Ace of Base - Happy Nation (Live synth cover)
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This is our live synth performance of the 1993 hit from Swedish act @AceOfBase, originally composed by Ulf Ekberg and Jonas Berggren.
Every synth line has been transcribed note-by-note from the original arrangement and played live using a set of VCO, DCO, VA hardware and virtual synthesizers, along with a sampler for drums. We did not use any form of sequencing or sync through computers or MIDI.
This time we recorded live in a small studio to a very small audience as part of a synth workshop. Space was very limited, so we had to set up a circular pattern with the synths. It kinda looked ok.
Starting with the Sixtrak and moving clockwise, gear list and synth players were:
Sequential Sixtrak - José Lucas - Main synth riff
Korg Microkorg, Roland Sp404 - Guillermo Caceres - Bassline, drum triggering
M-Audio controller - Gegê Teófilo - Korg M1 (Vst) voice pad & whistles
Arturia controller - Anderson Freitas - Korg M1 (Vst) electric piano chords
Roland Jx-10 Super Jx - Douglas Araujo - Saw pads
Yamaha An1x - George Frederick Marques - Saw pads, synthy chords
Backing vocals - Livia Fittipaldi
Lead vocals - Quésia Carvalho
We confess there have been a few omissions this time. Most notably, we didn’t do the male vocal parts in this one, as we ran out of microphones, recording channels and extroverted male candidates - but you can still hear some of us singing “we’re travelling in time” in the background. Feel free to sing along!
The drums were reconstructed from scratch on Reaper using mostly samples from the Roland R8mkII and Yamaha Ry-30, which were sought after drum machines around the year this song was produced. They were heavily processed with UAD stuff to get them punchier and closer to the original, and then chopped and bounced to .wav to be imported by the Sp-404.
The Sixtrak did an amazing job at recreating the main synth lead of this song. Despite the huge amount of stepping in its parameters, we were able to adjust the resonance and add just the right amount of filter feedback to achieve that sandy texture of the original sound. And then threw a ton of reverb over it .
The Microkorg has got the main bassline, though I must admit it is not 100% accurate. It has some notes missing here and there (I should probably stop getting so distracted trying to record videos and play those tiny keys at the same time…). For purists, in the original recording there was yet another synth line - a barely audible secondary bass layer playing semiquavers. We’ve decided to omit it in favour of clarity in the mix.
As for those controllers… for the first time we had to break our vow to only use hardware synthesizers. Unfortunately we did not have our Korg M1 available anymore, so we had to go with the next best thing - the Korg M1 Vst - which sounded convincing enough for our purposes. Please forgive our heresy. Both controllers were midi-chained to the VST using Reaper as a host. The patches for the epiano, voice and whistles were slightly edited versions of presets in the M1 library.
The Roland Jx-10 resurrects once more to provide us with those unique low pads, intersecting with the An1x (which plays the high pads). The An1x also doubles the M1 E. piano chords with a synth layer.
Once more, please forgive the shaky cameras, some misspelled lyrics and the few misplaced notes, we were just having fun. Thank you for watching :)
#AceOfBase #SynthCovers #LiveSynths
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Браво! Нет нет так. БРАВО!!! Один из немногих каверов который получился так как нужно.
HUGE ace of base fan here, since day one back in 1993, and I have to say, this was AWESOME to hear!
@Synt5
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! From one fan to another!
Оригинал - это самая любимая песня детства. А эта версия просто магическая. Я смотрю на клавиши и впадаю в приятный ступор, эта басовая линия такая офигительная, та и все синтезаторные слои просто фантастика.
@RavenationQuadro
Жыл бұрын
да баслайн навороченный для синтетики
wow ..!!!! 👏👏👏 excelent..!!! even the youtube algorithm says that the song is interpreted by ace of base, although I think this is much better
@Synt5
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yeah, I usually have wrong copyright ID from KZread failing to identify the songs as covers...
I really enjoyed this cover. The singing and synthesizer work is great!
@Synt5
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Perfect and emotional as the original!!!! God bless you All . Keep it up!
Great cover. Just perfect and killed every note!
@Synt5
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@johnsmith-ir1ne
5 ай бұрын
@@Synt5buen día. Dedónde son uds?
@johnsmith-ir1ne
5 ай бұрын
Ah disculpas, vcs são BR 👂👍
Ace of Base's beat is timeless. Awesome cover.
Maravilhosos!!! Nem o Ace of Base tocava assim ao vivo hahaha
@COLT-44
4 жыл бұрын
linhas de baixo foooodaaaa!!!!!!!
