithfully as possible using Kurzweil workstations.
Email me to buy soundsets. Several new demos coming soon! Malc - 2026

Kurzweil K2061 & K2700 in concert image

Kurzweil Programs - Faithful sounds and synths from famous songs.


"Your demos sound incredible"
- Lesley, Spain

"I just tried your sounds, and they are simply amazing! I'm loving more and more my Kurzweil!:)"
- Orest, Italy
Pink Floyd - Welcome to the Machine - NEW! - Full set of sounds
Pink Floyd
Welcome to the Machine
11 programs and live setup/multi

Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good - NEW! - Very strong brass
Nik Kershaw
Wouldn't It Be Good
Multiple layered sounds

OMD - Enola Gay, Souvenir - NEW & NEW! - Synth secrets turned to reality
OMD
Enola Gay
Unique synth layers
OMD
Souvenir
8 synths, all perc & FX

Ozzy Osbourne - Mr Crowley - NEW! Cathedral of synths
Ozzy Osbourne
Mr Crowley
Minimoog CS80 VP330



"Seriously as a cynical pro player for over twenty years, I was blown away by the quality of your sounds. They majorly influenced me to buy a Kurzweil after years of playing 'the other three'."
- Matt, UK
Blade Runner - Main Intro - Made 100% within VAST (no samples!) - Available soon!
Vangelis
Blade Runner
20 VAST sounds & FX

My April Fools joke on Gearslutz, claiming the original soundtrack intro was done on an early Kurzweil. Fake studio photo and link here.

Pink Floyd - Shine On 1975 - Historic synth intro demo - Detailed sound analysis, 5 years in the making.
Pink Floyd
Shine On Intro
-1975 album version
Pink Floyd
Take It Back (live)
- Intro E-bow
The Shine On Intro is played live from a single Kurzweil (inc synths, wine glasses, whisks, cow, ice rain, tinkle, bass, some HomeObjects and the Rick Wright synth lead). VAST only, no samples.


"I have wasted money on [other] Pink Floyd patches that are appalling! Your sounds are magnificent"
- Justin - England / USA

"I have to say that the "Shine On" Setup is incredible! Loaded it into my PC3K8 and it sounds fabulous!"
- Dieter, Germany

Featured '80s sounds - short demos - All synth emulations & effects created on Kurzweil (external DAW used only for recording)
Genesis
Mama
- All sounds inc Synclavier lead
J.Hammer
Crocketts Theme
- Jp Bass, Strs, FM koto, FairVoice
Foreigner
I Want to Know What Love Is
- Synclavier hi/lo chimes, strings
Europe
The Final Countdown
- All sounds inc FM brass JX8P
Queen - WINNER
Radio Ga Ga
- Winner on ksetlist.com
Dire Straits
Walk of Life
- Play on just one keyboard!
Cutting Crew
(I Just) Died In Your Arms
- Violas & voices
Van Halen
Jump (live)
- Oberheim OBXa main synth

All recordings on this site re-work short parts of original songs to demonstrate my sounds in context.


"They are fantastic, especially the Horn, much better than my old final Countdown Sound. Awesome!"
- MW, Germany

"THE SOUND IS GREAT beautiful job !!!!"
- Luigi, Italy

80s Pop, New Wave - Cover sounds are being updated for the PC4 and K2700 era
Simple Minds
Dont You Forget
- OB synth and all sounds
Gary Numan
Cars
- Minimoog, Polymoog leads
Duran Duran
Save a Prayer
- JP arpeggio & lead
Duran Duran
Hungry Like the Wolf
- Arpeggio, '70s Strs
Visage
Fade to Grey
- Polymoog str, bass, CR78, extras
Eurythmics
Sweet Dreams
- Ju, Jp, OB analog synths



"All of the sounds are SO close to the originals, even more astounding considering the Kurz has no analog filters ..."
- Soren, Germany

Famous synths, individual sounds - Now also available for Kurzweil K2061, K2088 and K2700
'80s Digital Synth
Stuck O Heathen
- Classic sparkly keys
ARP
Solina Strings
- Prototype. Full model coming.
Fairlight CMI
Fairlight Voices
- Sara / ARR1 (breathy voice)
THX
Deep Note (live)
- 32 layer pad
Elka Synthex
Laser Harp (live)
Jarre's "Synthex" harp

The Fairlight Sara voice uses 14 layers of VAST and a combination of additive and subtractive synthesis.



