Anders Enger Jensen
Alpha Polaris
updated
Using those snippets he provided as well as what I believe is a recording from one of the singles back in the 80s with the a cappella vocals from the original, I set out to reconstruct my own take on this song, with some beefy synth bass, drums and keys to boot. The hardest task was to time-align the original song with the isolated vocals which also drifted from each other (I'm assuming tape/turntable drift somewhere in the loop back then) and then trying to mesh that with my more four on the floor grid approach (Sorry, Rick! ;)). I did end up doing a slight tempo variation throughout the song though to match the feel of the original session we all know and love.
I used a lot of layers to fatten things up, so there's a lot of Yamaha electric bass from Motif-Rack, Parker from reFX Nexus4, four layers of synth brass from Oberheim Matrix1000 (I don't own an OB-Xa/OB-8), Yamaha XS7, Ensoniq SD-1 and Roland JD-800. I've used some synth guitars and other sounds for the background guitar parts, but ended up using the original guitar solo from Eddie - it was impossible for me to translate it into something useable on my synths.
Hopefully I've managed to show this song some honor.
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This is for those who wonder, taken from Alex' video on the Yamaha TX81Z sound module and how he made a "90s Banger" on it. I've also used some TX sounds and enhanced the palette with all sorts of 80s and 90s relevant gear. Hope you like it! ;)
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LYRICS
Verse 1:
Now this is the verse rap section
Cover your ears for your own protection
‘Cause I’m gonna lay it down
Drop my lyrics all over the town
I got prose up in your face
Teaming up with that Lately Bass
We’ll be here for a little while
With rhyming couplets in a 90s style
Verse 2:
‘Cause this is the way it should be
Got funky sounds from the 81Z
I got class, I’m a rapping hero
My FM sounds are truly through-zero
I got MIDI to play the notes
Sing back the melodies that I wrote
My tunes play across the nations
Slicker than CC information
Chorus 1:
Now I’m saying I got nothing left that I can lose!
And I’m showing that there’s nothing I should prove to you! Oh-oh! (2x)
Verse 3:
I’m back with more rhyming verse
The second time will probably be worse
But I’ll give it my best shot
More crappy lyrics is all I got
But I’ll bring some synth puns with ’em
References to algorithms
‘Cause I’ll be your smooth operator
You’re carrier, I’m modulator
Verse 4:
Feedback, push the envelope
I’ll spit more rhymes as you losers choke
I got skills like learning the theory
Which is why my sounds ain’t dreary
I’ve got groove, it’s so surprising
With Stereoping, avoid menu diving
So I’m gonna smell you later
And leave you with the sounds of the tone generator!
Chorus 2:
Now I’m saying I got nothing left that I can lose!
And I’m showing that there’s nothing I should prove to you! Oh-oh! (2x)
Bridge:
(Vocal adlibs)
Chorus 3:
Now I’m saying I got nothing left that I can lose!
And I’m showing that there’s nothing I should prove to you! Oh-oh! (3x)
[NB! This video is not endorsed or sponsored by Luxmuzik, I'm just simply showing how it's done. All display upgrades in my studio are bought by myself.]
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Lyrics:
Verse 1:
Agnus Dei with blessed rains above.
Open waves, the children saved white doves.
Chorus:
And if I can’t reach, you’ll lift me, my love.
And if I can’t breathe, you will be my lungs.
Verse 2:
Domine, thine image made echo.
Empty space, ideas create that we know.
Chorus:
And if I can’t reach, you’ll lift me, my love.
And if I can’t breathe, you will be my lungs.
And if I can’t breathe, you will be my lungs.
Alex' original video: youtu.be/Xb9TngsSTG8
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It's also a spoof of the meme with the picture of a Head Cleaner cassette and the text saying this was the worst band ever... clearly the demagnitizer cassettes with electronics were worse as they would pop your speakers if you had the sound on when playing them, but I couldn't make a 3:20 song with that noise so, pink it is.
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Watch his great documentary here: youtu.be/v7hqDRmx3yI
This was the one I dreaded the most, as Alex asked if I could do something "modern"... alas, when have I ever done "modern" stuff? LOL! It's also one of the less inspiring synths from KORG, at least from a preset point of view, so I had a hard time figuring what to do. Because of the "style" knob, I realised the best way was to try and do a little from most of the categories it has, as a sort of old time demo you'd find on old arranger keyboards and synths. Trying to keep to the one minute rule, I went a little over and could only fit "Trance, Electronica, Drum & Bass/Breaks and Retro" with a little vocoder thrown in for good measure. Obviously I could have looked for other custom sound banks that may be better at showing the true nature of the engines underneath – however, being a little lazy, short on time and also being adamant that the best way to show a synth is to see what can be done with factory sounds. And hopefully this shows a little of what this tiny monster can do with a little extra tweaking. ;)
#KORG #AlexBall #Documentary #Retro #microKORG #Synthesizer #2000s
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Espen Kraft has of course done a number on this already, but I wanted to do something more appropriate of the time it was released so, hopefully it has a little more of that 90s vibe going on. For us Norwegians, the "Pharoah's Jig" wave loop is fairly recognisable , because it was used on Ole Edvard Antonsen's Tour de Force album from the same period and his version of Honky Tonk Women (go check it out and you'l see what I mean).
