Farfisa Compact Duo with Echorec : That 60's Pink Floyd Sound.

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    This is the 60's / early 70's Pink Floyd sound.
    Rick Wright, Dave Gilmour and Roger Waters all used the Binson Echorec 2 Delay unit, and it was that in combination with Rick's Farfisa Compact Duo that really defined the Pink Floyd sound.
    I'm really impressed with this Echroec emulation pedal by Catalinbread, it's very musical and organic, the organ sounds fantastic though it.
    Inspired by Careful With That Axe Eugene, this was improvised in one take, with only a subtle UAD Lexicon 224 reverb on the final output.
    I think the theme from Terminator somehow made it's way from my subconscious into it as well :)
    Thanks to Tiny and Ron at Hammond Hire, UK for such a good service on it

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  • @astrophonix
    @astrophonix 5 років тому +209

    This is great, nailed that sound. It's like an early version of Careful with that Axe, like maybe a "Exercise more caution with that hedge-trimmer, Nigel!"

    • @TimOliver
      @TimOliver  5 років тому +17

      Ha !!

    • @javiceres
      @javiceres 4 роки тому +5

      I think when they said Axe they meant a guitar. An special one.

    • @Anildhyani
      @Anildhyani 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/E3SdxR9gMUs/v-deo.html&feature=share

    • @cavemansam8400
      @cavemansam8400 3 роки тому +10

      "Exercise more caution with that hedge-trimmer, Nigel!" OMG😂 😂

    • @rozzgrey801
      @rozzgrey801 Рік тому +2

      @@cavemansam8400 Hi, I'm now Rozz Grey after I was shut out of my Astrophonix channel. I give consent if you still want to make that song.

  • @pl443
    @pl443 2 роки тому +37

    This Farfisa has a gorgeous sound and I love the effects.

  • @JoseAngelMorente
    @JoseAngelMorente 8 років тому +117

    Careful with that axe, Tim

  • @TryptychUK
    @TryptychUK 4 роки тому +23

    I so love this.
    Also shades of early krautrock á la Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze.
    It's such an expressive instrument.

  • @gerarddip
    @gerarddip 3 роки тому +42

    Farfisa organs always intrigued me because they sound so synthesizer-ey. Awesome demo!

    • @MrLostsoul1234
      @MrLostsoul1234 2 роки тому +11

      Technically, they are as every other organ out there! And if you wanna hear something cooler, the first combo/portable organ was made by Acetone and Acetone became Roland eventually

    • @gerarddip
      @gerarddip 2 роки тому +4

      @@MrLostsoul1234
      That’s right! I remember seeing it on that Roland documentary on YT here somewhere, land of the rising sound or something like that. I just love the variation in timbre these old organs have.

    • @RichardDenRooyen1973
      @RichardDenRooyen1973 Рік тому +2

      excact my thoughts... think Jean Michel Jarre had the same thoughts

    • @stoneyboyd
      @stoneyboyd 11 місяців тому +6

      A lot of bands used Combo Organs like Farfisa because they couldn’t afford Synthesizers.
      J. Geils Band fooled a lot of people into thinking that they were using Synthesizers when in reality they were using a Farfisa Organ that was hooked up to a wide array of different Effects Pedals.
      To a lot of small time bands, Synthesizers and Hammond organs were simply too expensive for them but a Combo Organ like the Farfisa Compact Duo or the Gibson G-101 could essentially function as both an Organ and a makeshift Synthesizer.
      In many ways, Combo Organs were the precursors to Synthesizers.

    • @okb6436
      @okb6436 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@@stoneyboydplus, they were polyphonic unlike most synths of that time

  • @jeffreygorey5540
    @jeffreygorey5540 4 роки тому +22

    I could listen to this for hours

  • @majdshami
    @majdshami Рік тому +5

    simply amazing, wish there's a full album with such delicate music

  • @josealbuquerquejr5192
    @josealbuquerquejr5192 6 років тому +41

    Rick Wright was one master of tunes, he always got marvelous atmospheres from his synths ( his minimoog sounds in DSOTM and specially WWWH were outstanding) and his Farfisa absolutely unique

    • @TimOliver
      @TimOliver  6 років тому +1

      I couldn't agree more.

