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Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

Postby dzihan » 11 Jan 2016, 18:56

Hi friends,

I was looking for the synth sounds of that famous tune by Billy Idol. Apparently in the original recording a OB-Xa and Prophet-5 were used but I could not find anything close in the Nord Sample library (at least for the intro part).

Has anyone created some sample patch or program for it and would like to share? Or any ideas how to create this sound with the contents of Nord's sample library?

It would be also good to know how to create that lead sound which pitches up 1 octave (with the Stage 2's pitchbend limitation to 2 semitones)...
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Re: Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

Postby ericL » 11 Jan 2016, 23:24

I have some killer NS2 Rebel Yell sounds I'd be willing to share when I get a chance to upload them. I've been using them live for a few years and they do the song justice. I will not be around my NS2 and computer together very much this week, but hopefully this weekend I will try to get them out there. As for simulating pitch bend >2 semitones, I've had success using mono and portamento, just going from one note to the next in the cycle.
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Re: Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

Postby dzihan » 12 Jan 2016, 13:25

Sounds amazing! I am really looking forward to check this out
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Re: Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

Postby RedLeo » 12 Jan 2016, 19:16

The intro part is actually played on electric guitar. If you can find a clean "Stratocaster" type sound that should work. Add some chorus and compression.
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Re: Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

Postby visionmusic » 28 Jan 2016, 21:16

I find the NS2 clav with phaser or flanger, maybe even a bit of wah and a bit of amp sim, drive and eq, gives a very attractive guitar-esque sound.
Whilst it may not sound as close to a guitar as a sample (you can get pretty close with a little tweaking), it is far more responsive musical to play and sounds more like a 'real' instrument.

After all, the clav used plucked strings as the sound source did it not?
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Re: Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

Postby simonkeys » 28 Jan 2016, 21:21

visionmusic wrote:After all, the clav used plucked strings as the sound source did it not?


More like "tapped" strings, like tapping on a guitar. And it still uses them -- plenty of them still out there!
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Re: Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

Postby ericL » 30 Jan 2016, 18:27

Hi folks, sorry it took a few weeks. I don't have my NS2 hooked up to the computer very often and I was off at NAMM for the better part of a week. I'm attaching my Rebel Yell sounds as bundles so you can get the full content. I don't have a good way to create MP3s of these, but I'll try to explain how they are set up.

Rebel Yell 1 is for the intro sound (which repeats in the middle of the song just before the guitar solo). I have a CP80 and D-50 percussive sample layered together and I think it sounds pretty close to the original recording.

Rebel Yell 2 has an organ sound on the lower part of the keyboard that I use as for chords during the verse and chorus (switch to Preset II for chorus to get a fuller organ sound). The upper part of the split has a layered synth sound that I use for the high part during the verse and also for the synth lead towards the end of the song, while droning organ with my left hand. Please note that I use a Vent for my organ sounds, so I have the output for organ routed to Output 3. If you're using the internal sim, you'll just need to edit this parameter.

I just figured out that the bundle sound for Rebel Yell 1 is too large to upload, so I'll try to figure out a different way to post it (perhaps as just the sound vs. a bundle).
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Rebel Yell 2.ns2pb
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Re: Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

Postby ericL » 30 Jan 2016, 18:34

I've attached just the sound file for Rebel Yell 1, not sure how this would work without the bundle, but I have the CP80Amped piano and in the sample section I have loaded Perc Release in Slot A and SynthPad2 in Slot B.
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Re: Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

Postby dzihan » 01 Feb 2016, 23:36

I now also did some work on my own samples which I would like to share with you. The programs only use Nord Library samples, all of them are available from Nord website. So the Sound Manager will tell you which samples you need, just download them.

The MP3 is a full length version of the song's synth track using the programs. So you will get an idea how to use them. Control pedal and aftertouch are used by some parts, pitch stick as well.

Intro contains just the arpeggios at the beginning and in the middle.

Main contains the synth pad LH and the lead synth sample RH.

Bridge is that modded rect synth with AT in RH and the crescendo synth LH (controlled with pedal)

I hope you enjoy!

P.S.: Sorry for my bad playing, didn't had much time to do a better demo, so the quick and dirty one will have to do. Should hopefully be ok with you ;)

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Rebel Yell.mp3
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Rebel Yell Bridg.ns2p
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Rebel Yell Main.ns2p
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Rebel Yell Intro.ns2p
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Re: Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

Postby Picturejogo » 16 Feb 2016, 22:21

Hey dzihan,

I downloaded your programs and downloaded them on to my Nord Stage 2. The Nord Sound Manager gives me for each program the note: "Not found: Samp Lib - (Unknown)". Can you please tell me which sample you used for each program? Thank you!
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