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Xavi Martinez Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: Nov. 2012 Posted: Dec. 28 2012, 13:53 Hi all, I have just finalized my second (and last) Mike Oldfield, this time is Crises (very apt for the current times we live in.... Crises cover by Xavier I started right when i finalized my "Platinum" cover, thinking that it was going to be less complicated...boy I was wrong. This is by far the most complicated and time consuming cover I've ever done. No more Mike oldfield covers after this one ! This track should have been the Oberheim OBXa demo back in those days...it's all over the place !! Platinum had a feel of "continuity", basically 2 guitars carrying the weight of the melody ...Crises is like a puzzle actually. I used Nuendo 4 and the following: - Battery 3 - EZdrummer MetalHead - Sonic projects OP-X (intensively !! - Ni Pro53 - Superwave P8 - Zero G Nostalgia - Guitar Rig 3 for distorted guitars, Guitar Rig 5 for clean guitars - Carvin Bolt-T strat with Tesla active guitars - Parker Nitefly telecaster -type. Back to top

jjmillenium Group: Members Posts: 54 Joined: Oct. 2009 Posted: Dec. 28 2012, 14:21 you need to do more Oldfield's covers. They are just perfect! Back to top

Olivier Group: Super Admins Posts: 1865 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Dec. 28 2012, 19:28 Excellentissime! Like I felt with your Platinum cover, it feels like his Crises 2012 rerecording would sound. We should hire a filmmaker filming you playing and editing tracks to make a movie out of it, rather than showing a TB logo and a list of software names. Regarding the puzzle quality to it, to me it sounds like his version on "drunk music". Like Vangelis Memories Of Green with the flanger effect on the piano. Does anybody know what kind of crises it is about? Stomach crises in my opinion, which is probably wrong. :-) Back to top

Xavi Martinez Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: Nov. 2012 Posted: Dec. 28 2012, 23:30 Thanks Olivier...unfortunately my video knowledge is ZERO....I am a real disaster. I already had enough trouble with Sony Vegas :-(......the recording alone took many hours of sleep and I was about to give up at some points.... The computer was crashing all the time...would have been an interesting video :-) a guy in a small room pulling his hair and swearing at the computer :-) I had enough energy to try to pull the music off to the best of my abilities, but video as I say is a whole different thing...... Back to top

Olivier Group: Super Admins Posts: 1865 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Dec. 29 2012, 04:20 Yeah, that's why I was saying "hire a filmmaker" half jokingly, it's another art form. Or every musician should have a video guy as a friend. That's what would happen if social network would be meaningful and useful. Back to top

Philippe Tavares Group: Members Posts: 1612 Joined: Feb. 2005 Posted: Dec. 29 2012, 07:59 Xavi you and Jose Manuel are the best ! ....ahhh Spanish fans !!!   Back to top

Philippe Tavares Group: Members Posts: 1612 Joined: Feb. 2005 Posted: Dec. 29 2012, 08:11   You even put the famous Simons rototoms !!!great !!! Could you give us a gift ? share your Superwave presets since i use it ....well i use the fre version ..guess it could work anyway ! EDIT : Do you know that exist Fairlight samples / instrument for Kontakt ? I'll give you a link if you want ? Back to top

Xavi Martinez Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: Nov. 2012 Posted: Dec. 29 2012, 10:54 Well those are Tama octobans like used by Simon Philips, there's a soundfont if you Google it. I also use the P8 lite !!! I just take presets until I get close to what I need, but I found it's the easiest virtual synth to manipulate...unfortunately I had just one instance open and i kept recording audio files (ie: one "strings" track, generate the audio file and then change the sound), so I didn't really store any presets....but they were pretty boring "normal" sounds.....most of the nicer sounds came from the OP-X (send me a pm on this ) and the Pro53, like the fast sequence that carries the whole 2nd half. yes I am interested on the Fairlight samples .....I will have an ipad next month and will probably buy the "Fairlight app" from David Vogel instruments.it comes with all the original patches !!! there were a few fairlight patches in the Nostalgia synth, but they were rather uninspiring........ Back to top

Philippe Tavares Group: Members Posts: 1612 Joined: Feb. 2005 Posted: Dec. 29 2012, 11:39 ahh ! I knew there was a soundfont about Tamas so now i got it ! Thanks ! I don't know OP X ! ?? ! ...i will make a search about that ... Ok i'll pm you on your facebook page for fairlight things ...;) Back to top

lunarian Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: Nov. 2005 Posted: Dec. 30 2012, 07:38 Excelent... What if you used your ability to compose your own works? sure would be great. Back to top

Xavi Martinez Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: Nov. 2012 Posted: Dec. 30 2012, 08:51 I do have my own songs, in a different style though, check my youtube channel anytime ;-) Here's one : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F54hu-QGzuc Back to top

Philippe Tavares Group: Members Posts: 1612 Joined: Feb. 2005 Posted: Dec. 30 2012, 09:07   Hey !! and a good one  !!! Back to top

Priabonia Group: Members Posts: 264 Joined: July 2011 Posted: Jan. 01 2013, 18:18 Astonishing! I haven't listened to Crises for years (anything after Platinum is pretty much off my radar...) and if I hadn't known that was a cover I would have thought it was the original! How much time do you have??! Liking your original stuff too...nice shredding, hints of Steve Vai and even a little Camel?! (and nothing wrong with that guitar tone!) N -------------- https://www.youtube.com/user/PriaboniaMusic www.soundcloud.com/just-before-dawn Back to top

Xavi Martinez Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: Nov. 2012 Posted: Jan. 02 2013, 03:46 Thank you !! This cover was done at the expense of my sleeping hours, not that I have too much time . Thanks for your comments !!!! Back to top

Kogwonton Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: Feb. 2013 Posted: Feb. 25 2013, 19:47 Wow. That was absolutely perfect, right down to the compression on the guitars. Wonderful. I've done more than a dozen Oldfield covers so far, but Crises was my 'first' Oldfield favorite. I discovered him in the late 1980's and was hooked right away. you're a great player. If you're interested you can hear some of my work at: Kogwonton's Soundcloud I've got other (more) music and art at my main site: ArtsNorth - art and music Back to top

AwayWeGo Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: Feb. 2015 Posted: Aug. 11 2015, 16:57 OH MY GOD. I can't believe what I'm hearing. Dare I say, I almost like it better than the original. Your vocals on Tower and the Crises section were superior to Mike's I thought. Can you PLEASE link me to where I can download a high quality version of this? Well done, my friend. Well done indeed. Back to top

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