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02-11-2011, 05:51 PM
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I can't figure it out. You hear it on the intro and on a solo. Is it a keyboard or a stringed instrument? |
02-11-2011, 05:57 PM
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02-11-2011, 06:14 PM
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It's a keyboard.
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02-11-2011, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Pacman Music related threads go in Miscellaneous.
It's a keyboard. | To me it sounds like a guitar track sped up to sound an octave higher.
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02-11-2011, 06:29 PM
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You can get the same effect with a pitch shifter. |
02-11-2011, 06:30 PM
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02-11-2011, 06:34 PM
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02-11-2011, 06:35 PM
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02-11-2011, 07:06 PM
| | Fueled by chocolate | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada | | | From an interview with Rick Finch:
Q: Well, you figured out how to run the studio like a wizard. And when you listen to “Get Down Tonight,” there’s definitely some stuff on there that is musically really innovative. Can you tell me a little bit about creating the track for that?
Rick: Sure. I was always into doing weird science. One time in another session I observed somebody slowing down the tape machine. So I couldn’t wait to try this idea, and I figured the right track to do that on was “Get Down Tonight.” I said, “We need to put something interesting on this track that really keeps the buzz, that really keeps the excitement going all the way through without being too artificial sounding.” And so Jaybird - Jerome Smith, we called him Jaybird - he was like, “Let’s do it, Finch, come on, man, let’s do this thing!” He was always an up-spirited, “I don’t care, I’ll try anything” kind of guy. So I slowed down the tape machine from 15 IPS (Inches per Second) to 7½ IPS, and we put on this guitar riff that started in the beginning as a lead. |
02-11-2011, 07:37 PM
| | | | Good thread! I've always wondered what was making that cool sound. I had come to the conclusion that it was a very guitar-ish synth patch. Interesting to find out that it's a sped-up guitar track.
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02-11-2011, 07:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maryland, USA | | When the song was recorded in 1975, no synth, including a Moog Modular, was capable of making that kind of sound. Synths were all analogue at that time and there was no such thing as a patch. Musicians would have to wait at least 3 more years till a digital wonder like the Synclavier or Fairlight was invented.
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02-11-2011, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by bass12 From an interview with Rick Finch:
Q: Well, you figured out how to run the studio like a wizard. And when you listen to “Get Down Tonight,” there’s definitely some stuff on there that is musically really innovative. Can you tell me a little bit about creating the track for that?
Rick: Sure. I was always into doing weird science. One time in another session I observed somebody slowing down the tape machine. So I couldn’t wait to try this idea, and I figured the right track to do that on was “Get Down Tonight.” I said, “We need to put something interesting on this track that really keeps the buzz, that really keeps the excitement going all the way through without being too artificial sounding.” And so Jaybird - Jerome Smith, we called him Jaybird - he was like, “Let’s do it, Finch, come on, man, let’s do this thing!” He was always an up-spirited, “I don’t care, I’ll try anything” kind of guy. So I slowed down the tape machine from 15 IPS (Inches per Second) to 7½ IPS, and we put on this guitar riff that started in the beginning as a lead. | Schooled. Love it!
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02-11-2011, 08:08 PM
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02-11-2011, 09:23 PM
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02-12-2011, 01:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Pacman Well there it is - learn something new everyday.
It never ceases to amaze me, the ingenuity of the truly creative. | +1
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02-12-2011, 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by bass_lord_mutha To me it sounds like a guitar track sped up to sound an octave higher. | I always thought that...years ago, on one of those Solid Gold-type of shows (fake, not "live", usually), the camera was on the guitarist during the intro & he was doing "something" that mimic'd what was on the record.
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