DX5 playing Van Halen "Jump" synth riff (only) on a JX-8P

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"A riff that came to my head on yesterday's live streaming, played on a Roland JX-8P, as a sound demonstration. The sound reminds quite a lot the original Oberheim synth.
Van Halen's "Jump" originally composed by Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen.
Synth riff performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara.
PS: DX5 is me, not that I am playing this on a Yamaha DX5 :-)"

DX5 Playing P. Lion "Happy Children"

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"One of the finest italo dance songs ever. There are some variations intentionally done (i.e: the sequence starting at 00:36 or the second bar on the main riff (01:00, 01:08, 01:50, 01:59 etc) acting as watermark :-).

Gear used:
Left: Roland JP8000
Kurzweil PC1x
Right: Roland JX-8P (Square main lead)

Backtrack previously recorded from scratch, instrument by instrument, with my own synthesized sounds, including a Simmons SDS8 drum module for drums and Roland Promars for bass.

Original song composed by Paolo Pelandi.

Performed here by DX5 Jose María Bara."

DX5 playing Harold Faltermeyer "Axel F" (Beverly Hills Cop OST)

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"Performing a cover of this song, using some of the same instruments as on the original version (i.e: the DX7)

Gear used live:
Roland Promars MRS-2
Roland JX-8P
Yamaha DX7

Backtrack previously recorded by me, track by track, on Pro Tools. No original or commercial audio was used here. Composed by Hans Faltermeier.

Performed live here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 Playing Talk Talk "The Party's Over"

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"A song from Talk Talk's debut album that I've been playing on some of my live streamings, recorded as an isolated cover now.

Gear used:
Roland JX-8P (5th riff)
Emu Emax (JX and Kurzweil samples)
Emu Emax II (Emu and DX7 samples)
Backtrack previously recorded by me, track by track, on Pro Tools, including Simmons SDS8 for toms.
Original song composed by Mark Hollis, Paul Webb, Simon Brenner, Lee Harris.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 Playing RAF "Self Control" (Laura Branigan vers).

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"An excellent Italo dance anthem, composed by Raffaele Riefoli (RAF), Giancarlo Bigazzi and Steve Piccolo, covered here with the arrangements featured on Laura Branigan's version (which includes a lot of DX7 on it). The electric guitar doesn't fit much as on the original song; sounds a bit dimmed on the intro. I should have post produced it a bit more, but just did this on a hurry :)

Gear used:
Roland JP8000 (Slow attack filtered intro chords).
Kurzweil PC1x (Sampled guitar, fill chords, fast attack distorted sound)
Roland JX8P (filtered pad).
Emu Emax 1 (Programmed bell type sound, directly sampled from my DX7, including a second layer for the extra verse).

Backtrack previously recorded, track by track, on Pro Tools. Including Roland TR808 (intro drums with some random miliseconds delay) and a Yamaha DX7 for the bassline.
Peformed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 Playing The Human League "Empire State Human"

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"One of the most interesting synth song from 1979 (early synth days, when bands started to experiment using those machines only).

Gear used:
Roland Promars MRS-2 (Jupiter 4 little brother)
Roland JP8000
Revox B77 MkII

Backtrack previously recorded on Pro Tools, then dumped to tape at 15 Inch Per Second, using the Promars for nearly all the sounds except kick drum and hi hat. Access Virus TI Snow also used.

Original song composed by Martyn Ware, Ian Craig Marsh and Philip Oakey.

Performed here by DX5 Jose María Bará"

DX5 Playing Talk Talk "Talk Talk" cover

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"Title is right: this is Talk Talk's 'Talk Talk' song :-) .
Gear used:
Roland MRS-2 Promars
Roland JP8000
Kurzweil PC1x
Roland JX-8P
Backtrack previously recorded, track by track, by me on Pro Tools, including Simmons SDS8 for the chorus tom.
Original song composed by Mark Hollis, Ed Hollis.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Imagination "Just an Illusion" cover

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"Instrumental (as always) cover song. Recorded at the first take (thus some timing offsets).
Gear used:
Roland JP8000: Reso lead sound.
Kurzweil PC1x: Rhodes and piano sounds
Backtrack previously recorded, track by track, by me, including Roland Promars MRS-2 (bassline) and Roland JX-8P (extra synth layers and pads).
Original song composed by Ashley Ingram, Leee John, Steve Jolley & Tony Swain.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bará."

