Rush - Subdivisions keyboard cover

Synthesizer: Roland Juno DS-61
Patches (adjust the cutoff/resonance/attack/decay/MFX/EQ):
Sy139 "80's Saws 3" for the main verse parts (cutoff -36, resonance 0, attack 0, release +63; Effects 01: Chorus & 03: SRV HALL)
Sy:S09 "RajasthaniLS" for the solos (cutoff 0, resonance 0, attack +16, resonance +40; Effects 02:Delay Reverb & 04: SRV PLATE)
The ending section is the same patch for the verse with "Super Layer" on.

[@saraphinn]

AND REMEMBER HE PLAYS BASS AND SINGS

[@richardstewart7324]

Exactly❤

[@claussenmazatlan]

It is a keyboard cover!!! 🙄

[@SonOfSyrinxia1993]

As a Syrinxian, This brings me a great amount of pride hearing someone else able to do Geddy's synth parts with the exact intonations and notes. Thank You!!

[@NelsonFerroneJr]

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[@omnipop4936]

That synth-heavy section toward the end (4:41) is what really captured me when I first heard this song in the car a couple decades ago. The chords get slightly different (with that recurring F# minor), and it keeps going back to that soul-stirring, majestic G major! Great re-creation, bud.

[@rsato1able]

Thank you!

[@danielalzapiedi7171]

Havent played keys in 20 years. Dug my synth out of the closet. And this is my first go at dialing it in. Thank you. Went to see Rick Wakemen a few weeks ago. Cried like a baby.

[@karabinas]

I learned song on my Korg Poly 800 back in high school during the mid 80’s. It was the first song I could play start to finish. Your version is way better!!!😂😂

[@rsato1able]

Thanks! Hard to believe this song is over 40 yrs old already.

[@nategarcia7694]

you're killing it bro

[@rsato1able]

Thanks!

[@StopAndGo1]

Thanks for this , nice job ! Especially Thanks for the JUNO DS patch info !

[@rickaggen]

The best Subdivsions keyboard cover on KZbin!!! Great job.

[@rsato1able]

Wow, thanks!

[@marsdrums6298]

I've been glued to this song all day. Being a drummer and a HUGE fan of Neils, I'm loving his drum parts OBVIOUSLY! and the lyrics but I wanted to find the keyboard cover part and HOLY MOLY!!! I found a great on here!!! Nice job on this!!! Very cool!!!!!!!! It seems to have went out of sync there for a bit in the middle (yeah at around 2:40 it seems to have jumped out of sync) but still cool to watch!!! Nice job. Even with the technical difficulties.

[@rsato1able]

Thanks! Yeah, I started lagging behind the track midway thru the track. ☺️

[@BlueBookMen1000]

Excellent job. You nailed it.

[@matthewszymanski7037]

Excellent! Always like seeing what people can do with the Juno DS.

[@NtokozoKaMalinga]

especially with its faders all the way down

[@rsato1able]

@NtokozoKaMalinga These are edited patches, so the volume levels are saved in the patches themselves. The faders are used as +/- offset adjustments this way, not master levels. 😉

[@NtokozoKaMalinga]

@@rsato1able Hence the need to use 5 banks AND the Master ... while it may be possible to use 1 performance patch and use 1 fader to automate/mute group of sounds not needed for next section.. no use of master volume knob, no additional button needed, more banks on standby..

[@bart4209]

Best cover out there. The tones and feel is all there. Amazing playing and an amazing ear my friend! 🎹

[@rsato1able]

Thanks for listening

[@michaelrosenblatt206]

This is great! I've been searching for this for quite some time! Thank you so much! I was about to buy another keyboard LOL.

[@tom30]

I thoroughly enjoyed that.

[@maximilianodelrio]

Great cover!

[@fel24thecat]

Thanks this video helped me learn it I can play it perfectly now. It’s the best video I found so good job

[@rsato1able]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Rodrigo.T]

Great job!!!! Cheers from Brasil!!!

