I have to congratulate Doctor Mix on being the first person on the internet, or maybe in history, after Maurizio Lobina who wrote Blue, to realize that the last two notes in the chorus bassline are A and D#. I've watched countless tutorials on "how to play Blue", and every single person played it wrong, and a lot of them were musicians. Shocking really, how sloppily people listen to music. So great job Doctor Mix!

@pc_buildyb0i935

9 ай бұрын

Strange, I've always seen people playing it as A and then Eb (I'm just using E flat because it descends from A) but the actual stems curiously get the intro bassline wrong. If you listen to the OG song, you can hear the bass synth progression as G, F, Eb, C (x3) and then G, F, Eb sustained. But the stems, some of which had to be remade because E65 didn't have access to all the original tracks, get this wrong and instead have the intro's bassline ending as A and then Eb.

I just love these deconstruction videos. Very long, explanatory, and you can tell that you like making them.

@osc3033

Жыл бұрын

thank u claudio!!! legendary my love song!!!!!

Blue never dies! You know a song is a banger when people keep making remixes 20 year later

@YoutubeAnomaly

Жыл бұрын

I watched this and made a remix lol

The stems were pulled from the video game "Guitar Hero" and also exist for Eiffel 65's Move Your Body, you could find them on the web for a long time. If I'm not mistaking, Jeffrey Jey (the singer of Eiffel 65) reworked the songs for the game. I think he did work with some of the original stems from 1998/1999 (like kick, bass and groove samples), but some parts of the tracks had to be recreated or made from scratch, e.g. in Move Your Body, you notice different crash sounds or the cutoff filter on the kick and bass in the second verse is not the same as in the original recording. The same for Blue, when you put the stems together it sounds different from the official 1999 Ice Pop Instrumental Mix - the piano is entirely different and also has a different reverb/delay processing. Also the little "intro percussion beat" is not the same as in the original recording, just to name a few differences.

@mgmg116

Жыл бұрын

Spot-on analysis

@jeffryjay86

Жыл бұрын

You write well. These comments are real. I would add that, the Guitar Hero version includes the almost raw tracks. There are no bus compressors and a lot of effects, understandably, because the tracks have to be handled separately in the game. That's why it sounds different. But the recordings themselves are the originals, just processed differently.

@mgmg116

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffryjay86 The piano and the percussive loop are completely different. The waveforms don't even line up, and given what Ponte said on TikTok (that they had pulled numerous samples from sampling vinyls and sample pack CDs) the group no longer had access to the original samples, and it would seem they also didn't have access to the original stems, or at the very least a few of the stems were corrupted and resulted in having to use different keys and verse percussion

@jacobfife7273

Жыл бұрын

Usually Guitar Hero stems don't go down to this level. Its just drums, bass, guitar, vocals and extras I believe. Its usually common to find the stems for dance/pop songs though as they often hand them off to DJs to make remixes with.

@mgmg116

Жыл бұрын

@@jacobfife7273 Can't believe I missed this, but it was Rockband, not Guitar Hero that featured the stems. It was actually noteworthy because Blue was the first song in Rockband to make use of thr keyboard

Please do Gigi D'Agostino - L'amour toujours next! It's my favorite song

@lucabotta5594

11 ай бұрын

Yes!! Please

@stephenwilliams926

9 ай бұрын

Why would anybody bother, irritating song.

@marlonh.p.p.3159

3 ай бұрын

Please

By using a Korg M1 as the piano sound you've accidentally turned it into David Guetta's most recent hit

@anthroism26mc

Жыл бұрын

That version blows

@Kaiveran

Жыл бұрын

​@@anthroism26mc Meh, I think it's okay. It doesn't shit all over the original melodies with generic modern "EDM" sounds and the vocals are at least technically on the ball. It's nowhere *near* as bad as "Sugar".

@trishchepish

10 ай бұрын

Well, that was made back in 2017. After adding some minor details, he blown it out this year

for a 1999 dance track I'm surprised they picked that bass sound, I remember thinking back then when it came out, that the bass sounded really outdated some how lol.

@YouTubeSupportTeams

Жыл бұрын

I agree, even then it sounded like a cheesy bassline.. But it worked!!! This is something i learned over the years.. when producing we get wayyyyyyy to hung up on what is "right and wrong", when music, being art is so subjective. And think of the killer tracks that were abandoned because the producer was too picky and spent enough time on something they thought wasn't working out when they could have been chart toppers like Blue.

@IzthatafaC

Жыл бұрын

It wasn't just that. The beat sounded like it came out of 1993, it was a good song none the less. I think it was basically the high end melody that kind of modernised the track to the era.