This module has so many vast possibilities so covering all of it in about a minute's time, is impossible, yet I hope it shows a little of what it can do. If you can't get the real deal, KORG does have the Legacy Collection at a fair price which will give you what you need to get started.
#KORG #Wavestation #WavestationAD #Retro #Sampler #Synthesizer #AlexBall #80s #documentary
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Since it doesn't have any other sounds, I spruced it up with some MS-10 (bass), Volca Beats and TR-Rack (drums and MIDI grand piano). Everything processed using, guess what - the Behringer X32R for some lush reverb! Hah! I betcha didn't think that could sound so sweet. ;)
#KORG #AlexBall #Documentary #Retro #80s #Vocoder #DVP-1
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#KORG #Retro #AlexBall #documentary
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This was originally intended as song dedicated to my late mom, but we never got around to make lyrics and it just fizzled out. It became an instrumental track after all, still dedicated to the loss of those dear to me.
Used a lot of Roland MKS as usual and some Yamaha. Even a good deal of Ensoniq gear too as well as Nexus4 for the intro arpeggios in the background.
Bandcamp: eoxstudios.bandcamp.com/track/echoes-of-you
(No leads version: eoxstudios.bandcamp.com/track/echoes-of-you-no-leads)
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/eox-studios/echoes-of-you
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Had a crazy idea of showing the project playing in realtime from Digital Performer on this one, but alas.. my 2013 mac doesn't really like capturing smooth video no matter what I adjust, enable/disable or reduce payload when playing so the video turned out jerky as hell and unusable. But I just don't have the energy nor the time to shoot multiple camera angles of playing parts so it's just a bunch of stock content footage.
Started using Nexus3 pads and bass, but then the rest of my MKS, TX and various KORGs joined in. :)
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Took me a few weeks to figure out how to best approach it. First I thought I should keep it at one minute in length, but it grew to at least two. So it's a thing between a #Shorts and a full 3 + min song.
Just the basic Roland, Yamaha, Korg, Ensoniq and Alesis gear. Drums from R-8M, HR-16, Quadrasynth and Sequential Tom. Various melodic synths, mainly Yamaha TX816, Motif series and a few Roland MKS, JD and others. Enjoy! :)
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00:06 Introduction
00:49 Background
01:42 Demo song version A
03:45 Demo song version B
05:48 Answer
06:07 Sound comparison demo start
13:20 Reflections on the differences
14:37 Pros and cons
16:11 Thank you and outro
I've made a demo song using sounds from both synths so you can listen and compare, as well as playing a few sounds side by side. I have also compared with some of the sounds from the #JD990 just for good measure.
Here is a link to the full wave files so you can listen to the demo song from both synths and compare how they sound. I've also included my Excel sheet with notes and my opinions on each sound as well as the pros and cons score. Hopefully you'll find this helpful if you wonder if this is one you should buy or not:
dropbox.com/sh/t6x3l7stfqnogi2/AABxpxOAzI1K2C3bh6m5bO3ja?dl=0
This video is NOT sponsored by Roland - I bought this for my own money. I'm just doing this for fun and maybe a little bit of edutainment.
Thank you to all my patreons for supporting as well as all you dedicated fans!
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Songs available here: dropbox.com/sh/nnlelviz8th9wap/AAAvDr4FLgLf-3DV6mobWSE0a?dl=0
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SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/eox-studios/dreams-of-lyra
I guess I’ll have to do a comparison video as soon as things settle down. Stay tuned. :)
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Everyone keeps asking me if I can play all my synths at once, and how that sounds. So here I am, doing just that. It's actually "only" the 55 out of 66 hardware synths, modules, samplers and drum machines I have at the moment. Some are out on loan, some are duplicates and already hooked up, and the drum machines doesn't really lend itself to this.. but you should be happy with 55 massive synths at the same time.
Remember to adjust your headset volume - this is LOUD!
Download the sound here: bit.ly/3J30Ndh
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Many of you will remember Tex Murphy and his quest to solve the apparently not so regular death of Carl Linsky. The game from Access Software used RealSound™ which were samples that were played through the PC speaker and was pretty awesome for us back then - albeit being very crappy 8-bit and low resolution. Nonetheless, the music used (which I'm sure one of you will tell us in the comments where it originated from) was captivating and very late 80s. So after many years of wanting to remake it, I got around to do it, 32 years later!
Børge-Are graciously came over and recorded some great sax and let me film him playing too. Hopefully this made the song and video even better.
As always, thanks to all the Patreons and you fans out there. Enjoy the remix and check out the original game on Steam - it's quite fun. store.steampowered.com/app/302330/Tex_Murphy_Mean_Streets
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BandCamp: eoxstudios.bandcamp.com/track/mean-streets-remix
Stock content: www.videoblocks.com
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Since there are no multitracks available with the original vocal recordings, I just used www.vocalremovers.org since it's free, and it did a decent job of separating the voices from the backing track. Some phasing and flanging occurs, but I hope the delay and reverb plus the blending in the mix covers most of that anyway.
