Hi Nick, many compliments for your Celestial Voice video and for the way you've played it!!
I wish to ask you wich kind of effects you are using, I mean the effects on the top of the farfisa, Could you tell me the model and the costructor? Thank you very much in advance...Bye!
Hi! Thanks for your compliments. Originally, the F/AR power supply unit which the Duo came with, also housed the spring reverb and a pre amp with volume, treble and bass controls. The previous owner rebuilt the power supply without the reverb or controls, so I'm just using a little Frontline preamp with volume, treble and bass and an Alesis Microverb mark 1 to add a little digital reverb. Cheers! N
At 2:08 is that vibrato or tremolo you're adding? Have you compared the duo to the normal compact / compact deluxe? Is it much different sounding? I'm going for psychedelic sounds... Floyd / Stereolab
Hi. It's the vibrato. Sometimes the two are called the opposite so to be clear: it's pitch modulation not amplitude modulation. I did have a Compact but it doesn't sound quite the same as it doesn't have the 2 2/3 stop. The Deluxe does and is in fact a single (upper) manual version of the Duo and will give pretty much all the tones which the Duo does. Stereolab's former keyboardist, Dom Jeffry is an old mate of mine!
@nickhirst999 Cool about Dom, damn!... I'm hunting one down - if you don't mind basic questions! 1. duo lower white keys don't share sounds with the top keys, have own 3 filters right? 2. Basic farfisa question - instrument filters i.e. flute - supposed to 'sound' like an instrument alone, like an 'organ' combined with other filters? 3. Deluxe I found - some keys have surface crack lines - normal or avoid? Thanks!
Always happy to answer Farfisa questions! 1. Correct, the lower manual does have its own 3 filters but they are very similar to stops on the upper manual. 2. None of the tones sound anything like the real instrument! Eg the first notes I play on the top manual here are flute and trumpet. 3. No need to worry about the cracks on the keys. Very common and mine has had cracked keys ever since I bought it 23 years ago
PS deluxe doesn't have tremolo or repeat percussion
Hi Nick, thanks for this one more and for all the technical comments on what Rick plays. Could you summarise the above ASFOS by commenting on the differences between the Studio album, Ummaguma and include Live at Pompeii. For a guitarist you are a decent keyboard player. My Bro, Mr Moogman is a keyboard player in Rochdale
Hi Harry. Seems he seldom played it the same. The studio version is Farfisa on Storm Signal, then Hammond on Celestial Voices. The BBC studio version is Hammond on both. Live he'd play both parts on a pipe organ if the theatre had one, or on the Farfisa if it didn't until late 1969/ early 1970 when he got his own Hammond M102, when he'd play both parts on that, as he does on Pompeii in 1972. Storm Signal became much shorter when he was playing the Hammond.
@rrakocza Don't think so. Both the original studio recording (A Saucerful of Secrets) and the live version (Ummagumma) sound more like a Farfisa to me. Besides, none of the songs in that era included a Hammond organ, so I don't think they even had one. Ah well, I'm not an expert, so you're entitled to your own opinion. (Listen to the Ummagumma version though, it sounds very similar to this video.)
@jossedobben (That is, none of the Pink Floyd songs in that era. The Hammond organs did exist at that time, so many other songs from that era do include a Hammond organ. Gosh, it is hard to convert my opinion into words. XD)
I know exactly what you mean but I think you're doing fine in your conversion! Celestial Voices (studio) has Organ bass pedals, organ and Mellotron strings. I've never owned a Hammond, though I have played an L100 and used many analogue and digital versions. The studio version doesn't sound like the FCD (which I've owned for 25 years) but it doesn't sound quite like a Hammond either. Storm Signal is def FCD. I'm talking about Celestial Voices!
Yeah the version I'm doing here is the live Ummagumma version which is definitely a Farfisa Compact Duo without a shadow of a doubt. The studio version which I've just listened to again could be a Hammond. Wright, at this stage only owned the FCD but they were recording in Abbey Road which had several Hammonds. I think all the organ on Piper is the FCD but Let There Be More Light has the first Wright Hammond part on it. There's the Mellotron too............!
Never been sure exactly what the orig Celestial Voices was played on. Always wondered and am just listening to it now and just seen jossedobben's comment from which I'll follow on............
I could get really anal here! And am happy to do so! On "Pompeii" Richard Wright is playing both the 'Storm Signal' and 'Celestial Voices' parts on his own Hammond M102. The Hammond M102 is a Spinet model like the well-known Hammond L100 but has a few more tabs. Richard Wright did not acquire his own hammond M102 until around late 1969 after Ummagumma and More had been recorded and released, after which he is using the M102 as much as the Farfisa.
Thanks for commenting on this because it has puzzled me for years. First we have to distinguish the four parts of the track: a)Something Else b)Syncopated Pandemonium c)Storm Signal and d) Celestial Voices. I knew I would have to rename this video at some stage because it encompasses parts c and d.
On this, my video, Storm Signal begins at 0:00 and Celestial Voices begins at 1:10
On Ummagumma, Rick both parts on the Farfisa, as I demonstrate here.
Done a bit more listening and this is my conclusion:
On the original studio version of the track "A Saucerful Of Secrets" from the album of the same name, part c, 'Storm Signal' is played entirely on the Farfisa Compact Duo by Richard Wright. Part d, Celestial Voices has organ bass pedals which sound more Hammond than Farfisa and the organ does have some Leslie on it. On top of that is the Mellotron strings:
Awesome this is my favourite bit of Richard wright music. I used this bit of music in a film I made about Alhambra in Spain the music just seemed to fit. Nice playing by the way
Thanks. The previous owner had already made a new power supply for it, which is a shame as I'd rather have the orig. It's sitting on the floor off to one side.