[@dfxmonkeyhead]

Beautiful.

[@larzhillbot1443]

Awesome Love it

[@rsato1able]

Thanks!

[@wydryfly]

fantastic sound .very impressive

[@rsato1able]

Many thanks!

[@stevecappella7358]

Awesome. Thanks for the program information. I actually got a Roland DS not long ago. I'll have to try this out. Thanks again. However, I do actually own a vintage Oberheim OB-Xa which is awesome. But it is always good to be able to recreate sounds within other synths.

[@jablingatigjengaman6791]

This synth patch sounds really good compared to a lot that I hear on youtube

[@rsato1able]

Thanks for watching!

[@berniecarreon9431]

Great job For a badass song.

[@rsato1able]

Thanks!

[@blindsidr2066]

Great job!

[@jeg70]

Well done sir!

[@rsato1able]

Thanks for watching!

[@skagit58]

Great work! That Juno is a great synth. !

[@rsato1able]

Thanks! The Juno's not too shabby for a "budget" synth.

[@skagit58]

@@rsato1able It's amazing what kind of sound can come out of "budget" equipment. 👍😎

[@MeredithWaters]

Aha, so there are three sounds. I'm on a Korg and will have to work that out, but you left good clues. Thanx 🙂

[@ianparker5007]

This is the reason I'm buying this today

[@CEFEPRE]

Excelente 👌

[@SnuggleBear1970]

I want this to be my ring tone.

[@farhandoniepratama5813]

Don't do it. You'll get sick of the song.

[@FlyinLionQuinn]

Brilliance

[@rsato1able]

Thanks!

[@pagnapagna]

Very good

[@user-qo2kb7fw3v]

Pretty good

[@synthwizplayforya7928]

I'm using the same synth on this song. Using the poly jump patch tweeked a bit and a Moog Rouge on the lead. I also sing and do the bass on a 4001 ric. I have to use my Hammond j212 for bass pedals. People kinda go nuts when they realize that I'm playing all that stuff live with no help.

[@rsato1able]

Nice, sounds like you're a multi-faceted musician like Geddy. Post up any videos?

[@williamhopkins2541]

Now I'm positive I will buy the Juno DS ! Thank you !

[@anthonyglaser929]

excellent video, thanks for posting. Any chance you could upload that sound patch someplace.

[@Willa....]

I am trying to learn this song for my boyfriend on my piano. Could you do a slowed close up tutorial? I have the main parts down, I just need some extra help. If you could that would be much appreciated please and thanks!! This video is great though.

[@EricAdamsonMI]

You sound like an angel. 🥰 If you're adapting it to piano, then this -- despite all it's imperfections -- tells you all you need to know.

[@Willa....]

@@EricAdamsonMI Thank you so much. I ended up learning it all the way through the next day. My boyfriend plays the drums and I recorded him playing the drum part. I put both of our parts together, along with the extracted guitar part, and added us singing. We made our own subdivisions creation. It was very neat.

[@EricAdamsonMI]

@@Willa.... That's so cool! I was in a Rush cover band, as a teen (1983), playing keyboards. We were blessed with a talented and dedicated drummer who idolized Neal Peart, and played his stuff quite masterfully. Peart was absolutely a drummer's drummer. Thanks for sharing! ❤️

[@Willa....]

@@EricAdamsonMI That's wonderful! One day I plan to meet Geddy. Neil was such a good drummer and his skills were impressive. Anyone who can copy him is gifted in my book. I wish RUSH would go on tour again.

[@ig_foobar]

This is great. I am currently learning this song *and* also looking to pick up a Juno-DS soon. May I ask how you developed the sounds or where you found them?

[@rsato1able]

All sounds used are stock DS patches. I adjust the sounds by using a combination of adding layers, editing MFX, EQ, and the simple user adjustments (cutoff, resonance, attack, sustain). Not perfect but close enough.

[@collincampbellC3]

This is awesome! Which patch did you use as the base for this?