The song is in 163 BPM, so there's little time to relax, but it also gives a good drive. Using a lot of everything here, #Roland MKS modules, #Yamaha TX and Motifs, #Kurzweil 1000PX and HX, #Alesis QSR, #Ensoniq SD-1, TS-10, #Sequential TOM and various other hardware synths. Some ReFX Nexus2 with various expansion packs here and there, and some SID/Chiptunes thrown in for good measure. It's after all... about the Commodore, right?
I tried to find the original composers and songwriters, but couldn't find any. If you happen to know who made this song, please let me know in the comments.
Bandcamp: eoxstudios.bandcamp.com/album/keeping-up-with-commodore
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/eox-studios/keeping-up-with-commodore
Thanks to The Obsolete Geek for using his parody. Check out his video on the SX-64 here: youtu.be/zmMasWCbefA
Other videos used:
Are you keeping up with the Commodore (youtu.be/95cGh9EeMIY)
100 Commodore 64 games in 10 minutes (youtu.be/eY2gK1MPgh8)
Commodore 64 Commercials (youtu.be/nd_yiMhu1DM)
William Shatner for Commodore VIC-20 (youtu.be/-V-bPLmtAFg)
Stock Content: www.videoblocks.com
Also thanks to Kristian Tjessem for letting me use the picture of his C64 and monitor.
And last, but not least, thanks to my patreons and you fans out there! Are you keeping up with your Commodores?
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The basic structure and recording took us about half a day to finish, and a few days' work of fine tuning the recorded vocals, adjusting the backing, adding some nice guitars from Håvard Caspersen. And the results hopefully speaks for itself. Enjoy! :)
Link to version without text: youtu.be/Dr-X11W8UOo
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Lyrics: Gina Evjen, Kristine Frøberg
Vocals: Kristine Frøberg
Music: Anders Enger Jensen, Kristine Frøberg
Guitars: Håvard Caspersen
Arrangement, recording, mixing, mastering: Anders Enger Jensen
Verse 1:
Don’t spill out the words I’ve spoken,
keep them hidden well.
Make them flourish in your verbal garden.
Verse 2:
Hold your breath, it’s still too early.
Don’t disclose yourself.
Mystic stranger sweet seduce my open ears.
Bridge:
Let go off your mask.
Let them see your face.
Silver silent lovers’ language reveals itself.
Verse 3:
Use reflections of your feelings.
Build the letters’ sense.
See how easy verbal pictures coming through to you.
Chorus:
To all silver silent lovers: Language hides behind the shade.
Let your lips confess, it’s a metaphoric masquerade!
Souly flavoured, sweetly darling. All of the words that we played.
In the poem’s frame, we made the merry masquerade!
Verse 4:
Don’t spill out the words I’ve spoken,
keep them hidden well.
Make them flourish in your verbal garden.
Counter Point:
Let my words undress your eyes.
I will show you in disquise.
Collect my purple poems too,
and drape them all around you!
Let my words undress your eyes.
I will show you in disguise.
Collect my purple poems too,
bedazzle all of you!
Chorus:
To all silver silent lovers: Language hides behind the shade.
Let your lips confess, it’s a metaphoric masquerade!
Souly flavoured, sweetly darling. All of the words that we played.
In the poem’s frame, we made the merry masquerade!
(Guitar solo)
Souly flavoured, sweetly darling. All of the words that we played.
In the poem’s frame, we made the merry masquerade!
Thanks to all the great Patreons and all you fans out there! :)
Original version: youtu.be/qA6M9yEB8yU
Kristine and I sat down in the studio a while back, and was waiting for Gina to send us some new lyrics. While we waited, I played a little snipped I had made last year and with some very old lyrics we made back in 2006, this song came to life.
The basic structure and recording took us about half a day to finish, and a few days' work of fine tuning the recorded vocals, adjusting the backing, adding some nice guitars from Håvard Caspersen. And the results hopefully speaks for itself. Enjoy! :)
BandCamp: eoxstudios.bandcamp.com/album/masquerade
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/eox-studios/masquerade
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Lyrics: Gina Evjen, Kristine Frøberg
Vocals: Kristine Frøberg
Music: Anders Enger Jensen, Kristine Frøberg
Guitars: Håvard Caspersen
Arrangement, recording, mixing, mastering: Anders Enger Jensen
Verse 1:
Don’t spill out the words I’ve spoken,
keep them hidden well.
Make them flourish in your verbal garden.
Verse 2:
Hold your breath, it’s still too early.
Don’t disclose yourself.
Mystic stranger sweet seduce my open ears.
Bridge:
Let go off your mask.
Let them see your face.
Silver silent lovers’ language reveals itself.
Verse 3:
Use reflections of your feelings.
Build the letters’ sense.
See how easy verbal pictures coming through to you.
Chorus:
To all silver silent lovers: Language hides behind the shade.
