Tears For Fears/Shout instrumentation?

[mitchell]

Hiya... I gotta do a backing track of Shout for someone. Mainly I'm trying to confirm what made the flute noises... pretty sure it was a Fairlight, in which case I'll find some samples.

Anyone know if Mix magazine or anyone else every published on article breaking down the track? A link would be tremendously appreciated!

thanks!

Mitchell

[Dopamine]

Classic Fairlight Shakuhachi samples. I had a pretty convincing one on my Emax (and before that the Mirage).


This link should provide you w/ some options:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...hi&btnG=Search

[fredrik@mi7]

I think the drums is factory sounds for Emu's Emulator II or SP12, I'm not sure about the rimshot that sounds a bit like it comes from a Linn, but it might just as well come from the EII as well.
The voice-pad sound a lot like one of the sound that came with the Fairlight.

[doubledecker]

Fairlight definately

[mitchell]

Thanks guys... the drums aren't really an issue, I can steal the opening loop straight off the record, and most of the rest of the drums will be played live anyway.

I might just fake the shaku sound with my Triton (horrors!), depends on how close I can get it... otherwise I'll hunt down the samples (or just buy myself a Fairlight... they're worth about $12 these days, right?)

mitchell

[vixapphire]

Originally Posted by fredrik@mi7

I think the drums is factory sounds for Emu's Emulator II or SP12, I'm not sure about the rimshot that sounds a bit like it comes from a Linn, but it might just as well come from the EII as well.
The voice-pad sound a lot like one of the sound that came with the Fairlight.

thanks for playing. the drums are linn drum samples taken from "when the levee breaks" by led zeppelin. classic demolished bitcrushed bonzo in a stairwell. note, i said samples, not a loop. the rim shot is also from the linn factory soundset, but i'm not 100% sure of that one.

[Led]

Weren't those shakuhachi samples banned in the western world during the nineties? It was a United Nations resolution. I think you can only get them by smuggling them over the border nowdays.

[mavertron]

there is a piece of software called 'nostalgia' that has many factory patches frm the fairlight.
pretty sure that patch is on there.
as for fairlights being cheap ..no ! i wish they were, then i could do some "funkless thomas dolby" style tracks, they still go for about four to five thou (uk)

i would like one .
(see my avatar)

mavertron.

[Jamz]

Fairlight CMI IIx
I used to own one in the 80's. They were like $32K...8 bit...64 meg of ram.
But it had the cool light pen, page R and the infamous ARR1 sound.
On Shout I believe some of the drum sounds are from a Linn but many like the triangle were from the Fairlight. If I remember correctly the upper register of ARR1 was the "flutey/pipe" sound on Shout.

Nice avatar with Herbie Hancock. That looks like the series III Fairlight when they went 16 bit.
FWIW here is a picture of the series IIx.

[adamcal]

Ill never forget many years ago, reading in a music mag for some sound module or sampler of the day about the included sounds:

It has plenty of strings, brass, drums, but only a sole Ahh patch (or should the be the other way around)