"I don't usually upload such short videos to YouTube, but people seem to be digging this one so I thought I'd share here too.
The Fairy Fountain theme from 'The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past' (yes, I can't get enough of this tune) using the original SNES samples, which I'm able to play thanks to a free plugin called C700: http://picopicose.com/software.html"
"A live cover of the Ridley boss battle theme from Super Metroid (SNES) followed by a breakdown of my arrangement. I've been getting lots of questions about how I play all the parts simultaneously, hopefully this explanation will help.
"Messing around with the underwater theme from Super Mario Bros using the latest pedal from Chase Bliss Audio - Blooper. Blooper is a looper pedal unlike any other one I've seen, there are so many fun ways to modulate and mangle your loops.
I got this idea because I've been playing some Mario recently and the first thing that popped into my head when I got this pedal is those little squid creatures called Bloopers.
Gear used (other than blooper) - Sequential Prophet XL, Studio Electronics Boomstar 4075
"The Therevox ET-4 is an analog synthesizer hand built in Canada and based on the very rare Ondes Martenot. This video shows examples of the Therevox being used by Green Isac, GLASYS, The Veils, Floating Points, Team Me and Ludvig Moon."
The Therevox ET-4 was first announced in May of 2012. You can find additional posts via the therevox label below.
In this video, I control an acoustic drum kit through my Arcadia controller using 4 Polyend Perc drumming machines. Every sound you hear is performed live simultaneously, no overdubs or sequences.
The tune is a new original called 'Acceptance'. It'll also be my 2019 Tiny Desk contest submission.
Gear used: Sequential Prophet XL, Studio Electronics Boomstar 4075, Polyend Perc, Arcadia keyboard (custom built by Moldover).
Video by John Thompson (Ballooga Media).
Recorded at 'Dead Aunt Thelma's Studio' in Portland Oregon, engineered by Sacha Muller.
Mastered by Dana White at Specialized Mastering.
"My live arrangements of some of my favorite tunes from the Legend of Zelda series. Download the tracks for free at: http://www.glasysmusic.com/zelda
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Thanks for your support! :)
Gear used: DSI Prophet 6, Yamaha Reface CS, SE Boomstar 4075, Spectrasonics Omnisphere, Korg Microkey 2, Red Panda Tensor, Chase Bliss Thermae, my custom Arcadia keyboard (built by Moldover), Enhancia ring prototype, Polyverse Manipulator. In some of the tracks I control parameters using an M-Audio foot pedal.
Tracks: Chest Opening, Fairy Fountain, Zelda's Lullaby, The Dark World, Sheik's Theme, Lost Woods, Midna's Lament.
Huge thanks to Koji Kondo, Toru Minegishi and Asuka Ohta for the amazing and inspiring music."
"I recently played the NES Legend of Zelda games for the first time (they were the only ones in the series that I hadn't beaten) and I really loved the Palace/Temple theme in Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link. There's something really dark and mysterious about it that made me want to keep playing (and inevitably dying over and over).
Here's my live arrangement of the tune, and like in most of my arrangements, all sounds are performed simultaneously.
Gear used: Sequential Prophet XL and Pro 3, Studio Electronics Boomstar 4075, Arcadia controller (custom built for me by Matt Moldover), Native Instruments Battery 4."
"My live arrangement of the Kraid's Lair theme from the original NES Metroid game, performed on the Prophet XL, Moog Matriarch and Therevox ET-4.
My Prophet X patch has multiple layers - a slow morphing synth, a piano, a choir, and some big drums that I bring in and out using an expression pedal.
That fast squiggly synth is also layered with the Prophet and was programmed with Steinberg Retrologue.
The Therevox is running through the Chase Bliss Audio MOOD and Thermae pedals.
The Moog uses it's own great stereo delay, as well as some Valhalla Shimmer.
New video every Wednesday! For the next few weeks, I'll be focusing on #Metroid music!"
