Birabuto Kingdom - Super Mario Land Cover on Modular Synth & Volca Beats #TTNM

Published on Oct 7, 2014 The Tuesday Night Machines

"Eurorack Modular Synthesizer & Volca Beats cover of "Birabuto Kingdom Theme" by Hiro Tanaka (Super Mario Land GameBoy chiptune soundtrack).

I arranged the score as two MIDI tracks in Ableton Live, based on the ragtime version of Keeper1st and the according MIDI file, created by PlayMidi.

- Keeper1st's video with Tom Brier's amazing ragtime sight-reading:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPa4i-...

- PlayMidi's video with Keeper1st's arrangement as a MIDI file:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Of_gm...

Also, check out Motive Makes A Man's awesome cover, which inspired me to do this song too (although I will never be as skilled as him):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HJDbM...

EURORACK PATCH INFO:

- Bass and Lead MIDI tracks, plus MIDI clock, from Ableton Live to the Vermona qMI MIDI-CV module
- Bass melody sounds by the Malekko Anti-Oscillator, through the Erica Synth Polivoks VCF. Mixed with a sub-osc from the Dopefer A-160 clock divider, through the Voice of Saturn Filter
- Lead melody sounds by the Klangbau Wavetable VCDO, through the Intellijel uVCF and partly through the Synthrotek EKO delay
- Noise percussion by the Ataraxic Translatron VCO, sequenced by the 4ms SCM
- Wooden/water drop percussion by the Klangbau 3D VCF filter-ping module
- Other drums by the Korg Volca beats, synced to the modular/Ableton
- Modular-internal trigger sequencing by the Rebel Tech Stoicheia, Intellijel uStep and 4ms Shuffling Clock Multiplier


GEAR INFO:

Audio gear used:
- Eurorack Modular Synthesizer (with Malekko Wiard Anti-Oscillator, Intellijel Dixie, Intellijel Quadra, Make Noise Function, Klangbau Köln Wavetable VCO, Erica Polivoks VCF, Vermona qMI MIDI-CV,etc. My rack on ModularGrid: http://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/vi...)
- Korg Volca Beats (drum machine)
- Zoom R16 (recording & mastering)
- Ableton Live (MIDI sequencing the modular synth)

Video gear used:
- Panasonic WJ-AVE3 FX generator (circuit bent)
- Panasonic WJ-AVE7 video mixer
- Hama VS-2EIII video enhancer (circuit bent)
- GoPro HD Hero (playing back a video of a Super Mario Land play)

Filmed with a Canon EOS 550D (Rebel t2i). Audio and video performances recorded separately in one take."