I would say right handed, because when I was trying to work out what settings he was using and what he was playing, I noticed that at the point where he swaps over to playing the lead part on the upper manual with his right hand (at 3:58 on here) it becomes much more proficient. Keyboards are always set out for right handed people. Paul McCartney's a great example of a left handed pianist where most of what he plays is going on with the left hand.
Er...dunno.. never really liked Genesis myself, so don't know about them, though I thought I'd give "Here Comes The Flood" a quick listen and my immediate thought was that they'd pinched the opening pings from Pink Floyd Echoes.
Pink Floyd were before Genesis and whatever Peter Gabriel and co did was frankly irrelevant to me!
Thank you all for making this my first video to top 50,000 views. It is, of course Richard Wright's piece and I always think that he plays it triumphantly!
He really was on fantastic form that night. I wish I'd been there to witness it but I was only a couple of months old!
if i didn't know any better i would think this is the multitrack tape with the other tracks turned off. great job. and i wouldn't attempt to 'fix' it. it has such a great sound as is
Thanks! That was my intention! Had I thought about it, I'd have played along to the orig with in-ear phones to keep time better. As it was, I discovered a way to cancel out the bass and drums on the orig (using phase inversion) so that I could hear just the organ and guitar tracks which made it easier to hear and learn the organ part.
Over the next few weeks BBC Radio are doing some in-depth delving into PF master tapes, including Ummagumma.
Thanks! That was my intention! Had I thought about it, I'd have played along to the orig with in-ear phones to keep time better. As it was, I discovered a way to cancel out the bass and drums on the orig (using phase inversion) so that I could hear just the organ and guitar tracks which made it easier to hear and learn the organ part.
Over the next few weeks BBC Radio are doing some in-depth delving into PF master tapes, including Ummagumma.
He looks like Andy from Little Britain, in a moment he will return to his wheel chair and pretend like nothing happened when Lou comes back from taking the cat to the vets or something.
Mine needs to go to the doctor/ vet but I may do a documentary showing the process. He's old (Farfisa Compact Duos are always male) but I think he'll survive!
Now that the Farfisa needs major surgery, what I'll do is get my friend Gary (who filmed this) round to document it. I think the patient can be revived! The organ is only 43 but I think we have the technology.
Would it be possible for you to do a tutorial of this organ bit of the song? I can play the chords but I want to play all of it and cant figure out all of the notes by ear.
Well, bearing in mind that I can't read or write music, this vid was intended to be a tutorial/ demonstration! However, I've been asked by a few people (you being 1) to do a more in-depth tutorial, and I'm more than happy!
Problem is: the expression pedal doesn't work (and didn't when I recorded this, so I'm using a Boss guitar expression pedal), the G note on the entire organ is now making a horrible oscillating noise and now the entire lower manual has stopped working!
See my reply to seedylee below! When I get round to lugging the beast to my engineer (who has personally serviced it for the last 23 years since I've owned it) I will!
I may be some time!
Cheers!
N
PS, This Compact Duo is a Mk2 and I think it's a 1967/ 68 model which means it was about 20 years old when I bought it in 1988 when I was 19!! It's now at least 43! It's definitely a year or 2 older than I am!
@nickhirst999 Thanks for taking the time time to reply, really useful information.
Time to fire up the sampler and get cracking... Obviously I would prefer to have a genuine Farfisa but there's things are somewhat rare in Australia, particularly if you wish to have one that operates correctly!
You're right about the rarity and unreliability of these beasts. I've just switched my Farfisa Compact Duo on to find that it has yet another fault!
It's over 40 years old and I suppose it's like owning a classic car. I have to have it serviced every couple of years and within a few weeks something else goes wrong!
Unfortunately, I'm not that technical so I have to get an electronics engineer to sort it out.
The important point is that each key can produce up to 3 octaves, plus an octave and two thirds on top. So playing the middle C of the upper manual with the 16' stop produces middle C. The 8' stop produces a C one octave above middle C and the 4' produces a C an octave above that. The 2 2/3 stop produces a G one and two thirds (ie a fifth) above that. So EACH key on the upper manual is capable of producing that note in 3 octaves apart plus an octave & 5th on top!
Well....I have all the raw ingredients including the original Dawn Chorus and Nightingale. I can do the acoustic guitar and vocal and the Hammond Organ but even though I have a Farfisa Compact Duo, I just cannot do what Richard Wright did on Cirrus Minor! I'm afraid I'm stumped!
that was just beautiful, thanks for this wonderful piece, it sounds very similar to the original, congratulations from Perú! keep floyd alive forever!
Holy crap it's practically an exact copy of the sound. You obviously know your Floyd VERY well -- and that is one of my favorites. I salute you, amazing sir!
i believe an A Maj with an F# on is an A6 chord because the F# is the 6th note in the scale. Im not a master of theory so if im wrong please correct me.
Nice.Really did that one justice. A pleasure to sit and listen to. Hey, if you like the Farfisa, check out Can's Irmin Schmidt, if you haven't heard Can. He was a wicked Farfisa guy too. Wicked, intense sounds.
Thank you. There's a compliment! I've listened to a couple of other live versions which are from a few days apart from the Ummagumma gig and Rick's not playing nearly so much on those. This is as faithful to the Ummagumma take as I could get and Rick was absolutely inspired that night!
Great tribute, man! Rick's playing was essential to the Floyd sound and I've always had a special fondness for the Compact Duo, which have later become synonymous with him.. Truly a great keyboard player and musician, he will always be remembered..
Yeah thanks Lockefan1, that's exactly what I think.
