Monday, May 09, 2011
Yamaha CS01II plays NEW LIFE by Depeche Mode
YouTube Uploaded by peahix on May 9, 2011
"The Yamaha CS01II is the first real synthesizer I ever owned. I got it when I was about 14 years old, back in 1985 or so. I noticed that I could get reasonable approximations of most of the sounds from Depeche Mode's "Speak & Spell" album with it, but at the time I didn't have the means to make decent multi-track cover versions, even after I got a 4-track.
Recently I was studying the Depeche Mode 5.1 surround mixes, and realized that I could clearly hear all the distinct parts of alot of the songs, including "New Life." I also realized that most of the sounds in "New Life," which heavily featured the ARP 2600, were fairly simple. So I decided to throw together a version of it using just my trusty old Yamaha CS01II as the sole sound source (including the drums), just to see how close I could get to the original.
This version has no vocals at all, but otherwise it comes pretty close to the original. The actual musical arrangement is 100% accurate. The sounds themselves are of course only approximations, and most of them don't have the same level of timbral detail as the ARP originals. I sequenced the whole thing in Cubase via a Kenton Pro Solo going into the custom CV/Gate inputs on my CS01II, recording each monophonic line in one at a time. Cubase provided the reverb and EQ, otherwise it's all CS01II."
via Pea Hicks of http://www.optigan.com/
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Love it!
ReplyDeleteWell done Pea. Makes me want a lil' CS!
thanks byron! i suppose this sort of scratches an old itch i had as a kid, thinking that this little synth was basically just a toy, and that i'd never be able to get depeche mode quality results with it. still obviously not as good as an arp 2600, but i think it's good enough to put my old gearlust frustrations to rest! :)
ReplyDeletei have a red cs01 and can very mush believe all those sounds come from that little monster. it's great but so is good programming (good job). I am surprised by the drums though.. all those drums from CS? very cool.
ReplyDeleteVery, very cool.
ReplyDeletehi rick, technically you couldn't do the drums (and some of the other sounds) with a CS01, due to its more limited resonance control. this was done on a CS01II. also, the kick and snare each were done in two passes. the kick consists of a low thud and a higher resonance click. the snare consists of a white noise burst and a resonance knock. there's a hi-hat in there too, which is mostly resonance. not a great hi-hat, so i mixed it a bit low. :)
ReplyDeletefor the record, there are a total of 20 individual monophonic tracks/parts.
Brilliant!
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