    • @BertGrink
      @BertGrink 5 років тому +5

      Did you know that at one point, Wright had been fired as a band member, but the remainder of PF soon realised that no-one was able to recreate Wright's sounds and style, so they hired him as a paid musician for a while, until he was reinstated. During the "interregnum" if i may call it that, Wright was the only one of them who actually earned money, the official members lost lots money on every show because the shows were so big and flamboyant. A bit ironic in my opinion.
      And yes, i completely agree with Jose Albuquerque Jr, although i think he meant WYWH ;)

    • @TryptychUK
      @TryptychUK 4 роки тому +11

      Rick didn't use a Mini Moog until WYWH.
      All synth on DSOTM is EMS VCS3/Synthi AKS

    • @anoniconoclast2030
      @anoniconoclast2030 4 роки тому

      @@TryptychUK He did use a mini on Shine on....listen to the solo.

    • @TryptychUK
      @TryptychUK 4 роки тому +3

      @@anoniconoclast2030 Yes. I just said that.
      I said it wasn't used on DSOTM.

  • @randalllayton7452
    @randalllayton7452 5 місяців тому +3

    My dad had one of these playing in a band any bringing home in the summer when there wasn’t much going on and I play it. I learned on in about 50 years ago. Beautiful instrument.

  • @DalekWindmill
    @DalekWindmill 3 роки тому +14

    I've added this to a UA-cam shuffle playlist of mine, it's really lovely! Just my kind of music, early Pink Floyd-esque.

  • @mantra3000
    @mantra3000 8 років тому +50

    If it was a record I'd buy it.

    • @TimOliver
      @TimOliver  3 роки тому +4

      It finally is ! Link in description if you’re still interested :)

    • @85nachox85
      @85nachox85 3 роки тому +1

      @@TimOliver Awesome man! Came back to listen this after some months and saw this, thanks! Checking the link :)

  • @JoeOrber
    @JoeOrber 4 місяці тому +2

    Wow, beautiful instrument, beautiful music and beautiful talent! It only took me 8 years to find it, but I’m here now 😅… congrats, keep up the great work! I will. Heck the link in the description 😊

  • @myklmusic
    @myklmusic 4 роки тому +5

    Yeah. This sound is inspiring all by itself.

  • @21GunStudio
    @21GunStudio 2 місяці тому +2

    NOTE in the first half of the vid he occasionally plays with a much brighter tone, but you don’t see him change any setting on the panel. He is using the tone booster knee lever to do that!!!

    • @TimOliver
      @TimOliver  2 місяці тому

      Correct !! Love that paddle 😍

  • @michaelbauers8800
    @michaelbauers8800 8 років тому +5

    Perfect tone. That echorec makes that thing sound amazing

  • @dominikumberto
    @dominikumberto 7 років тому +49

    Wonderful! Tripping away. I listend to early Pink Floyd a lot as a teenager and loved the organ sound. Always wondered how Rick Wright did that. Only thing I knew for sure: it's not a Hammond. Great playing - bravo!

    • @TryptychUK
      @TryptychUK 4 роки тому +8

      Rick did use Hammonds too, but there is a big difference between a transistor and a tonewheel organ. The other popular transistor organ of that era was the Vox Continental. (There were others less well known like Elka and Lowrey)

    • @ughievox2513
      @ughievox2513 4 роки тому +1

      This is the original where Hammond & Moog took it apart to figure out how the Italians did it! A few years later, they were in the game.

    • @TryptychUK
      @TryptychUK 4 роки тому +7

      @@ughievox2513
      Hammond was around WAY before Farfisa. The Compact series was built to produce a cheaper competition to the Vox Continental which was big, heavy and expensive. And Moog were never interested in organs.

    • @ughievox2513
      @ughievox2513 4 роки тому +5

      @@TryptychUK Farfisa First Transistor 1965, Hammond bugged out and tore down copied to release their copy in 1967!
      Give Italy it's musical supremacy.

    • @TryptychUK
      @TryptychUK 4 роки тому

      @@ughievox2513 I never said Hammond.
      I said the Vox Continental, which was released in 1962.

  • @maxwarfield6699
    @maxwarfield6699 2 місяці тому +1

    Both beautiful AND soothing - I needed this. Thank you kindly

  • @eugenelir7876
    @eugenelir7876 7 років тому +4

    that sound form "the endless river" totally got me. great!

    • @nicolasennabli6599
      @nicolasennabli6599 2 місяці тому

      From The Endless River??? You mean from Ummagumma.

