Friday, May 20, 2011
Yamaha CS01II plays BIG MUFF by Depeche Mode
YouTube Uploaded by peahix on May 19, 2011
"Download this track at: http://snd.sc/iyLd2s
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, so I decided to throw together some renditions 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 originals using very limited means.
The actual musical arrangement is about 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. I've deliberately been quite pure about this process- other than the reverb/delay/EQ, there's no manipulation of the sounds going on here. This is, for me, mostly a technical exercise, so it wouldn't make much sense to process the sounds very much, as that would only take it further away from the native sound of the CS01II.
I don't really consider these to be "covers" as such- if I were covering these tunes, I'd do something creative with them as opposed to just mimicing them as closely as possible. I don't have any desire to "cover" these songs in that sense. At any rate, this project has been a good exercise in close listening and mixing for me, so I see that as the main reward for my efforts."
Also see:
Yamaha CS01II plays ICE MACHINE by Depeche Mode
Yamaha CS01II plays NEW LIFE by Depeche Mode
Yamaha CS01II plays JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH by Depeche Mode
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OK, i've been following these CS01II clips and its getting ridiculous. I've a quickly growing collection of vintage synths in an effort to get a good cross section of sounds and this guy closely re-creates these tracks (which were done mostly on an ARP 2600) on one single oscillator synth worth a couple of hundred euros! This one is the best though, almost identical to the original. Brilliant, well done.
ReplyDeletethanks for the compliments! of course, it must be said that when needed, i get around the 1 osc limitation by tracking the necessary parts in two (or more) passes. an example in this case: the main bass part is doubled at the octave. i suspect on the original this was simply achieved with a second osc set an octave higher, but i had to do this in two seperate passes/tracks. one thing i haven't done, however, is doubled a part in unison slightly detuned. any sounds that require a thicker chorusy type sound, i just use the pwm waveform.
ReplyDeleteI actually have a CS01, but when i heard this i put an order in with a dealer for a MK2. Apart from looking like something from Tron I like the difference in the sound. Your CV sockets are very neat, where did they come from?
ReplyDeletethe cv kit was made by synhouse, but i don't think they make them anymore. you can get a midi jack for the cs01 from highly liquid, but i'm not sure if it gives you any control over the filter.
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