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Super R-Type Stage 1 "Solo Sortie" (cover) - Dawless jam with the Roland MC-707 (with walkthrough)
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- Опубліковано 17 січ 2021
- The soundtrack to 1991's Super R-Type is legendary. How did composers Yasuhiro Kawakami, Takushi Hiyamuta, and Hiroshi Kimura craft the songs? Surely they didn't begin by coding one note at a time in the sound engine of the SNES. They must have had a full on studio with hardware synths to get their ideas down, and this is my interpretation of what that may have sounded like.
This cover is driven by the Roland MC-707, which is sequencing the following instruments:
Roland System-8: bass
Sequential OB-6: brass lead
Yamaha TX7: electric piano
Korg MS-20 mini: guitar sound
Roland Super JX-10: strings
The drums and orchestra hits are coming from the MC-707 itself. For drums, I used Oberheim DMX samples that I degraded down to a 32K sample rate. The orchestra hit is made up of the original classic Fairlight "ORCH6" sample and layered with a couple of the MC-707's on-board string and brass samples.
Sequenced pitch bend on the OB-6 is achieved by connecting an iPad with the MIDI Mod app to the 707 via USB. MIDI Mod reads sequenced MIDI CC's coming from the 707 and converts them to pitch bend. The pitch bend messages are sent back into the 707 and merged into the MIDI din output that goes to the OB-6.
The MS-20 mini, TX7, and JX-10 get some additional effects via a mixer send to a Boss DC-2w chorus and a tape delay "Toneprint" effect that I loaded onto the TC Electronic Flashback II. The OB-6 has its own internal effects plus a single effects send to a spring reverb tank from an old guitar amp. The System-8 just uses its internal effects. Effects on the MC-707 for the drums and orchestra hits include compression, delay, and reverb. Lastly, there's a little bit of stereo imaging and a limiter on the audio master.
This was mainly an exercise to become more familiar with the MC-707 and its capabilities. Everything was recorded all at once in a single take. I used the pads to launch the appropriate clips at the right times and used a few scenes for the solo section. A scene is simply a collection of clips.
I apologize for all the noise and hiss that's in the walkthrough portion of this video. The noise has nothing to do with any of the gear, but with the way I set things up during the walkthrough and voiceover.
I hope you enjoyed this video and my version of this awesome song. Please feel free to leave comments and questions. Thanks for watching!
Apps:
MIDI Mod: apps.apple.com...
CV Mod: apps.apple.com...
The walkthrough begins at 5:30
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Really impressive work. I love the R-Type community. They should have hired you to make the R-Type final 2 music
Thank you very much!
NICE
Great! I hope this video will be played by more people.The arrangement of this song is rare, so it's valuable, and your arrangement is the best.
Thank you for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it.
@@thesrabbit I came to listen again. This arrangement gives me energy. thank you!
@@yumerou thank you for listening!
Cool - thanks for taking the time to do the run through as well
how is it possible that you have this few views
I'm on a super rtype kick rn and i needed this in my life
Thanks! Probably because my content is more demo/technical oriented rather than fun stuff like this.
@@thesrabbit still criminal. awesome video with awesome info
Lindo !!! Parabéns
Beautiful arrangement for an amazing song
Thanks!!!
wow the only person on youtube to get the intro and the flow into the main piece correct
all the other artists completely break the tone
good job my dude, much love!
Many thanks!
Épique !!!!
Thanks!
Nice work, buddy! This is awesome AF and I don't know how this don't have so many views and likes
Thanks! I appreciate it.
I heard a bit of this video on the Geosynths channel GEOSynths Synth Show - Ep125 at 32:30
Love GeoSynths!
FUCK YEAH
I'll take that compliment. Thank you!
@@thesrabbit It is! GOT ME HYPED TO BEAT THE GAME ...on novice :(
Incredible. Been rocking R-Type since I was 5. Please do humanity a favor and cover the rest of the OST!
Thanks! That would be a difficult task. I sold half the gear I used in this video, including the MC-707. I’d have to multitrack one instrument at a time. I guess I could sequence everything from the DAW at once though. Hmm…. I do think the results would be interesting with the gear I have now. I recently got a synth that has the Sega Genesis chip in it. Stage 2 of the OST is pretty short, from what I remember. Might be the perfect sonic playground for all the new stuff I got.
@@thesrabbit I'll be honest I don't know what all it takes to synthesize a track like this, I just know it takes a lot of time and work. Appreciate the time you put into this track!
Since the SNES used a chip (some of Sony's finest engineering, in my opinion) that enables a kind of "hardware accelerated" 8-channel Amiga MOD style way of composing thing with (for then) high-quality samples and stuff, I would guess the SNES soundtrack is what is closest to the "hi-def remaster" like you're making here -- the original version I'd guess was pure FM for the arcade? But I'm talking out of my butt here.
Any recommendations for good videos on the S-SMP?
That’s cool. I wish for an SNES synth in hardware form like you see with some of the Genesis synths. But is that Sony chip unobtainable? If so, that’s unfortunate. I’m not sure what S-SMP is!
@@thesrabbit The S-SMP is the custom sound chip Sony designed for the SNES. It's not readily available, and it's weird in that the music files are a sort of program that actually runs on the chip. It's weird but so good :)
requesting Wet As A Fish
That’s a great one!
Dude.
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Dude.
Edit: That OB-6 patch sounds so John Carpenter it's stupid.
Dude man. :D