Let your lips confess, it’s a metaphoric masquerade!
Souly flavoured, sweetly darling. All of the words that we played.
In the poem’s frame, we made the merry masquerade!
Verse 4:
Don’t spill out the words I’ve spoken,
keep them hidden well.
Make them flourish in your verbal garden.
Counter Point:
Let my words undress your eyes.
I will show you in disquise.
Collect my purple poems too,
and drape them all around you!
Let my words undress your eyes.
I will show you in disguise.
Collect my purple poems too,
bedazzle all of you!
Chorus:
To all silver silent lovers: Language hides behind the shade.
Let your lips confess, it’s a metaphoric masquerade!
Souly flavoured, sweetly darling. All of the words that we played.
In the poem’s frame, we made the merry masquerade!
(Guitar solo)
Souly flavoured, sweetly darling. All of the words that we played.
In the poem’s frame, we made the merry masquerade!
Thanks to all the great Patreons and all you fans out there! :)
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Using a lot of Yamaha and Roland outboards as well as Nexus2, Vengeance, Phalanx and some other stuff. I treated the vocals as best I can since he likes to record gritty and stuttery distortion vocals. I also had to fatten them up a little for the chorus using pitch shift, phase alignment and some chorus. Lots of Valhalla reverb as well as my trusty Strymon BigSky.
The song you hear is the result. Now, it's been out on Distrokid and all the usual channels since then, but I never got around to make a proper video about it. Ideally I envisioned a big production using actual school kids and people, and more fancy graphics etc. But then stuff happened, things got delayed and everything else that happened since then.. until now. So here it is, for better or for worse.
And yeah, help us stop bullying! ;)
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Written and composed by Alex Paulee Bow
Vocals, guitars and some synth parts: Alex Paulee Bow
Arranged, mixed and mastered by Anders Enger Jensen
Cover art: Reno
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Lyrics:
It’s 5 past 9 in the holding pen
The local class bully making rounds again
[You’re fat, you’re ugly, spotty, you are such a geek, you’re thin, you’re speccy, coward what’s the matter, freak?]
He patters down the line of the soul defenceless.
Dishing out the shame on a cold life sentence,
Some of them may carry it for years and years,
Some of them may end up in a tarn of tears
And the bully has probably, bullies of his own... his vengeance is keen, as his parents demean him at home...
Shame... nobody ever seems to own it they just pass it on down the line...
Shame... you could be anything you wanted, till the hatred internalised
Shame... and then they put you on a drug for what you brain cannot synthesize
Shame... makes you feel unsafe in another’s eyes
Shame... makes you feel unable to go outside
Shame... shame is only lies!
People laughed at me for the longest time
I thought it was my fault for the longest time
I couldn’t shake it off for the longest time
I couldn’t shake it off for the longest time
All the time I’ve lost, it’s such a shame.
Cast off the shackles of shame, baby!
Cast off the shackles of shame.
Shame... nobody ever seems to own it they just pass it on down the line...
Shame... you could be anything you wanted!
Shame... and then they put you on a drug for what you brain cannot synthesize
Shame... makes you feel unsafe in another’s eyes
Shame... makes you feel unable to go outside
Shame... shame is only lies!
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Noelle did all the official music for this game, as I had little time to devote to this project except for the design and label stuff as usual. However, in January this year, I sat down and made some songs that I thought could fit the game. Using only hardware and no soft synths or samples, I did a series of tunes inspired by the titles of the maps in the game.
Initially I planned these to be loopable and short as most in game music tends to be, but I quickly found myself making more or less full songs with a more normal structure. So this alternate soundtrack is more of a synth inspired album that some of you may find ok to play in the background while playing the game.
Thanks to Frederic Bezies for letting me use his recorded gameplay.
You can watch The 8-Bit Guy's videos here: youtube.com/user/adric22/videos
And you can find the game here: the8bitguy.com
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Noelle did all the official music for this game, as I had little time to devote to this project except for the design and label stuff as usual. However, in January this year, I sat down and made some songs that I thought could fit the game. Using only hardware and no soft synths or samples, I did a series of tunes inspired by the titles of the maps in the game.
Initially I planned these to be loopable and short as most in game music tends to be, but I quickly found myself making more or less full songs with a more normal structure. So this alternate soundtrack is more of a synth inspired album that some of you may find ok to play in the background while playing the game.
Thanks to Frederic Bezies for letting me use his recorded gameplay.
You can watch The 8-Bit Guy's videos here: youtube.com/user/adric22/videos
And you can find the game here: the8bitguy.com
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Noelle did all the official music for this game, as I had little time to devote to this project except for the design and label stuff as usual. However, in January this year, I sat down and made some songs that I thought could fit the game. Using only hardware and no soft synths or samples, I did a series of tunes inspired by the titles of the maps in the game.
Initially I planned these to be loopable and short as most in game music tends to be, but I quickly found myself making more or less full songs with a more normal structure. So this alternate soundtrack is more of a synth inspired album that some of you may find ok to play in the background while playing the game.
Thanks to Frederic Bezies for letting me use his recorded gameplay.