Richard Wright came up with some of the most fantastic Pink Floyd pieces and in fact I'm going to put my life on the line here, by saying he was more important than R. Barrett!
You know, a lot of Pink Floyd fans really don't credit Richard Wright as much as they actually should. Sure, I myself think Nick Mason played a HUGE part in nearly all of Pink Floyd's songs, especially in numerous fills and such, but I think Rick Wright played just as much of an important role as Syd Barret in the early formation years of Pink Floyd.
Even throughout the later years (70s, 80s, & 90s), Rick Wright still stuck with Pink Floyd (besides when Roger Waters cut him of course).
Yes, VokesRob, I couldn't agree more! My personal love of PF was the late 1960s/ early 1970's. I'm not a Barrett fan! I think the best thing that happened to PF was when DJG replaced RKSB!
Controversial!
Mason and Wright were the soldiers! (Up the Khyber!)
Masterful and beautiful performance. I still remember helping my father toss his farfisa into the garbage dump when I was a kid. I still taunt him about it to this day.
These things happen! The first Compact Duo I ever played back in 1985 was already well and truly knackered! It was given to me 10 years later and all I could do was chuck it out!
great job man im also a guitarist who likes to play the occasional keyboards this is one of my favorite pink floyd songs not to mention you used a correct type of organ, great job!
No. Although it sounds very similar at the start, Celestial Voices is the final part of the track A Saucerful of Secrets and was released 3 years before Echoes.
@Clashchileno El Farfisa es un órgano italiano que se hizo popular en los 60's y 70's entre otras cosas por ser fácil de transportar, mientras que el Hammond es un gran mueble que necesita para sonar con su plena identidad, de un parlante giratorio que se llama Leslie, Cuanto más rápido gire el Leslie más distorsionado va a ser el sonido. Ejemplo del uso del Hammond es Jon Lord de Deep Purple. Saludos!
Grazie! I cannot speak Italian but I think you are saying The Farfisa was a popular Italian Organ from the 1960s and 1970s.....I love it! Please carry on speaking Italian here!
@nickhirst999 Hi Nick. I'm from Argentina and I expalined to the guy from Chile, in spanish (not italian) the difference between Farfisa and Hammond. Cheers!
PS: I saw your So Far Away solo! Very good! Give my regards to Sir David Gilmour please.
Yes I realised my mistake the moment I pressed 'post comment'! Lol! In my defence, I was slightly drunk, and I'm used to seeing Italian on Farfisa channels as of course, Farfisa is an Italian company.
@nickhirst999 this is not italian is spanish, (questo è italiano quello che scrivo io) anyway Farfisa is from a small italian region called Marche, in 60 70 and 80 this region had two really good company Farfisa and olivettti computer, sadly now are crap
Yes again, I have original advertisements from 1967 for Farfisa as well as original Farfisa Organ manuals. My cousin had a Lancia but unfortunately the engine fall out!!
@nickhirst999 Lancia have done just 4 great cars 1 Fulvia 2 delta 3 thema, after fiat buyed lancia and lancia don't make anymore nice car like before, yes nice design and lux inside but mechanically arereally bad
Very good for "not a keyboard player" !
awaken77 8 hours ago
Great!!!!
bravekryss 4 days ago
@bravekryss
Thanks!
nickhirst999 4 days ago
Hi Nick, many compliments for your Celestial Voice video and for the way you've played it!!
I wish to ask you wich kind of effects you are using, I mean the effects on the top of the farfisa, Could you tell me the model and the costructor? Thank you very much in advance...Bye!
korrfloyd 1 week ago
@korrfloyd
Hi! Thanks for your compliments. Originally, the F/AR power supply unit which the Duo came with, also housed the spring reverb and a pre amp with volume, treble and bass controls. The previous owner rebuilt the power supply without the reverb or controls, so I'm just using a little Frontline preamp with volume, treble and bass and an Alesis Microverb mark 1 to add a little digital reverb. Cheers! N
nickhirst999 1 week ago
At 2:08 is that vibrato or tremolo you're adding? Have you compared the duo to the normal compact / compact deluxe? Is it much different sounding? I'm going for psychedelic sounds... Floyd / Stereolab
lekstar 1 week ago
@lekstar
Hi. It's the vibrato. Sometimes the two are called the opposite so to be clear: it's pitch modulation not amplitude modulation. I did have a Compact but it doesn't sound quite the same as it doesn't have the 2 2/3 stop. The Deluxe does and is in fact a single (upper) manual version of the Duo and will give pretty much all the tones which the Duo does. Stereolab's former keyboardist, Dom Jeffry is an old mate of mine!
nickhirst999 1 week ago
@nickhirst999 Cool about Dom, damn!... I'm hunting one down - if you don't mind basic questions! 1. duo lower white keys don't share sounds with the top keys, have own 3 filters right? 2. Basic farfisa question - instrument filters i.e. flute - supposed to 'sound' like an instrument alone, like an 'organ' combined with other filters? 3. Deluxe I found - some keys have surface crack lines - normal or avoid? Thanks!
lekstar 1 week ago
@lekstar
Always happy to answer Farfisa questions! 1. Correct, the lower manual does have its own 3 filters but they are very similar to stops on the upper manual. 2. None of the tones sound anything like the real instrument! Eg the first notes I play on the top manual here are flute and trumpet. 3. No need to worry about the cracks on the keys. Very common and mine has had cracked keys ever since I bought it 23 years ago
PS deluxe doesn't have tremolo or repeat percussion
nickhirst999 1 week ago
Hi Nick, thanks for this one more and for all the technical comments on what Rick plays. Could you summarise the above ASFOS by commenting on the differences between the Studio album, Ummaguma and include Live at Pompeii. For a guitarist you are a decent keyboard player. My Bro, Mr Moogman is a keyboard player in Rochdale
HarryAardvark 2 weeks ago
@HarryAardvark
Hi Harry. Seems he seldom played it the same. The studio version is Farfisa on Storm Signal, then Hammond on Celestial Voices. The BBC studio version is Hammond on both. Live he'd play both parts on a pipe organ if the theatre had one, or on the Farfisa if it didn't until late 1969/ early 1970 when he got his own Hammond M102, when he'd play both parts on that, as he does on Pompeii in 1972. Storm Signal became much shorter when he was playing the Hammond.
