An Ending (Ascent)

Brian Eno Year: 1983 Original Synth: Possibly Yamaha DX7, but likely Yamaha CS-80 CM Plugin: ThornCM, HY-FX CM, Panagement

28Originally recorded for a documentary on the Apollo moon missions entitled For All Mankind, An Ending was taken from Brian Eno’s 1983 studio album Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks and was written by Eno, alongside production from his brother Roger and long time collaborator Daniel Lanois.

Specific details on precisely which synth was used to create the track aren’t totally clear, with the then brand new Yamaha DX7 being used on various tracks from that album, but Lanois himself stated that “the main synth was a Yamaha CS-80”, making it possible that a combination of synths was used to create the final piece.

Eno was a famous user of effects from the likes of Eventide, Lexicon and AMS for sound design purposes to create his famed “shimmer” effect, so we’ll be showing you how to make our homage to this sound using ThornCM, alongside some effects processing from the CM library.