You can watch The 8-Bit Guy's videos here: youtube.com/user/adric22/videos
And you can find the game here: the8bitguy.com
As with many others, I use DistroKid for all my official album releases to all the available streaming services. If you want to try them yourself and get a 7% discount off your first year by using this link:
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Noelle did all the official music for this game, as I had little time to devote to this project except for the design and label stuff as usual. However, in January this year, I sat down and made some songs that I thought could fit the game. Using only hardware and no soft synths or samples, I did a series of tunes inspired by the titles of the maps in the game.
Initially I planned these to be loopable and short as most in game music tends to be, but I quickly found myself making more or less full songs with a more normal structure. So this alternate soundtrack is more of a synth inspired album that some of you may find ok to play in the background while playing the game.
Thanks to Frederic Bezies for letting me use his recorded gameplay.
You can watch The 8-Bit Guy's videos here: youtube.com/user/adric22/videos
And you can find the game here: the8bitguy.com
As with many others, I use DistroKid for all my official album releases to all the available streaming services. If you want to try them yourself and get a 7% discount off your first year by using this link:
distrokid.com/vip/seven/695158
Noelle did all the official music for this game, as I had little time to devote to this project except for the design and label stuff as usual. However, in January this year, I sat down and made some songs that I thought could fit the game. Using only hardware and no soft synths or samples, I did a series of tunes inspired by the titles of the maps in the game.
Initially I planned these to be loopable and short as most in game music tends to be, but I quickly found myself making more or less full songs with a more normal structure. So this alternate soundtrack is more of a synth inspired album that some of you may find ok to play in the background while playing the game.
Thanks to Frederic Bezies for letting me use his recorded gameplay.
You can watch The 8-Bit Guy's videos here: youtube.com/user/adric22/videos
And you can find the game here: the8bitguy.com
As with many others, I use DistroKid for all my official album releases to all the available streaming services. If you want to try them yourself and get a 7% discount off your first year by using this link:
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Noelle did all the official music for this game, as I had little time to devote to this project except for the design and label stuff as usual. However, in January this year, I sat down and made some songs that I thought could fit the game. Using only hardware and no soft synths or samples, I did a series of tunes inspired by the titles of the maps in the game.
Initially I planned these to be loopable and short as most in game music tends to be, but I quickly found myself making more or less full songs with a more normal structure. So this alternate soundtrack is more of a synth inspired album that some of you may find ok to play in the background while playing the game.
Thanks to Frederic Bezies for letting me use his recorded gameplay.
You can watch The 8-Bit Guy's videos here: youtube.com/user/adric22/videos
And you can find the game here: the8bitguy.com
As with many others, I use DistroKid for all my official album releases to all the available streaming services. If you want to try them yourself and get a 7% discount off your first year by using this link:
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Noelle did all the official music for this game, as I had little time to devote to this project except for the design and label stuff as usual. However, in January this year, I sat down and made some songs that I thought could fit the game. Using only hardware and no soft synths or samples, I did a series of tunes inspired by the titles of the maps in the game.
Initially I planned these to be loopable and short as most in game music tends to be, but I quickly found myself making more or less full songs with a more normal structure. So this alternate soundtrack is more of a synth inspired album that some of you may find ok to play in the background while playing the game.
Thanks to Frederic Bezies for letting me use his recorded gameplay.
You can watch The 8-Bit Guy's videos here: youtube.com/user/adric22/videos
And you can find the game here: the8bitguy.com
As with many others, I use DistroKid for all my official album releases to all the available streaming services. If you want to try them yourself and get a 7% discount off your first year by using this link:
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Noelle did all the official music for this game, as I had little time to devote to this project except for the design and label stuff as usual. However, in January this year, I sat down and made some songs that I thought could fit the game. Using only hardware and no soft synths or samples, I did a series of tunes inspired by the titles of the maps in the game.
Initially I planned these to be loopable and short as most in game music tends to be, but I quickly found myself making more or less full songs with a more normal structure. So this alternate soundtrack is more of a synth inspired album that some of you may find ok to play in the background while playing the game.
Thanks to Frederic Bezies for letting me use his recorded gameplay.
You can watch The 8-Bit Guy's videos here: youtube.com/user/adric22/videos
And you can find the game here: the8bitguy.com
As with many others, I use DistroKid for all my official album releases to all the available streaming services. If you want to try them yourself and get a 7% discount off your first year by using this link:
distrokid.com/vip/seven/695158
Noelle did all the official music for this game, as I had little time to devote to this project except for the design and label stuff as usual. However, in January this year, I sat down and made some songs that I thought could fit the game. Using only hardware and no soft synths or samples, I did a series of tunes inspired by the titles of the maps in the game.
Initially I planned these to be loopable and short as most in game music tends to be, but I quickly found myself making more or less full songs with a more normal structure. So this alternate soundtrack is more of a synth inspired album that some of you may find ok to play in the background while playing the game.
Thanks to Frederic Bezies for letting me use his recorded gameplay.