nickhirst999 2 weeks ago
this piece was originally playd on a hammond organ, as far as I remember
rrakocza 1 month ago
@rrakocza Don't think so. Both the original studio recording (A Saucerful of Secrets) and the live version (Ummagumma) sound more like a Farfisa to me. Besides, none of the songs in that era included a Hammond organ, so I don't think they even had one. Ah well, I'm not an expert, so you're entitled to your own opinion. (Listen to the Ummagumma version though, it sounds very similar to this video.)
jossedobben 1 month ago
@jossedobben (That is, none of the Pink Floyd songs in that era. The Hammond organs did exist at that time, so many other songs from that era do include a Hammond organ. Gosh, it is hard to convert my opinion into words. XD)
jossedobben 1 month ago
@jossedobben
I know exactly what you mean but I think you're doing fine in your conversion! Celestial Voices (studio) has Organ bass pedals, organ and Mellotron strings. I've never owned a Hammond, though I have played an L100 and used many analogue and digital versions. The studio version doesn't sound like the FCD (which I've owned for 25 years) but it doesn't sound quite like a Hammond either. Storm Signal is def FCD. I'm talking about Celestial Voices!
Great comment!
nickhirst999 4 weeks ago
@jossedobben
Yeah the version I'm doing here is the live Ummagumma version which is definitely a Farfisa Compact Duo without a shadow of a doubt. The studio version which I've just listened to again could be a Hammond. Wright, at this stage only owned the FCD but they were recording in Abbey Road which had several Hammonds. I think all the organ on Piper is the FCD but Let There Be More Light has the first Wright Hammond part on it. There's the Mellotron too............!
nickhirst999 4 weeks ago
@rrakocza
Never been sure exactly what the orig Celestial Voices was played on. Always wondered and am just listening to it now and just seen jossedobben's comment from which I'll follow on............
nickhirst999 4 weeks ago
@rrakocza Well,on the Live at Pompeii one can see, that he plays it on his Hammond RT3. On the Studioalbum it rather sounds like the Farfisa.....
But, this playing here on the video sounds excellent !! :-)
sgtPepper0815 3 weeks ago
@sgtPepper0815
I could get really anal here! And am happy to do so! On "Pompeii" Richard Wright is playing both the 'Storm Signal' and 'Celestial Voices' parts on his own Hammond M102. The Hammond M102 is a Spinet model like the well-known Hammond L100 but has a few more tabs. Richard Wright did not acquire his own hammond M102 until around late 1969 after Ummagumma and More had been recorded and released, after which he is using the M102 as much as the Farfisa.
nickhirst999 3 weeks ago
@sgtPepper0815
Thanks for commenting on this because it has puzzled me for years. First we have to distinguish the four parts of the track: a)Something Else b)Syncopated Pandemonium c)Storm Signal and d) Celestial Voices. I knew I would have to rename this video at some stage because it encompasses parts c and d.
On this, my video, Storm Signal begins at 0:00 and Celestial Voices begins at 1:10
On Ummagumma, Rick both parts on the Farfisa, as I demonstrate here.
nickhirst999 3 weeks ago
@rrakocza
Done a bit more listening and this is my conclusion:
On the original studio version of the track "A Saucerful Of Secrets" from the album of the same name, part c, 'Storm Signal' is played entirely on the Farfisa Compact Duo by Richard Wright. Part d, Celestial Voices has organ bass pedals which sound more Hammond than Farfisa and the organ does have some Leslie on it. On top of that is the Mellotron strings:
I conclude: ASoS (studio) is:
c) Farfisa
and
d) Hammond
nickhirst999 3 weeks ago
How much would something like cost if you could find one? Great sound!
zacengledowhome 1 month ago
Awesome this is my favourite bit of Richard wright music. I used this bit of music in a film I made about Alhambra in Spain the music just seemed to fit. Nice playing by the way
dsrc18 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@dsrc18
Thanks! Can I find your film on YT?
nickhirst999 3 weeks ago
@nickhirst999 That's a good idea, but no it's not on YT I'm afraid.
dsrc18 3 weeks ago
@dsrc18
Aw, shame!
nickhirst999 3 weeks ago
Many many thanks for this. Sheer brilliance and you played it so well. What a lovely bit of kit. I am going to ask my brother to take a look at one.
HarryAardvark 1 month ago
Very well done! Rick would be pleased I think.
tgchism 1 month ago
That was beautiful man, Floyd will live forever in all of us.
akumal999 1 month ago
Congratulations!!! This is very similar.
robertolp78 1 month ago
Do you think I can get the same sound out of a Farfisa VIP 600?
IamPersonMan 1 month ago
@IamPersonMan
I've never tried a VIP so I don't know, but in the 1st part the setting is Trumpet 8' Flute 8' and 2 2/3'
From 1:10 it's: organ stops 16', 4' and 2 2/3' until 3:57 where the 4' is switched off.