DX5 Playing Alphaville "The Jet Set" cover

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"'The Jet Set' Instrumental cover.
Gear Used: Roland MRS-2 Promars, Access Virus TI Snow (choir wavetable layer), Roland JX-8P, Emu Emax 1 and Emax II. Backtrack previously recorded, track by track, by me from scratch in Pro Tools, also including a Roland D-10, JP8000 and Simmons SDS8. All sounds synthesized by me or belonging to my libraries.
Original song composed by Marian Gold / Bernhard Lloyd / Frank Mertens.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

Update:

DX5 playing Alphaville "The Jet Set" (Take 2; recorded w/improved sound while streaming live)

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"Yesterday I've recorded a cover of this song. Tonight I've just played it again on my Live Streaming and found out I am way more happy with the sound quality and balance than the previous version; thus I decided to upload it too. It does also include a few seconds before/after playing. (There is a barely noticeable jump at 00:28 that happened while broadcasting).
When I record an isolated cover, I do usually benefit from my old camera preamps/compressor. But when I am streaming live, I route audio (analogue) from my Pro Tools card output (Focusrite) to an audio card that feeds the streaming software, resulting in less sound make up. Also, audio levels were set different, resulting on this video.
Gear Used: Roland MRS-2 Promars, Access Virus TI Snow (choir wavetable layer triggered from the Emax1) , Roland JX-8P, Emu Emax 1 and Emax II.
Backtrack previously recorded, track by track, by me from scratch in Pro Tools, also including a Roland D-10, JP8000 and Simmons SDS8. All sounds synthesized by me or belonging to my libraries.
Original song composed by Marian Gold / Bernhard Lloyd / Frank Mertens.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Alphaville "Dance With Me" (edit cover)

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"This is the first take, first time I played it on its entirely after practising section by section only, hence some variations can be found. Gear used:
Left: Kurzweil PC1x
Right: Roland JX8P, Emu Emax
Backtrack previously recorded by me on Pro Tools. All sounds were synthesized and sampled from my own synths, including a Yamaha DX7 II FD for the bell sound (which seems they used for the original track).

Original song composed by Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, Ricky Echolette.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 Depeche Mode 101 anniversary: Some songs played live without rehearsal.

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Also see the extended video of Depeche Mode at the Rainbow Club in 1982 added to this post.

(04:03 Talk starts)
19:39 "Pimpf"
21:50 "Behind the Wheel"
31:36 "Strangelove", 38:55 "Sacred"
45:27 "Stripped", 52:30 "Somebody"
57:04 "The Things you Said"
1:04:58 "Black Celebration"
1:11:49 "Shake the Disease"
1:21:03 "A Question of Time"
1:27:45 "Never Let me Down Again"
1:39:41 "Just Can't Get Enough"
1:43:49 "Everything Counts".

"(Note: These are some of the songs played originally in Pasadena Rose Bowl, not the whole setlist).
It was 7 pm in Spain when I realized it is Depeche Mode 101 anniversary. Then, I quickly set something: a live streaming playing some songs from that gig. No time to rehearsal or prepare anything; just practised a few times some song and this is what we got.

Thanks everyone joining the chat. It was fun to share this with you!."

DX5 Playing Depeche Mode "PEACE"

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Gear used:
Left: Roland Promars MRS-2. Roland JP8000.
Right: Roland JX-8P. E-mu Emax.
Chorus variation (Emax) intentionally done as watermark.
Backing track previously recorded, track by track, by me.
Original song composed by Martin L. Gore.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara.

DX5 playing Alphaville "Sounds Like a Melody" (live updated)

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"Excerpt from the last live streaming, where I played this song (hence, picture is more pixelled than usual). Song's arrangements are slightly improved regarding the original video I've uploaded over a decade ago.

Gear used:
Left: Roland JP8000
Right: Roland JX-8P.
Emu Emax (strings)

Backtrack previously recorded by me, track by track, on Pro Tools. Also used: Simmons SDS-8.

Original song composed by Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, Frank Mertens.

Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 Playing Alphaville "Forever Young" (improved take)

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Previous version posted here.

