Farfisa Compact Duo Improv

This is the gorgeous Farfisa Compact Duo, complete with pedals, swell and tone lever.
This was edited together from a couple of takes.
The pulse underneath was triggered by an Arturia Beatstep playing a Minimoog Voyager.
The Moog is routed through a Strymon El Capistan delay pedal, and the Farfisa has a UAD Roland Space Echo on the input.

[@EarlOfMaladyCrescent]

Beautiful haunting music! You're making the farfisa sound like a synth with all those effects!

[@picardbs]

Absolutely gorgeous piece of music!

[@dadautube]

great demo & performance! Farfisa … such a fabulous yet underrated organ! some of its models in the 1970s had great 'live' accompaniment capabilities such as semi-automatic-manual arpeggio or single-key bass and so on … can't find such great features on modern digital keyboards these days! me loveth Farfisa!

[@demian964]

Richard Wright's organ.

[@googlecontrolfreakjetfuel6914]

I love it when I don't know what year it is! Keep those retro-future chord progressions dripping into KZbin!

[@jaylloyd7246]

So good ! You pull the strings!! To hit the sense!!

[@attardjean-yves3298]

always close to heaven, thanks for these beautiful sounds making holes in the heart ...

[@gliufrate]

Complimenti bella ed ispirata atmosfera

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

I always enjoy any recorded or videotaped example of a transistor organ and a Moog synthesizer being used together. And listening to examples such as this one, I further understand why a friend of mine whose attitude about combo organs was not too flattering took an exception to Farfisa models. It does bear some resemblances to a theater organ.

[@laurentlledo1851]

Musique en harmonie avec la nature

[@nicolastherrien]

That is absolutely great!

[@jeffreymcferson8042]

This is totally awesome.

[@0ldenn]

very hypnotic, thanks for sharing this

[@0ldenn]

Life-looping over this song again by accident, so good to discover it a second time

[@pieceworkstudios]

I'm back to listen to this again. Love it. So haunting and and eerie. That spring reverb doing it's thing and the way you make it swell with the knee lever (I'm assuming). Really nice piece 👏

[@chrisblue1515]

Great playing! What a killer organ!

[@graphene1487]

I could see this in a film score. Great work!

[@frankpalomacity]

great!sound awesome!

[@htimseel]

Excellent. Sounds of More right there.

[@nicolastherrien]

The whole song is fabulous but I'm especially moved when you do that majestic passage around 4:40.

[@RossleMusic]

Magical!

[@t55a2]

Lovely machine

[@ArchieMusicCanada]

Vintage analog goodness!

[@CYBORGH2O]

WOWW ! Bravo .

[@photoelectron]

Sublime.

[@aurelnegrea7617]

Nice work bro

[@julien23lastchristmas2]

big sound !!!

[@MexlycanFilmico]

Atmospheric Blade Runner music from 1982

[@hahahahaha02]

Enfin quelqu'un qui sait jouer !

[@TimOliver]

Merci beaucoup !

[@richie043]

Tim.... You are outstanding sir. Ive watched a few of you're uploads now. Is there anywhere i can purchase your music?

[@pronzac]

Still today it's sounds like music of future; such a beautiful "synth" togheter with those notes

[@dinorocker8647]

Yeah I don't know what those crazy Italians at Farfisa were thinkin' when they made this beauty, but I can tell ya I think it was a creative fluke they made an organ that sounded like something else incredible.

[@pronzac]

@@dinorocker8647 I watched on yt a b/w documentary in which the Administrator of Farfisa wanted to create something of innovative, he employed new engineers and researchers, a weird fact in those years

[@dinorocker8647]

@@pronzac Yeah, either way it is an incredible instrument with a spirit and personality all it's own.

[@Stargate555]

Nice organ, it’s similar to my Farfisa VIP 600.

[@carlosgomepimentel4151]

Olá , este instrumento maravilhoso vocês irão fabrica-lo novamente ?

[@TimOliver]

Obrigada ! Infelizmente a Farfisa não fabrica mais instrumentos musicais, na verdade eles pararam no final dos anos 1970. Eles agora fabricam apenas produtos eletrônicos para o lar.

[@patrykwalentowicz4691]

Nice

[@butters395]

reminds me of FLASH IN THE PAN .......👍

[@CYBORGH2O]

wow

[@laurentlledo1851]

Richard Wright de la période Ummaguma mélangé avec du Jean Michel Jarre oxygène

[@234cheech]

i love it ya got a get an album out you owe to the ppl ..........lol....... this is real nice

[@abatista78]

Imagine Mr Gilmour take up his guitar and soloing…

[@gerrychapman9394]

Very reminiscent of Pink Floyd Ummagumma, the Live Section.

[@nicolasafricanusgjefle9049]

Fantastic! Im probably gonna buy a Compact soon (not the deluxe or duo). Is there much of a difference, or can I get the same sounds as yours with it?

[@TimOliver]

I'm afraid I have no experience of the compact. I would imagine though it would sound quite different. A lot of the character of this instrument lies in the spring reverb, which I don't think the Compact has. I could be wrong though. This link may help ... www.combo-organ.com/Farfisa/Compact/#Compact

[@nicolasafricanusgjefle9049]

Hey, I finally got my hands on a compact about a week ago. It really sounds great! Wish I had your skills tho:)

[@TimOliver]

Wow, congratulations. Enjoy it !!!

[@nicolasafricanusgjefle9049]

Thank you man:)

[@revbrodiddley]

Is the drum machine/sequencer type sound starting a third of the way into the video part of the onboard organ effects? Fantastic performance by the way!

[@TimOliver]

revbrodiddley First of all, thanks for commenting ! The sequence is a Moog Voyager being triggered by an Arturia Beatstep sequencer. It’s just off camera to the right of the organ, you can catch a slight glimpse of it at the beginning of the vid. I had a very slow LFO applied to the dual LP cutoff frequency to give it some movement. So, no, the sequence didn’t come from the organ. Hope that helps ?

[@invincibleanks]

Please help me find the song in Who Killed Sara Season 1Ep8 time stamp 23:09. The subtitle says make up break up by Tim Oliver but it can’t be searched. This is the song being played in the background when Chema hosts dinners for family and Rodolfo and Sofia are sitting upset. Reply

[@TimOliver]

So this is a song I wrote for Ninja Tune Production Music, which means it's not commercially available unfortunately. Thanks for your interest though - and well done for finding me !

[@invincibleanks]

@@TimOliver Sir thank you so much for your kind reply. Is there any means I can get the name of the song or can you tell me how to buy the song along with the song name

[@invincibleanks]

I found the song . Thank you so much I will contact Ninja Music Production House for further steps

[@lucasdiasdesouza930]

How can i buy this?

[@aris_spnl6090]

You probably cant and neither do I 😭

[@nicolastherrien]

Out of curiosity, was the Echorec from your other clip used on that?

[@TimOliver]

Thank you ! No the reverb here is purely the spring reverb built into the Farfisa's own power supply. I think the delay on the Moog was a Strymon El Capistan Pedal. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@TimOliver]

+Nicolas Therrien ..... Correction ! Just saw it in the info under the video. There is also a subtle UAD emulation of the Roland Space Echo on the Farfisa in addition to it's own spring reverb.

[@Vitamin_Gun]

big echoes vibes from this chord progression

[@rsnsgm46]

this organ seems like post modern keyboad after 90s

[@organistaminecraftiinne3993]

GTA 5 THEME