I want that Bill Withers, 'til you use me up' keyboard sound.

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2012/09/10 07:24:59 (permalink)

I want that Bill Withers, 'til you use me up' keyboard sound.

Any ideas on how to get this sound? (maybe it's a preset somewhere?)
The hook in that song won't get out of my head.


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    Re:I want that Bill Withers, 'til you use me up' keyboard sound. 2012/09/10 07:49:36 (permalink)
    Sonar Opa

    Any ideas on how to get this sound? 

    Apparently it's a Hohner Clavinet.

    http://bluespianorevealed...usic-with-the-clavinet

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    Re:I want that Bill Withers, 'til you use me up' keyboard sound. 2012/09/10 09:56:00 (permalink)
    Kev999
    That's it! Thanks.  Now I'm lookin' all over the place for that program in a plug-in.

    Sonar Opa

    Any ideas on how to get this sound? 

    Apparently it's a Hohner Clavinet.

    http://bluespianorevealed...usic-with-the-clavinet




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    Re:I want that Bill Withers, 'til you use me up' keyboard sound. 2012/09/10 10:29:26 (permalink)
    a keyboard player i gigged with in the early 80's had a hohner clavinet, what a brilliant sound...

    dated, yes, but such an organic sounding thing....
    kinda like that stevie wonder plays 'Higher Ground' or 'superstition' kind of vibe.

    since it had actual tuned strings inside it, like a guitar, he figured out that he could play his clavinet thru an electric guitar drive pedal thru his keyboard amp, and when he would strike a chord and hold it, it would feed back just like a guitar amp.

    he covered electric rhythm guitar parts on songs where we needed two guitar parts, playing his clavinet.
    just brilliant.

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    Re:I want that Bill Withers, 'til you use me up' keyboard sound. 2012/09/10 15:18:18 (permalink)
    If you have Kontakt, there is a clavinet in the factory library, and it's not bad. Here's a video comparing it to a real clavinet.

    There's a clavinet in SampleTank that's serviceable. 

    Unfortunately, Dim Pro has no clav, AFAIK. So nothing built-in to SONAR that I know of.



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    Re:I want that Bill Withers, 'til you use me up' keyboard sound. 2012/09/10 18:04:54 (permalink)
    I think there's one in Square I. 
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    Re:I want that Bill Withers, 'til you use me up' keyboard sound. 2012/09/10 18:27:58 (permalink)
    wow bit.....
    that video..

    you can really hear what the samples lack in that vid, even at low resolution.



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    Re:I want that Bill Withers, 'til you use me up' keyboard sound. 2012/09/10 18:29:13 (permalink)
    another great clavinet song


    Rundgren, A Dream goes on Forever


    http://youtu.be/IjeBZba7-6o
    post edited by batsbrew - 2012/09/10 18:31:58

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    Re:I want that Bill Withers, 'til you use me up' keyboard sound. 2012/09/11 05:01:01 (permalink)
    Sonar Opa
    That's it! Thanks.  Now I'm lookin' all over the place for that program in a plug-in.

    Found these by googling:

    http://www.bigtick-audio.com/goodies/tickyclav

    http://syntheway.net/electrikeys.htm

    http://www.topazproductio..o.uk/subpages/vsts.html

    They all seem worth checking out.  Two of them are free.


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    Re:I want that Bill Withers, 'til you use me up' keyboard sound. 2012/09/12 06:47:05 (permalink)
    Thanks Kev, and everyone for the tips and comments.
    ...thinkin about something obscure like a clav--kinda gets the juices flowing, don't it?


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