@nunyabusiness69

Жыл бұрын

Budget lol. Make sounds with what you had at the time

@envisionelectronics

Жыл бұрын

I remember when it came out it sounded stupid AF. I was in my early 20s and just thought “this is the end of trance”

@YouTubeSupportTeams

Жыл бұрын

@@nunyabusiness69 *EDIT - Confirmed by Eiffel 65 they started with the melody* - I don't think the budget was a problem. They had the hardware to make a much better (modern) bassline, they just ran with it. My opinion is they came up with the piano melody first, thought it would be a hit and built the track around it. The random bassline was used from the beginning to help them create the track and by the time it was finished it just worked and they never changed it... getting the track out for release was the most important next step. I'd love to ask the producer if this was more or less the series of events. The vocals arguably was the least important part of the track, given its mostly fun gibberish. It's like they put out an instrumental demo and the label(s) said it needs a vocal track. So in limited time they came up with nonsense and called it a day lol. Even the nonsense vocal worked.

This is why I love your channel! You give us insight into the fun process of music production while playing awesome music. Thanks for another amazing video!

Wow, I am really impressed by the work you are doing on your KZread channel to reconstruct electronic music songs like Blue. Your attention to detail and your passion for the music really shines through in your videos, and it's clear that you put a lot of time and effort into every one of your reconstructions. Keep up the great work!

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@user-xg2bk1vd5n

7 күн бұрын

Mi blue enda crasy enda crasy move your body Beck in time è cetera è cetera 💪💪💪💪💪💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

Impressive work! Recreating 90"s hits, which have no clear analog synth stuff, but sampled or digital one is pretty fascinating

These Deconstructed videos you're posting are very much enjoyable to watch!

That was fantastic. Your ability to pull the right sounds and plug-ins is on another level. Thanks for sharing all this. It’s very educational.👍

Now I realize Eiffel 65 were truly the pioneers of sound design.

I just love the way you put love and passion to anything you do. great video, great work.

wow the work that went into just the kick is magic. love you guys

Cool, I'm an artist but visual, and making music is for me magic. But when you make such deconstructions I always enjoy seeing all the process and tools involved into it. Keep it up!

I'm so happy that 90s euro and italian dance is making a comeback. I was afraid it was just a passing event of the last few months and instead it wasn't. and this interesting deconstruction is the confirmation.

Love your reconstructions! Thanks for this classic. Have a very Happy New Year!

I admire you a lot Dr. Mix, your love for music is really contagious

Claudio, the genre is ItaloDance (from 1997/8 to 2008/10 more or less), it started as natural prosecution of mediterranean progessive mixed with elements from 90's eurodance, (hard)trance, house, eurodance.... obviusly the most important producer has been Gigi D'Agostino, followed by Molella,Fargetta, Prezioso, G.Ponte, Mario Più and many others...

@gfx909

Жыл бұрын

​@UCLdm9eTXhuWcXxhbsxRqxmA actually not. They were from Piemonte, as Gigi D'Agostino, Mauro Picotto... The most of that music were produced in Lombardia (Bxr,media records,time record...just to mention some labels)...

@jocu475

Жыл бұрын

Ninetie ies

16:50 The Bass patch seems correct, but sometimes when converting to Kontakt format the Lowpass-Filter will be turned on in the converted Kontakt preset. Also sometimes it features a much longer release. You can / should change that in the exported preset manually. (That's how I do it with my old sampler presets.) 🤓😉

@sergeyklimenkov

Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: extreme samples converter, chicken systens translator, cdxtract and ni kontakt 5's internal converter gets not the same sond results and who knows how it must sounds..

Man, 1999 still feels like yesterday...

I’m obsessed with this song from the last 2 weeks, I’m glad you made this version

Always love the deconstruction videos, Thanks Doctor Mix.

My man Claudio! God of creation and recreation! Thanks for the amazing video and so much fun!

Been loving the tune for years, hearing your deconstruction of it is awesome

Wow, this is one of your best reconstruction, it shows you put time to get as close to the original, great work, always fun to watch.

Your knowledge of your equipment and musicianship is superb! Thanks for sharing.

This was amazing. The dedication to just the drum parts alone was crazy!

Thank you so much! I've been waiting for this video for a long time!

Again great work, Prof. Dr. Mix :D!

Wow, and again an awesome deconstruction! Absolutely loving it!!

Love the song, love the deconstruction, thumbs up! Thanx for your work, it's inspiring

Now I know what your outfit reminds me of early 2000's Chris Martin with the Hat's and everything, keep up the videos man!

you know the video is good when 46 minutes felt like 16. Excellent work Claudio!

I love your videos and your happy persona. Peace Brother - superb reconstruction. Happy 2023

OMG! One of my fav tracks! Thanks for giving this the Doctor Mix treatment!

Great work, Claudio! The universe is crazy... I recently had a long conversation with our 6 year old, about this very song! He is learning the keyboard, and the first thing he did this morning was grab his Casio to play. I showed him this video, and he had it on in the background, while practicing. It wasn't long before he was completely immersed! I think you just connected the dots, while he was looking at your session. He disregards my sessions, for the most part, but I think he gets it now. He only thought about waves as vocal tracks, and didn't realize there were other elements involved...like everything else. He is beginning to understand. Thank you! ❤️‍🔥🙏🐧

@HOLLASOUNDS

Жыл бұрын

The lyrics are "If that was Me I would die" talking about feeling depressed and blue.

@VIRALBEATS360

Жыл бұрын

@@HOLLASOUNDS Haha, that is how the conversation began...these long disputed lyrics.

