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Sound edit help for a particular song

Sound edit help for a particular song

31 May 2008, 14:14
I am trying to recreate the sound in the beginning of "Feels like the first time" by Foreigner that is an arrpegiated type sound (before the verse kicks in)...if you listen to the song you would know.

I want to create that sound as close as I can...been through a ton of patches on the Fantom X8 and got something that is "okay" but not really close.

Anyone done this before or any help taking a sound and tweaking it? Or know of somewhere that I could go for guidance on that?

I am not a major synth programmer etc...so..programming for dummies in mind here.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Sound edit help for a particular song

31 May 2008, 17:57
Im not sure how much luck you will have with just the fantom. That sound was originaly produced on an Oberheim OB-XA . In fact I used to own one till I learned the hard way not to leave your treasures with anyone for any reason. The analog sounds on the fantom are kinda weak...... altho it may be possible. I'll let you know if I have any luck!
Please let me know if you find anything out.

I think it would be really cool to have a forum area where all of us keyboardists when we create sounds for various songs out there...we could post and if anyone has either the patch OR the setting they did for a particular patch (and then you save as a different patch on say your CF Card)...that would be cool.

Steve

Re: Sound edit help for a particular song

1 Jun 2008, 14:14
sbrinaz,

Sorry I cant really help out here, but I agree with what you say about having an area on here that was a mini library of patches, that we could add to and search if we needed a particular sound.

I myself dabble at playing in a covers band and whilst I appreciate we have to "roll our sleeves up" and get stuck into what the Fantom can really do when we delve deep into the editing.
I myself am a beginner and taking a gradual approach to seeing exactly what can be done with a patch to make it sound just like I want it. this is fine but sometimes time is against me and don't really see the point in re inventing the wheel!

If a patch is out there that someone uses that replicates the sound in a commercial song already (or just needs a tweak here and there)...I dthink this would be useful.


Any chance Artemio could set up a section where we could add patches?

Doesn't have to be anything grand, even someone pointing out a particular preset patch is just like the ending of a certain song etc...


by the way I am being honest here...I bow to some of the other clan users superior musical and programming knowledge!

DD
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