SouthSeaIsland Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I have been trying to recreate the synth arpeggiator that plays in the background of Tuff Enuff by the Fabulous Thunderbirds without much success. I know there are those out there in our community that love a challenge. If anybody can pull that off, I would be eternally grateful. If you are able and want to hit me up with a message that would be great. I try to check back regularly, but don't get to as I have a ton of ton of things going on right at the moment. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Martin Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Since you posted this in the General section, we don't know what product you're using.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Until this very moment, I never ever thought about a synth on there. I've found some YouTube tracks of them doing it live, and sometimes they did that sound and other times they skipped it. When they did do it, I don't see anyone playing it. Personally, if I were in a band that was playing this, I'd find a "real" keyboard part (piano, organ, EP) part to play instead, but that's just me. Anyway, like Mike says, let us know what Casio keyboard you're trying to recreate that part on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Martin Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Taking a quick listen to the original, it's just a single note ( in 16th notes. Sounds like it has a high-pass filter on it that modulates over time. Either the PX-5S or the XW series could do this without a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I've been wondering if it originally was a synth or if it was some sort of guitar effect like a delay. Not that it's not reproducible on a synth if it was a guitar effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlenK Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I remember this song. It's a good song but maybe not good enough to listen to multiple times to try to unravel this mystery. But wait, what's that I see at 0:51 in the second (live) video? A keyboard player. And what is he doing? He's banging on the keys in exact time with the pulsing the OP is talking about. Mystery solved. At least when playing live in this instance no arpeggiattor is being used. How they did it in the studio is anyone's guess. I note that the sound of this pulsing is different on the studio recording heard in the official video. The version played live by the keyboard player is missing the gradual loss of volume and high frequencies as the notes repeat. For the studio recording a guitar though a delay line would be my first guess but as Mike says there's no reason you couldn't replicate this on either an XW or PX-5S and in several different ways. Obviously in a live situation they're not going to get another guitarist just to play that track so they relegate it to the keyboard player who otherwise isn't doing dick in that song. Notice in the first live video they didn't even bother with this sound. Perhaps the keyboard player was off getting a drink. ("Hey, we're on. Where the f*** is Jerry??" "Dunno. Last I saw him he was trying to pick up a girl at the bar." "Screw him, let's play.") PS. This band doesn't/didn't seem to like keyboard players very much, judging by how far back on stage they pushed the one shown in the second live video and how little time he gets on camera (he is barely there). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I remember this song. It's a good song but maybe not good enough to listen to multiple times to try to unravel this mystery. But wait, what's that I see at 0:51 in the second (live) video? A keyboard player. And what is he doing? He's banging on the keys in exact time with the pulsing the OP is talking about. Mystery solved. At least when playing live in this instance no arpeggiattor is being used. How they did it in the studio is anyone's guess. I note that the sound of this pulsing is different on the studio recording heard in the official video. The version played live by the keyboard player is missing the gradual loss of volume and high frequencies as the notes repeat. For the studio recording a guitar though a delay line would be my first guess but as Mike says there's no reason you couldn't replicate this on either an XW or PX-5S and in several different ways. Obviously in a live situation they're not going to get another guitarist just to play that track so they relegate it to the keyboard player who otherwise isn't doing dick in that song. Notice in the first live video they didn't even bother with this sound. Perhaps the keyboard player was off getting a drink. ("Hey, we're on. Where the f*** is Jerry??" "Dunno. Last I saw him he was trying to pick up a girl at the bar." "Screw him, let's play.") PS. This band doesn't/didn't seem to like keyboard players very much, judging by how far back on stage they pushed the one shown in the second live video and how little time he gets on camera (he is barely there).That's what I get for not watching the videos and only listening to them! The second video was for Austin City Limits, which is a high-profile show. They probably hired the keyboard player for that gig. I'm guessing that most of the rest of the time, they wouldn't bother. A keyboard playing friend of mine, Kevin Anker, produced their most recent album. He's done some live dates with them since then, but unfortunately not all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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