{"id":200419,"date":"2024-06-24T13:33:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T11:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kraftfuttermischwerk.de\/blogg\/?p=200419"},"modified":"2024-06-24T13:33:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T11:33:17","slug":"blue-monday-on-vintage-casio-instruments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kraftfuttermischwerk.de\/blogg\/blue-monday-on-vintage-casio-instruments\/","title":{"rendered":"„Blue Monday“ on Vintage Casio Instruments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Letztendlich geht es selten um die Qualit\u00e4t der benutzen Instrumente, sondern darum, was am Ende dabei rauskommt. Und siehe da: „Blue Monday“ hat auch auf alten Casio Instrumenten durchaus seinen Charme. Polaroids of the Pyramids<\/a> hat das mit denen mal nachgebaut. Kleines Casio-Museum. <\/p>\n

I thought it would be a fun challenge to do a cover version of New Order\u2019s Blue Monday using only vintage consumer-grade Casio instruments. This is an edited and compressed adaptation. I left out some sections of the song and combined a few things to make a shortened rendition.<\/p>\n

What you see me playing in the video are the actual instruments I used to make this multi-track recording. I layered different keyboards for most parts. I didn\u2019t do anything to significantly change the sound of the instruments. I only used basic effects, such as equalization, reverb, delay, chorus, compression, etc.<\/p>\n

I programmed the main drums using the built in rhythm programmer of the HT-700 keyboard and supplemented them by playing along on the DP-1 drum pads connected to the MT-500 keyboard. I used the SS-1 drum sticks to strike the pads, but you can also connect these sticks directly to the MT-500 and trigger drum sounds by striking anything or even waving the sticks in the air.<\/p>\n

New Order sampled the Kraftwerk song \u201cUranium\u201d for the choir-like sound in the original song. I also sampled \u201dUranium\u201d with the SK-1 keyboard. This is the only thing I sampled.<\/p>\n

Here is a list of the instruments I used (in order of their first appearance):
\nHT-700 keyboard
\nMT-500 keyboard, DP-1 drum pads, SS-1 drum sticks
\nVL-1 mini keyboard\/calculator
\nMT-400V keyboard
\nCasiotone 1000P keyboard
\nDG-20 digital guitar
\nSK-1 sampling keyboard
\nPT-7 mini keyboard and Casiotone M-10 keyboard
\nDH-200 digital horn
\nCasiotone 201 and MT-40 keyboards
\nMT-65 keyboard
\nKX-101 and CK-500 keyboards\/cassette players
\nCasiotone 701 keyboard
\nMT-35 keyboard
\nMT-52 keyboard<\/p><\/blockquote>\n