You can watch The 8-Bit Guy's videos here: youtube.com/user/adric22/videos
And you can find the game here: the8bitguy.com
As with many others, I use DistroKid for all my official album releases to all the available streaming services. If you want to try them yourself and get a 7% discount off your first year by using this link:
distrokid.com/vip/seven/695158
Noelle did all the official music for this game, as I had little time to devote to this project except for the design and label stuff as usual. However, in January this year, I sat down and made some songs that I thought could fit the game. Using only hardware and no soft synths or samples, I did a series of tunes inspired by the titles of the maps in the game.
Initially I planned these to be loopable and short as most in game music tends to be, but I quickly found myself making more or less full songs with a more normal structure. So this alternate soundtrack is more of a synth inspired album that some of you may find ok to play in the background while playing the game.
Thanks to Frederic Bezies for letting me use his recorded gameplay.
You can watch The 8-Bit Guy's videos here: youtube.com/user/adric22/videos
And you can find the game here: the8bitguy.com
As with many others, I use DistroKid for all my official album releases to all the available streaming services. If you want to try them yourself and get a 7% discount off your first year by using this link:
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Thanks to Legowelt for making this a meme... I had to jump on the wagon. I've been meaning to do something like this for a long time now.
Btw, check out his impressive studio tour back in the day here: youtu.be/9eigT6DvHJo
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Tonight you had to leave us, after 16 long years. It was a difficult choice for Mona, but one that I wholeheartedly support – even though it hurts so much knowing that you will never ride along with me on our trips to Valdres again. Never again will you lie next to me in bed, cuddlin. Never again shall we go for long walks and smell all those exciting things along the road, and never again enjoy those treats that you never could get enough of.
It has been eight great years with you since 2013 – when I first started babysitting you, Liza & Thelma. You stole everyone's heart with your kind and soft manner. Never did you bark, nor jump on anyone or even lick them down like most other dogs do. You were just quiet and welcomed cuddles long as you could have it – otherwise you would just go and lay down silently in your basket. ❤
I cannot count how many miles of car trips you have been with me, nor walks in the woods. A tired soul has been laid to eternal rest now. And you deserve it, little friend. I could see how tired you were these past few years, poor sight, no hearing, stiff and aching joints etc. It would have been malpractice to keep you going at it any further. But still... we all wish we could have one last summer with you also. Our hearts bleed and the tears flow. If there would be any afterlife, I sincerely hope you're in doggy heaven with Thelma and Liza.
Thank you very much Mona, for all the trust I have been given babysitting your dogs. Words can not measure how much love they have given me and mom these years. And thank you for that last little farewell I had with her yesterday at your place. The biggest and warmest hugs as I know how hard this evening have been for you.
There's new shining star in the sky tonight. 💖
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Arranged and adapted by: Anders Enger Jensen
Vocals: Kristine Frøberg
Trumpet: Bjørn Magne Nyhagen
Composed by: Torstein Flakne & Ole Edvard Antonsen
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We both agree that this was most likely an attempt to give the performing keyboard player an assortment of everything he/she would need on stage back then, at a fairly affordable price. Since all these instruments are more or less preset machines, they serve the professional live gigging musician well - at least back in the late 70s. Being a sizeable stage piano, you could easily fit either the RS-505 or the JP-4 on top of it as well as some assortment of effect pedals.
As Alex said in his RS-505 video (youtu.be/l-oITC12AXU), I had forgotten I had this MP-600 when he asked me for some help on his Roland documentary (youtu.be/JcbpRMZIQ8g), but since he brought it up recently... how could I pass up this opportunity to feature it in this little video?
Granted, I should have perhaps dug a little deeper into it and given you a detailed tour, but it was only meant as a short little demo for Alex to see, in case he wanted me to send it over. It really is a very limited 70s electric piano that doesn't resemble much of a grand piano. It consists of three tone generators that you can mix on the fly. Tone 1 is a low end portion of the piano sound, tone 2 is the mid range and tone 3 is some high end sizzle in form of a rather annoying buzz. You can also change the decay to be short or long, as well as use a damper or sustain pedal to get regular piano response. I didn't have one that worked - Roland's own did not work with the right polarity, how about that? ;)
You can also change the EQ of the entire sound to sculpt it so it fits your style and performance. Other than that, it's mono, and no effects so everything has to be added externally.
I hope this demo showcases a little how this sounds, and what you can do with it - and that's not much to be fair. ;)
The drums used on this song are: Roland TR-707, Alesis HR-16 and Yamaha XS7
Bass sound: Roland MKS-80
Effects: TC Electronic Corona Chorus, 2290 Delay, Ensoniq DP/4+ and Strymon BigSky (Reverbs)
Thank you to all my Patreon supporters and Youtube fans.
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However, this song started out with over five half-baked sketches in various genres and tempos, but nothing panned out. Just as I was about to give up on it, I just lowered the tempo to 105 BPM and took a ballad approach, and suddenly it just fit together. Happy Valentine's Day to a special someone. ;)
Thanks to all my patreons and fans for your support!