  • @awaken77
    @awaken77 2 роки тому +3

    Great. That spacey echo effect is big ingredient of Pink Floyd sound

  • @chenguefer156
    @chenguefer156 3 роки тому +4

    I must say that it sounds like heaven. Many thanks for sharing.

  • @PutItAway101
    @PutItAway101 2 роки тому +4

    This actually sounds better than the tone on the original records

  • @Music-tg5is
    @Music-tg5is 4 роки тому +5

    Great stuff! Trippy organ delays and that hypnotic bass. Love this.

  • @21GunStudio
    @21GunStudio 3 місяці тому +2

    I have the Compact Duo and original Echorec 2 T7E. In truth it’s a little difficult to play because that Echorec is so overwhelming in that rig. Beautiful video here

    • @TimOliver
      @TimOliver  2 місяці тому

      The original is amazing. Closest successor to it is by Echosex

  • @nunofernandes4501
    @nunofernandes4501 5 років тому +5

    Please, please, please do more stuff like this with the Farfisa and fx. I love this.

  • @michaelshore2609
    @michaelshore2609 3 роки тому +1

    FANTASTIC VIDEO THANK YOU SO MUCH! always wondered exactly how Rick Wright got that gorgeous, Clavioline-like Farfisa tone on "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (and Clint Boon with Inspiral Carpets on "This How It Feels"). The 16' Multi-Tone Booster of course!

  • @nicoskoumaradios8553
    @nicoskoumaradios8553 8 років тому +2

    One of the best performances-presentations on youtube! well done!

  • @OFR
    @OFR 6 років тому +5

    Yeah, just a haunting sound. So timeless, really. Well done!

  • @mickeythompson9537
    @mickeythompson9537 8 років тому +10

    Very beautiful improvisation - absolutely divine - that Farfisa is in excellent hands!
    Transistor organ + sensitive musicianship + wonky echo machine (even a replica) - I could listen to that all day.

  • @Mr.Steve-O
    @Mr.Steve-O Рік тому +1

    this was absolutely glorious, especially with headphones !! thx for the time and effort to make this clip

  • @davebertoletti
    @davebertoletti 2 роки тому +3

    This was beautiful, thank you!

  • @picardbs
    @picardbs 7 років тому +15

    Amazing instrument, brilliant performer.

  • @josealbuquerquejr5192
    @josealbuquerquejr5192 6 років тому +2

    Love Farfisa sound and that’s a beautiful music indeed

  • @ltsaudio6390
    @ltsaudio6390 4 роки тому +4

    I want that damn organ!

  • @alstanremedios6441
    @alstanremedios6441 Місяць тому

    What sound, what brilliance!!! DAMN!

  • @DechantMusic
    @DechantMusic 5 років тому +4

    I AM DROOLING. Man that sounds killer!

  • @BluegillGreg
    @BluegillGreg 2 роки тому +1

    Simple, deep, and edgy. Rarely combined this well. Thank you.

  • @deder_music
    @deder_music 2 роки тому +1

    great I just got a Farfisa compact combo, sounds great with echo !!!!

  • @pieceworkstudios
    @pieceworkstudios 3 роки тому +2

    These vintage Farsi's had the coolest dreamy sounds that you could do so much with. Good video man, very trippy and enjoyable 👍

    • @TimOliver
      @TimOliver  3 роки тому +2

      Thank you :) totally agree. It’s all about that wonderful spring reverb that’s built into the power supply. Adds so much !

    • @pieceworkstudios
      @pieceworkstudios 3 роки тому +2

      @@TimOliver Yes! love that. I'm looking for a good VST of all the stops. Nothing like the real thing but I don't have the space for one and samples are pretty convincing now, but what you did thru the effects on this was killer man! Listening again 👍

  • @pvillez
    @pvillez 7 років тому +11

    it reminds me of TD's Stratosfear. Thank you for the performance, great atmosphere....

    • @MikeKiker
      @MikeKiker 7 років тому +2

      I was going to say also early Vangelis.

    • @BertGrink
      @BertGrink 5 років тому +2

      You have both proven to have a great taste in music :D

  • @everinward398
    @everinward398 5 років тому +1

    Very well done! I enjoyed every minute

  • @Fexobs
    @Fexobs 5 років тому +1

    This is really nice ! You really know what you're doing !

  • @micgauth
    @micgauth 7 років тому +1

    sounds incredible. just bought two in disrepair for my tech to fix and can't wait to get them up and running.

