A-Ha - Take On Me. Instrumental synth cover
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- This is my version of an 80s classic: Take On Me by A-Ha. Another of my absolute favourites from the era.
I recreated this track by ear using a variety of VST instruments, including Native Instruments FM8 (an FM synthesizer like the Yamaha DX7 available at the time) and Steinberg's Retrologue 2.
I used several layers to create the lead sound (about 9 in total).
If you enjoyed this, you might want to check out my 80's cover collection here:
• 80s Music covers
I hope you like it and appreciate the many hours that went into creating it.
Fantastic song, fantastic energy, fantastic recreation! 👍🥇
Thanks for listening 👍
From Algeria
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awesome covering
Buenisimoo!!!!
This is the best cover of Take On Me i have ever heard. It`s epic.
That's right ❤
*talnomix joins*
This is also great! I have subscribed. Could you do 'the Discovery' by Harold Faltermeyer. It's all Linn Drum, Jupiter 8, JX-3P and DX7. You would do a great job! I think it's just as good as Axel F but not many people know it.
Thanks for the sub 👍. Yes I've heard that track, it has a nice vibe.
I like a lot of HF's stuff.
This is rather good, I have to say. Exceptional karaoke instrumental. Shame I can't hit the notes anymore.
Amazing 🤩
Thanks 🤗
@@juliancroot ❤️
you didnt record the footage whilst recording into the DAW, to then fix the timing issues in the DAW only to then place the footage over the "fixed" audio by any chance did ya?
I usually only start recording video footage when the tracks are nearing completion. So most of what you see is me playing along to what I've already recorded :).
However, sometimes I film some 'behind the scenes' footage as I'm producing (for educational purposes) and bits of that sometimes make the cut.
I would like you to do it on a street corner piano.
So would I 😄 👍
The best. Made me subscribe.
Thank you. And thanks for the sub 👍
Great synths. This song by Aha has probably the best synth sounds ever made in music history. Great cover
It's right up there I agree. Thanks 🙏
More than other , the more iconic 80s sounds ...m
This is my wake up song now ❤
soooo nice! very prefect，love it❤
What sound did you use for the main melody ?
@@DefinitelyNotSwedish it's actually about 6 sounds I layered together. I started off with a steel drum sample and began adding synth brass sounds from Retrologue and FM8 over the top.
I then sent them all to a group track for EQ and compression.
Is it serious?
Far away from Original...
I really will give you a Chance, but it's the third song from you and i am dissapointed...
In thousand takes i will reach it ,too but it can't be the way to a great cover...
You've only to look at the rest of the comments here to know that this is nonsense.
Julian is an incredible talent who does everything by ear and on his own, and seems like a really nice guy. I think you'll eat your words when you see his body of work.
Please what the voice name on the synth solo ?
@@fabiomarcondes8681 it's not a single synth. If you look closely at the screen recordings from my Cubase project, you'll see about 6 tracks in yellow playing the lead synth line.
I build my sounds by layering multiple parts together and processing as group track. So I'm afraid there isn't a simple answer.
All I can tell you is I started with the sound of a steel drum, and then added synth brass layers to thicken it and make it punch more.
I have listened to this cover several times. It’s completely amazing. Thank you for posting this!
Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching.
The most better sound from synths to make a cover ... for so far
why don't you use the original dx7 bass ?
At the time I decided it needed a bit more substance in my mix and so I did use it but added something with it. Maybe I'd do something a bit different if I was to do it again, but there isn't a single track on my channel I don't want to change something on... And so I just do what feels best at the time and live with it.
Sometimes I get it right, sometimes I get it wrong, but at some point I have to stop tweaking or things never get finished.
Sorry, long winded answer lol.
Это лучший кавер что я слышал. Отличная работа👍🔥
Thank you 👍
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Easily the best version on UA-cam, and I've seen them all!
There's a lot of covers on UA-cam. This is one of the best versions we can find!
More akin to a re recorded remaster than a cover. Astonishing! Taylor Swift should have had you on speed-dial to re record 1989! 😅
Haha, I think I'd be fired for being too slow!
Cant stop singing, as soon as I hear the chords!
BRAVO SIR!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👌👌👌👌👌
Thanks 👍
@@juliancroot Dear brother, this is the best version of what I heard, you are cool, amazing collection of sounds, keep it up dear brother, long live the real Italo disco and please beware of those who spoil the real music Italo disco, so destructive to listen to their moans and barking dogs are really disgusting, for example, crime rap and hip-hop, the name Crips and Bloods
One word, brilliant!
