Genesis - In The Cage - ARP Pro Soloist Synth solo

[soundmanhaven1]

great sounds 

[markusmala]

I used to learn this solo, but didn't practise again for a while, because nobody asked maybe to listened to it ( no enough genesis fans around!). Really pleased to listen and see it on the real thing, ARP soloist, didn't knew it was a Fuzz guitar preset, very rich buzy sound, funny but it's exactly that. The Black and white colors is for ...very 1974. Cool, Thanks so much!

[tamistamistamis]

I agree, it's a lovely solo. The kind that you find in 70's music. Tony Banks is really interesting to my ears when it comes to harmony and progression chord. Another solo that I love from Genesis is from the album "A Trick Of The Tail", in the song "Robbery Assault And Battery" starting around 2m30s. With its clymax at 4m20s !

Here's another great synth solo from the band Harmonium (still from the 70's).

The solo is starting at 4:40 until the end.

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[Elalepro]

video qlo pro

[Kornfogel]

Great performance!!!

[kloklhg]

Oh my -- this is really amazing! Thanks for sharing.

Greetings from The Netherlands.

[luigiperso]

from this, I can even understand where something like Cacophony's 'Speed Metal Symphony' drew inspiration from

[wilecuyote]

what are all the extra switches on the top of your arp??

[pianist007]

@wilecuyote This is a non factory mod which drops the pitch of any note by a value of quarter of a tone.

[SoundsofRuneScape]

That's it, I give up keyboards, I can't play this.

[luigiperso]

@SoundsofRuneScape , why, your fingers have fallen off ?

[SoundsofRuneScape]

@luigiperso No because this solo is freakin hard and I hate not being able to play to this standard.

[fredouwens]

Perfect!

Tony Banks can t do this better.

[tarekssmh]

Taran Taran ... this is perfect, as expected from you Hisham (Taran Taran is the part that should comes after the solo ended) Beautiful

[austerace]

I just had to watch this three times in a row.... Brilliant! Love it......

[untensil]

What key signature do you play this is, i have a score i bought online and its in E Major during the solo (four sharps).

[pianist007]

@untensil The solo is in Eb as on the record

[untensil]

@pianist007 ok, i'll transpose it them =)

[untensil]

@pianist007 ok thanks, i'll transpose it them =)

[lecheenpolvo]

Nice!!!! I have to practice a lot!!!

[douzilles]

perfect.

[gazzo45]

Excellent stuff!

[faunoram]

flawless !

[Jhensy2012]

Loved it.

[hhfan21]

A fantastic solo, I LOVE Tony Banks, and In The Cage is an amazing song, and I loveeeee Peter Gabriel's vocal style. Genesis forever! I love them all!

[moirana]

great work

[bhfjdsihb]

Very well done!

[JackOasys]

uguale... perfetto! non c'è che dire! e fatto con il ProSoloist come l'originale

Greetings from Italy, mr TonyBanks... :-)

[martorana62]

Bel suono , bellissima esecuzione !!!

[pianist007]

@martorana62 Thanks ! I wonder how this solo will sound on a Farfisa Syntorchestra :))

[danielortizdecaracas]

circuit  bent?

[georgeman2468]

learnt to do that solo on an old piano about 25 years ago!

[JoFandango]

woahouhhhhhhhh !

[TehMerChant]

Guess what, everyone?!?!? I can say I recently sold this virtuoso a Near Mint Ensoniq SQ80, and now he's my buddy!!! Truly AWESOME, MAN! It's Kel... I had to sign-in through my son's YouTube account, to leave this comment because I don't have an account and I didn't want to lose the vibe of just having seen you play this for the first time, by taking the time to create my own account before commenting... Loved It!!! You make it look so easy... Thanks for sharing.

[pianist007]

@TehMerChant Hey Kel, thanks a lot my friend -:)

[harryberger65]

Sigh! Its just great to see how those fingers fly...

[paperpichu]

Is that the cello sound on the ARP for that solo?

