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 10th Anniversary on Youtube

Published on Jun 28, 2016 DX5

Congrats to DX5! :) As regular readers of the site know, DX5's videos have been a mainstay over the years here on MATRIXSYNTH.

"Celebrating DX5 10th anniversary on Youtube. I decided to play not only one but some DM songs and my own tracks (from 'Long Play Three', tracklist details will be updated soon)

Recorded on the same day but in different shots while I was working (placing and removing the camera, then some slight camera variations -axis and light- can be found between takes)

Gear:
Roland JP8000, Emu Emax I, Kurzweil PC1x, Access Virus TI Snow, Roland Promars MRS-2. Backtracks recorded by me and launched on Pro Tools.

Looking forward to the next 20th anniversary"

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!

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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 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 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 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"

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 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 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 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 The Twins "Face to Face" cover

Published on May 27, 2020 DX5

"A cover song I played on some of the last streamings, newly recorded.
Gear used:
Roland JX-8P (double octave square lead sound).
Roland JP8000 (Pad)
Emu Emax II (containing DX7 samples. Midi out to the JP8000).

Backtrack entirely recorded by me on Pro Tools, including the Roland Promars MRS-2 for the bassline.
Composed by Ronny Schreinzer/ Sven Dohrow
Cover performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara"

Yamaha DX5

Published on Feb 5, 2013 analoguecrazy4·25 videos

"Here is a demonstration of my vintage Yamaha DX5 Synthesizer. The DX5 came out in 1985 and contains the equivalent of 2 DX7 mk1's, for a much thicker and complex FM sound. The internal Architecture is identical to the rare DX1. All patches are original and played using the dual synth engine."

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DX5 Playing Depeche Mode "In Your Memory"

Published on Jan 23, 2020 DX5

An unconventional 6/4 pattern song composed by Alan Wilder.
Gear used:
Emu Emax II
Yamaha DX7.

Backtrack recorded on Pro Tools, Including:
Access Virus TI Snow.
Roland Promars MRS-2
Kurzweil PC1X
Chorus voices are just mine (overdubbed)
- Composed by Alan Wilder
- Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Ice Machine"

Published on Jun 2, 2013 DX5·139 videos

"Gear used:
Upper: Roland Promars MRS-2
Mid: Roland JP8000
Lower: Roland JX8P

Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools, then dumped into a reel tape, playblack with Revox B77 MkII Tape Machine

Bassline: Roland Promars.
Snare Drum: Simmons SDS 8

Composed by Vince Clarke.
Cover performed by DX5 Jose Maria Bara"