The lower manual is: Dolce 8' and Principale 8' with Ottava 4' added at 2:53
Hope that's some help!
nickhirst999 1 month ago
The best Pink Floyd cover ever... congratulations!
juanitofloyd 1 month ago
Excellent, man.
my3snappy 1 month ago
@my3snappy
Thanks!
nickhirst999 1 month ago
for being a guitarrist you are a good keyboard player .
bengativo6 2 months ago
Bravissimo!
marcello70YT 2 months ago
Nice job man... What are you using to power it?
EtherealBeatnik 2 months ago
@EtherealBeatnik
Thanks. The previous owner had already made a new power supply for it, which is a shame as I'd rather have the orig. It's sitting on the floor off to one side.
nickhirst999 2 months ago
great!!!
Friesennerz1 2 months ago
Damn, you should send this to David and Roger just in case they decide to hook up again! Richard would be proud...
Jaa99Pa 2 months ago
great man, simply superb man Wow Cool Man Loved it. Floyd lives 4ever. Really
daviddesain 3 months ago
Was Richard right handed,left, or ambidextrous?
paulj0557 3 months ago
@paulj0557
I would say right handed, because when I was trying to work out what settings he was using and what he was playing, I noticed that at the point where he swaps over to playing the lead part on the upper manual with his right hand (at 3:58 on here) it becomes much more proficient. Keyboards are always set out for right handed people. Paul McCartney's a great example of a left handed pianist where most of what he plays is going on with the left hand.
nickhirst999 3 months ago
excellent! my favorite floyd moment makes me wana drop out.
zoinxoner 3 months ago
Bravo !!!!!!!!!!!
Very very Good !!!!!!!!
precisionbass69 3 months ago
Superbe, félicitation et c'est rare quand j'aime des cover de Pink Floyd parce que c'est mon groupe préféré.
Si un jour tu ne veux plus de ton Farfisa, tu me le donnes :)
doudsbass 3 months ago
@doudsbass
Merci beaucoups mais non..... ! Je ne veus pas donner toi mon Farfisa!! :)
nickhirst999 3 months ago
GOLD
downzyable 3 months ago
@downzyable
SILVER
I like both GOLD and SILVER myself but wanted to reply quickly!
Perhaps I should have said:
QUICKSILVER!
nickhirst999 3 months ago
'Here comes the flood' by Peter Gabriel is very much related to the harmonics
.
InterstellarJoe 3 months ago
@InterstellarJoe
Er...dunno.. never really liked Genesis myself, so don't know about them, though I thought I'd give "Here Comes The Flood" a quick listen and my immediate thought was that they'd pinched the opening pings from Pink Floyd Echoes.
Pink Floyd were before Genesis and whatever Peter Gabriel and co did was frankly irrelevant to me!
Sorry!
nickhirst999 3 months ago
Très belle interprétation, fidèle à l'originale ! ! Bravo ! !
micheldelorient 3 months ago
@micheldelorient
Merci bien!
nickhirst999 3 months ago
what's that? a PC from second mundial war?
douglasgobbivieira 3 months ago
@douglasgobbivieira
er... no. It's a Farfisa Compact Duo Organ, made in Italy circa 1966
nickhirst999 3 months ago
EXELENT!!!!!!!!
leonelkk 3 months ago
This is amazing, it just has blown my mind O_O Congratulations, this is a very good version! ;)
scorpions921 3 months ago
@scorpions921
Thanking you kindly!
nickhirst999 3 months ago
Sounds sweet. Cheers.
ascetic43 3 months ago
Muy bueno!!!
elmart 4 months ago
Thank you all for making this my first video to top 50,000 views. It is, of course Richard Wright's piece and I always think that he plays it triumphantly!
He really was on fantastic form that night. I wish I'd been there to witness it but I was only a couple of months old!
I'm glad I did Richard justice.
nickhirst999 4 months ago
dude wtf???? this is really really good D:
MasterJuancho 4 months ago
@MasterJuancho
Thanks!
nickhirst999 4 months ago
if i didn't know any better i would think this is the multitrack tape with the other tracks turned off. great job. and i wouldn't attempt to 'fix' it. it has such a great sound as is
newfuckingwave 4 months ago
@newfuckingwave
Thanks! That was my intention! Had I thought about it, I'd have played along to the orig with in-ear phones to keep time better. As it was, I discovered a way to cancel out the bass and drums on the orig (using phase inversion) so that I could hear just the organ and guitar tracks which made it easier to hear and learn the organ part.
Over the next few weeks BBC Radio are doing some in-depth delving into PF master tapes, including Ummagumma.
Cheers!
N
nickhirst999 4 months ago
@newfuckingwave
Thanks! That was my intention! Had I thought about it, I'd have played along to the orig with in-ear phones to keep time better. As it was, I discovered a way to cancel out the bass and drums on the orig (using phase inversion) so that I could hear just the organ and guitar tracks which made it easier to hear and learn the organ part.
Over the next few weeks BBC Radio are doing some in-depth delving into PF master tapes, including Ummagumma.
Cheers!
N
nickhirst999 4 months ago
He looks like Andy from Little Britain, in a moment he will return to his wheel chair and pretend like nothing happened when Lou comes back from taking the cat to the vets or something.
All in all a pretty good effort.
unaperrson 4 months ago
@unaperrson
That's me you cheeky bugger!
Just as well you were complimentary about my playing!
Lol!
nickhirst999 4 months ago
@nickhirst999 Sorry, only joking in the nicest possible way of course!
Yeah, I know!
unaperrson 4 months ago
@unaperrson
Yeah, I know!
nickhirst999 4 months ago
This is terrific stuff; Rick would've been proud
Lockefan1 5 months ago
Great job man ! You are so lucky to have one of these organs ...
doudsbass 5 months ago
Wish someone could get permission to play this on the Great Stalagpipe Organ in Luray Caverns Va.That would be cool !!
