DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Tora Tora Tora"

YouTube Published on Sep 19, 2012 by DX5

"Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools with no midi on any track (audio recorded on the fly and manually quantized on screen). Then dumped to tape.
Bassline at backtrack (2 different sounds) are from the Promars.
Drums are Korg KR55 and Emax library sounds.

Gear played:
Upper: Roland Promars MRS-2 "compuphonic"
Mid: Roland JP8000
Lower: Yamaha DX7

Reel to Reel: Revox B77 MkII

Composed by Martin L. Gore"

j.Carpenter "christine" quick theme with Elka synthex, Moog Minimoog, Yamaha DX5 ..and evil cat

Published on Aug 9, 2019 Polynominaldotcom

"Short vid insipired from my evil cat during the nightSounds From Elka Synthex, Moog Minimoog D and Yamaha DX5 ! A big respect to master John Carpenter."

http://www.polynominal.com/

DX5 sampling a pipeline into the Emax

Published on Jul 30, 2019 DX5

Awesome shirt! :)

"I am working on a new cover and needed a certain sound. How to get it?: sampling a pipeline.
* * Guess the song I will be covering?. Write it in the comments section. * *
This sample will need some post production though, but It is a good approach to what I need."

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Leave in Silence"

Published on Jul 30, 2014 DX5

"A new cover done on a quick way extemporizing in the final part.

Gear used:
Roland JP8000
KORG DW8000
Revox B77 MkII

Composed by Martin L. Gore."

DX5 playing DM "NLMDA Aggro Mix"

Published on Nov 1, 2013 DX5·142 videos

"Playing "Never Let Me Down Again" Aggro Mix with some variations (specially at the end).
Gear used:
Upper: Roland JP8000 triggered live from Pro Tools (tweaking filter Cutoff and Decay parameters)
Mid: Emu Emax I
Low: Kurzweil PC1x

Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools.
Composed by Martin L. Gore"

Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode Has Passed Away

Andy Fletcher passed away today at the age of 60. I saw Depeche Mode live for the first time as a teenager back on July 14, 1986, at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheter in Irvine, CA. I grew up with their music and still listen to them to this day. They will always be a staple in my life. I have Andy Fletcher and the rest of Depeche Mode to thank for so much magic in my life on so many levels, from being a kid frolicking about in the 80s, to an adult dealing with the trials a tribulations of the day. Depeche Mode is a big part of that and Andy Fletcher was core to the band. He will be sorely missed by so many of us.

This post features two images of Andy. One from Wikipedia, and one from Discogs. The following bio is from Wikipedia. Don't miss the last sentence.

"Andrew John Leonard Fletcher (8 July 1961 – c. 26 May 2022), sometimes known as Fletch, was an English keyboard player, DJ, and a founding member of the electronic band Depeche Mode. In 2020, Fletcher was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Depeche Mode.[1]

In the late 1970s, Fletcher and schoolmate Vince Clarke formed the short-lived band No Romance in China, in which Fletcher played bass guitar. In 1980, Fletcher met Martin Gore at the Van Gogh pub on Paycocke Road in Basildon. With Clarke, the trio, now all on synthesizer, formed another group called Composition of Sound.[2] Clarke served as chief songwriter and also provided lead vocals until singer Dave Gahan was recruited into the band later that year, after which they adopted the name Depeche Mode at Gahan's suggestion.[3] Clarke left the group in late 1981, shortly after the release of their debut album Speak & Spell.[2]

Their 1982 follow-up album, A Broken Frame, was recorded as a trio, with Gore taking over primary songwriting duties.[4] Musician and producer Alan Wilder joined the band in late 1982 and the group continued as a quartet until Wilder's departure in 1995. From then on, the core trio of Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher remained active, up to the release of their 2017 album Spirit and ensuing world tour.[5]

Fletcher's role within Depeche Mode was often a topic of speculation. In early incarnations of the band, he played (electric and later synth) bass. As the band evolved after Vince Clarke's departure in 1981, Fletcher's role changed as each of the band members took to the areas that suited them and benefited the band collectively. In a key scene in D.A. Pennebaker's 1989 documentary film about the band, Fletcher clarified these roles: "Martin's the songwriter, Alan's the good musician, Dave's the vocalist, and I bum around."