"*** I don't use to upload the same cover within 24 hours but I was not too happy with the "Vocoder-ish" intro I did for the previous video. Never too late to improve. ***
"Forever Young" Instrumental cover. I tweaked the JX-8P filter live for the song intro which sounded quite accurate (I guess it was originally done on a Jupiter 8 and the JX-8P did the job well).
The vocoder style effect in the intro was finally made with the Access Virus TI Snow, sampled into the Emax (they might have used the PPG Wave for it on the original recording).
Gear used (L to R):
Roland JP8000,
Roland JX-8P,
Emu Emax.
Backtrack recorded on its entirely, track by track, by me using Pro Tools. No original audio was involved. Also used:
Access Virus TI Snow
Simmons SDS 8 for a couple of effects/drums.
Original song composed by Marian Gold, Bernard Lloyd, Frank Mertens.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Alphaville "Forever Young" cover.

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"'Forever Young' Instrumental cover. I tweaked the JX-8P filter live for the song intro which sounded quite accurate (I guess it was originally done on a Jupiter 8 but the JX-8P did the job well).
The vocoder style effect in the intro was my own voice thru the Access Virus TI snow vocoder, sampled into the Emax (doesn't sound much as the original though :).

Gear used (L to R):
Roland JP8000,
Kurzweil PC1x,
Roland JX-8P,
Emu Emax.

Backtrack recorded on its entirely, track by track, by me using Pro Tools. No original audio was involved.

Original song composed by Marian Gold, Bernard Lloyd, Frank Mertens.

Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara"

Playing Synthpop Songs Live (Streaming Edited Highlights)

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"Edited highlights from the unplanned (no preparation at all) live streaming broadcasted on December 27, 2021 with me playing some synthpop songs.
00:00 Trust (edit) - The Cure.
04:45 Just Like Heaven - The Cure.
08:25 Waving.
08:28 Why Can't I Be You - The Cure.
11:39 My Secret Garden + Oberkorn intro (Hammersmith vers) - Depeche Mode.
19:06 Policy Of Truth - Depeche Mode.
25:24 Enjoy The Silence (+ intro while loading backtrack's PT session) - Depeche Mode.
32:33 Home - Depeche Mode.
38:21 Shake the Disease - Depeche Mode.
43:24 It's My Life - Talk Talk.
47:40 Save a Prayer - Duran Duran.
53:13 Fade To Grey - Visage.
57:13 New Life - Depeche Mode.
1:01:33 Photographic (+ sound test intro) - Depeche Mode.
1:06:04 Waving and end.

Synths used (L to R, Top to bottom): Roland Promars MRS-2, Roland JP8000, Kurzweil PC1x, Roland JX-8P, Emu Emax I and II.
All backtracks previously recorded on its entirely by me, track by track, on Pro Tools.
Video encoded with an analogue capture device (plus the usual hi8 camera), hence some colours are a bit distorted.
Performed live here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Erasure "Sometimes" cover (Update)

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"Updating an instrumental cover I had already done years ago.
Gear used:
Roland JX-8P
Emu Emax
Emu Emax II
Backtrack previously recorded on Pro Tools, track by track, by me.
Original song composed by Vince Clarke/Andy Bell
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Alphaville "Big in Japan" (updated cover)

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"Updating a cover I had already recorded 13 years ago. Bassline is now sequenced.

Gear used:
Left: Roland JP8000
Left bottom: Kurzweil PC1x (final Gong)
Right top: Roland JX8P.
Right bottom: Emu Emax II (with a sampled Roland D-10).

Backtrack previously recorded by me, track by track, on Pro Tools. No original audio was used.
Original song composed by Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, Frank Mertens.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing The Cure "Plainsong"

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"Opening theme from The Cure 'Disintegration' album.

Gear used:
Roland JX-8P (Also triggering the D10 via MIDI)
Roland D10 (Synthetic strings lead)
Yamaha DX7
Backtrack previously recorded and sequenced track by track by me (no sample from the original song) on Pro Tools.

Original song Composed by Simon Gallup / Roger O'Donnell / Robert Smith / Porl Thompson / Laurence Tolhurst / Boris Williams.

Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Yazoo "Don't Go" (updated)

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See DX5's original cover including how it was created here.

"Extracted from the live streaming aired on October, 2th. This is an update of the version done twelve years ago, with improved lead sound. (There is some color saturation in the picture due to the analogue video capture device used for live streamings)

Gear used:
Roland JP8000
Emu Emax II (containing Simmons SDS 8 toms previously sampled by me)
Backtrack previously recorded in Pro Tools, track by track.
Original song composed by Vince Clarke.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."