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Doogie Howser Theme Song. About as Prototypical as the DX-7 gets?

Hello all, Sorry for the newb question (and I should know this already) but... How do I get the big sweep found at 0:32 of this song: That isn't just guitar volume swell right? There's some synth sweepage, right?!? A filter sweep alone isn't enough, I tried sweeping up resonance too but it doesn't sound right. I know this is used copiously in rock music, I've just never found a good solution. Adding to the difficulty will be switching from the LFO swept pads and the left had synth bass. But I can probably figure something out. Any input would be appreciated. Using Kronos btw.

My son turns me on to tons of new music and most of it doesn't impress me much but I loved this homage to 80's synth work. You may think it's old news, but if you haven't heard The Weeknd, enjoy this: Sucks that there are youngsters SOOOO much better at sound design than me! lol

Thanks for the tips. the 24db filter made a HUGE difference along with filter env. versus trying to use res.

Hello all, Working on doing this song in a new side-project and am struggling to get a close approximation of the compressed synth thing at 2:28 mark. [video:youtube] I can get the amp envelope right but tried both square an saw waves with closed filter and resonance set high enough but still sounds too "bloopy". Anyone have any guidance to make it get that percussive feel? I'm using AL-1 on Korg Kronos (but interested in other approaches too, could it be heavily filtered organ perc?)

What dan said. And you don't have to think about programming the controller at all. It's just a slave action with all sounds coming from the Kronos. Easy, fast, powerfull, no compromise action wise. But 2 boards. But one DI out, no keyboard mixing, etc.

Changing my KB connection situation a bit and going to start running stereo (I know, I know). So if I am using a Radial JDI Stereo, Can I run unbalanced 8' TS to the DI, then using THRU to monitor mixer with 10' TS. FOH will get the XLR from DI in cases where house runs sound. I'll just use 8' TS straight to monitor mixer when we do our own sound (mixer functions as FOH rig in those cases). I guess I just want affirmation of what I think I already know before I start soldering up custom cables.

I agree it's about the dumbest thing ever.... However, people go nuts when I play mine. It's undeniable.

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Yeah, I'll give you that Mike, Cooke was an all around talent. And Perry may have been a one trick pony, but he might have been the Secretariat of Singers. Otherwordly pitch. A voice equal parts whiskey and velvet. He always performed in recorded key (this is big. A vast majority of the big hitters dropped a half step at least for live play). He was a guy with a Lamborghini of a voice. So the fact that he happens to clearly worship Sam Cooke is just a force-multiplier bonus! You stated that Cooke was in a whole different league then Perry. I just posit that Perry's voice allows him to hang in ANY league.

I'm both a huge Sam Cooke and Journey fan and although I think the influence is clear and insanely strong, I disagree with MikeT156 on the point of Sam being a better vocalist. Sam Cooke was an innovator and was amazing in every way. Steve Perry simply had a more powerful instrument. In fact, I really think Perry's voice, in it's heyday, was the most powerful male rock voice in the history of the genre. As soulful as Sam Cooke? No. A one-in-a-billion Stradivarius level set of pipes? Yeah. I'm ready to start putting up videos to make my case.... Just tag me in.

Okay, you likely hate the new Billy Ray Cyrus, Lil Nas X disaster that is dominating popular music. However, you have to love how Walk Off The Earth brings amazing vocals and rhythmic ability to even *edit* "questionable" songs. Hope you enjoy: [video:youtube]

Oddly enough, a large part of our demographic is the 40+ crowd. Cougar town. We think it's largely due to lots of folks that age have the kids older (in college or whatever) and thus can go back out to bars and drink, dance, etc. So our standard bar crowd is a bunch of 21-27 year olds and a bunch of 40-60 year olds. No 30 somethings as they're all home with young kids. Which also explains why the 90's stuff never works.

Hey Stokely, we're just about to can that song for being "too obscure". I love it and so does most of the band. The energy level is right, the classic status is there, but only 1 in 5 or so audiences even give it a second thought. Every once in a while, a couple middle aged ladies or guys go berserk for it, but not enough to justify it taking a slot in the "every gig" rotation. It's going to be relegated to the "call out" list for when someone want's to hear some INXS. You're mileage may vary...

So my band is doing this song and I'm finding it much harder then I thought it would be. Specifically the pre-chorus/chorus. Found what appeared to be a great tutorial here: The guy nails it. However, his compact playing style (he uses both thumbs on the same key) and that change to include the F# and D notes is just hard as hell. Sounds killer but I just don't know if I can muster the technique and keep it in time. Does anyone have any "simpler" version they might want to share? I figure many of you have been playing this for years/decades... Thanks in advance,

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