Another name you read about now and then is Richard Barbieri. One of the pioneers in the new wave band Japan. "Gentlemen Take Polariods" ... oh, you don't know what a Polariod is?
But how about "Methods of Dance" - you know about dancing? - from the same album (released on 24 October 1980 by record label Virgin), on the B side? Yes, in those days you had to manually turn the record upside down to hear the B side.
There is a NLA1 bank from Mr B at the factory web pages ... but I learn more by "rolling my own" ...
Japanese Dancing
How to make Richard Barbieri's pulsating arpeggios
With inspiration from "Methods of Dance" and the DR-909 drums played by Mr Arturia from France; Recipe
Osc: saw + dEt 0.12 (two saws in the same octave, but slightly detuned)
Filter: HP!, freq 4.0, res 7.5. drive 3.0 (he did a lot of his early work on P-5's and OB-X's, so I want some vintage analog grit), kb track 2/3
Emp env: A-D-R 0-3.0-0 (remember to tweak the D if you alter bpm)
Unison 3 (I want it fat, and more detune)
Drive 2.0 (more grit)
Reverb stage1 3.0 (my std setting)
Mst clock, 124 bpm for this song
Arp 16, up, range 0
Hold enabled + hold = smart way of playing!
I bet Mr B did not have these smart options way back in 1980 ... Thanks again, Mr Nordelius!
/Amicalement
Michael from Scania