MrJacMac1986 5 months ago
I want one of these so bad...
can't wait for a tutorial especially for 0:16-1:10
tonbonthemon 5 months ago
@tonbonthemon
They are rare and beautiful, like Tigers!
Mine needs to go to the doctor/ vet but I may do a documentary showing the process. He's old (Farfisa Compact Duos are always male) but I think he'll survive!
nickhirst999 5 months ago
I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT And I have to say this in spanish: ES HERMOSO, AMO COMO SUENA, ENSERIO.
nicolasdelariva 6 months ago
Now that the Farfisa needs major surgery, what I'll do is get my friend Gary (who filmed this) round to document it. I think the patient can be revived! The organ is only 43 but I think we have the technology.
nickhirst999 6 months ago
Very cool! I did a similar cover (not with a Farfisa, though). Check it out, if you'd like :)
PuttinOnnTheRitzz 6 months ago
Would it be possible for you to do a tutorial of this organ bit of the song? I can play the chords but I want to play all of it and cant figure out all of the notes by ear.
Thanks for the great video
TheDarkRedBarron 6 months ago
@TheDarkRedBarron
Well, bearing in mind that I can't read or write music, this vid was intended to be a tutorial/ demonstration! However, I've been asked by a few people (you being 1) to do a more in-depth tutorial, and I'm more than happy!
Problem is: the expression pedal doesn't work (and didn't when I recorded this, so I'm using a Boss guitar expression pedal), the G note on the entire organ is now making a horrible oscillating noise and now the entire lower manual has stopped working!
nickhirst999 6 months ago
@TheDarkRedBarron
Continued....
See my reply to seedylee below! When I get round to lugging the beast to my engineer (who has personally serviced it for the last 23 years since I've owned it) I will!
I may be some time!
Cheers!
N
PS, This Compact Duo is a Mk2 and I think it's a 1967/ 68 model which means it was about 20 years old when I bought it in 1988 when I was 19!! It's now at least 43! It's definitely a year or 2 older than I am!
nickhirst999 6 months ago
awesome.........I'm a guitar player that plays keyboard too..........but nothing like that...fantastic man.....thanks for posting
TheDreamingTiger62 6 months ago
@TheDreamingTiger62
Thank YOU! The Dreaming Tiger is one of the most inspired names I've ever encountered on YouTube!
nickhirst999 6 months ago
Truly wonderful, awesome job man! This has been one of my favourite songs since I was a kid, and to see someone recreate live is amazing.
Any chance you could share what settings you used on the Farfisa? I'm trying to create a VST to roughly emulate them.
Thanks,
Lee
seedylee 6 months ago
@seedylee
Thanks! Bear in mind the Farfisa is replicating organ pipes, so as with a pipe organ, stops are labelled "flute" etc but don't sound like a flute!
Low rumble from 0 to 0:20 is every note on the bass octave. @ 0:18 the upper manual is flute 8' trumpet 8' & 2 2/3'
@ 1:10, the green tabs are switched on producing a more mellow tone. The octaves are 16' 4' & 2 2/3'
Lower manual at 2:08 is dolce 8' & principale 8' and at 2:54 ottava 4'
@ 3:58 4' is switched off on upper manual
nickhirst999 6 months ago
@nickhirst999 Thanks for taking the time time to reply, really useful information.
Time to fire up the sampler and get cracking... Obviously I would prefer to have a genuine Farfisa but there's things are somewhat rare in Australia, particularly if you wish to have one that operates correctly!
seedylee 6 months ago
@seedylee
No worries Lee!
You're right about the rarity and unreliability of these beasts. I've just switched my Farfisa Compact Duo on to find that it has yet another fault!
It's over 40 years old and I suppose it's like owning a classic car. I have to have it serviced every couple of years and within a few weeks something else goes wrong!
Unfortunately, I'm not that technical so I have to get an electronics engineer to sort it out.
Continued.........
nickhirst999 6 months ago
@seedylee
...cont...
The important point is that each key can produce up to 3 octaves, plus an octave and two thirds on top. So playing the middle C of the upper manual with the 16' stop produces middle C. The 8' stop produces a C one octave above middle C and the 4' produces a C an octave above that. The 2 2/3 stop produces a G one and two thirds (ie a fifth) above that. So EACH key on the upper manual is capable of producing that note in 3 octaves apart plus an octave & 5th on top!
nickhirst999 6 months ago
¡Richard Wrigt no tenía esa barriga!
tlatol12345 6 months ago
thank you for this fine homage to Richard; your heart is surely in the right place. next time how about Cirrus Minor?
wordofgord
thewordofgord 6 months ago
@thewordofgord
Well....I have all the raw ingredients including the original Dawn Chorus and Nightingale. I can do the acoustic guitar and vocal and the Hammond Organ but even though I have a Farfisa Compact Duo, I just cannot do what Richard Wright did on Cirrus Minor! I'm afraid I'm stumped!
nickhirst999 6 months ago
that was just beautiful, thanks for this wonderful piece, it sounds very similar to the original, congratulations from Perú! keep floyd alive forever!
mcraul 7 months ago
Holy crap it's practically an exact copy of the sound. You obviously know your Floyd VERY well -- and that is one of my favorites. I salute you, amazing sir!
QuicksilverHammer 7 months ago
@QuicksilverHammer
Thank you!
nickhirst999 7 months ago
If only I had a Farfisa...
pagani43 7 months ago
@pagani43
All right. Give me your address and I'll leave it to you in my will!
nickhirst999 7 months ago
@nickhirst999 Have you ever had cyanide pills? I heard that they taste very nice... :D
pagani43 7 months ago
@pagani43
Lol!
nickhirst999 7 months ago
@nickhirst999 Don't take it wrong; I think you're a great person :)
pagani43 7 months ago
@pagani43
Yes! Lol! Got you and I didn't but you didn't give me your address!
