Nacht und Tag - The Düsseldorfian Abomination
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Background:
With this song, we temporarily left our usual concept of hard-swinging transistor jazz. While the original song could be viewed as a "jazz classic", we chose to make a "Düsseldorfian" version. How would Night and Day have sounded if the boys in the Kling Klang studio had recorded it, we asked ourselves, and the answer immediately came in form of this song.
Nacht und Tag is also an exception to our usual principles in two ways: it's not recorded in our usual studio but elsewhere, with different recording equipment, and there isn't a single analog thing in sight - every sound is digital, and sometimes even software-based.
Sound Sources:
ReBirth 2.01 w. SHotQ Jazz Machine : Drums
Akai S2000 : Staccato tones, bass sequence, mellow lead
Native Instruments Reaktor : Filter Flutter
Kawai K1R : Strings, Vocoder carrier
Clavia Nord Lead : Deep arpeggio, space lead and pad
Native Instruments Pro-52 : Funky Bass, Vocoder carrier
Opcode Fusion Vocoder : Vocals
Clavia Micro Modular : Filter FX, Gated Pad, Octave Bass, Tinkly
Other Equipment:
Cubase VST 3.72 Windows
AKG D-90 microphone
Various plug-in effects for reverb, delay, phaser, etc.
Interesting Facts:
The beatiful lead sound in the beginning is played on the Akai S2000, with a sawtooth wave as "sample". The glissando effects appeared spontaneously when the player applied pitch bend with a very large range. A nice side effect from the downsides of digital technology!