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I absolutely love this song, and I thought that it would be fun to do a cover using only retro instruments (primarily from the 1980s)! What you see is the result of a compulsive need to buy weird instruments off of eBay! The featured instruments include:
Casio DG-10 Digital Toy Guitar (run through an octave pedal to create the bass. Also used for a lead in Verse 2) Casio SK-1 Sampling Keyboard (used for the strings and the brass) Dubreq Stylophone (for electric guitar riffs) Suzuki Omnichord electric autoharp (run through a resonator plug-in to add texture) The drums are samples from the SK-1 and DG-10, triggered via the Rock Band controller.
This is a "VideoSong"-style vid inspired by the videos of Jack Conte, Nataly Dawn, Pomplamoose and Joel Cathey. If you haven't seen their videos yet, go start watching! And buy their music!
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That's a Rode NT1a. I would advise you to buy a M-Audio Nova. It is an affordable, high quality microphone best for vocals and acoustic instruments which is similar to the Rode in more than one way. Check Amazon for detailed very positive ratings of this product. I have the same mic and I love it.
Thanks! It's a Rode NT1a. It's a little bit more treble-y than I would like ideally, but I've been extremely happy with it. And I think you'd be hard-pressed to find anything better at that price.
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Great concept.
Rode is also great, but it is twice as expensive.
I am looking to get a nice screen studio mic and I really like the tone and clarity of that one you are using.