How to do awesome arpeggios - Tangerine Dream style

[@marsupialmicron]

Tangerine Dream, one of my top favorite bands. Their sequences and melodies were really unique. Never fully krautrock, never fully new age, never fully rock, they the were one of a kind.

[@g3cd]

They're still on tour (in the x-th reincarnation), I saw them live last year.

[@chrisbywater275]

@@g3cd Saw them live last week

[@ianbrown3304]

Still going , still great

[@bnjmnwst]

Love On A Real Train was heavenly to me. Loved it.

[@SSGO1138]

Never tried it, but I love the track

[@marcus_ohreallyus]

They were (and are) ahead of their time. I listened to Phaedra for the first time earlier today and I was shocked to learn that it came out in 74.

[@duncankemp63]

I appreciated the tutorial very much. Tangerine Dream were really ahead of the curve back in the day especially the Virgin albums. I managed to see them live in 1986, mind blowing.

[@EspenKraft]

Cheers!

[@nsmcastillo326]

Where did you see them?

[@RANDOMLOOPGENERATOR]

Perfect timing Espen, I'm just about to get into an 80's synth project with my K1, DX-21 and D-110! Great video as always!

[@EspenKraft]

Cheers!

[@FrankTZC]

Fantastic Espen! Indeed, the magic of TD for me are the magical sequences and arpeggios, which appear to resemble endless and floating patterns I always enjoy and can dream away with. Well done Espen and highly appreciate your tutorial and composition.

[@EspenKraft]

Thanks!

[@mickeythompson9537]

Very nicely done - and clear explanations. My favorite Tangerine Dream album with arpeggios is probably the Heatbreakers soundtrack - you can hear the arps changing around as they play. There's an interview where TD mention "special arpeggio techniques."

[@EspenKraft]

Cheers!

[@yg713]

So much information in such a small amount of time. All with a smile inducing track. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@EspenKraft]

Thanks!

[@ReznaQay]

im in the process of collecting all their albums on Vinyl, 8-track, and Cassette. Along with Vangelis, Mannheim Steamroller, and other things that feature synths. i love synth on tape

[@fredfloyd68]

I mean...Spot on....and well done.

[@nightnoodler812]

The panning was very nice, sounded not just left and right, but more a circular feel. I find arps can be very mechanical, but used if properly I just love them. And the bass line you showed just added some really nice depth. The 7/8 signature really seems to help with giving a nice flow, really helps with adding some feelings to the arps, which can really be easy to lose. Thanks that was very cool video, learn a lot. Keep em coming great vid, and music.

[@EspenKraft]

Cheers man!

[@jaimeross7507]

BRILLIANT!!!!!.…Thank You for this. 😊

[@EspenKraft]

Thanks!

[@Pepijn_a.k.a._Akikaze]

These are good tips. Many of us Berlin School musicians use them to create tension in otherwise boring rhythms. I hope they will inspire a new generation. One trick you did not mention is applying filter sweeps, using filters, eq or phasers. Another trick is almost muting the rhythmic part at some point and improving chords and after that turning up the volume and bringing back the rhythm. A fine example of that can be found on my title track Deadlock, made in cooperation with sequencer wizard Ruud Heij. My favourite Tangerine Dream sequencer piece is Ricochet part 2. It is incredible how all sequencing in the album was done with analogue sequencers.

[@-_-MARANTZ]

Your channel is music to the eyes and ears. Love it. Thanks ESK.

[@EspenKraft]

Cheers!

[@colinmorgan6733]

Every day is a learning day. Lovely. Thanks.

[@Sonikbytes]

love those dreamy arps by TG!

[@formidableexe]

Loving this. Alongside TD and Emerald Web, this also reminds me of "Liberation Day" from Michelle Mercure. Great stuff as always!

[@cortical1]

Very nice. I'm jumping the gun a bit here, but I'm excited to see you approaching 100k subscribers. And you've done it without sacrificing your principles. Hope it happens soon.

[@EspenKraft]

Small steps, but getting there. Hopefully. :)

[@marcelduda7894]

More of this please! :-) You inspired me to try it out with pleasing results. I will definitely experiment more with some of your tips. 👯🥳

[@EspenKraft]

Cheers!

[@andrewgarley1400]

Love this! Thank you Espen

[@kcrosley]

RK-008 spotted! Noice!

