Gangnam Style live performance on Quasimidi Sirius

Published on Oct 9, 2012 by Hanni13579

Original below.

"Somebody challenged me to do this. So this is for you, Final Draft. :P

I was just fiddling around with my Sirius when I suddenly had the idea: could a Gangnam Style pattern work on a 7-track-sequencer? So I fetched a MIDI file for the bass line (I was being lazy ^^) and created something funky. And it worked.
This is far from perfect and actually just for fun (the bridge could have been far better ^^). It took me 8 (eight) takes to record this because a lot of things have to happen in a very short time and very precise - and that takes practice. But I like how it turned out. For all in all three hours of preparation.

For those who don't know: the Quasimidi Sirius is a 1997 German digital synthesizer / 7-track-sequencer / vocoder ... thing. The song is based on two patterns (arrangement loops), one for the verse and one for the chorus. The first octave on the keyboard mutes / unmutes the tracks. The second pitches the three synth tracks. The last two are "normal" in playback mode.
The sounds are 100% Sirius and were directly recorded from its stereo output. The mixdown has been mastered and EQed. There's a light additional reverb on the synth recording, because it sounded too dry for my taste. The filter at the beginning was added afterwards using Logic's Channel EQ.

I know I need to shave.

All the sounds were taken from JayB's sound set for Quasimidi Sirius. Available on my homepage. If you want the pattern too, PM me.

Original track: Psy - Gangnam Style (Universal Music Korea)
Additional remake production: Johannes JayB Berthold

JayB homepage: http://www.jaybmusic.net
JayB on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jaybmusic
JayB on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaybproductions
JayB on SoundCloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/jaybmusicnet"

And the original:

PSY - GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일) M/V

Published on Jul 15, 2012 by officialpsy | #1 on the YouTube 100