Video content: www.videoblocks.com
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Initially I set out to do the intro music too, but landed on just the "Tyrian - The Level" segment which seems to be the most recognised theme from the game. As with all the other songs in this series, I also opted for some extrapolation and added a little more parts and extended the song - the original is after all only 24 measures on endless repeat, which would have become a bit boring for 3.5 minutes.
All the sounds are from the KORG M1Rex, the expanded module version of the classic M1 keyboard. Everything was recorded part for part and bit for bit, which took a substantial amount of time when trying and failing as I went along. Some extra processing in form of EQ, compression, chorus, delay, and reverb were added. The M1Rex doesn't have a ride cymbal, or at least a proper one that could be used, so there is a little Roland TR-707 ride at the last rounds of the theme.
Big thanks to Alexander Brandon for his great work. Check out his channel (youtube.com/user/AlexCBrandon) and website Funky Rustic (https://www.funkyrustic.net).
And as always, thanks to my trusty Patreons and fans for your support.
Bandcamp: eoxstudios.bandcamp.com/track/tyrian-2000-played-on-korg-m1rex
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/eox-studios/tyrian-2000-played-on-korg-m1rex/s-8dXRMYv6U1t
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Since the original themes are very short and looped, I felt some of them could do with a little extrapolation, and as the first theme is based on a blues chord progression, it kinda took its own turn into a blues rock thing before we move onto the part which Robert initially had composed for the cut scene that was taken out. This is where Billy would have been forced to eat his vegetables. Take a look at Robert's own description for this scene in this old behind the scenes video from those days: youtu.be/HpEBUV_g9vU?t=122
Ideally I would have used an EPS sampler from Ensoniq, like Robert used, but I felt my SD-1 was the closest, while also being able to give a limited sound palette which is also part of the point of this series - it's about how to take gear that is seemingly limited, and coax something useful out of it - even with factory sounds too.
Parts (at least what I think they're called seen in other videos):
00:00 - Shadows Don't Scare Commander Keen!!
01:45 - You've Got to Eat Your Vegetables!!
02:47 - Welcome to a Kick In Yore Pants In Good Ole Hillville!
BandCamp: eoxstudios.bandcamp.com/track/commander-keen-played-on-ensoniq-sd-1
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/eox-studios/commander-keen-played-ensoniq-sd-1
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Used gear:
Alesis - HR-16
AKAI - S612 (x2)
AKAI - AX-60
Ensoniq - ESQ-m
Ensoniq - Fizmo
Ensoniq - TS-10
Ensoniq - SD-1
KORG - EX-8000
KORG - DVP-1
KORG - Wavestation A/D
KORG - M1Rex
Kurzweil - 1000PX
Kurzweil - 1000HX Horn Expander
Roland - D-50
Roland - D-70
Roland - D-110
Roland - JD-800
Roland - JD-990
Roland - JX-3P
Roland - JV-880
Roland - JV-2080
Roland - MKS-20
Roland - MKS-30
Roland - MKS-50
Roland - MKS-70
Roland - W-30
Technics - KN1000
Yamaha - Reface CS
Yamaha - Motif-Rack
Yamaha - TX816
Yamaha - TX81z (2x)
Yamaha - TG77
Yamaha - SY99
Yamaha - XS7
ReFX - Nexus2
Vengeance samples
Ensoniq - DP/4+
iZotope - Ozone 8
LouderThanLiftOff - Silver Bullet
Lexicon - PXM-70
Solid State Logic - SSL2+
Strymon - BigSky
Yamaha - REV7
Yamaha - SPX90ii
Yamaha - LS9-32
TC Electronic - Corona
Bandcamp: eoxstudios.bandcamp.com/track/wonderful-you
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/eox-studios/wonderful-you
Support on patreon: patreon.com/eoxstudios
Stock content: storyblocks.com/video
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Here I could set up all my gear and have plenty of room to move in, as opposed to the last place where I could hardly move while working, in fear of knocking some synths over. I also have enough space for a spacious bedroom, a big bathroom, large kitchen two storage rooms, a big entrance and even a lounge/living room area for guests and my significant other.
Albeit being big and lush here, there are some items I couldn't fit, like some of my more weird and not so much used keyboards, old mixers and modules, but they'll just have to be in storage for a while before I may sell them off at some point. At the moment, I have all I need for making music and more.
Stay tuned to Espen Kraft's channel too, he might even drop by and do a little studio visit on his channel some time soon. That'll be fun.
