How Can I Replicate This Certain Keyboard Sound In Logic?

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How Can I Replicate This Certain Keyboard Sound In Logic?

So I've been writing a lot lately, and recording, but I've grown a bit tired of that and just want to have fun and try some covers, but I want something challenging. So I've decided upon Radiohead's "Everything In It's Right Place." This one is so odd and I love it and the challenge of trying to do it is appealing, to say the least.

But I've had trouble getting close to the keyboard sound that the song is based off of. Does anyone have any idea how I could replicate or, at the very least, get close to something similar?

Here is the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrpGhEVyrk0

Now after that, on to trying to figure out all the crazy effects in the background. Fun!

Thanks!

iMac Intel Core Duo 20", Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Feb 15, 2009 2:36 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 15, 2009 2:56 AM in response to MM1010

Nice song!
The keyboard sound is a pretty basic analogish patch, sounds like it's based on some simple sawtooth Oscillators run through a Lowpass Filter with an ADSR envelope with the Sustain level turned all the way down and a very short decay phase which produces that liitle click on the attacks. Try ES 2 for that.
Some subtle stereo chorus with a slow modulation frequency added and maybe a transient designer to enhance the percussiveness of the sound. In the end of the song the Cutoff points rises giving you more harmonics and the decay phase of the ADSR gets longer, also some filter resonance is introduced.

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MM1010 Author

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Feb 15, 2009 1:55 PM in response to Sampleconstruct

Thanks! While I've tried those helpful suggestions, I find that I'm still having trouble getting the right sound in ES2, namely, it still doesn't quite sound like an electric piano. I have a feeling there's something I'm missing. Any help on this is greatly appreciated!

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Answer 3

Bee Jay

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Feb 15, 2009 3:44 PM in response to MM1010

Assuming you're talking about the epiano riff that starts and goes through the song, not the sound that takes over the riff later on, when it goes more synthy and nasty and the filter opens up:-

Try starting with the EVP88, find a tone that's close enough, then start adding some effects (some delay and quite a bit of compression to really flatten out the part.

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