Stranger Things theme made with just one FREE synth plugin (TAL Noisemaker)
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- Опубліковано 28 жов 2023
- Stranger Things theme recreated with only one free synth plugin, the great TAL Noisemaker. And mixed with free plugins by Analog Obsession.
November is close, and so are the winter discount campaigns full of inviting plugin offers for musicians and producers. One of those times when it's hard to resist the temptation of investing in yet another bundle of synths and effects.
I decided to find out whether I could make a cover version of this modern classic but with a little twist: I should utilize only free plugins, and especially only one synthesizer: TAL Noisemaker.
During mixing I also used a small handful of plugins by Analog Obsession (mainly Fetish compressor and BritChannel EQ) and TAL-Reverb-4.
Turns out free stuff ain't that bad nowadays, or what do you think?
The original Stranger Things theme is composed by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein.
Here's a follow up video where every synth patch is played and revealed separately:
• Stranger Things theme ...
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wow this is amazing, I'm totally new to synth and this is a great showcase of what this plugin can do
Amazing🤩
havent had time to dig into this synth yet but the presets sound great. This one is on my list but everytime i wanna make something from scratch i always end up reaching for vital
didn't expect it to be that good. nice work!
To be honest, I'm still impressed at how great the Noisemaker can sound considering its age. I'm still frequently using it live and producing when I need basic bread-and-butter sounds with low CPU-hit. I do have loads of paid plugins and even hardware analog synths with prettier GUIs and more "vintage-mojo" in the sound, but for covering the basics Noisemaker is more than enough in many situations. Pair it with some nice saturation plugin and it'll cut through any mix like the best moog-clones out there.
Cool! Well done!
Damn, this is actually impresive xd
Wow, that's impressive! I'm a big analog obsession fan too, so that's another plus :)
Yeah, they are too good to be actually free! I recently had the chance to compare FETish and LALA with their real hardware counterparts and the differences where very, very subtle. Ended up removing some of my UAD native plugins (no more iLok hassle).
@@mikkopatamamusic As someone who exclusively uses software, that's awesome to hear! I love his saturation plugins too--Tupre, Tuba, and Konsol are probably my favorites... And my SSD died that had a lot ILok activations, so I hear you about the ILok hassle :P
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thats really accurate and nice sounding!
how long did it take you to put it all together?
Hard to tell exactly since I easily lose the track of time when doing hobby projects like this just for fun 😀 I'd estimate something around 5-6 hours designing the sounds and recording the tracks (plus drawing all the automation curves and trying to time them just right).
Mixing happened in a different location, propably 2 hours max. Mixing is my weakest point, I'm mainly a keyboardist slowly learning how to mix and I've already learned quite a bit since I posted this video.
At around 00:35 when the climatic buildup starts I remember sort of giving up, now that I hear it later I cannot help thinking I propably could've done better there. But life is too short for remaking youtube covers, so I've moved on.
Keep it up! Its great as it is
I’m just starting to use TAL noisemaker, this is great stuff - did you use any stock presets/patches?
No presets used here, I wanted to challenge myself so I programmed everything by hand. Also, in many situations when dealing with basic analog-style patches, I find it quicker to program them instead of trying to find a preset that's close enough for me. Of course tweaking presets is always an option, at least with the bass drum sound I'd have saved some time using something found in the preset library.