Andy Fletcher and Daniel Miller talking about Depeche Mode early days

video upload by Michele Bisceglia

"This interview was shot in november 2015, but never edited and published.
We were in Verbier, Switzerland, for the 3 days happening Audi-o-Rama.
Depeche Mode founding member and keyboardist Fletch & Mute Records boss Miller remember the day they met and discuss other stories about the early days of the band"

A search on the first video to feature Depeche Mode comes up with the following 1981 performance from Top of the Pops. Andy Fletcher is on the Moog Prodigy.

Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough 1981

video upload by memorylane1980s

The following is a live tribue by DX5. If you follow the site you should be familiar with his numerous covers of Depeche Mode. This site is about synths and the people who love synths. This is the first tribute I've seen by a fan of Depeche Mode and I wanted to include it.

Andy (Fletch) Fletcher, has sadly passed away today :( :( Chat and synth tribute to him.

video upload by DX5

Making of Deadpool Soundtrack - Junkie XL

Published on Feb 16, 2016 junkiexlofficial

"Behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Official Deadpool Soundtrack by Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL - video by Will Knapp of Napptime Digital Video. Soundtrack available here: http://bit.ly/DeadpoolOST"

Pretty cool to see the synths used in the film: TTSH (ARP 2600 clone), Roland JD-800, Oberheim OB-Xa, NED Synclavier in software, and Yamaha DX5. Plenty of other synth spotting as well.

Update:

Synths of Deadpool - Studio Time with Junkie XL

Published on Mar 8, 2016 junkiexlofficial

"A walkthrough of the synths of Deadpool and a taste of the Studio Time with Junkie XL to come! More info coming soon!"

DX5 Playing Depeche Mode "Nothing" (new version)

Published on Nov 23, 2015 DX5

"Updated version. Gear used: Emu Emax (I and II), Kurzweil PC1x, Pad to Midi converter.
Backtrack recorded and sequenced on Pro Tools.
This is the first take, therefore some mistakes can be found :)

Composed by Martin L. Gore."

DX5 playing DM "New Dress"

Published on Feb 14, 2016 DX5

"Depeche Mode New Dress.
Gear used:
Emu Emax II
Kurzweil PC1x.

Backtrack previously recorded on Pro Tools and dumped into tape.
Tape machine: Revox B77 MkII.
Composed by Martin L. Gore"

DX5 playing DM "To Have and to Hold"

Published on Sep 10, 2015 DX5

"To Have and to Hold. Me Vs the Emax II.
Drums played in realtime (with HH acting as reference), so some offset can be heard.
Short wave radio signals were recorded from a 9 Mhz station on August 9, 2015 from Spain-Europe (Unidentified station).
No sound sampled from the original song.

Gear used: Emu Emax II (Containing my own samples, including SP12 drums and Emax and Kurzweil sounds).
'Siren' was made with the Roland Promars LFO.

Composed by Martin L. Gore."

DX5 Playing Depeche Mode "Personal Jesus"

Published on Apr 1, 2014 DX5·146 videos

"No sound was sampled from the original song in any source. I recreated the drums exactly how they did back in 1989: Hitting a flight case and recording and processing it. The breathy sound is me too.

Gear used (both for sampling and playing live): Emu Emax (and the Emu Libraries), Kurzweil PC1x, Roland JP8000, Access Virus TI Snow. Backtrack recorded on Pro Tools.

Composed by Martin L: Gore"

YAMAHA DX5 FM SYNTHESIZER

Published on Mar 3, 2019 Andy

"I use dual mode of DX5, combine 2 E.Piano together, in other words it is two DX7 machines work together.
01:06 I play my favorite song: '' Graduation - Momoko Kikuchi ''.
I use effects from Novation X-Station synthesizer.
Hope you enjoy."

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Here is the House"

Published on Jan 22, 2014 DX5·145 videos

"DM 'Here is the House'. I played the first bassline sections live, then it is sequenced on Pro Tools.

