Chaka Khan - I Feel For You Moog bass along

Published on Nov 27, 2013 303machine·3 videos

"All credits goes to Geeljasjes who unfortunately closed his channel.

His comment for this song:

Coolest period in Funk music for me was from 1981 to 1986.
This track is one of my faves from 84.

I Feel For You had been recorded twice before, but this is the coolest version. It's extremely over-produced, so it took me a while to get the same sort of result.

The machine drums at the start, which keeps on running throughout the whole track, was originally done using a DMX, Linn and TR808. All these can now perfectly be recreated inside Reel Machines by XLN-Audio.
I wasn't really pleased with Reel Machines initially, but having given it a second chance it's rather convincing and pleasant to work with.
After the rap intro Addictive Drums kick in, to put another layer of drums ontop and to give it a live feel.
My aim is always to find the middle between the original recording and a live feel.

I could have left Melle Mel's rap out, unless I had the original isolated track, but no one has that luxury, so I did it myself.
Only then I realized how difficult that rap was. Not having an American accent and of course Melle's deeper voice makes it somewhat sound silly, but it's effective enough (I hope?).

A lot of Prophet-5 and Jupiter-8 was used, especially all the brass sounds.
The harmonica was another difficult thing to replicate.
I used a sample from my Korg TR-Rack.
The Minimoog is completely unprocessed.
Enjoy!"

And the original: no synth spotting, but there's plenty of parachute pants spotting.

Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)
Published on Jan 12, 2013 Yigal Classa·69 videos

"The most successful and well known version was recorded by female R&B singer Chaka Khan, appearing on her 1984 album, I Feel for You. Prince, as songwriter, won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song.
WMG (C)"