[@rsato1able]

I started with preset #Sy:139 "80's Saws 3" for the main parts and #Sy:S09 "RajasthaniLS" for the solos. Adjust the resonance/attack/sustain/EQ mods to your liking. The ending section uses the Super Layer function turned on.

[@JakeTheCake254]

Geddy LEAD

[@bldn10]

Love it. But if I may so bold, how much of the synth is your Roland and how much is the OB-X?

[@rsato1able]

It’s about a 50% mix… I mixed the original recording in too high. BTW, all the mistakes that you hear, it’s from Geddy. 😀

[@tonymichelle9356]

Sir, i just found your channel. This is what im looking for as im a Juno DS-61 user too😁. By the way, may i request you to do cover for Tom Sawyer. I've been look for that sound till date but still cant make it. Please 🙏

[@juicebox9742]

could you reccomend me a synth/keyboard that could let me play these type of songs but be under $300? i just want one to play rush and jump by evh

[@rsato1able]

For that budget range it would be difficult to get a keyboard with more than 1 or 2 octaves. You should consider buying a used one instead.

[@joezappala4070]

Nice what sound are you using on the ds

[@erichtisnado1536]

Nice! What synth did they use for this originally? Oberheim or PPG Wave? I forgot.

[@rsato1able]

I think it was an OB. The PPG didn't show up until the Grace Under Pressure album, if I recall correctly.

[@retrosound72]

OB-X and Minimoog

[@markk.8410]

Also Moog Taurus bass pedals, I believe.

[@DavGreg]

This was originally done on an Oberheim X ( I think). How much work did it take to get the sound where you wanted?

[@rsato1able]

Not too much time, maybe 10 minutes max. Mostly just twirling the cutoff, resonance, attack, release knobs and multi-effects.

[@valdineiborazo1952]

[@fabianoteixeiradesouza2183]

🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹

[@robertoa.8157]

Hi! Nice play! Do you have the keyboard isolated track? Thanks!

[@rsato1able]

Yes I do. I’ll post it soon.

[@robertoa.8157]

@@rsato1able Thanks!!! 😃

[@ericschultze89]

Can you show us how you made those patches??

[@rsato1able]

I didn’t “create” these patches from scratch. These are primarily the built-in patches (see video description for the patch #’s) with just minor tweaking on the cutoff/resonance/attack/release (i.e. those 4 knobs on the upper left of the keyboard).

[@ronanwalsh5751]

​Hi great job, but do you have the values for the cutoff, eq and suff like that

[@rsato1able]

I added the values I used for the cutoff/res/attack/release as well as the effects into the video description. Hope it helps.

[@ronanwalsh5751]

​thanks bro

[@RasseLTD]

0:15

[@mrozu2077]

2:14

[@d05wtt]

A few mistakes with some transition problems too but otherwise good job.

[@Sy21124]

lol geddy lead

[@rsato1able]

😉

[@rrrproductionsrd]

lol Geddy Lead

[@curmudgeonextraordinaire1884]

Who are you fooling, the audio is straight from the album

[@rsato1able]

Thanks, I'll take that as a compliment! I do admit the backing mix is a little hot, but you can still hear my missed notes and tempo drift. 😉

[@kadesoutherland3648]

Bro. It must be that good. Even with the tempo and note errors

[@mybachhertzbaud3074]

Am I missing something, the volume sliders for upper and lower are at zero???😜

[@rsato1able]

@@mybachhertzbaud3074 If you recall on how to use the DS, the sliders are adjustment sliders to offset +/- the preset volume setting written in the patch. The sliders at the bottom level indicate “0” volume offset, not master volume. Thanks.

[@mybachhertzbaud3074]

Haha. If I had really been paying attention, I would have noticed it was not a preset. You reply however makes it sound like the keyboard will do this with existing patches not new edited ones. Of course the only other way is to send external midi messages to bypass.😁🎶🎹🎶Play On

[@joezappala4070]

Nice what sound are you using on the ds

[@rsato1able]

Thanks! I posted the DS patch numbers up in the video description. Hope it helps!