Muse - MK Ultra (Guitar, some Backing Vocals and Strings)

[civictiger]

The strings at 3:13 ARE NOt in the ORIGINAL MIX. ONLY THE 5.1 VERSIONS!

[loodleliddle]

How come everyone is saying the strings are in the 3:13 bit? I can't hear them? I dunno if I have a different version to some people, but they're definitely not in mine. And they aren't in the instrumental either...

[Jake123557]

Have nobody actually heard the strings in that 3:13 part before? I heard it the first time I listened to the song...

[Jomnomify]

@Jake123557 same, it is actually pretty audible :)

[thedesperate4eva]

How can no one hear the strings?? They are so obvious in the final version

[dunterd]

How can you not hear the 3:13 strings in the original?! I could hear them easily even before this.

[shayiscool117]

i dont think there is strings in the song that might just be for the 5.1 version cuz i ve tried really hard to listen for them and i cant hear them

[musefreak122]

3:13 shivers!!!!

i thought you guys meant the first ones but then i thought "wait the song's only 4 minutes and the first strings are like a minute in.. so which strings?" then 3:13 comes "how did i not notice this before?!?!"

[ChiChiChihuahua2]

Holy. Strings.

I was just like "Okay, 3:13 is when it kicks in?" I was like, hm, okay... So I was waiting and then I freaked out. holy shit.



[cpriicorn]

Listening to 3:13 on the 5.1 version is like having an eargasm.

[perritaamorosa]

this version is better than the cd one.

[hjchamp04]

fuukin dumb asses....the keytar is for the synths

[ellissapurser]

any body know how Matt's keytar works??

btw orgasm when matt sings in robot voice. thats obviously the non-technical name for it. ummm distorted voice?

[platinumdynamite]

@ellissapurser It's a vocoder. Also, I'm not sure how his keytar works exactly, but it looks like some expressive button or trigger that he can control a filter with.

[ellissapurser]

@platinumdynamite Question... so do you think that the buttons on the neck of matts keytar are different voices and expressions or....

[platinumdynamite]

@ellissapurser Well as far as I know it's just a MIDI controller. I actually found out there are strings over the buttons but I'm not sure if they're just for Matt to use as a guide, or to complete a circuit for something. I'm pretty sure you can assign the buttons to anything, similar to how the XY Pad on his guitars work.

[ellissapurser]

@platinumdynamite very interesting... thanks!

[funfunfunfunfun1]

@platinumdynamite the strings are metal, and the buttons where a fret would be are also metal, so when the strings are pushed down it creates a circuit, sending off a signal to play whatever sample its set to

[lordcroesus]

Ahh! Sounds like Chris has his bass through some sort of bass-synth..

[XxFuNkYPaNdAxX]

I think it's a ton of fuzz

[platinumdynamite]

@lordcroesus I actually think that sort of filtered sound could be Matt's keytar, the effect used on Undisclosed Desires live. if you listen to other tracks, Chris' bass is just a normal sound.

[13lissss]

yeah I agree with platinumdynamite

[ellissapurser]

@platinumdynamite definetly!!! that makes sooo much more sense!

[SpencerC]

Its a shame that the strings at 3:13 are almost inaudible on the final mix. That part made it more epic for me

[miikee90]

i don't even notice those strings until today!

[EmeraldStudiosHD]

...And I jizzed in my pants

[Aurrius1991]

What exactly is '5.1'? :P

[MuseMatt]

Dolby surround versions of the album.

[Aurrius1991]

Aah, I should've known that. Thanks!

[LeniInChains]

5 speakers, 1 subwoofer. dolby surround

[Lihyahm]

Thanks for these!