This is fan flippin tastic
Great cover version, I got the Roland Fantom 06, it's alot easier to do programming
Great cover version. The difficult synth sounds are nailed. Do you have a process for synth sound design, or is it largely trial and error?
That's a great question 😁. Is there a process? I'd like to pretend everything is planned, but the reality is I doubt myself every time I take on a new challenge.
Things just evolve slowly.
I do try to listen for characteristics I recognise, then add layers to the sound until it's good enough.
For example, the lead synth in this I felt had a bit of a steel drum character, so I started with that and then added some synth brass elements and worked on the blend until it started to take shape.
Show!
Trabalho incrível 👏👏👏
Потрясающе ❤! По возможности пожалуйста, сделайте каверы на все хиты 80'S !
Great Job I love what you've done here .
I met Morten in Piccadilly circus odeon we were watching on deadly Summer.
I play keys and love your set up !!!! Again terrific job 👏
Thanks CJ. 👍
Brilliant. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Probably the best cover out there.
Thanks for watching Wayne. 🤛
great work. but the FM8 isn't at all a DX7 Emulator, it's just an FM synth, like the DX7.
I'll be sure to use the correct terminology from now on 😁
Just wow! 🇵🇭
😁 thanks.
karaoke version
Excellent, congratulations. What vst do I use for the main melody?
The main melody is a mix of synths, but FM7 or DEXED will get you close. I ended up blending about half a dozen sounds just to get that lead sound!
Thank you
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Awesome....EXACTLY like the original!! Perfect timbre!!! Great visuals! Great also to hear the complete arrangement w/o vocals!
Its so nice to have comments like this. Thanks for your kindness Matthew, and thanks for watching.
@@juliancroot @Picturedmedia hey Pele,I'm a huge fan of your work,please I am asking you For a copy of this template,I am learning producing and want to produce 80s type instrumental music,help,I liked the video and I'm a subscriber
@@ramirezwilliam8983 hi and thank you. I see you posted the same comment on another video so I'll just reply here.
I'm looking at ways to share more BTS of my productions in future, but I should probably make a video explaining why sharing the files isn't really practical.
I'll do that at some point.
@@juliancroot the reason why I want the file is to get an idea of arrangement and use that arrangement as a base on how to produce my music, bro I can't see why you can't do that? I got a copy of another file of another song from a VLOGGER like yourself,so I can't understand why you just can't send the file to me 😳
@@juliancroot I don't think you understand, I need the files not the video,like the template with the arrangements,I won't reuse it,I just want to see the arrangements
Really excellent work and yes these things can take hours especially as you’re adding 2-3 video angles, split screens and video FX. How many cameras are you using?
Thank you. Yes, the tracks themselves usually come together over a period of about a month or so, and once completed the video takes an extra day. It’s definitely not something that happens overnight.
I’m usually using 3 cameras plus screen recordings for the video.
@@juliancroot that’s useful to know. A studio tour/BTS video would be interesting, enlightening and inspiring
@@mypocketdojo check out the channel playlists. I make BTS videos, studio tours and other stuff but I keep them unlisted so casual followers of my music don't get bombarded with content they won't be interested in. But if you like that kind of stuff it's here.
@@juliancroot well that’s my weekend sorted 😂 Thank you
Wonderful! I am massively impressed by how you do these recreations! Keep them coming Julian! And awesome video effects as well!
From a musician like yourself, that means a lot. Thanks for the kind words Thomas. 🙏
Did you know magne wrote the famous synth rift when he was only 14
AMAZING.... AWESOME... AMAZING.... NO other words come to mind! and you have my dream studio!!!
Thank you. Glad you liked it 😁.
perfect!
Bass is not the same.
Not the same, but pretty damn close!
Overall this is one of the best, if not the best Take On Me covers out there.
@@oldendays9554 you can take just about any bass from the DX7 and it's "pretty damn close". But this is not the same bass.
@@GlowTravels I actually chose not to 'just use' the E bass patch in FM8 (that resembles the same patch on the original DX7) because on its own it sounded too thin and lacked punch.
I blended it with a different instrument to bring some punch back.
I wish I had an actual DX7, but I've simply no room for hardware synths.
I don't claim to be perfect 😁
@@juliancroot original bass is better
bravo
That's crazy impressive!
You remind me of a young elton john. He has the same enthusiasm while playing 😊
Brilliant. Just discovered your channel. Really impressed with all of them!