@jonhcosta
4 жыл бұрын
Muito bom
@alexanrelz1979
4 жыл бұрын
Pior que é verdade. No Ace Of Base a loira aparecia no clipe más quem cantava mesmo era a morena. Amo a banda, más abusavam muito do playback.
@rogerioferreira7481
3 жыл бұрын
@@alexanrelz1979 estão em stúdio com um ótimo aparato eletrônico( só de teclado são 6 )! Diferente da época de 92 a 96...! Mesmo assim ficou ótimo... não teria essa performance cantando em estádios! principalmente no início da década de 1990
@gilmaralcantara2443
2 жыл бұрын
Mesmo se tratando de uma banda europeia, estamos falando do do início da década de 90. A tecnologia n era tão avançada ao ponto de se captar com essa qualidade de som. Sem dizer que aí se trata de músicos e eles eram na verdade produtores musical. Mas ainda acho que era muito avançado para época. Não só o Ace Of Base mas vários da eurodance. Escuta por exemplo Faces e No One do 2Unllimited e escuta a qualidade do arranjo dos sintetizadores.
Absolutely briliant sound of the trance beast Yamaha An1X.
By the way, original song have used famous Lately Bass patch from TX81z. Actually you are able to discover this bass patch in almost every song from the first album of Ace of Base.
Very impressive.
I love techno music.. well done
Her voice sounds so similar to Linn Berggren's voice.I almost couldn't tell a difference, wonderfully done!
Impressive stuff!
Großartig!
Magic beat in 90's era
Very, very good! Great compliment, sounds perfect!
Que talento pessoal. Poxa, continuem a postar mais vídeos. Quase chorei no vídeo da introdução do SOR, hauahauha. Abraço!
Pelo menos uma vez por semana venho aqui nesse vídeo rs
@Synt5
2 жыл бұрын
Obrigado. Amanhã, pela primeira vez desde a pandemia, parte da equipe vai se reencontrar ao vivo. Quem sabe não dá pra voltar a gravar em breve.
Isso é perfeito demais, nem as bandas originais tocavam ao vivo, eram tudo playback e a galera ai fazendo tudo ao vivo na raça, cada synth fazendo sua linha. Perfeito demais e deve ser bem caro para tocaram também, mas eu pagaria em uma festa com toda certeza.
@dillonryan4161
3 жыл бұрын
I guess Im kinda off topic but do anyone know of a good site to watch new tv shows online?
@vivaanhector8597
3 жыл бұрын
@Dillon Ryan Flixportal xD
@dillonryan4161
3 жыл бұрын
@Vivaan Hector Thank you, I signed up and it seems like a nice service =) I really appreciate it !
@vivaanhector8597
3 жыл бұрын
@Dillon Ryan Glad I could help :D
Excellent. Wish you guys everything you want.
It's perfect!
This is one amazing cover. Probably one of my favorites from Ace of Base
Como que eu descobri esse grupo só agora??? Sensacional!!! Pena que não tem mais vídeos assim...
very good cover... a beautiful song with energy from ace of base..
Perfect cover! Many thanks!
the lead singer's voice is *perfect* for this song, check out 3:36 more Ace of Base, PLEASE
3:30 Voice crack, a smile with a cringe, then a cute shrug and KILLS the ending run. Great moment. 😎
@Synt5
2 жыл бұрын
First person to ever mention that moment in a comment... we joked about that for a while. :)
Aproveitando... Vcs são espetaculares. Ficou excelente. Obrigado por me tocarem de maneira profunda e emocionalmente. Me fizeram viajar ao início dos anos 90, na minha adolescência. Essa música do AoB foi a que me introduziu no mundo da euro, à época, falava-se dance music ou house..... Já pensaram em gravar Beautiful Life?
@Synt5
2 жыл бұрын
Obrigado! Quando der pra fazer de novo essas apresentações, podemos pensar em mais alguma deles pra fazer, tipo a Beautiful Life.
Melhor Cover que eu vi até hj!
This is insanely good. Was this filmed in a single shot? I enjoyed your "Streets Of Rage" cover so much and now this. Please do more!
@305Hayze
2 жыл бұрын
I'm upset they not posting any more videos
We`re traveling in time!!!!
This is a real good cover. Good job.
This is superb!
Wow that was actually impressive! Thumbs up from Texas👍
Fantastic work!
So coooool !!
Well done great work! :-)
Great job !!