Lol again!
Ok it's ebay for my Farfisa CD 30 then!
nickhirst999 7 months ago
Can you writte the chords please? Im trying by ear but its too difficult. By the way nice job there
sanqueen 7 months ago
@sanqueen
Ta! The chords are B minor, A Maj (with F# on top) E Maj, F# Maj, D Maj, GMaj, E maj, A Maj, F# Maj, B min, G Maj, F# Maj, E min, D Maj, F# Maj.
To anyone with a knowledge of music theory: what is an A Major chord with an added F# on top called? called?
nickhirst999 7 months ago
@nickhirst999
i believe an A Maj with an F# on is an A6 chord because the F# is the 6th note in the scale. Im not a master of theory so if im wrong please correct me.
girlcrazymusicfreak 7 months ago
@girlcrazymusicfreak
Thanks! That makes sense and others are saying the same. It's A6th or A add6 which, I think is the same.
nickhirst999 7 months ago
@nickhirst999 Thank you very much :D
sanqueen 7 months ago
I think (and would really apreciate) you should record a video tutorial, you will help lot o people arround here, thanks again for the chords man
sanqueen 7 months ago
@sanqueen
My pleasure! Yes, I'm happy to do a tutorial, though it might be a bit amusing as I don't know what chords I'm playing either on guitar or keyboards!
I have the opportunity to play this on a church organ. The very church I was baptised in (as an atheist!).
Watch this space!
N
nickhirst999 7 months ago
@nickhirst999 that would be an A6
stupot295 7 months ago
ive tryed to play this on organ hard
50pearcy 7 months ago
Nice.Really did that one justice. A pleasure to sit and listen to. Hey, if you like the Farfisa, check out Can's Irmin Schmidt, if you haven't heard Can. He was a wicked Farfisa guy too. Wicked, intense sounds.
swans1997 8 months ago
4 people doesn't have the music feeling!!
PFVideoHD 8 months ago
You are not a keyboard player? Well, you play very well. (I'm a piano student)
nicolasdelariva 8 months ago
@nicolasdelariva
Aha! Then you are just the man who can help! I know very little about music theory having only learned the piano to grade 2 over 30 years ago!
Can you tell me what the second chord in the main progression is called? It's an A Major with an F# on top.
Thanks!
N
nickhirst999 7 months ago
@nickhirst999 It's answered by sanqueen, however, I don't know if I could tell you what chord it is :-S
nicolasdelariva 7 months ago
@nicolasdelariva
Thanks! Apparently it's A 6th or A add 6!
nickhirst999 7 months ago
@nickhirst999 That chord (A major with F♯ on top) is Aadd6 (i.e. A major with an added sixth (here the F♯).
pagani43 7 months ago
@pagani43 (Or just simply A6).
pagani43 7 months ago
@pagani43
Ah! Thank you for that!
nickhirst999 7 months ago
This could pass for Wright during a rehearsal. Great job!
5jerry1 8 months ago
@5jerry1
Thank you. There's a compliment! I've listened to a couple of other live versions which are from a few days apart from the Ummagumma gig and Rick's not playing nearly so much on those. This is as faithful to the Ummagumma take as I could get and Rick was absolutely inspired that night!
nickhirst999 8 months ago
buzzone.. c'hai pure l'hiwatt eh, bastardo riccone..
krudelta 9 months ago
That sound... belongs to another dimenson... it comes from another time, another space... @_@
OphielPan 9 months ago
Beautiful!
dronespace 9 months ago
- Pink died.
aftertheheat 9 months ago
- Who?
aftertheheat 9 months ago
Great tribute, man! Rick's playing was essential to the Floyd sound and I've always had a special fondness for the Compact Duo, which have later become synonymous with him.. Truly a great keyboard player and musician, he will always be remembered..
Lockefan1 9 months ago
@Lockefan1
Yeah thanks Lockefan1, that's exactly what I think.
Richard Wright came up with some of the most fantastic Pink Floyd pieces and in fact I'm going to put my life on the line here, by saying he was more important than R. Barrett!
anonymous19841 9 months ago
You know, a lot of Pink Floyd fans really don't credit Richard Wright as much as they actually should. Sure, I myself think Nick Mason played a HUGE part in nearly all of Pink Floyd's songs, especially in numerous fills and such, but I think Rick Wright played just as much of an important role as Syd Barret in the early formation years of Pink Floyd.
Even throughout the later years (70s, 80s, & 90s), Rick Wright still stuck with Pink Floyd (besides when Roger Waters cut him of course).
VokesRob 10 months ago
@VokesRob
Yes, VokesRob, I couldn't agree more! My personal love of PF was the late 1960s/ early 1970's. I'm not a Barrett fan! I think the best thing that happened to PF was when DJG replaced RKSB!
Controversial!
Mason and Wright were the soldiers! (Up the Khyber!)
anonymous19841 9 months ago
oh my... that is otherworldly
great effort
cheers from serbia
louizonattaque 10 months ago
@louizonattaque
Hello Serbia from England!
Thanks! My favourite description of Rick Wright's Farfisa sound comes from a book on Pink Floyd by Rick Sanders:
-a Scottish Martian in a Persian market in a church by a moor in the Crab Nebula-
That's definitely 'other worldly'!