[@davidryle]

more of this is welcomed

[@omegaamigo]

This is a nice idea, thanks for posting. My own biography says that I'm influenced by "Pet Shop Boys, Tangerine Dream and The Sisters Of Mercy" -- so I'm hoping to hear some Sisters from you soon, haha :-D

[@vito_vitoid]

I really love the track, and how you've presented it (also visually) in the opening sequence!

[@EspenKraft]

Thanks!

[@glennringer5475]

Using Love on Real Train as your inspiration? Like it! Like it a lot......

[@EspenKraft]

Thanks!

[@GlennMainMusic]

Nice man :) I play a lot with different time signature too in my «Arps» 😃😃😃😃 Really Cool 👍😃👍 As Always Espen, great video 😃😃😃

[@EspenKraft]

Cheers Glenn!

[@ingolf7411]

That's exactly what I was looking for 👍. Thank you very much.

[@EspenKraft]

Thanks!

[@newignis]

Thanks for the tutorial!

[@EspenKraft]

Cheers!

[@paulfabian7274]

Nice tune and tutorial.

[@EspenKraft]

Cheers!

[@bcroson82]

Cool demo! I play with these same chords all the time, sometimes throw in a 2nd inversion Dm7 since it's right there.

[@EspenKraft]

Thanks!

[@jacdx5000]

Nice jam!

[@EspenKraft]

Cheers!

[@wiseoldfool]

Love it!

[@garaughty]

Lovely work on this E K !

[@EspenKraft]

Thanks!

[@angelog.spicolaiii8021]

Appreciate this immensely EK¡! Tangerine Dream -Td (TG¿) is probably pretty close tooo being my favorite band right there with Weather Report, Pink Floyd & Black Sabbath ur the best EK thanx again dude

[@maurumsynthwave618]

very good explanation, also, it turned out excellent, greetings from Argentina

[@EspenKraft]

Cheers!

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

Very nice instructional! Off topic question here: I love the retro look of the opening video. Mind if I ask what brand camera and filters you're using?

[@EspenKraft]

Thanks! It's the same camera I use on everything, the Sony A6000, but I've turned the brightness up a bit and the "filter" is in reality my own Beta video recorder (you could also use VHS of course) and recordings of nothing. I then digitize that black recording (with all the tracking problems, noise and all) and overlay that over everything else. I set the opacity to something that looks nice and voila; instant retro/vintage feel and the kicker, which gives me great satisfaction is that it's all done by myself, no filters just old gear, creativity and fun. ;-)

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

@@EspenKraft Ahhhh! Brilliant! I thought something was a little different about your 'filter'. I've overlaid stock video static with opacity like you have, but yours looks exceptionally good. (Most stock static is fake computer generated stuff). Wow. Beta? I had one years ago. Definitely better quality than VHS. That's awesome that you have one and still use it to great effect! Literally ;-) I appreciate the time you took to answer. ✌

[@EspenKraft]

If you're interested you can check out the video below, from my other channel "5 minutes of retro" where I go through how I use the new Retrotink 4K scaler to work with my Laserdiscs and old home video formats. At the end of that video you can see my beautiful Sony Betamax video recorder which is the one I used to make the overlay recording I occasionally use here on this channel. On rare occasions I actually release videos shot on my Panasonic M7 VHS camcorder here as well. ;-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHTXooyfe8mIb6c

[@Megatone230]

Love it!! thanks

[@patsalty]

Instant bookmark, thx Espen

[@EspenKraft]

Cheers!

[@Dudderlyful]

This is sort of LOGOS era sequencing, TD changed dramatically over the years and I think it's worth pointing out which era you're going for. Nice vid though!

[@EspenKraft]

They've made many different things for sure. ;-)

[@Beorninki]

Exellent video!

[@EspenKraft]

Thanks!

[@ezion67]

Nice, inspirational 🙂

[@thrutherockies3687]

Hi Espen. First of all, I usually watch some of the stuff you do and it's always exciting, thank you from your neighbor Sweden. This tutorial was very interesting for me who has been listening to Tangerine Dream since the 80's. I have all their CDs. It would be great if you could share the MIDI file in this example. I also think it would be great if you wanted to make more videos about Tangerine Dream and Berlin School (Space Rock) music. Various tips for those of us who want to make such music ourselves.