This is so bad ass! 🔥🔥👏
Quésia Carvalho 💖
Amazing
Muito bom! Queremos mais! :D
This is great. You captured the dark, moody vibe of the original perfectly. Wasn't sure about the vocals at first (Linn Berggren's voice is one of the defining things of Ace of Base to me) but they grew on me. Nice one.
@blazevasiloski5445
3 жыл бұрын
Original is original linn is linn best voice in world she miss so much
Wow you guys are amazing best cover
Loved it. =)
Valeu!
We want more ;)
@thedude4795
3 жыл бұрын
@@user-bn4wz4ps9b szto?
Good Job !!! Great Cover ! Bravissimo !
@Synt5
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
You guys are so freaking awesome!!!!! I'm a huge ace of base fan and you made me so happy with this extremely amazing and unique cover. Please keep making more!!
Outstanding version
Maravillosa interpretación del gran tema de una de mi banda favorita de los 90, Ace of Base. Muchas gracias!!!
Pena q só da pra curtir uma vez! MARAVILHOSO!
We ´re travelling in time
I wish one of those dudes would have done the male spoken vocal parts, but this was freaking awesome!
один из лучших каверов 2020, особенно первые строчки
@milana4594
4 жыл бұрын
Умножаю
I really liked all of your stuff. Wish you made more.
Очень, очень нравится! БРАВИССИМО! Согласен с предыдущим комментарием, один из немногих каверов, который затронул какую-то нотку в душе. Понравилось! Нет слов!
That’s very good!
Muito bom. Assisti o video dela cantando Snap. Perfeito! Parabens a todos!
Booooom! Killer!!!!!! Subscribed!
Perfect cover, I've never seen such a talented group before. Are you professional keyboard players? I'm a huge fan of 80's and 90 's FM synthetizator with associated music style. What I appreciate the most is the real time playing without predefined sequences, such a kind of modern Kraftwerk. Keep doing this job and don' t forget to recreate one of the most iconic synth 80's song Fade to grey by Visage. Mark from Slovak Republic. I have one Q, what stuff do you use?
@Synt5
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment! At that time some were undergraduate music students, but by now I could say we are all professional. Oh, and we DID record Fade to Grey, it was in our earliest repertoire, but the recording was disastrous, and unfortunately we've never managed to play it again ever since. Answering your question, the equipment for each video is listed in the video description. But I can detail more, if you want. Cheers!
@MegaXMARKX
3 жыл бұрын
Thank a lot for answering. I have noticed the stuff list below the title screen after your comment.
Excelente 👌 Me uno a los que pedimos más! Saludos desde Guatemala.
Damm the girls have an amazing voice!!
Impressionante, excelente l, parabéns a todos pela produção! Que tal reproduzirem também os demais sucessos do Ace of Base?
@Synt5
3 жыл бұрын
Obrigado! Vontade não falta, mas o covid atrasou os planos por enquanto...
good cover.. ace of base was so unique
Beauty ❤️ instantly took me back
@Synt5
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@PhoenixPLPhoenix
Жыл бұрын
@@Synt5 well deserved!
True music from the good time
Nice to see someone is still using AN1x this day :-)
Awesome!!!!!
Very cool!
Здороворо !преврсходно !молодцы!
Nice! Good on you!
Mais um video EXCELENTE!!!!, E pelo visto os caras sao brasucas..... muito phod@@@@@@!!!!!!
we're traveling in time ~
made more cover please, thats very good!
tenho que elogiar um dos mais perfeitos cover ao vivo até superando a banda original parabéns aos envolvidos
@Synt5
2 жыл бұрын
Obrigado pelo comentario e pela visita!
Это очень качественный кавер.
Estou impressionado! Tão bom quanto o original, parabéns pessoal.
U made it!
Legend
Show, parabéns
Solo una palabra: -IMPRESIONANTE-
thats a really good cover
Excelent!
Nostálgico,, Muito Linda 😱👏👏
Muito bom!
You change part of the lyrics, but the cover Is very good, and i love Ace Of Base. The Best swdesh band for ever.
Top !
Отлично!
Parabéns muito bom
Maravillosa versión
Отбивка по времени: 10.05.2023😊
Impressive singing
De lujo
sweet!
Thanks for this new upload !!! Suggestions for next videos: "Living On Video- Trans X" "High Energy - Evelyn Thomas" "I.O.U - Freeez" "Babe, Were Gonna Love Tonight - Lime" And I can go on and on....... ;-)
perfect
parabéns qdo fizerem apresentações quero assistir sucesso!!!