Can u distiguish a fender rhodes from a nord stage ??

fjzingo@hotmail. · 2nd June 2009

Hi all,

Thought I could challenge you all experts in this vintage forum!!

We have used a real Fender Rhodes Mark 1 from 1973 on one or more of these recordings and a Nord Stage on the other/s, can you tell which is which????.

Mark the one/s where we use/d a real fender rhodes!!!!!

CANTALOOP on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Videos

What do you say guys can you recognize the real thing????

I'l giv e you the recording details when this poll is over.

/Fred

space2012 · 4th June 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by fjzingo@hotmail.

Hi all,

Thought I could challenge you all experts in this vintage forum!!

We have used a real Fender Rhodes Mark 1 from 1973 on one or more of these recordings and a Nord Stage on the other/s, can you tell which is which????.

Mark the one/s where we use/d a real fender rhodes!!!!!

CANTALOOP on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Videos

What do you say guys can you recognize the real thing????

I'l giv e you the recording details when this poll is over.

/Fred

this is not a true A/B test.
same melody, same chords, dry.

fjzingo@hotmail. · 4th June 2009

No it's not an A/B test it's a test if you can distinguish a real fender rhodes from a nord stage in a mix.......it's different songs but the same instruments.

MrJulius · 4th June 2009

Its all about you in a fender strat (?) on the bridge pickup.

I think...

taturana · 5th June 2009

you forgot the "who gives a S**t" option ......

fjzingo@hotmail. · 5th June 2009

Don't worry, be happy........

ingrato_mondongo · 6th June 2009

rhodes = seven reasons only

fjzingo@hotmail. · 6th June 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by ingrato_mondongo

rhodes = seven reasons only

Guess what you might be right!!!

fjzingo@hotmail. · 8th June 2009

Hi all

So time to reveal the secret……thank you all for voting.

We had a nice recording session, recording live, I played the Nord stage planning to replace the rhodes sounds with the real thing in the end. Some of the tracks sounded to good to be replaced, partly due to feel and sound the real thing wasn’t better than the clone….

On “it's all about you” we used a nord stage!!! on but indeed ingrato-mondongo we used a mark 1 on Seven reasons.

Seven reasons

Here we used a real Mark 1(adjusted to ideal setting by Fredrik Adlers, the guy who recorded the samples for the stage) we connected directly from the harp to a moog phaser pedal set to bypass(increases the signal and probably a low pass filter my guess) and straight into instrument in on a motu 828mk3.

In the mix we used VKFx from scarbee to get the preamp sound and emulate some panning, with this effect we get bring forward more bellish tones.

We also used focusrite liquid mix dbx 160a emulation and a brit modern desk ssl g-series eq(added 9dB 1.8kHz)

Souled out

Nord stage Mark 1 deep through the onboard ampsim 1, some higs added eq.

It’s all about you

Nord stage Mark 1 deep through the onboard ampsim 1 some highs added

We added som dbx 160a emulation and a brit ssl g series eq using liquid mix.

Simple as that (yeah of course we cut out everything below 100Hz)

Judge for yourself about the sound but for me it shows how long way the clones have come in imitating the real thing, especially in a dense mix.

I'll see if I can load up a movie showing the tracks with and without the effects on youtube

/fredrik

ingrato_mondongo · 9th June 2009

where is my brownie?

fjzingo@hotmail. · 10th June 2009

Here you go

a brownie

Fred

ingrato_mondongo · 10th June 2009

CCCCCCOOOOL yum yum

Kingtone · 15th June 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by taturana

you forgot the "who gives a S**t" option ......

why the hell would you bother posting then??!!

View Poll Results: On whick track/s did we use a real fender rhodes mark 1??
Souled out	1	11.11%
Seven Reasons	3	33.33%
It's all about you	5	55.56%
Voters: 9. You may not vote on this poll

2nd June 2009	#1
fjzingo@hotmail. Gear Head Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 50 Thread Starter	Can u distiguish a fender rhodes from a nord stage ?? Hi all, Thought I could challenge you all experts in this vintage forum!! We have used a real Fender Rhodes Mark 1 from 1973 on one or more of these recordings and a Nord Stage on the other/s, can you tell which is which????. Mark the one/s where we use/d a real fender rhodes!!!!! CANTALOOP on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Videos What do you say guys can you recognize the real thing???? I'l giv e you the recording details when this poll is over. /Fred

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fjzingo@hotmail. Gear Head Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 50 Thread Starter	Hi all So time to reveal the secret……thank you all for voting. We had a nice recording session, recording live, I played the Nord stage planning to replace the rhodes sounds with the real thing in the end. Some of the tracks sounded to good to be replaced, partly due to feel and sound the real thing wasn’t better than the clone…. On “it's all about you” we used a nord stage!!! on but indeed ingrato-mondongo we used a mark 1 on Seven reasons. Seven reasons Here we used a real Mark 1(adjusted to ideal setting by Fredrik Adlers, the guy who recorded the samples for the stage) we connected directly from the harp to a moog phaser pedal set to bypass(increases the signal and probably a low pass filter my guess) and straight into instrument in on a motu 828mk3. In the mix we used VKFx from scarbee to get the preamp sound and emulate some panning, with this effect we get bring forward more bellish tones. We also used focusrite liquid mix dbx 160a emulation and a brit modern desk ssl g-series eq(added 9dB 1.8kHz) Souled out Nord stage Mark 1 deep through the onboard ampsim 1, some higs added eq. It’s all about you Nord stage Mark 1 deep through the onboard ampsim 1 some highs added We added som dbx 160a emulation and a brit ssl g series eq using liquid mix. Simple as that (yeah of course we cut out everything below 100Hz) Judge for yourself about the sound but for me it shows how long way the clones have come in imitating the real thing, especially in a dense mix. I'll see if I can load up a movie showing the tracks with and without the effects on youtube /fredrik

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