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Old 08-02-2004, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by fleetfootmike
The MKS-20 is the rack mount version of the RD-1000 digital piano: 8 presets - three pianos, two electric pianos, clavi, vibraphone, harpsichord. I would guess it was Chris' main source of piano sounds.

While she may have been using a DX-7, I'd be inclined to suspect she used the rack version, just to reduce stage clutter.
That would be quite convenient, as I have the TX7, which is the DX7 rack version.

Finding patches for it that she would have used is another story all together. Specifically I want to work on Everywhere and Little Lies, two songs that are quite synthy.
Here is what I'm hearing:

Everywhere:

Far left - Verse / Synth strings
Center - Intro / digital EP doing triplets down
Left - Intro / digital EP (similar) doing triplets up
Right - Various Pads
Far right - Synth String part

Also, at the end, I'm pretty damn sure that the things on the end "Bum bum bum" etc are synth.

What I'm most concerned with is finding a good DX7 sound that grabs that texture, if I can't find the acutal thing (which would be cool).

In the Tango DVD it sounds like it may have been programmed because it's out of sync with the band.

I thought the Dance might be the same, but if not, Brett is doing a pretty good job playing it. (He often doesn't play her parts accurately enough for my tastes... I could do a better job.)

Little Lies:

This song is much more tricky because I do know that Lindsey's doing synth guitar stuff.

Left & Center: Pads on the intro
Left: Verse Low Vibe/Bell like tone
Right: DX Rhodes

On the chorus, there's a lot on stuff going on, and I haven't determined exactly yet what everything is. In the Tango DVD, I don't think she's actually playing most of what's being heard. I don't know if it's programmed or her keyboard tech is playing with her, but from what I can see it looks like she's just playing the pad that's low in the mix.

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