Sunday, January 08, 2017
How to play the synth parts to Rush "The Camera Eye"
Published on Jan 7, 2017 Michael E Caloroso
"The song is easy to play, but the sounds are a challenge! I know that one part is a GUITAR but I played it anyway. When Rush recorded the song, Geddy Lee had the Oberheim OBX, his Oberheim eight voice SEM, Minimoog, and Moog Taurus pedals.
After much experimentation I nailed the sounds with OBX, Taurus pedals, and OBSX (which they didn't use but is a worthy contender for the sounds of the era). The Oberheims have a HOLD feature - as you play the notes in the intro, I'm pressing the HOLD button and they sustain without the hands. That leaves one hand free to play the S&H part.
I'm just playing through a tiny Barbetta amp and the iPod camera mic picked up the Taurus bass timbres better than I expected...!"
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