Coldplay - Fix you

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Coldplay - Fix you

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My first post ever - let me know what you think!

Here is my program for “Fix You” by Coldplay for the NS4.

Some instructions:
  • Start with the Wheel all the way down
  • At the Second verse, introduce Cathedral Organ by moving up the Wheel. I turn it up about 3/4, but it's up to you.
  • At the Chorus: “Lights will guide..” Press the Layer Scene II button to introduce Piano and Strings.
  • At the last part (extro): Disable Organ Section and Synth Section, so that only Piano remains.
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Nice :thumbup:
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awesome, thanks
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Re: Coldplay - Fix you

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thank you edgar,

for your work (sound and the usage of the sounds).

This famous song is often discussed here in this forum - so you can find various versions in other sub-forums: viewtopic.php?p=129447&hilit=Coldplay+Fix+You#p129447 , but everyone who creates a sound hears antoher detail (which others might not hear or recognize) - so you can even learn from every posted sound...

If you listen closely to the studio version you can hear a slight changing in the organ sound (and a little "dirt") which is typical for a real hammond. So instead of using the stop-mode and the cathedral organ you can use a drawbar-setting for the first part:
(7-4-8-2-4-4-2-0-0) and morph this with the wheel to (8-4-8-6-4-6-2-2-4); crank up the drive up to half and set the leslie to slow.

Then using a Yamaha-Piano (Studio Grand) like Mr. Martin and a little bit of string-sound... (I split the keyboard, to get the "only-piano-area" for the notes at the end of the chorus (Split-point at F4).

It's hard to hear if the organ is played at that area or an octave lower so I used a second organ-solt with the same settings only one octave higher... and for the lazy ones I utilize the tramspose-button (1 semitone up) so you can play it in D...

I will post my version in the next days.

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Re: Coldplay - Fix you

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so, here's my attempt...

Scene Layer I - 2 split
lower + middle zone: Hammond (morphable upper registers by wheel for second verse)
upper zone: Piano (after the chorus)

Scene Layer II - 2 split
lower + middle zone: Hammond
middle + upper zone: Piano + strings

Hope you like it.

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Tim
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