The piano doesn’t play a huge role but at times it echos the vocal line so needs to cut through there. The Phaser helps it to move a bit better overall. I really didn’t want to make this seem about me so I worked on a nice simple solid sound that moved well with the playing. I then put the drums aside.īass was easy, I wasn’t sure where I wanted to go but the amazing thing was that the lines are so nicely written that almost anything would fit – at least in Solo. Initially I used the default sounds as I moved the Note triggers to the right sounds.

This also let me flip back and forth to understand the line I was working on.ĭrums I knew I wanted to be very early drum box feel so my RD-19 Combinator was the obvious choice. I also loaded the original song in the timeline and adjusted the overall Tempo until the sections lined up pretty well to be sure I had the right sort of pacing. I thought about trying to solve them but none are out of key so I figured it was best to accept them as they were. Now, I am pretty sure that some of the notes aren’t exactly right. This made arranging the tracks into a usable order easy. Thankfully the file was reasonably well made so all the ID8 Romplers opened with passable patches. I downloaded a MIDI File from the internet and after loaded it in Reason (after checking for viruses). I will heartily recommend doing these sorts of covers for your learning as not only do you get to dig into in great work and duplicate some of it, but to deliver something that works, means you have to put aside some personal ego as this is not your song so you have to deliver it how it should be, not how you want it to be. Masters – Reason Classic Master Bus Compressor (SSL), M-Class EQ, Softube Saturation Knob, Selig Gain, iOx Onyx 430i Tube Limiter.Guitar 3 (square lead) – Europa + Sweeper Filter, The Echo.Guitar 1 (brass left) – Europa + The Echo.

2nd Acoustic Guitar – Subtractor + Scream 4, The Echo.Main Acoustic Guitar – Europa + Scream 4, Sweeper Phaser, The Echo.Drums – RD-19 Drum Module x 8 in a Combinator + M-Class Compressor.If you would like me to do something like this for something of yours, I have a Gig for it Space My Track – Hear your music Differently for $25 : BenedictRoffMarsh – Hotel California Synth Rack For the Technicalįor the inveterate synth spotter, here is the lowdown: I deliberately matched a lot of the feel of the original mix. My aim was to deliver the track very recognizably only as though done by an electronic performer like Steve Winwood, Gary Wright or even OMD. The few covers & remixes I found felt that way. It is such a super track, I wouldn’t want to mess with it as that would feel like ego.

Here is a cover that is true to the original Eagles song (well as true as the MIDI File I downloaded) only with pure synth sounds (no samples). Eagles “Hotel California” was on in the car as we drove home the other day and I just really felt I wanted to have a go at it with pure electronic sounds.

Hotel california midi