"Even my girlfriend listened to every sound on your site, and while she normally just humors me, she was just as excited as I was"
- Jeff, NY USA 



80s Synth Rock & Pop
Artist Song Sounds
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Toto Africa - CS80 brass, Kalimba, flute, drums

Dire Straits Money For Nothing - All sounds! Inc Risers, Sharp FM, etc

Bon Jovi LivinPrayer - Strings, Synths, DX FM, Bell

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Cyndi Lauper Girls Wanna Have Fun - FarVox, Synth, PopNoise

M.Sembelo Maniac - Melody, EP, Chime, LaLa, Cow, Buzz

M.Jackson Beat It - Synclavier Gong, syn piano, synth extras

ABBA Gimmie Gimmie - Rich flutes, arpeggio bass

Huey Lewis Power of Love - Strong Brass, synth brass

Elton John The Last Song - "Flute Chime"
Go West We Close - Brass TEST - Prototype PPG brass

Erasure Little Respect - Repeating chord
Kim Wilde Kids in America - All sounds inc arpeggio
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a-ha! ...Coming soon! - Email for details.
Kate Bush ...Coming soon! - Email for details.
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Rush Tom Sawyer - Huge "resonant filters" cascade, synth lead

Rush Subdivisions - Big poly, Lead synth

Van Halen Why Cant This... - Huge osc-sync lead

Van Halen 1984 - Resonant bass, smooth rich strings

Heart What About Love - SynthBrass, Pulse Strings

Bryan Adams Summer of 69 - Rich Pulse

Foreigner Waiting for a Girl... - All sounds!

Journey Separate Ways - SynthBrass, Sustained

Whitesnake Here I Go - DigitalVoice, Big piano, Soft synth, FM, Strs

Loverboy Working...Weekend - Big wash synth

B.Idol Eyes Without a Face - Strings glide, Chimes

B.Idol Rebel Yell - Chimes, Leads

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Soft Cell Tainted Love - Surprising synths...

Joy Division Love Will tear... - Early string synth

Bronski Beat Small Town Boy - FM harp, FM brass, JP pad, more

Nick Kershaw Wouldnt it be Good - A lot of sounds...



Artist sets
Artist Song Sounds
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Pink floyd Several! - Run Like Hell, Any Colour, Learning to Fly, Welcome...Machine

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Queen Several! - Break Free, AnotherBites, Vision, LiveForever etc

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Foreigner Several! - Jukebox, Starrider, Long Way, That Was Yesterday etc

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Genesis Several! - Abacab, Follow You.., Home by the Sea, Hold On Your Heart

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Phil Collins A few - In the Air.., Day in Paradise, Easy Lover, Against All Odds

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Ozzy Osbourne A few - Mr Crowley, I just Want You, No More Tears, Patient 9

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Springsteen Several! - Tougher, Born in the USA, Dancing etc

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70s Synth Rock
Artist Song Sounds
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Blondie Heart of Glass - Bass arp', 70s phaser strings

Elton John Funeral for a Friend - 8 sounds inc full intro

Steve Miller Band Fly Like an Eagle - Intro lead, space echoes, FX

Manfred Mann Frankenstein - Extreme ARP Lead!

Manfred Mann Davy's on the Road... - Monophonic lead

Deep Purple Stormbringer - Storm lead intro

Boz Scaggs Lido Shuffle - Lead inc harmony!

REO Ridin' the Storm Out - Risers: Wild & Glide

SuperTramp Logical - Detailed elec piano

Zepplin All My Love - Strings, Lead



Space Future, Famous Synths
Artist Song Sounds
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Vangelis BladeRunner Blues - Evocative CS lead

Vangelis Unknown Man - Rich bass and CS koto

JMJ Laser Synth - Harp Lasersynth, Choir

JMJ Rendevous - Space piano, Space pad

Kraftwerk The Model - Coming soon!!

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OB Voice 8 (Analog) - Big String Pad

('80s various) (Digital stack sounds) - SpaciousKeys, Liquid Stack, etc

('80s various) (Digital D500) - Fabulasia, SynSweep, OK Chorus, S.Heathen



90s Dance & Modern
Artist Song Sounds
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'90s Dance Collection - Haddaway, Freed From Desire, +++

Faithless Insomnia - Main riff Pizz'

DaRude Sandstorm - Strong sync lead

Zombie Nation Kernkraft 400 - Classic meaty synth tone

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Ed Sheeran Shape of You - Pure perc

Ed Sheeran Bad Habits - Sines, Gtr

Coldplay Sky Full of Stars - Piano, Synth, Guit, extras

Coldplay Viva - Orc' Violas (chord setup)

Jamiroquai Little L - Sines Piano

Liquido Narcotic - Synth/chime, brass pad

Stereophonics Dakota - Repeater FlangeSynth

Lady Gaga Bad Romance - 6 synth sounds

Lady Gaga PokerFace - 4 synth sounds

Muse Uprising - Blown bass, 3x Leads



"These sounds are so amazingly good"
- Valentin, Germany

"I got it! - It works! - It's beautiful!"
- Stig, Norway