  • @stevepope6095
    @stevepope6095 11 місяців тому +1

    Wow. You have mastered this amazing instrument.

  • @divorcelab
    @divorcelab 5 років тому +1

    Excellent. It's been a loooonnnng time since I played a Vox Continental, but now that the young ones are interested, I'm bringing in a keyboard, maybe an FP30, plus the Echorec. It's going to be fun . . .

  • @jcBurton2094
    @jcBurton2094 3 роки тому +1

    Nice. Keeping Rick's spirit alive

  • @jaylloyd7246
    @jaylloyd7246 2 місяці тому +1

    So good seen this so long ago but always come back to c it well done!

  • @manuelbuela9948
    @manuelbuela9948 9 років тому +1

    Really amazing!, I don't have words to describe it...

  • @LarsBjerregaard
    @LarsBjerregaard 7 років тому +1

    That was *beautiful* man, thank you!

  • @schrodingersdog6280
    @schrodingersdog6280 6 років тому +1

    Really nicely done, love it.

  • @VolcaRock
    @VolcaRock 9 років тому +1

    Holy shit! amazing stuff! this is the music i love!
    I bought the VIP 345 (will arrive next week) , hope I get something similar out of this box, too!

  • @zhou_sei
    @zhou_sei 7 місяців тому

    those watery/ bubbly feedback sounds!!! amazing!

  •  4 роки тому +1

    That was beautiful... besides the Floyd thing. Really inspiring tune. Thank you

  • @peakentertainment1
    @peakentertainment1 5 років тому +1

    great performance! Love the sound!

  • @IronPepito
    @IronPepito 7 років тому +1

    Oh boy !! it just sounds wonderful... thank you for that

  • @divorcelab
    @divorcelab 5 років тому +1

    Thank you Tim, outstanding.

  • @dinorocker8647
    @dinorocker8647 4 місяці тому +1

    Geez it's like I was hearin' a Minimoog and a Solina in the same instrument.

  • @arsaeterna4285
    @arsaeterna4285 5 років тому +1

    fkng beautiful
    when a synth hits you just right
    you can play it all day

  • @realheadphonecandy
    @realheadphonecandy 2 роки тому +1

    This is dope! Killer echo.

  • @Max16032
    @Max16032 6 років тому +5

    This was also the setup used by Roedelius in his early solo albums

    • @TimOliver
      @TimOliver  6 років тому +1

      I've never heard of him. Having a listen now - quite nice. Thanks for this !

  • @jeremycarroll451
    @jeremycarroll451 Рік тому

    Absolutely joyous

  • @htimseel
    @htimseel 8 років тому

    I just bought the Echorec and only messed with it for 10 minutes with a guitar, I was a little disappointed....you have just changed that. Tomorrow I will be hooking up some keyboards, that sound was just like Rick, fantastic, well done and thanks for sharing!

  • @wattyboy87
    @wattyboy87 8 років тому +6

    So good man! Sounds like warm butterrrrrrrr

  • @benasher8384
    @benasher8384 8 років тому

    Such a haunting demo!

  • @nicolastherrien
    @nicolastherrien 8 років тому +6

    That is nice, my friend.
    You sure captured that sound.
    And gave the music your wonderful twist.
    Awesome.

  • @chriswareham1547
    @chriswareham1547 6 років тому +1

    This convinced me to buy a Catalinbread Echorec pedal. Even on my simple Philicorda organ I can now get some of these haunting sounds!

    • @TimOliver
      @TimOliver  6 років тому

      Chris Wareham I’d love a Philacorda. Thanks for your interest :)

    • @chriswareham
      @chriswareham 5 років тому +1

      @@TimOliver - I get my Farfisa Compact Duo next week. It's only taken a year to rebuild it, as it was a classic case of being listed as "not working but complete" on eBay only for the technician to find it had been cannibalised for parts! At least the power / reverb module was intact and finally I'll get to play it through my Echorec pedal.

    • @TimOliver
      @TimOliver  5 років тому

      @@chriswareham Oh wow .... you must be excited !! Which Echorec pedal did you go for ? I was talking to the guys on the Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets tour, they all used the Gurusamp Echosex series - sometimes multiple chains of them.

    • @chriswareham
      @chriswareham 5 років тому +1

      @@TimOliver I went for the Catalinbread one on the strength of your video. I'd heard that Gilmour himself uses the Boonar Prince pedal which more closely models the controls of a real Echorec than the Catalinbread. They're all fantastic pedals though!

