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Aphex Twin - XMAS EVET10 Korg MS20 Cover (2017)

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    OilyDog
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    Very nice. I know nothing about the technicalities behind this but I'm a big Aphex fan and really liked the sound.

    Very nice. I know nothing about the technicalities behind this but I'm a big Aphex fan and really liked the sound.

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      Staross
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      The synth he's using is monophonic, meaning it can play only one note at a time, so he has to record every instrument separately (tweaking the knobs to get the sound right). And for chords and...

      The synth he's using is monophonic, meaning it can play only one note at a time, so he has to record every instrument separately (tweaking the knobs to get the sound right). And for chords and overlapping notes he has to record each note separately, and then somehow put the whole thing together. Plus he also record everything on camera (the blinking red light mean that a note gets triggered I think).

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      1. OilyDog
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        You can't even begin to comprehend how little of a frame of reference I have here. I can't hold the simplest beat, like when clapping to a song. But it sounds impressive!

        You can't even begin to comprehend how little of a frame of reference I have here. I can't hold the simplest beat, like when clapping to a song. But it sounds impressive!

  2. Staross
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    Fantastic cover of a fantastic song, it must be a crazy amount of work putting this together.

    Fantastic cover of a fantastic song, it must be a crazy amount of work putting this together.