N
nickhirst999 10 months ago 2
greetings from Farfisa neighbourhood , I did not know Rick Wright used a Farfisa on this, well done !!
labeviamo 10 months ago
Masterful and beautiful performance. I still remember helping my father toss his farfisa into the garbage dump when I was a kid. I still taunt him about it to this day.
triggerhare 10 months ago
@triggerhare
These things happen! The first Compact Duo I ever played back in 1985 was already well and truly knackered! It was given to me 10 years later and all I could do was chuck it out!
nickhirst999 10 months ago
well done, beautiful!!
ThePinkJeep 10 months ago
really beautiful
peterpterodactyl 10 months ago
Wonderfull!!! from Argentina.:)
Karcom1 10 months ago
Heavenly!!! greetings from austria.
myownfunnyfarm 11 months ago
@myownfunnyfarm
Thanks! I spent several weeks in The Ziller Valley as a teenager. I loved it! I long to go back there!
Such a beautiful country.
N
nickhirst999 10 months ago
Wonderful...Nice job, great song!
greetings from Brazil...
zfjunior 11 months ago
great playing man! also, that Hiwatt looks yummy :)
frandijabaz 11 months ago 2
In the end, I wanted to clap :)
Wonderful job!
DarwellJ 11 months ago 2
great job man im also a guitarist who likes to play the occasional keyboards this is one of my favorite pink floyd songs not to mention you used a correct type of organ, great job!
thebeatles1015 1 year ago
The first time I comment on you tube. I felt compelled to. You do this justice and for that I thank you. Great job. Thanks from Iceland.
gfisfeld 1 year ago
The first time I comment on you tube. I felt compelled to. You do this justice and for that I thank you. Great job.
gfisfeld 1 year ago 2
@gfisfeld
I'm honoured to receive your first comment and I thank you for that! Thanks to Iceland from England!
nickhirst999 1 year ago
GREAT job man, grettings from Peru
gonzalomichilot 1 year ago
Fantastic, good work. Go on with keyborads. your version sound precious for me. It has disadvantages, but its a skills side. R.I.P Richard Wright
MrCrypty 1 year ago
This cover still really boggles my mind how good it is overall and how much it sounds like the real thing.
llegend4eva 1 year ago
A brilliant instrument, a great player, and a great tribute to the man himself. Thanks for the enjoyment.
Stravinski59 1 year ago
But I have Farfisa Leader from 1965 with two manuals and pedal with 13 notes
Spinet model.and still works .....
delfreak 1 year ago
@delfreak
I'd love to see or hear it. Any chance of an upload on YouTube?
nickhirst999 1 year ago
@nickhirst999
I am just servicing it .
If you send me mail I can send you some photo....
delfreak 1 year ago
@delfreak
Thanks for photos, delfreak. Very interesting, I've not seen that model before.
Thanks,
N
nickhirst999 1 year ago
@delfreak Any chance you could send some photos to me too? Thanks
mewrth 1 year ago
@mewrth
send me a meil...
delfreak 1 year ago
@nickhirst999 Does this have anything to do with echoes.
runeguldberg 1 year ago
@runeguldberg
No. Although it sounds very similar at the start, Celestial Voices is the final part of the track A Saucerful of Secrets and was released 3 years before Echoes.
nickhirst999 1 year ago
good demonstration of the farfisa and a nice ode to wright.
antoninprochazka 1 year ago
Can anyone tell me the difference between a Farfisa and a Hammond?? sorry `bout my English, I am from Chile
Clashchileno 1 year ago
@Clashchileno
Your English is perfect!
There are many differences between the Hammond and Farfisa, which I'll go into at great length unless somebody else does first!
Merry Christmas!
NH
nickhirst999 1 year ago
@Clashchileno El Farfisa es un órgano italiano que se hizo popular en los 60's y 70's entre otras cosas por ser fácil de transportar, mientras que el Hammond es un gran mueble que necesita para sonar con su plena identidad, de un parlante giratorio que se llama Leslie, Cuanto más rápido gire el Leslie más distorsionado va a ser el sonido. Ejemplo del uso del Hammond es Jon Lord de Deep Purple. Saludos!
goootero 1 year ago 2
@goootero
Grazie! I cannot speak Italian but I think you are saying The Farfisa was a popular Italian Organ from the 1960s and 1970s.....I love it! Please carry on speaking Italian here!
Saludos!
nickhirst999 1 year ago
@nickhirst999 Hi Nick. I'm from Argentina and I expalined to the guy from Chile, in spanish (not italian) the difference between Farfisa and Hammond. Cheers!
PS: I saw your So Far Away solo! Very good! Give my regards to Sir David Gilmour please.
goootero 1 year ago
@goootero
Thanks!
Yes I realised my mistake the moment I pressed 'post comment'! Lol! In my defence, I was slightly drunk, and I'm used to seeing Italian on Farfisa channels as of course, Farfisa is an Italian company.
nickhirst999 1 year ago
@nickhirst999 this is not italian is spanish, (questo è italiano quello che scrivo io) anyway Farfisa is from a small italian region called Marche, in 60 70 and 80 this region had two really good company Farfisa and olivettti computer, sadly now are crap
LOveERDos 1 year ago
@LOveERDos
Yes I realised my mistake just as I pressed 'post comment'! I've got an Olivetti typewriter from the 1960s. it still works!
nickhirst999 1 year ago
@LOveERDos
Yes again, I have original advertisements from 1967 for Farfisa as well as original Farfisa Organ manuals. My cousin had a Lancia but unfortunately the engine fall out!!
N!
nickhirst999 1 year ago
@nickhirst999 Lancia have done just 4 great cars 1 Fulvia 2 delta 3 thema, after fiat buyed lancia and lancia don't make anymore nice car like before, yes nice design and lux inside but mechanically arereally bad