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 The Cure "A Forest" (Live) Cover

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"'A Forest' Instrumental cover song, inspired by the Pinkpop Festival live performance.

Lately I am recording again some of the songs performed live by me on those 13 live streamings broadcasted from March to June (available in playlist). [previous posts of DX5 playing here]

Gear used:
Roland Promars MRS-2
Kurzweil PC1x

Backtrack previously recorded track by track on Pro Tools.

Original song composed by Simon Gallup, Mathieu Hartley, Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst.

Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing The Cure "Lullaby" & "Why Can't I Be You" Covers

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"Lullaby (album version) cover.
Lately I am recording again some of the songs performed live by me on those 13 live streamings broadcasted from March to June
Gear used:
Yamaha DX7
Kurzweil PC1x
Backtrack previously recorded by me, track by track, 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 The Cure "Why Can't I Be You" Cover


Gear used:
Roland JX8P (it took over the whole song :) )
Backtrack previously recorded by me, track by track, on Pro Tools.

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Dangerous"

Published on Jan 16, 2015 DX5

The last time we saw DX5 was back in October of 2014. You'll find more Depeche Mode covers by DX5 here.

"Depeche Mode 'Dangerous'.
Gear used:

Roland JX8P.
Yamaha DX7
Emu Emax II

Backtrack and additional sounds recorded on Pro Tools.

Song composed by Martin L. Gore
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bará. DX5 New Album with brand new songs coming soon.."

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 "Rare".

Published on Jun 23, 2018 DX5

Cool shirt! :)

"Original track from DX5 "Pulse Four E.P.", out now (iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, etc).
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pul...
Special thanks to matrixsynth.com (everything synth!) for their support all these years.
Gear:
Roland MRS-2 Promars.
Roland JX-8P
Emu EMAX II (DX7, Roland JP8000 and Virus samples)
Access Virus TI Snow
Kurzweil PC1x.
Composed by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

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Thank you DX5!

See more MATRIXSYNTH Bling here.

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Fly on the Windscreen"

YouTube via DX5 | November 23, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

"* No sound was sampled from the original song. Composed by Martin L. Gore

Includes a brief soundcheck before playing. Note the "tine" sound was previously recorded on the backtrack, not being sequenced live (the eq is slighty different from the sound check to the live playing)

Gear used:
Upper: Emu EMAX II HD (with Roland D10 , Kurzweil PC1x and my own voice samples)
Mid: Emu Emax I (Library and JX8P sampled sounds)
Lower: Kurzweil PC1x

Backtrack recorded on Pro Tools with reason Re-wired."

DX5 playing DX5 "Slave to the Emax"

YouTube Uploaded by DX5 on Apr 14, 2011

"Camera was shooting accidentally while cleaning dust, so I decided to save the moment and keep starting with the song.

Gear:
Upper: Emu EMAX II HD
Mid: Emu Emax
Lower: Kurzweil PC1x

Composed by Jose Maria Bara.

Track from DX5 Jose Maria Bara's album "Electronic Devices EP Vol.1", available now on iTunes, Amazon
and Spotify."

DX5 playing DM "Enjoy The Silence" World Violation Tour vers.

Published on Jul 4, 2015 DX5

"Enjoy The Silence Word Violation Tour (extended). The choir sounds closer to the live versions now. I also played Martin's guitar with the Kurzweil, adding some "wah" effect in the solo section.
Gear used:
Emu Emax.
Roland JX8P
Kurzweil PC1x

Composed by Martin L. Gore.
Performed here (including backtrack) by DX5 Jose Maria Bara.

DX5 new album with brand new songs is out. Check it out:
iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/es/album/lon...
Amazon mp3 & CD http://www.amazon.com/Long-Play-Three..."

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."

