Can you guess on which track/s a real rhodes was used

[fjzingo]

Hi guys

I set up a test so as to see if one could distinguish the real thing from a nord stage,

Mark the the tacks where we used the Mark 1

Get over and guess all you rhodes pros-it's quite fun!

You'll find the songs at myspace folowing link

http://www.myspace.com/cantaloopmusic

Good luck!!!

/Fred

[fjzingo]

If you wan't to add acomment on why you beleive a real rhodes was used in that song.

/Fred

[sfkstyle]

It's the song Seven Reasons. Here's why:

1. The high notes just pop out with the great dynamics that only a real rhodes can produce. That only happens on this track.
2. The picture that was uploaded for this track shows the inside of a rhodes piano... This leads me to believe that this was the piano used in the recording.

[fjzingo]

It's the song Seven Reasons. Here's why:

2. The picture that was uploaded for this track shows the inside of a rhodes piano... This leads me to believe that this was the piano used in the recording.

:mrgreen:

I didn't think of htat myself just tried a picue for that song but you just might be right.

/Fred

[fjzingo]

Hi all

So time to reveal the secret......thank you all for voting.

We had a nice recording session, recording live, I played the Nord stage planning to replace the rhodes  sounds with the real thing in the end. Some of the tracks sounded to good to be replaced,  partly due to feel and sound the recording of real thing wasn't better than the clone....

Yeah you folks at Rhodes supersite  can recognize a rhodes, on  seven reasons we did indeed use a rhodes mark 1, some votes fell on "it's all about you" which actually is a nord stage!!!


Seven reasons

Here we used a real Mark 1(adjusted to ideal setting by Fredrik  Adlers, the guy who recorded the samples for the stage) we  connected directly from the harp to a moog phaser pedal set to bypass(increases the signal and probably a low pass filter my guess) and straight into instrument in on a motu 828mk3.

In the mix we used VKFx from scarbee to get the preamp sound and emulate some panning, with this effect we get bring forward more bellish tones.

We also used focusrite liquid mix dbx 160a emulation and a brit modern desk ssl g-series eq(added 9dB 1.8kHz)

Souled out

Nord stage Mark 1 deep through the onboard ampsim 1, some higs added eq.

It's all about you

Nord stage Mark 1 deep through the onboard ampsim 1 some highs added

We added som dbx 160a emulation and a brit ssl g series eq using liquid mix.

Simple as that (yeah of course we cut out everything below 100Hz)

Judge for yourself about the sound but for me it shows how long way the clones have come in imitating the real thing, especially in a dense mix. The Nord stage rocks, thank you Clavia for bringing out such a super product.

I'll see if I can load up a movie showing the tracks with and without the effects on youtube

/fredrik

[Ben Bove]

I agree they have come a long way.

In the mix especially, like how your Rhodes is featured, it's very difficult to pick the real one out of the crowd.  

However if it's a solo piece of Rhodes way out front, that's when you start to notice things.  Otherwise, sure the Nord is great!!

[billulsund]

I listened to all 3 and thought Seven Reasons was the real Rhodes. I think the only reason some people thought All About You was a the real Rhodes is because the way it sits in the mix you cannot quite hear all the nuiances of the sound. I would be interested to hear a version of Seven Reasons with the Nord so that we can really hear the difference between the real Rhodes and the Nord. I think it would be more obvious than you would expect because the Rhodes is really out front in that song, unlike the others where it sits more in the back in the mix.