JesusEtc Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 (edited) I was wondering if anyone knows what keyboard/effect is used in this song. It sounds really thick with lots of reverb and such, and sounds like hes using a pitch shifter also. Any thoughts? Edited October 19, 2005 by JesusEtc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jhc Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 No idea about what kind of keyboard patch is used, but I've alway assumed that Bennet (?) was using a pitch wheel to get that quick octave shit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MeDave Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 yeah - i used to have a roland sh101 and i always sort of recognized that sound as a pretty standard analog synth witha pitch wheel type sound similar to what i could get out of the roland... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bxb03a Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 I can emulate it pretty well with some garageband synths Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ginandcigarettes Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 No idea about what kind of keyboard patch is used, but I've alway assumed that Bennet (?) was using a pitch wheel to get that quick octave shit. Yeah, I'm not sure what was used in the studio (live they are using a Nord Lead 2) but I think the effect is portamento or glide and not the pitch wheel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jhc Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Yeah, I'm not sure what was used in the studio (live they are using a Nord Lead 2) but I think the effect is portamento or glide and not the pitch wheel. I'm not familiar with those effects - how do they work? (I also realize that my original post should have said octave shift, not octave shit ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ginandcigarettes Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 I'm not familiar with those effects - how do they work? Well, I might have mischaracterized it. Portamento (or glide) is not an effect like distortion or chorus, but a function in many synthesizers that controls how the synthesizer switches between notes as you play them. It's actually a collection of parameters but the one most used is portamento time, which controls the time it takes for the pitch played to rise or fall to the next pitch played. Short portamento times will not be noticeable but long portamento times will sound like playing slide guitar. I know this is lame, but a good example of portamento is in the solo to "Lucky Man" by ELP (not to be confused with the eminently superior ELO). I hope this helps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jhc Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 Well, I might have mischaracterized it. Portamento (or glide) is not an effect like distortion or chorus, but a function in many synthesizers that controls how the synthesizer switches between notes as you play them. It's actually a collection of parameters but the one most used is portamento time, which controls the time it takes for the pitch played to rise or fall to the next pitch played. Short portamento times will not be noticeable but long portamento times will sound like playing slide guitar. I know this is lame, but a good example of portamento is in the solo to "Lucky Man" by ELP (not to be confused with the eminently superior ELO). I hope this helps. Gotcha, thanks. For a while I was playing this on guitar with an ebow and a slide to try and replicate it, but it too unwieldly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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