Keyboards:
Upper: Roland Promars MRS-2 (using a single Oscillator)
Mid: Emu Emax
Low: Kurzweil PC1x

Composed by Martin L. Gore"

DX5 Playing Gary Numan & Tubeway Army "Are Friends Electric"

YouTube Published on Sep 13, 2012 by DX5

"First cover using the Roland Promars analog synthesizer. Tubeway Army used to use Minimoog for the lead part. The Promars has two VCO's (and a sub oscillator) even thought it is more limited than the Moog.
This is a cover based on the live version.

Gear used.
Upper: Roland Promars MRS-2
Mid: Roland JP8000
Lower (Midied to the JP): Kurzweil PC1x

Backtrack recorded on Pro Tools.

Original song composed by Gary Numan"

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "My Secret Garden"

Published on Oct 17, 2014 DX5

"Gear used:
Roland JP8000
Emu Emax II
Kurzweil PC1x.
Revox B77 MkII

Backtrack recorded on Pro Tools and dumped to the reel tape.
For those curious, the droplet sound was synthesized on the JP8000. It is a noise that has to do with the filter resonance (and the JP's noise waveform ;)

Track composed by Martin L. Gore."

DX5 playing "Shake the Disease" (Martin Gore demo)

Published on Nov 5, 2012 by DX5

"Shake the Disease (Martin Gore demo) cover. (Martin's Original version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWeVSKn9sCs ) [below]

I noticed he recorded it mainly with a Yamaha DX7. In fact, he used six cartridge preset sounds (that I switched live). So I decided to recreate it. None of the backtrack sounds were recorded with MIDI or other clock resources.

All sounds (*unless stated): Yamaha DX7.
Bassline synth: Roland Promars MRS-2
Drumbox: Boss DR55 (sampled)

Backtrack recorded on a Revox B77 MkII.

Composed by Martin L. Gore"

Depeche Mode - Shake The Disease [Martin Gore Demo]

Uploaded by rooiee on Jul 24, 2008

"Depeche Mode - Shake The Disease [Martin Gore Demo]"

The released version:


Uploaded by warnerbrosrecords on Oct 26, 2009

And a "Live" version from 1985 with Martin Gore and the Yamaha DX7, Andy Fletcher with a KORG Polysix or possibly a Mono/Poly, and Alan Wilder with a Roland Jupiter-6:

Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease (1985) - Rare TV Performance

Uploaded by ancele007 on Jun 26, 2011

"From ''The Singles 81 - 85'' (1985)."

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Puppets"

Published on Dec 4, 2012 by DX5
"Gear used:

Roland MRS-2 Promars
Roland JP8000

Backtape recorded on Pro Tools, then dumped to a Revox B77 MkII. Backing sounds used are: Promars (Bassline), Roland TR 808 (drum samples), Simmons SDS 8 (real one, noise) and Korg KR 55 (drum samples), JP8000 (seqs, etc).

Composed by Vince Clarke"

ROLAND JUPITER 6 YAMAHA DX5 .. MUSIC TRIBUTE GENESIS

Published on Oct 5, 2015 CLASSIC VINTAGE

"electronic instrumental music, rock style, Everton arrangements. synthesizers used .. Roland Jupiter 6 , Yamaha DX5 , drums RX5 ."

DTONICS DT7 controller with Yamaha DX5

Published on Mar 25, 2019 geertdx7

"This is a quick demo of the DT7 controller made by DTRONICS in the Netherlands. it is the ultimate controller for the DX7 and DX5 synthesizer. You can now control all parameters in real time. This is the first version that was made the demo number 2. I quickly made this video with a telephone camera and the circumstances were not ideal for filming, but I hope you get a quick impression of what this powerful controller can do . Soon I will come with an extensive and clearer video about this controller. But enjoy this short video."

DX5 playing Gary Numan "Down in the Park"

Published on Jan 6, 2014 DX5·144 videos

"Gary Numan 'Down in the Park'. This is the album version but I included some details from the early 80's live versions.

Gear Used:
Upper: Roland Promars MRS-2
Mid: Roland JX-8P
Lower: Yamaha DX7 (MIDI OUT to JX-8P MIDI IN)
Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools

Composed by Gary Numan"