DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Clean"

Published on Sep 5, 2018 DX5

Gear used:
Roland MRS-2 Promars.
Roland JP8000
Emu EMAX II.
Backtrack recorded on Pro Tools.
Composed by Martin L. Gore.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara.

DX5 playing "Warm Leatherette" (The Normal)

YouTube Uploaded by DX5 on Aug 9, 2011

"Covering an experimental track from late 70's originally by The Normal (Daniel Miller) that also was the first "Mute Records" release.
Recorded at the very first take (without rehearsing)

If you didn't know the song, it can sound very repetitive, but once you listen to it several times you will enjoy it. Be sure to check Daniel's original one too.

Gear:
Upper: Emu EMAX II HD (with Kurzweil and Roland JP8000 samples)
Mid: Roland JP8000
Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools featuring JP8000 and Simmons SDS 8 sounds)

Composed by The Normal (Daniel Miller)
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 "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 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 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 Depeche Mode "And Then"

Published on Sep 26, 2018 DX5

Gear used:
Emu Emax I and II (Emu libraries, my own libraries and some Kurzweil sampled sounds)
Yamaha DX7
Roland Promars (Bassline)
Kurzweil PC1X (Acoustic guitar)
Backtrack pre recorded on Pro Tools.
Composed by Martin L. Gore
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 Kraftwerk "Computer Love" cover

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In memory of Florian Schneider 1947-2020.
Gear used:
Emu Emax II (SE Synthesis sound).
Backtrack previously recorded (track by track) and sequenced on Pro Tools.
Composed by Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Emil Schult.
Performed here by DX5 Jose María Bara.

DX5 playing New Order "The Perfect Kiss" (Video version) cover

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"New Order 'The Perfect Kiss' cover, as featured on the official video version.
Gear used:
Left: Roland JP8000 (triggered live from Pro Tools).
Right: Emu Emax (upper). Roland JX-8P (lower)
Backtrack previously recorded on Pro Tools, track by track, by me using the Kurzweil PC1x massively for Hook's bass sounds and a DX7 for the first "metallic" sequence that goes along the whole song. There is also an unknown frog sampled for the middle section (05:35​).
* Composed by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Shame"

Published on Jul 24, 2018 DX5

"This cover is a kind of combination of the studio and "Live in Hamburg" versions. Some lead sections were pre-recorded because I am not an eight arms octopus yet (but soon) ;)

Gear used:
Roland MRS-2 Promars (bass)
Roland JX-8P (Synth flute)
Emu Emax II. (Arco Strings and more..)
Composed by Martin L. Gore.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara.
(for those that didn't know the song, that annoying flute is a part of it)"

DX5 Playing DM "Told you So"

Published on Dec 15, 2016 DX5

Gear used:
Emu EMAX II
Roland JP8000
Kurzweil PC1x
Arturia Jupiter 8V
Backtrack recorded on Pro Tools.
All sounds synthesized by me. "Told you So" sample is my voice. Industrial pipe belongs to my own sound library.
Shot with almost no rehearshal (couple of missing notes can be heard). Sorry by the blinking bar above. It appeared when recording.
Composed by Martin L. Gore.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara

DX5 playing Howard Jones "What is Love"

Published on May 3, 2020 DX5

"A cover I played live on my last streaming, newly recorded with the usual 'compressed' sound.

- Gear used:
Roland JX-8P
Roland JP8000
Kurzweil PC1x
- Backtrack recorded on Pro Tools. Also used:
Yamaha DX7 (Bass, FM bell, Calliope factory sounds)
Arturia Jupiter 8V (intro brassy sound)
Composed by Howard Jones
Performed here by DX5 Jose María 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 Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls" cover

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"Extracted from the live streaming aired on October 2th, 2021, hence picture is more pixelled than usual (even!) and colours are bit more altered. No filter of any kind was used. I work with a 1994 camera ;-) . Also, some audio levels (Emax II specially) had to be balanced on the fly.

Gear used:
Emu Emax 1
Emu Emax 2

Backtrack previously recorded on Pro Tools by me, track by track, building drums and bassline from scratch, including Roland Promars for the bassline.
Original song composed by Chris Lowe / Neil Tennant.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 Playing a-ha "Take on Me"

Published on Jun 1, 2020 DX5

"Covering one of the greatest synthpop songs ever. It is said the main lead was made with a Yamaha DX synth layered with some other. I realized that the DX7 IIFD only does the job.

Gear used:
Yamaha DX7 IIFD
Roland JX-8P
Roland JP-8000

Backtrack recorded on Pro Tools, using Yamaha DX7 /DX7 IIFD massively (Bass 1 preset across the song).

Composed by Magne Furuholmen / Morten Harket / Paul Waaktaar-Savoy.

Performed here by DX5 Jose María Bará."

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Free"

Published on Nov 14, 2018 DX5

Gear used:
Roland JP8000 (used massively in the backtrack too)
Emu Emax II (Roland JP8k and Access Virus TI samples)
Kurzweil PC1x
Access Virus TI Snow

Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools.
Other gear used: Roland Promars MRS-2

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

DX5 playing B-Movie "Nowhere Girl"

Published on May 25, 2020 DX5

"A cover song I've played on my live streaming #10, newly recorded.

Gear used:
Emu Emax II (main lead is a four layer sound: two kurzweil pianos, and two JP8000 sounds. Extra lead (upper octave) is a JX-8P sampled sawtooth)
Roland JP8000 (Extra Bass)
Kurzweil PC1x (acoustic guitar)
Backtrack previously recorded from scratch (track by track) on Pro Tools.
Composed by Rick Holliday / Steve Hovington
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Memphisto"

Published on Dec 12, 2018 DX5

"Enjoy the Silence" B Side.

Gear used:
Kurzweil PC1x
Emu Emax II
Access Virus TI Snow (for backtrack)
ReVox B77 MkII tape recorder (spare, as the main unit "smoked" at rehearsal)
Backtrack recorded first on Pro Tools, then dumped to tape.
Original song composed by Martin L. Gore
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."