  • @jugbang9387
    @jugbang9387 11 місяців тому +1

    Incredible! I like it very mutch, waow, great!

  • @VYD239
    @VYD239 8 років тому

    Fantastic stuff, nice work

  • @ivanshardy
    @ivanshardy 8 років тому +1

    love the melody!

  • @darrenhirst9900
    @darrenhirst9900 2 роки тому

    I just wish my wife loved monitors instead of headphones😂
    Tim I really enjoyed this. Thank you sir.

  • @BertGrink
    @BertGrink 5 років тому

    Beautiful performance.

  • @xpanderxt2
    @xpanderxt2 9 років тому

    Nice job. Very expressive.

  • @fredweddle1226
    @fredweddle1226 5 років тому

    Nice journey, Tim...thanks!

  • @kevinfitzpatrick95
    @kevinfitzpatrick95 3 роки тому +1

    Oh very Pink Floyd!

  • @KyleWhitlock-Music
    @KyleWhitlock-Music 7 років тому

    Very nice Richard Wright emulation! That keyboard has lots of Character

  • @MultiSkyman1
    @MultiSkyman1 3 роки тому +1

    Sounds great!

  • @DalekWindmill
    @DalekWindmill 4 роки тому +2

    Damn, i'd love to own one of these one day.

  • @Beephouse
    @Beephouse 8 років тому +1

    Sounds amazing!

  • @michaelgauthier9790
    @michaelgauthier9790 6 років тому

    really sold me on getting one. currently getting it fixed up (bought it as a repair project) but first thing I'm doing once it's working is getting one of those Echorecs.

  • @kidtronic
    @kidtronic 7 років тому

    have a duo, props. nicely done.

  • @edcollins9377
    @edcollins9377 6 років тому

    I'd love to have your Farfisa. It has a very unique sound and the 2 manuals of the Duo are a huge plus. Thanks for the video!

  • @strykermoonfall2220
    @strykermoonfall2220 Рік тому

    Beautiful

  • @ummagumma7826
    @ummagumma7826 Рік тому

    Holy crap that's really good

  • @homeslice1005
    @homeslice1005 3 роки тому +1

    That was great!!!!

  • @pablo.l
    @pablo.l 6 місяців тому

    what a magical sound

  • @Trottelheimer
    @Trottelheimer 7 років тому

    Excellent! Bravo!

  • @mantra3000
    @mantra3000 8 років тому

    Damn, that's beautiful.

  • @ericbgordon1575
    @ericbgordon1575 6 місяців тому

    I can understand how, although Rick Wright did play Mellatron on a couple of Pink Floyd's albums, he stuck largely with this organ for orchestral timbres. Though it's electronic in lieu of being loaded with tape playback heads, it can apparently grind out some believable string, brass and woodwind tones.

  • @blindfoldknobs2254
    @blindfoldknobs2254 8 років тому

    Great stuff mate

  • @samochodylat80
    @samochodylat80 7 років тому

    That's just brilliant.

  • @edshort1138
    @edshort1138 4 роки тому +3

    Extremely well done. Shows how well defined the distinctive Pink Floyd sound really is, in the hands of someone like Tim Oliver, who knows what he is doing. Can you do something with Echoes?!

  • @adrianroberts6983
    @adrianroberts6983 7 місяців тому

    Fantastic!

  • @Sentientfx1
    @Sentientfx1 2 місяці тому

    Tasty playing!

  • @calmaramamusicchannel765
    @calmaramamusicchannel765 7 років тому +1

    Beautiful, sounds just like a real Binson.

  • @shouldbedoingmyhomework3258
    @shouldbedoingmyhomework3258 7 років тому

    great sound!

  • @skyrider7071
    @skyrider7071 3 роки тому +1

    Timeless!

  • @powerkor
    @powerkor 6 років тому

    really cool man, I'm going to use it for a quad tape, ok? keep posting stuff like this.

  • @nerandu8705
    @nerandu8705 3 роки тому +1

    just wow
    I need you for my psych band ....

  • @danivicario
    @danivicario 2 роки тому +1

    This is fantastic. I'd love to create sounds like this

  • @Anildhyani
    @Anildhyani 4 роки тому

    Nice played 👍

  • @katdenmark
    @katdenmark 3 роки тому +1

    Careful With That More Main Theme, Tim