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 Depeche Mode "Halo"

YouTube Uploaded by DX5 on Mar 28, 2011

"Done in a quick way (as always).
Filter is controlled by key velocity, it is not very approached as it is played live and is difficult to apply the right pressure for close/open filter.

Gear:
Upper: Emu EMAX II HD (includes a FX sampled with my voice at the beginning)
Mid: Roland JP8000
Low: Kurzweil PC1x

Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools. Just the drums and some fx."

DX5 messing with a Commodore C64

YouTube Uploaded by DX5 on Mar 14, 2011

"This is what happens when Jose plugs the C64 into the socket and starts to make sounds with MSSIAH midi cartridge.
This is a Commodore 64 ALDI limited version. Sold for german market with internal 8580 SID chip.

If anyone's wondering where I am from (due to my accent) I am Spanish.

Mono synthesizer demonstration. Playing DM "Shake the Disease" excerpt (hard to do with a monophonic synth if you want to play with two hands). Also "Popcorn".

Greetings to Vince Clarke at the video's end. :-)"

DX5 Electronic Devices EP Vol1

YouTube Uploaded by DX5 on Mar 7, 2011
Some synth spotting. DX5 brought us these great videos.

"Available at iTunes and on Amazon.
(Spotify updated album coming soon)

DX5 Jose Maria Bara Album promo. Includes (in order of appearance):
Spoken Words, Electron Chase, Random Trust, Batch, Slave to the Emax, Pipeline

All tracks composed by Jose Maria Bara."

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "It's Called a Heart"

YouTube via DX5 | February 14, 2011 |

"Quick done backtrack (Sorry folks but quite busy these weeks as for taking care of every backtrack detail), first recorded in Pro Tools, then dumped to the Reel to Reel tape.

Gear used:
Upper Keyb: Emu EMAX II HD
Mid: Emu Emax
(Sounds from my libraries, also sampled from my DX7)

Tape machine: Revox B77 MkII."

DX5 playing Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

YouTube via DX5 | January 10, 2011 |

"A track hard to cover without guitars. Just a try for one of the best songs ever made.

Keyboards:
Upper: Emu EMAX II HD
Lower: Kurzweil PC1x

Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools with Reason ReWired

Composed by Bernard Albrecht / Ian Curtis / Peter Hook / Stephen Morris"

DX5 playing Soft Cell "Tainted Love"

YouTube via DX5 | December 06, 2010 | 5 likes, 0 dislikes

"Rendition to one of the best electronic bands with Marc Almond and David Ball.
Backtrack made just in a while, as well as sound search and assign.

Gear:
Upper: Emu EMAX II HD (Samples from a Kurzweil PC1x, Roland JP8000 and KORG DW8000)
Mid: Roland JX8P

Composed by Ed Cobb/Marc Almond"

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 Visage "Fade to Grey" (updated w/lyrics)

YouTube via DX5 | November 13, 2010

"Updated version. The pre-recorded voice is a take I did in 2006 (late at night almost whispering to a Shure SM58). As I found it curious I decided to include this take into the video.
Also, I improved the previous DX7 take, replacing it with the JP8000.

Gear:
Upper Keyb: Roland JP8000
Mid: Roland D10
Low: Roland JX8P

Backtrack Recorded on Pro Tools.

Composed by Billy Currie, Christopher Payne and Midge Ure"

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Nothing's Impossible"

YouTube via DX5 | October 31, 2010

"A dark track composed by Dave Gahan.

Gear:
Upper: Emu EMAX II HD (sampled sounds from JP8000 and library)
Mid: Roland JP8000
Lower: Kurzweil PC1x (Split in four different zones and triggering the JP8000 via MIDI)

Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools with Reason rewired for drums."

DX5 playing Propaganda "P Machinery"

YouTube via DX5 | October 24, 2010

"Just a try. Original version had a fantastic production by ZTT records, with Steve Lipson and Trevor Horn on the mixing desk, and I just only spent a few hours sampling some of my keyboards (JX8P, DW8000, etc) into the EMAX and sequecing a simple backtrack.

A wrong note can be heard at 02:50. There is not cause for concern.


Upper keyb: Emu EMAX II HD
Mid: Roland JP8000
Lower: Kurzweil PC1x

Tape Machine: Revox B77 MkII"

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Come Back" (bare)

YouTube via DX5 | October 13, 2010

"Played as they recorded live in Chung King studios. Just rehearsed in a while (never played it before), so it's not perfect.

Gear:
Upper: Roland JP8000
Lower: Kurzweil PC1x

Composed by Gahan/Phillpott/Eigner"

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Stories of Old"

YouTube via DX5 | October 11, 2010

"Emax power today.

Gear:
Upper and Mid: Emu Emax
Lower: Emu EMAX II HD
Right (out of screen) : Yamaha DX7 II FD.

* Sound is overcompressed due to an overloaded output from the mixer into camera preamp (it uses to compress a lot even in normal levels). Hope it doesn't disturb too much. And yes, there is a mistake at one of the last notes :)

Composed by Martin L. Gore."

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "The Sun and the Rainfall"

YouTube via DX5 | October 05, 2010

"A track I like a lot.

Gear:
Upper: Roland JX8P (first noise sound is the infamous JX plane preset :)
Mid: KORG DW8000
Lower: Emu EMAX II HD

Also used: Simmons SDS 8 for drums.
Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools.
*Note: there is a short "jump" at second 7. It seems to be a problem when capturing the video into the computer or rendering to the final format.

Composed by Martin L Gore."

DX5 playing Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams"

YouTube via DX5 | October 04, 2010

"A request from several users: "Sweet Dreams" cover.

Gear :
Upper: Roland JX8P
Mid: Roland JP8000
Lower: Kurzweil PC1x

Also used: Simmons SDS8 for noise Snare.
Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools.

Composed by Annie Lennox / Dave Stewart"

Just for fun: JP8000 emulating a Casiotone

YouTube via DX5 | September 07, 2010

"*** New covers coming soon... Stay tuned ***

This is a kind of entertaiment I did while working in a project that will be released at the end of the year (news coming soon).

A Roland JP8000 sounding like a "piano" casiotone sound :) By the way, the song is the infamous VL TONE rom sound, responsible of my interest on synthesizers."

playing Depeche Mode "New Life"

YouTube via DX5 | July 22, 2010

"Backtrack recorder with Pro Tools, then dumped to a Reel to Reel tape. Some mistakes can be heard as I was playing two entirely different keyboard lines.

Upper Keyboard: Roland JX8P
Mid Keyboard:; Roland JP8000
Reel to Reel tape machine: ReVox B77 MkII

Composed by Vince Clarke"

playing a sampled "vuvuzela"

YouTube via DX5 | July 08, 2010

"Thought I don't like football (soccer), I sampled the Youtube "vuvuzela" (inserted in most of the video control bar) and gave a try with "Christmas Island" from Depeche Mode.

Sampled into an Emu EMAX II HD"

Kraftwerk "The Model"

YouTube via DX5 — June 07, 2010 —

"They started it all...

Gear:
Upper: Emu EMAX II HD
Mid: Roland JP8000

Tape Machine: ReVox B77 MKII

Backtrack sequenced on Pro Tools at first, then dumped to tape.

Composed by Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider"

And the original (don't miss the last video below):

KRAFTWERK - THE MODEL

YouTube via JanaParker — August 12, 2006 — KRAFTWERK - THE MODEL

And the original original...

Kraftwerk: Das Modell

YouTube via Galgo23 — October 02, 2006 — 1978

And "live" - don't miss this one.

Kraftwerk - Das Model

petethemeat99 — December 18, 2007 — Kraftwerk - Das Model

Depeche Mode "Just Can't Get Enough" 101 version.

YouTube via DX5 — May 24, 2010 —

"This is my 101 video.
"Just Can't Get Enough" as DM performed in the Pasadena Rose Bowl. The crowd is a loop sample from that concert.

Keyboards:
Upper: Yamaha DX7 II FD
Mid: Roland JP8000.

Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools with Reason as slave.

Composed by Vince Clarke"

Update:

Me playing "Random Trust" (my own song)

"DX5 — May 24, 2010 —

First time I upload a song entirely composed by me. (I have more original tracks I will upload soon.)

I composed it influenced by Depeche Mode "Playing the Angel" album specially.

Keyboards:
Upper: Emu EMAX II HD
Mid: Roland JP8000
Lower: Kurzweil PC1x

Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools with Reason as slave.


Composed by DX5"