As always, thanks to all my patreons and you guys supporting me here and on BandCamp, SoundCloud and elsewhere. I hope you all managed through 2020 without too much trouble and that 2021 will be a much better year. Stay safe and keep that chin up! :)
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Here are some of the gear I bought from Thomann in case you wondered and are interested in getting some for yourself (No sponsorship or affiliation, only sharing what I found to be good gear):
Behringer X32R mixer - https://www.thomannmusic.no/behringer_x32_rack.htm
Behringer S16 digital snake - https://www.thomannmusic.no/behringer_s16.htm
Adam PCL10n Pro Power Conditioner - https://www.thomannmusic.no/adam_hall_pcl_10_pro_power_conditioner.htm
SSL 2+ interface - https://www.thomannmusic.no/ssl_2_481703.htm
K&M 21U studio rack - https://www.thomannmusic.no/km_48260_19_rack_21u.htm
Thon Studio Side Rack 10U - https://www.thomannmusic.no/thon_studio_side_rack_xl_10u_black.htm
Thon Desktop rack 8U - https://www.thomannmusic.no/thon_studio_desktop_rack_8u_black.htm
Jaspers keyboard stand 5D-120B - https://www.thomannmusic.no/jaspers_5d_120b.htm
Jaspers keyboard stand 5D-150B - https://www.thomannmusic.no/jaspers_5d_150b.htm
Vicoustic Cinema Round Premium - https://www.prolyd.no/avdelinger/produkter/akustikkbehandling/absorpsjon/vicoustic/vicoustic-cinema-round-premium-ref-29a-2-88m2-8-stk-plater-à-60x60x7-5cm-burg-b00546-p0000013694
Vicoustic - Wavewood - https://www.prolyd.no/avdelinger/produkter/akustikkbehandling/absorpsjon/vicoustic/vicoustic-wavewood-white-wenge-svart-1-stk-plate-à-60x60x5-8cm-dekk-3-6m2-115819-p0000038671
Dynaudio Pro LYD 48 - https://www.prolyd.no/avdelinger/merker-og-agenturer/atc/studiomonitorer/dynaudio-professional/dynaudio-pro-lyd-48-svart-2-stk-lr-32hz-21khz-2x50w-h-mf-80w-lf-class-d-dyn-962931962932-p0000026394
MOTU MIDI Express 128 - https://www.prolyd.no/avdelinger/produkter/konvertering/midi/motu-midi-express-128-usb-midi-interface-midiexpress128-p0000001438
LouderThanLiftOff Silver Bullet - store.louderthanliftoff.com/collections/silver-bullet/products/silver-bullet-drbills-stereo-tone-amp
CURRENT STUDIO GEAR (Updated August 2021):
AKAI
S612 (2x)
M240
ADAMN HALL:
AHPCL 10PRO (5X)
ALESIS:
HR-16
QSR 4
ANTARES:
ATR-1
AUDIO & DESIGN RECORDING:
Panscan
BEHRINGER:
MX 602A
RX1202FX Pro (2x)
RX1602
S16 (4x)
X32R (2x)
BOSS:
VT-1
DYNAUDIO:
BM6a MkII
Pro Lyd 48
E-MU:
Proteus/1 (2x)
Proteus PK-X6
ENSONIQ:
DP/4+
Fizmo
SD-1
SD-1 32 Voice
TS-10
ESQm
MR-Rack
FOCUSRITE:
Voicemaster PlatinumPro
HOHNER:
PSK-30
KORG:
DSS-1
MicroKorg
MS-10
EX800
EX8000 (2x)
M1R EX
M3R
TR-Rack
Wavestation A/D
DVP-1
KURZWEIL:
1000 HX
1000 PX
MOTU:
MIDI Express 128 (8x)
OBERHEIM:
Matrix 1000
RETROAKTIV:
MPG-50
MPG-70
MPG-8X
DW-8P
ROLAND:
R8
TR-707
CR-1000
Alpha Juno 2
D-50
D-70
JD-800
JV-880
JX-3P + PG-200
PC200
U-20
W-30
XP-80
CP-40
PG-10
PG-1000
PG-800
PR-100
CM-32L (2x)
CM-32P
CM-64 (2x)
D-110
JD-990
JV-2080
MKS-20 (2x)
MKS-30
MKS-50
MKS-70
MKS-80
MT-100
MT-32
S-760
S-770
SC-55
SC-880
U-110
SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS:
TOM
STRYMON:
BigSky
TC ELECTRONICS:
Corona
TC-2290
TECHNICS:
KN1000
KN2000 (2x)
YAMAHA:
REV7 (3x)
SPX 90II
DX9
Motif XS7
SY99
V-50
DMP7
LS9-32
FS1R
MotifRack
TG77
TX816
TX81z (2x)
I've taken the liberty of tidying up some of the parts and making it more punchy as usual. I also felt the Fester Blatz and Monolith Burger themes could do with some 66% shuffle groove. ;)
The drums are from Zenhiser 80s Retro Drummer and Yamaha Motif XS-7.
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/eox-studios/space-quest-iii-on-korg-ex8000
Thanks to all my Patreons for your support.
Logo animation by Benjamin Kraft
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Sound Cloud: soundcloud.com/eox-studios/dark-star
BandCamp: eoxstudios.bandcamp.com/track/dark-star
Patreon: patreon.com/eoxstudios
Intro animation: Benjamin Kraft
Stock content: videoblocks.com
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So here it is, from the Real Sound™ and the tiny little speaker in your PC, to a full blown 80s inspired synth pop song. Looks like you hit the tree, Jim!
Original song used in Links, is from Douglas Wood - Manouver #1 (youtu.be/rWPLAeOzpZg) Thanks to the keen eyed "SLON 1936" for telling me about this.
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