Cherry Audio Pro Soloist presets for The Genesis Show 1976 setlist

[@Darrin.Crawford]

God Luv ya!!! Thank you ever so much for this Matt! This truly helps. All the best to you on your upcoming gigs. I'll be rooting for you in spirit. D

[@tassolein]

Simply great, thank you!

[@AutisticYui]

Huge thanks!!!! Insanely cool of you to release the presets.

[@davelindomusic2207]

Thanks. Got my tickets for Connecticut because of your channel. If your guitarist ever quits hit me up Matt!

[@arthurmee]

Thanks very much for the presets Matt. Much appreciated!

[@IanDixonTDL]

This is such a great resource for anyone trying to work out what patches Tony used!

[@BinroT.Heretic-xf6en]

For me, this is a killer plugin and great idea for a backup for something that’s probably as finicky as a physical Mellotron.

[@chippywarren9706]

Hi Matt! Thank you so much man! So wish I could come see you guys, but that is just impossible. I will tell you something I thought I'd never say. Even though I love my band to death (Genesis). When I hear a large majority of these sounds outside the band I hate them 😂 Now that's funny Matt. You're a great guy, love patching into your channel. Much luck, enjoy yourselves break a leg mate 👍

[@budgetkeyboardist]

You're not alone. I'm a huge Genesis fan and a big Cherry Audio fan, but I didn't buy the Pro Soloist plugin because I don't like the sound of it much. But you absolutely NEED the Pro Soloist sounds to nail early Genesis. Matt's attention to detail is fantastic - I think the plugin is a great idea for a backup. Not as good as the real thing, but I bet the audience wouldn't mind. I played a Pro Soloist in my band in the 80s (it was all we could afford) and you had to press pretty hard to get the pitch bend! I could never get used to that.

[@chippywarren9706]

Now that I recall. A guy I knew many years ago had one of these. I borrowed it for a while (Drummer really) well heck knows what I am. He didn't have any pedals and it made 'sounds'. It just goes to prove how good Tony was/is at setting a mood. I cannot remember the pitch bend, but from what you say, yeah 🤣 Thank you for your reply. Matt is awesome, so low key (pardon the pun) but a true spirit. Glad I found you peeps. Be well 👍

[@mootbooxle]

Thank you so much Matt! I look forward to checking this out.

[@furiobisotti8150]

Wow... many, many, many thanks!

[@violetbroadmedia887]

Thanks. Great Work! Congratulations.

[@MrHermanRinger]

maybe the attack is because you need to add a compressor? I seem to recall someone said compression was a big factor in Tony's Prosoloist sound. But you know way more than me about this!

[@mattthomasoverdrive4514]

True, the effects units I’ve used with mine (Boss RE-20 and Maestro EP-3) certainly have preamps which color the sound. I bet there’s a lot that can be done with CA’s built in effects.

[@Crispymachoman]

Would love to see an All in a Mouse’s Night cover by you at some point. You are the go-to for anything Tony Banks, don’t know how you do it. Without you I don’t think I’d be able to learn any of his stuff lol

[@GozzoGe]

Hi, Sorry for the Off Topic, can you tell me what keyboard Tony uses in Hairless Heart for the (Keyboard Theme)? Maybe the Mellotron? Thanks

[@mattthomasoverdrive4514]

I just gave it a listen: on the studio and live version it sounds like the lead sound doubles Hackett. I believe it’s the Steel Guitar preset.

[@GozzoGe]

Thanks a lot...

[@davebellamy4867]

What was the sound for Rising the Scree?

[@mattthomasoverdrive4514]

I just gave the live version a listen. All sounds with portamento and aftertouch pitch bend: Telstar Fuzz Guitar 1 Steel Guitar (as vocals enter) There’s also that plucky sound which I suspect is Steel Drum, but I don’t have it in front of me now.

