Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This: A Modular Synth Cover

Recreating a classic track on modular using the Deluge as a CV and gate sequencer! Tracks were into a Tascam Portastudio then mixed down using some compression and light processing only (Silver Bullet, Manley Vari-Mu, Handsome Audio Zulu, and RND 542). Please subscribe if you enjoy!
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[@IohsmdIglomdrnIjsmsIhafmIafmli]

Better than the original by far, love the classic sound the modular/synth gave twords the begging

[@unkmus]

Hurts their feelings, but it's true.

[@ModularLanding]

Heheh, thanks-you guys are awesome. Have to say I’m a huge fan of Annie Lennox’s singing though.

[@ModularLanding]

Hi folks! I often use modular just for experimental music, but I thought it would be fun to try to recreate one of the all-time great songs on a modular synth alongside a Deluge and a Keystep. It took a while, but it was fun and ended up sounding pretty rad. First I studied the song a bit and programmed most of the parts into the Deluge. I then used its CV and gate outs to sequence the modular for percussion and synths, creating the various parts and recording them into the Tascam Portastudio until I built up the whole track. Some parts, such as the lead, I decided to play directly using the Keystep instead of sequencing them for a more "live" feel. I did a good deal of real-time tweaking to the modular so that the sounds kept changing, alongside of course modulating things with LFO's.

[@robinsss]

the snare has got to go the song has a loud crispy clap made by combining two or three short white noise shapes together

[@robinsss]

you are completely lost in the change you aren't listening to the original song at that point you are making up your own change

[@Ryannaut_g]

Nice. We need more modular synthesis covers.

[@JoergWessels]

What I really like is that you don't aim for the exact sound of the original but give your version a special, darker, edge. Awesome!

[@ModularLanding]

Thank you! It’s a modernized modular version :-)

[@jodo985]

Super f$&@ cool!

[@jamesedinger4956]

Best modular track I've found on KZbin yet...kudos

[@ModularLanding]

Thanks for the awesome comment!

[@joeogle7729]

Holy cow this sounds amazing! On a side note, those panels with wires sprawling everywhere and lights flashing is one of the most satisfying things I've ever seen.

[@ModularLanding]

Thank you! It's a modular synth and it's incredibly satisfying to use and play around with too :)

[@jbcolory7450]

I like it!

[@garaughty]

A seriously brilliant arrangement !!!

[@ModularLanding]

Thanks so much!

[@BlackWarriorLures]

WOW! SWEET!

[@ModularLanding]

Thanks!

[@netztherapie5723]

What was the sequenzer in your Setup and how did you enter/stored the patterns and scene changes

[@ModularLanding]

Hi Netz, danke für die Frage -- the sequencer was the Deluge. That controls the modular via CV and gate outputs and has all the patterns in it. It works wonderfully as a modular sequencer, because it can create tracks of infinite length and its super easy to program.

[@TheManInCommand]

Stunning‼️💢 How much practice did it take you to get it this good?

[@ModularLanding]

Thank you! Maybe it looks harder than it is. I think someone could learn to do stuff like this in a few months to a year. I started music a long time ago but had only been doing modular for 3-4 years before doing this track, I think.

[@skunksmisery]

Excellent! My only criticism: the monitors shots are useless unless you can clearly see the subs kicking hard. Again, Excellent!

[@ModularLanding]

Haha! That was in fact the idea... but at that moment of filming I didn’t have it turned up loud enough and no pumping was happening! Oh well... I’ll get it right next time

[@skunksmisery]

@@ModularLanding I'd say you're already at 98.3% ;)

[@alexanderkelly3047]

This is really cool, did you actually do the panning like on the original? I can’t really tell

[@ModularLanding]

Great question. I started off doing the hard panning, but it sounded a bit weird. I think because the modular sound is a lot stronger and more raw than the original synth that the Eurhythmics used. Also both of the two rhythmic synth parts were recorded in stereo. So I ended up soft-panning it. The more bass synth (the one an octave lower) is slightly panned to one side and the one that's an octave higher is soft-panned to the other side. It's subtle. The panning on the original is one of the coolest things to my mind about that synth riff and one of the things that makes it sound so amazing. I wanted to retain it but it sounded odd when I did, so I went with a subtler panning that I hope still maintains that sense of off-kilter-ness but also sounds cool.

[@TolaSeng]

Awesome!!!

[@ModularLanding]

Thank you!

[@a.n_9364]

When you roll up to the viking village on a swan boat

[@hectorquezada7931]

What is the colorful thing looks so good is it a sequencer what is the name

[@ModularLanding]

That's a Synthstrom Deluge and it's amazing! It is both a synth and a sequencer, and it can sequence external MIDI and CV (for modular).

[@hectorquezada7931]

I'm getting one 🙂

[@ModularLanding]

Hector Quezada awesome! It is a ton of fun!

[@dutchbeef8920]

Ok weird side note, there is an air of keyless organ to this

[@joshk2181]

where the vocals

[@ModularLanding]

Annie Lennox declined my invitation sadly.

[@dutchbeef8920]

More synth

[@ModularLanding]

Always!