Voyage Into the Unknown - Andy Barrow - Minimoog Voyager XL - Korg Radias - Kawai K4

Hi All,

Better late than never. Having issues making anything stick, Fell upon this idea and just went with it.....Suggest a Decent pair of Headphones or Monitors - Turned up!!!

A piece of music that started out in Reason 5 using Dr Rex Loop player, I exported a couple of loops to use in my Cubase Project and worked up from there. This piece was recorded live into Cubase using a total of 8 Tracks of audio. I hope to add more tracks and make it last longer for better effect and pad this piece out with some extra sounds to add to the ambient effect (located somewhere in this track)

Some big Pad sounds from both Kawai and Radias - earning them their right to stay in the studio. The Minimoog giving me that nice deep growling bass I wanted for this music and taking full advantage of the Pitch and Mod Wheels. The Radias and the XL set the theme to start the Music off into the Voyage into the unknown

The main part of this video is of me (apparently struggling) unpacking the Voyager XL - Yes this is a heavy unit and one I did not want to drop, not that it would hurt the Moog, just probably crack the floor :-) Probably the sexiest looking synth ever - if you like the retro look and love analogue (digital is nice ...But......)

The very last part of this video with the Drums and Moog - The stereo effect is direct from the Voyager XL by using the Touch Panel to effect change in EG and its Position in the Stereo image - This will form part of the continuation for this piece of Music - Not sure on what direction I am heading in yet with this, needless to say the Moog's will be out to play

Hope you enjoy this as much as I did putting this together.

Many thanks for dropping by and watching

Andy

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Electronic
• Ambient
• Ambient Music
• Electronic Music
• Korg Radias
• Korg
• Kawai
• Kawai K4
• Minimoog
• Moog
• Voyager XL
• Experimental
• Electronica
• Chill
• Sound
• Techno
• Industrial
• Lounge
• Space
• Synthesizer
• Drums
• Reason 5 Loops

[ChemicalComedown]

Top tune, very good work 5***** !!! : )

[MrRidgebackman]

@ChemicalComedown thanks for that, much appreciated.Cheers Andy

[TheSoundrookie]

I completely understand your happy face opening that box. Man I'm envious.

This is a nice dark and chilled track with some really great harmonies. I love it.

Respect and thumbs up.

All the best.

Soundrookie.

[MrRidgebackman]

@TheSoundrookie hehehehe...If only you could here the sound I removed from this video and replaced with the Music. Yes I was rather happy to open that box, for a million and one reasons. My First real Expensive Moog synth. I have wanted one of these monsters for years, even before I knew what one was. The sounds that this synth offers are amazing. I have yet to do a video dedicated to this. A few people have asked me to do one. - Soon as I get the chance. Thanks for the comments and dropping by.

[MrRidgebackman]

@KieronEdwards No problem - It all started in Reason 5 for the rhythm and created a number of different loops all the same bpm. Imported these into Cubase and created a main Audio Track for the Beat.

I then went on to add Pad Sounds using the KAWAI K4 and recorded them live into Cubase. I did the same for the Second audio track for the Radias - the Arpeggio part. Once I had a theme going in my head I just went with it and recorded the sounds. Lastly the intro part and Moog Bassline came after

[KieronEdwards]

@MrRidgebackman I'm looking forward to hearing how you develop the track. I've an M3 with a Radias-EXB board in it and a Virus TI (for knob twiddling). I've always wondered if I should get a moog - I'm torn between that and the Dave Smith prophet 8. I have long harboured the view that I need something entirely analogue with a load of modulation possibilities.

[MrRidgebackman]

@TonartAM They are one of my All time Favourites and have been since I was 5. I grew up with the sounds of the Moogs dating back to the Great Modular days, If you get a chance look up a guy called Mort Garson, he did an album called Electronic Hair Pieces, He used a Modular Moog Synth and I actually still have the album on Vinyl. Wendy Carlos was also another great user of the Moog's along with many others. Thanks for the compliments, much appreciated Mick

[MrRidgebackman]

@MZound100 hehehehehe...Thanks Mick, I enjoyed working on this,

[MrRidgebackman]

@synthartist69 Many thanks for that and thanks for stopping by...I still have a bit of work to do with this track.

[MrRidgebackman]

@KieronEdwards I hear you, I am probably as guilty as any other keyboard player for doing that :-) The Voyager and indeed the Slim Phatty does call for tweaking of the sounds and is easy to accomplish with good effect. You can tame the moog bass lines or make them rip your ear apart. The Radias being one of the other synths that can tweak the sound even when being sequenced or using the arpeggiator by using the Mod Sequencer. Many thanks for the complement and thanks for dropping by.