[@EspenKraft]

Tack så mycket, thanks! I don't share MIDI files here on the open channel. I do it occasionally on my Patreon though. I two other TG videos (not tutorials) on here and I might do more if I can find angles directed at what I make myself. Cheers! :)

[@Arx196372]

No ratcheting?

[@gameon2000]

❤ mass effect 2 planet mining menue music

[@kevinhetzel8654]

Hi, great playing and really helpful! How can I hook my Juno 106 up to an external sequencer? I've tried to use an Arturia Beatstep with midi but couldn't get it to work. Thanks so much for the help! Subd!

[@EspenKraft]

Midi Out of the external sequencer and Midi In on the Juno 106. That's it. Now you can play your 106 from the sequencer. Both must be set to the same Midi channel. Cheers

[@kevinhetzel8654]

@@EspenKraft thank you so much!

[@kevinhetzel8654]

@@EspenKraft can I use another synth that has a sequencer to control the Juno? Same midi in/out setup?

[@EspenKraft]

It will depend if the internal sequencer of the second synth sends MIDI information from the sequences out the MIDI port.

[@kevinhetzel8654]

@@EspenKraft I really appreciate the help, I'll keep trying. Can't figure out why the beat step didn't work. I had them both on the same midi channel. Great vids, cheers

[@TheAquabears]

Any chance of a more in-depth look at the synth and effect settings here? Like, how to make that bell sound for example.

[@EspenKraft]

I have many videos showing my design at work and mixing them to sound good. Cheers

[@ExilesGate]

❤

[@bertenqvist7324]

This is the style of modern hybrid TD which has nothing do to with Baumann, Franke. The power unite who made Triangle dream great.. They had very highly idealistic ideas as everyone else back in the 70th.

[@FredF78]

What dsi synth are you using? Edit: prophet x I understand now

[@foot2]

Go ahead and get yourself an update for Cubase. What is that SX3, WinXP?

[@EspenKraft]

You obviously didn't watch my video about using old DAWs and computers. NEVER update anything that works perfectly. This is a perfect setup.

[@foot2]

​@@EspenKraft You are correct, I'm a casual watcher of your channel. We are agreed, freeze your DAW with all the hardware that makes it work. However, it doesn't mean you should ignore the vast improvements of 20 years. One could have your various isolated protected DAW's but you continue to utilize updated rigs as well. Cubase SX and WinXP are before 64bit operating systems, Thunderbird 4 external connections, 512GB RAM and terabytes of board mounted SSDs. That said, there is room for all these methodologies and I've enjoyed your work. Carry on and I'll keep my SX observations to a dull roar. May your serial buss SCSI drives never stop spinning.

[@EspenKraft]

I sold all my SCSI gear as well. I have a video about that too. I'm running Win7 with Nuendo 4.0 on this machine btw. I do have older AND newer DAWs on a multitude of computers too. ;-) Cheers

[@glenesis]

Hi Espen! How are you? Great video. Very inspiring. Thanks, always, for sharing. I also have my old computers with their studio software going back to the 1980s. I'm in trouble if the drives die, because I have no idea where my key disks are 😜 I have a Mac SE (accelerated) running Performer 1, and a Powermac 7600 (upgraded to G4 1000!) running Digital Performer 3, which has my favorite step-entry ever. Both those machines run Studio Session from Bogas Productions, written by the Great Steve Capps who also wrote the Mac Finder, the Windows 95 Explorer desktop, and and the Mac Sound Manager! My daily is a Mac Mini from 2012 running El Capitan and Digital Performer 10. I have a few other old Macs in less ready-to-go states, too. Best regards from Glenn in Rochester, New York, USA Cheers!

[@JavaJack59]

Turns out I'm the 808th liker :)

[@TheVoltar100]

Redshift est egalemen5 aussi bon que Tangerine Dream!

[@automaton111]

The delay effects are very nice and atmospheric. Reminds me of the Skinny Puppy song “Center Bullet” kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppabhmR5f9aLgM0si=fKGsPrfxNilOoc5b

[@3dmaxuser]

Very nice and informative thank you Espen for taking the time to makes these videos they are very helpful :)

[@EspenKraft]

Cheers!