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 Trans X "Living on Video"

Premiere in progress. Started 2 minutes ago Published on Nov 19, 2019 DX5

"Rendition to one of the most influential disco tracks ever.
Recorded at first shot, therefore some mistakes can be found.
Gear used:

Emu Emax: Filtered lead (sampled from the JP8000).
Roland JP8000: left hand bass sequence (yes, I like to suffer playing live :) and right hand triangle lead/ saw solo (done my own way).
Roland Promars MRS-2: Bassline (triggered from Pro Tools, so I could tweak faders and knobs)

--- Backtrack previously recorded on Pro Tools including:
--- Arturia Jupiter 8V for the arpeggio style background sound).
--- Casio VL-1

Song composed by Pascal Languirand.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 Playing Live on Saturday: My favorite covers

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"Gear I am playing with tonight (upper to lower):
Left: Roland Promars MRS-2, Roland JP8000, Kurzweil PC1 X.
Right: Roland JX-8P, Emu Emax, Emu Emax II.
Backtracks previously recorded by me (DX5 Jose Maria Bara) track by track, in Pro Tools."

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "One Caress"

Published on Mar 22, 2019 DX5

Gear used:
Emu Emax
Kurzweil PC1x.
Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools (Emax strings are pre recorded starting from min 01:00)
Couple of missing notes (that's live playing)

Composed by Martin L. Gore.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara.

DX5 playing Kraftwerk "Autobahn" (Mix Edit version) cover

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"Cover based on the Mix version, not the original one. I just played it on my own way including variations in the rhythm pattern, etc. Some sections have been changed at the end to make it shorter than the 9 min version. As I had to switch between sounds just before playing the next sections, some missing notes can be found.

Gear used:
Roland MRS-2 Promars (3th lead sound and bender w/ resonance sounds)
Korg DW8000 (Glassy sound)
Access Virus TI Snow. Vocoder and lead sound
Kurzweil PC1x as MIDI controller, triggering the Virus

Composed by Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Emil Schult.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara"

DX5 playing DM "The Landscape is Changing"

YouTube Uploaded by DX5 on Sep 28, 2011

"Gear used:

Left: Roland JP8000
Upper: Emu EMAX II HD
Mid: Emu Emax I
Lower: Kurzweil PC1x
Left; Yamaha DX7

All sounds synthesized and sampled by myself, or belong to my sampler libraries. (Some of the samples -wood type ones- are coming from a Roland JX8P)

Backtrack recorded with Pro Tools. JP8000 time sync'ed with it

Original track composed by Alan Wilder"

Remember, you can search on "Uploaded by DX5" on the right for more. Or of course, just click through the video to YouTube. Blogger search on the top left is hit an miss.

DX5 Playing Bomb The Bass "Milakia"

Published on May 13, 2016 DX5

"Gear used:
Yamaha DX7.
Kurzweil PC1x
Access Virus TI Snow (triggered with my left hand).
Backtrack previously recorded in Pro Tools.

A song created by Tim Simenon and Martin Gore during the "Ultra" sessions (mid 90's) that was included in Bomb The Bass "Back to Light" album (2010). Original version available at !K7 online store.

Composed by Tim Simenon, Martin L. Gore.
Performed by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Talk Talk "Living in Another World"

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"Tribute to Mark Hollis, one of the most creative minds in music ever.
Gear used:
Yamaha DX7 (Harmonica preset)
KORG CX-3 organ w/ foot switch ("Leslie" slow/fast)
Kurzweil PC1x.
Backtrack previously recorded by me, instrument by instrument, on Pro Tools.
Original song composed by Tim Friese-Greene / Mark Hollis.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Bronski Beat "Smalltown Boy" (single version) cover.

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"Updating a song I had already covered years ago. This is the instrumental single version.
Played on an E-mu Systems Emax containing samples previously recorded by me from a Roland JX-8P (pad) and Yamaha DX7 (harp lead).
Backtrack recorded on Pro Tools, including Kurzweil PC1x strings.
Song composed by Bronski/Cole/Somerville.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Blue Dress"

Published on Aug 2, 2018 DX5

"Played with some minor variations (specially in the lower piano part). I also included the isolated instrumental final part.

Gear used:
Roland JX-8P
Emu Emax II (Kurzweil and library samples).
Kurzweil PC1x
Backtrack recorded from scratch in Pro Tools
Composed by Martin L. Gore.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara"