Synthetic Air on a B-Thing

[SpotlightKid]

Hello Music and Synth lovers,

every Synth Nerd has to do a "Switched-on" track at least once, I guess. Since my sister married recently again, this was the perfect opportunity for me to see what I could do with just one monophonic analog synthesizer module from Behringer for my interpretation of Bach's famous "Air" from BWV 1068.

Listen to or download the track from my Nextcloud instance:

* https://0x20.eu/nc/s/NjC7W9xp5Sk94Jj (FLAC)
* https://0x20.eu/nc/s/xEdXajYS5EBaDNW (Ogg Vorbis)

Listen on or download from Soundcloud:

* https://soundcloud.com/spotlightkid/syn ... -a-b-thing

(to download, click on "More" under the comment entry field and select the download option)

I recorded this with Ardour 6 on Manjaro Linux, track by track, first as MIDI and then replayed and recorded as audio, so I could ride the filter cutoff or other parameters during recording. Then I exported the stems of all audio tracks, re-imported them into a a new Ardour session and mixed it there, using a 4-band EQ, a compressor and several reverb sends on each track, chorus and low-/highpass filter on a few track, as well as a multi-band compressor and EQ on the master bus.

Equipment used:

- Behringer Pro-One
- Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 Mk 1
- Tuxedo Laptop with AMD Ryzen 7
- AKG K240 Headphones

Software used:

- Ardour 6
- ACE Compressor
- Calf Multiband compressor
- EQ4N EQ
. Glame High-/Lowpass Filter
- LSP Impulse Reverb Stereo
- SamplicityM7 Impulse Response "Boston Hall A"
- CAP PlateX2 Reverb
- YK Chorus
- x42-dpl Limiter


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Chris aka "Spotlight Kyd"

[oscillator]

Yay, "Switched on" alright!

Nice to hear the Behringer Pro One. @jeanette_c often uses the Neutron, and I like to hear these accessible analog synths put to great use.

I enjoyed this a lot. While it brings back some fond memories (I borrowed the LP from W Carlos from my local library many years ago) I think this sounds fresh also. It is a great mix!

Thanks for sharing!

[SpotlightKid]

Thank you for listening and commenting. It was fun to make, if a bit laborious. I'd like to do more "switched on" versions, when time permits. I also have a Behringer Poly D, a Roland JX-3P and a Mutable Instruments Ambika, which would lend themselves well for this.

[oscillator]

I'd like to do more "switched on" versions, when time permits

Sounds great, I want to hear more!

[milo]

I quite enjoyed this. I am also an old fan of the brilliant Carlos, having found the old LPs at a thrift store when I was a teenager. I bought them all on CD a few years ago and have really enjoyed them again.

I like the patch on your lead synth, with a bit of unstable portamento. It sounds like you were actively performing it, not just letting the machine play. Nicely done.

This song is on my short list to do a surf rock version.

[SpotlightKid]

I like the patch on your lead synth, with a bit of unstable portamento. It sounds like you were actively performing it, not just letting the machine play. Nicely done.

Yes, I played everything by hand, recorded it as MIDI and then played back each track one by one, while recording audio and tweaking some synth parameters.