[pianist007]

@paperpichu  Fuzz Guitar 1

[gregaustin1992]

you rock man!!! it sounds like the actual banks!!!

[paperpichu]

cool

[riccardodimilano]

argh!!!! amazing! 

[damayer92]

AWESOME job! I love that solo.

[zark212]

Breath taking. Simply marvellous sound, so pure and addictive. I listen to a lot of music through valve pre amplifiers and Ribbon speakers and remember this tune when my uncle gave me the CD to try.Truly mesmerising. 10/10

[pianist007]

@zark212 Thank you Zark . . glad you liked it

[Solarlite]

Run away!

[JohnLRice]

Wow, perfect! Great job!

[Jon2222Jon]

oh that's very cool,

i think the sound that you used can't be any better, maybe a bit rougher if I was doing it but I liked it thanks

[smiroldo72]

wow ! excellent !  :-)

[boswell255]

Is that really just the Fuzz Guitar preset? I have the VST version, the AM Prosolovst, and the Fuzz guitar doesn't sound quite right. This might be just be the VST, but I was wondering if you had tweaked any settings, or added any effects? Great job by the way!

[pianist007]

@boswell255 The studio version of this song uses a dubbed line in this solo where the same line is played one octave higher, slightly chorused and blended together carefully, not too obvious but I know it's there as I could hear it. That's why it sounds this way, I haven't tried the vst software version so I can't say much about it. Thanks

[boswell255]

@pianist007 Thanks for the reply, but trust me your version sounds much closer to the original recording to my attempt with the VST. I suppose it's to be expected with a digital immitation of a classic analog synth. That's a great tip with the octaved chorus lead, I might have to try that and see how it sounds. Thanks!

[MajorTroubleMaker]

Who ate all the pie's!!!

[brianedmunds]

Very nice. - I love the sound of the ARP Pro Sololist for reproducing Tony Banks earler compositions. 5 stars!

[klepetar]

this sounds great..nailed it dude!!

[badasssucker]

Well done! Nice play! Great song! :)

[hegelec]

Flawless execution! Bravo! Another treat is that I noticed use almost the exact same fingering that I do on this one ... which gives me hope that a little more practise will get it that good. :)

Man, I wish my Pro-DGX weren't so sick. She needs a VCF replaced and I don't know how to get it done. Beautiful instruments. The fuzz guitar sounds like nothing else!

[pianist007]

@hegelec Thanks for your comment. I strongly advice you to send your ARP to Eric Van Baaren (NL) he is the best one in Europe on anything ARP-ish . . Good luck

I'm sending you a link to his website on a private message.

Cheers

[MoveOverCasanova]

what are these switches on the top panel for??

they are not there on the original model!

[RobinB84]

Well done! Ahh those Banks-parts are so incredibly well-composed. I call this man a genius.

[pianist007]

@RobinB84 Totally agree !!

[jedi1991]

nice video! i used it to learn that solo. check out my video

[bubblabu]

Well done. I couldn't agree with you more!

[Nikkodemis]

fantastic sound and well played

[plhammer]

Nice. Very good. Play another, please!

Pino. Italy.

[prinznevsky]

sweet, now do the middle of "Cinama Show" with the pentatonic runs...

[arpquadra]

Awesome keyboard playing

[mysticradio]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!  brings back my memory of seeing them do A TRICK OF THE TAIL in the 70s...... he didnt have big fancy synths..... but later did get the ARP QUADRA...........

[PoserExposer]

While not a Genesis fan,your playing is spot on.

[nicotinetech]

Waaaa top playing !!!! I give it a 10 . your hand look like a very handy spider . And you are right , Genesis music is part of our cultural background .

[pianist007]

Thanks a lot. Your work on the CS-80 is great !

[ray5401]

Excellent playing and sounds great. But that's an ARP Pro DGX not a Pro Soloist.

[pianist007]

Thanks. Both are identical with the same circuitry. The only difference is the way you select presets, this one is easier. On this earlier DGX model the filter is the same one used on earlier Pro Soloist units so they sound identical.