[@GozzoGe]

Hi Matt, thanks for the great work, only now I realized that it is possible to download the preset archives for free, I wanted to ask you in which folders it is convenient to load what you have downloaded, I am not very familiar with these operations, and I would not like to make some mess... Thanks again for your tutorials where I finally manage to understand a lot about the sounds of the great Tony Banks, Thank you very much

[@mattthomasoverdrive4514]

Check out p. 57 of the manual to find where your preset folder is located on your hard drive: docs.cherryaudio.com/pdf/Pro%20Soloist%20User%20Guide.pdf

[@GozzoGe]

Hi Matt, Thanks but I have doubts about the archive named: 1976 Pro Soloist.concert-20241111T082557Z-001 should I upload this one too? Sorry but I have problems with the English language...

[@mattthomasoverdrive4514]

That’s a MainStage file.

[@GozzoGe]

Ah ok, So not having Main stage and working on Windows platform I don't need them... Thanks

[@NicolaMenel]

This is amazing, thank you!! Sorry, the trumpet preset has a fast vibrato in it (when you hold a note), is like the original ProSoloist sounds like? Thank you

[@mattthomasoverdrive4514]

It does have that buzz.

[@NicolaMenel]

@@mattthomasoverdrive4514 I've never heard it by listening to the records, thanks!

[@brandonvaughn2968]

Would you consider talking to Cherry Audio to make this better? Or perhaps they would consider doing a preset bank with you to where these are made better with their help?

[@mattthomasoverdrive4514]

I’m always open to stuff like that. I actually reached out to them about assisting with an RMI piano plugin. Nothing has come of that, unfortunately.

[@taylorbernier7966]

Amazing. Doing more 2025 dates for this show?

[@mattthomasoverdrive4514]

We have some January 2025 dates in Philly, CT, and NJ.

[@taylorbernier7966]

@@mattthomasoverdrive4514 Any plans to return to Niagara area, or Toronto?

[@mattthomasoverdrive4514]

We should be back in Rochester NY, looking into Syracuse and maybe Canada.

[@frk75]

once you've put a good amount of delay like banks used to do on the pro soloist, in a live situation, its gonna sound way better than this , no worries

[@mattthomasoverdrive4514]

Yes, of course. I was mainly comparing these to my experience of the real one also being dry.

[@freetv77]

Thanks for the posts. Are you guys playing anywhere in the Los Angeles area as part of the tour? Thanks.

[@mattthomasoverdrive4514]

Maybe someday, but no plans currently.

[@freetv77]

@@mattthomasoverdrive4514 Lot's of fans out here - you should see if you can make it work! Good luck with the rest of the tour.

[@grezthegreat6513]

is your band ever coming to england?

[@mattthomasoverdrive4514]

No plans yet. We were just discussing it, and that we would have to rent so much gear to do it.

[@alextalarico4930]

You can do a lot of fine tuning in the "Edit" function under "Panel Mode". But I get it must be annoying for you coming from the original Pro Soloist and it not being exactly the same.

[@mattthomasoverdrive4514]

I was being really fussy because I’ve had these sounds in my ears for weeks, but they did do a great job overall with this plugin.

[@pthomas36]

@@mattthomasoverdrive4514 Great to hear that coming from such a discerning ear.

[@edsknife]

If I wanted a backup for a vintage keyboard, then I'd just replicate it on hardware. Yamaha can basically do any sound, Nord is probably the most professional stuff out there, Kurzweil has literally been deployed by artists similar to Tony... If you had to, I'd replace your Hammond. The industry is absolutely drowning in keyboards that can achieve the same or better sound. But I am ABSOLUTELY biased against tonewheels, so...

[@mattthomasoverdrive4514]

I haven’t wanted or needed one of those Yamaha/Korg/Roland workstations since the 90s. My Nord Stage sits in a case just in case I need it. They’re cool meat-and-potato axes for more traditional live musicians. But my live work is very specific with The Genesis Show, and my home studio collection contains all the pianos, organs, and synths I’ve ever wanted. Software gets me that final 2%.