Wow Thanks Toby. 👍
Браво!🔥👏👏👏👍
Superb cover. Possibly the best out there for the song!
so much details, so good. the best so far
Bravo!!! Love the comic video effects 😀
It's already been said, but I'll say it too - absolutely awesome!!
Its always nice to hear, and I'm grateful for you watching and for your comment. Thank you 🙏
El bajo está muy arriba
Incredible talent, i love it !!
lepsza aranzacja niz orginal.brawo!!!!!!!!
I love ❤
👍excellent！
Excellent. Extremely well done.
Class 🎉
YES! Very impressive! WOW it's a reel job! I try actually this song on keyboard for my first song... ouch 🎹! I'm a bass player since 30 years BUT now its time to learning synth. Its so cool! Thank's!
Thanks. Playing keys is useful for production, but playing bass is cool 😁. ..I wish I was cool 😁
I play with a Roland DS61 only and i cant find a bass sound like you! 😥 BUT its so funny to try this song! I watch your vid many time.... maybe 50 time! (sorry my english is very bad...)
@@doctorjones945 all my sounds are layered. But the bass sound in the original is famously from the Yamaha DX7 synth.
I used a DX7 emulator (FM8 bass guitar 1 patch) combined with another preset in Refx Nexus.
But any DX7 emulator should get you close enough. There's a free one too... it's called Dexed, check it out.
@@juliancroot Oh thank you very much for your infos!! 👍👍
why didnt you used the original bass preset? did you try to do it accurate or the way you think it sounds better?
The bass1 preset on FM8 didn't sound exactly like the original to me, and I suspect the original wasn't as simple as that anyway.
I blended it with 2 other sounds to get what I thought was both more accurate and better sounding (than the preset on its own). 😊
@@juliancroot hm yea i understand. right now im using ops7 with H910 harmonizer and some reverb, sounds 1:1. if you want i can send some samples, i always like to have feedback on my work.
Fantastic, that's one I've always wanted to attempt but definitely need to improve my production skills seeing how challenging this looks.
Thanks GeO. It sounds deceptively simple on casual listening, but the more I broke it down the more I heard going on in the background. It's the little touches that make it work.
@@juliancroot thats what I seem to do nowadays, I hear a song in the car and think how I'd like to recreate it. So I play it back quite a few times listening to the different elements to see how feasible it would be with the hardware and software I own. Currently in the middle of Jeff Wayne's Dead London and stuck on the "Uuulllaaahh" part lol. I've tried voice changing software, etc., it's all a learning process.
@@ge0music307 that's it, learning by doing is the secret. It just takes time
Fantastic!!
Nice, as always. I enjoyed the video effects also.
Thanks Steve. :). As always, its appreciated.
Wrong chords in verse but still very good
I don't think it's wrong at all. It's about as perfect a cover as exists.
@@oldendays9554 no he's playing wrong chords
@oldendays9554 I've played keys in a A-ha tribute band in UK. So I know how he should be playing and it's wrong
Lol...I just work things out by ear so I'm fully aware there WILL be minor inconsistencies in all my covers, and I'm usually aware of it once uploaded. The trick for me is accepting that art is never finished... It's just abandoned.
I could tweak it forever.
I just try to make them as accurate as is reasonably possible in a reasonable time.
I think it's the chord inversions that maybe a little different... So as Eric Morecambe once famously said 'I'm playing all the right notes.... Just not necessarily in the right order'.
I try not to be too serious about this as otherwise it can suck out all the fun of it 😁
Thanks for watching 👍
@@juliancroot there's always someone who has to add something negative on a near masterpiece.
It's so great, it's unbelievable! Keep it up!😊👍😊👍
Thank you so much 😀
@@juliancroot; You're welcome.😊👍
Very nice!
oh men your the best. bravo
🙏 thanks for watching.
Espetacular Semi Deus!!
Thanks.
Hi, You ROCK. Nailed it
thanks for watching and for your kind comment.
This is really spot on!
super!!!
Thanks
As an a-ha fan for 37 years I can say excellent job man👍
Thanks very much Mark. 👍
best!😀
Dear brother, this is the best version of what I heard, you are cool, amazing collection of sounds, keep it up dear brother, long live the real Italo disco and please beware of those who spoil the real music Italo disco, so destructive to listen to their moans and barking dogs are really disgusting, for example, crime rap and hip-hop, the name Crips and Bloods
dear brother from the bottom of my heart thank you very much indeed the music that you play comes with warmth and fills with joy bravo bravo dear brother😍😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