[kipp0man]

WOW - that was flawless - you almost made that look easy - many thanks for posting that incredible rendition and made all the more authentic by using the ARP pro-soloist. - simply Brilliant ! -

and yes that is an awesome piece of music, when I 1st heard it I was completely gobsmacked and played it over and over again and I never tire of hearing it.

[pianist007]

Thanks a lot :-)

[mk1gte]

I love this solo so much, awesome to hear it on an Arp too. What are the switches on top for? I take it that they are some kind of non factory mod?

[pianist007]

Thanks. Yes the switches is a non factory mod which drops the pitch of any note on the scale -depending on which switch you engage- by a value of quarter of a tone. Nice feature for playing some non-western scales such as Oriental modes.

[Albimar17]

Great skills, lovely equipment.

Thanks for the post!

[jimbojasper]

Very good job of a very challenging piece!!

[kipp0man]

that was pretty awesome playing-, and a real pro-soloist lead - PEFECT !

[tiedupsmurf]

OHHHHHHHH YEAH COOL ,NICE WORK

[argonnj]

I've seen lots of renditions of this solo on many different keyboards and nothing sound like an Arp, except for an Arp. Great job!

[cosmojairzinho14]

amazing ! the bass line and drum pattern you set up add a new feeling to this masterpiece of prog ressive music

[mootbooxle]

This is great, great, great!! "In The Cage" is by far my favorite Tony Banks synth moment...I've always wanted to learn this thing, thought I had it down too...you just blew my mind man!! I got to watch this about a million times to cop it like you!

Oh, and that DGX sounds GREAT!

[pianist007]

Thanks a lot man. I admire your experiments with your modular synth and the guitar, really good stuff, keep it up !

[ANALOGPIG]

Sounds great !!

[amrandromida]

wooooooooow...great solo & great arp also...com'on man...i got u through ur fuckin hand & told myself this is the master of synth...

u rock as usual ya khawal :))

awesome performance

ur little pupil.

Amr.

[yermyahu]

I found a Pro-DGX in a music pawn shop for $300 OBO 5 years ago. I played it, but it kinda had a clunky, floppy build quality...it didn't play too well either. Perhaps it was just worn in. Nice solo BTW!

[MJTHEBASSMAN76]

Your DGX really rocks!

Great sound and nice performance!

[knowur10sand18s]

that was perfect!

[pianist007]

Thanks a lot

[TAWDIGITAL]

I so badly want one of those synths. Nice video Sir.

[pianist007]

Thank you

[farfisavox]

Nice!

[Sexpistols100]

lovely bit of kit Arp Pro Soloist

what are the mods on the top?

[pianist007]

these are 12 switches for quarter tone scale tuning usually used in Middle Eastern music. The black switch on the left decides whether the selected note goes upwards or downwards quarter of a tone.

[pacific707]

This is the later model - the Pro-DGX, right? It contained a much more stable operating system, but it doesn't have quite the same "bite" as the original, early to mid-70's ARP Pro_Soloist. Still - an outstanding performance from you!

(My own personal gripe - your bass player added a few too many embellishments and notes that kind of threw me off. Better to stick with Mike's original lines. Just my $0.02. Fantastic, just the same...

[pianist007]

Actually this is the earlier version of the Pro-DGX and it looks very much like the Pro Soloist, the later model had the orange and black color scheme like the Quadra and the Odyssey MK 3 and also a different filter. This one uses the same moog type filter used on the earlier MK 2 Odyssey and it sounds exactly like the earlier pro soloist, I have both but this one is easier to use. Also since it is all analogue so there is no operating system, just a simple digital scheme for preset management.

[pacific707]

Hi -

Please disregard my stupid comments about the bass playing.

As far as an "operating system" - I should have simply referred to it's circuits, or, perhaps, it's internal system, et al. It is a completely analog synth, after all. Most importantly, once again, you've just floored me with another outstanding performance! Absolutely brilliant!!!!!