@HOLLASOUNDS

Жыл бұрын

@@VIRALBEATS360 Its what it says, and fits in context to the rest of the lyrics.

@VIRALBEATS360

Жыл бұрын

@@HOLLASOUNDS No doubt. He was watching a video about it, which only confused him further.

@HOLLASOUNDS

Жыл бұрын

@@VIRALBEATS360 Probably.

Love the reconstruction vids, looks like a pain and a half but keep em coming!

Amazing! 🙌🙌🙌 I really love this series!

after watching this I loaded the acapella and played around a bit and ended up making a little remix , you're inspiring 😎 keep them coming

I was listening to this song all day and tried to deconstruct it in my head and then I saw this video... Mind blowing! Genius work here Dr. Mix! Keep it up!

Realy pushing the compressor Claudio ;) tnx for the video and a happy new year

@Doctor Mix, if you're interested, I believe I have the original harmonizer that Eiffel 65 themselves used to make Blue. My model is the Digitech Vocalist MV-5, and the vocal effect it gives sounds almost exactly like Eiffel 65

Aw man! Goosebumps what a fantastic video and reliving some of my younger days, thankyou @DoctorMix Just a little surprised you didn't tackle the little t-t-ttsshewww efx but thats so nitpicky 😄

That last bit of reverb on lead synth *chefs kiss* I literally said, “oh man you nailed it” and then you proceeded to say the same and dance lol hilarious

Awesome work!! Very enjoyable to watch the break-down. That Hi-Hat though...the original sounds like a partially open hi-hat (aka "sizzle" where still barely touching it's counterpart), and then moving to fully closed (or vice versa) thus the Titch-shusss. Which is not a hi-hat state many (even among the best) samplers capture, but something many pop/rock drummers do.

@saftpackerl

Жыл бұрын

@@DoctorMix9.. I think you missed the extreme panning, the longer decay and some kind of phasing on the hihat, Claudio.

Claudio, you're some kind of wizard. Great work as always man!

learn from you vids. thank you Doctor Mix.

Super cool stuff !!, very well done Dr.Mix 😎

Love your deconstructs, Doctor Mix, or reverse engin33red tracks! Big fan of your channel! I see a lot of myself in you. Or I see alot of you in myself... IDK... I've been doing the same thing since I was 6 years old, trying to recreacte the songs that I really liked and try to let them sound as close as possibly, with the gear I got back then... (born in '71) I was always looking out for the next big thing that Roland put out, (troughout my life, till this day). And then in 1986, I bought my first Roland MC-500, combined with my Roland-D10... The first multitimbral synth, a synth that could put out 16 channels of MIDI at once... My brain exploded... I did mimic loads of songs, as it was a hobby of mine, but then I went to film school in 1989, and there I started playing piano for my friends at first, but also for student related events, people started to notice that I got some kind of talent... I was not aware, nobody told me about that, but I was only doing what I always loved of doing : Making a whole lot of music, that is playing actually around in my brain, that I can hear it in my head, before I have made it on my synths or DAW.. In 1993, after filmschool, I started as a sound tech to capture news, but also documentaries. In the filmschool, they called me 'MIX', cause, that was the way in the fraternity one would be called. The first 2 letters, added by an 'X'... And so, MIX was my name, even my parents started calling me by that name, rather than Miguel... And rightfully so, cause, no one can pronounce my name correctly anyway... In 1996, I've had it with being a boom sound recordist, my back was hurting too much, so I chose to build my first studio in my own home, my initial dream. I was just married and my wife supported my views of pursuing my audio dreams... But then, it exploded, I started adding studio rooms to my house, till 2008. I was composing music onto TV-series, doing audio postproduction, sound design and mixing/mastering, until I needed a freelance sound engineer to help me out, cause I couldn't do it alone anymore... I was burning up... In 2012, my wife wanted to divorce me, cause I was too busy working in my studios and not being as much in her life and my two sons... I have to be honest, she did have a point, I was almost only busy with my music and audio postproduction for TV series... So, I don't blame her for that... Regrettably so, did loose the house, where I did built my 3 studios in, and as a reslut, I lost all of my studios... After that, I started designing studios, with all the knowledge I gained, for other clients. I designed their studios, first in 3D software, so I could show them, before it was built, as an sound architect. Then, I did al the building myself, cause I love building with wood. I have built 16 audio studios with my own hands. Also the audio and IP calbing, I did myself... Now, after all those years of sorrow, I do still have all of my remainging gear, (not my own acoustic buids), I keep up with the new tech, I have my trusty NI Komplete 88, 1the NI Komplete 14 Library and many other libraries (LASS, SpitFire, etc...)that work with Kontakt, and the computers that I've built myself. As for now, I'm teaching Audio engineering in Belgium, in high school. But, those are not the students I really want... They are really not motivated... I would love to teacht students that really are!! So, this whole text, I'm sending you, is to help me doing so. I share your channel, everytime I've got, and whenever I can. Cause, you can bring students a way of looking at sound design, sound sytnherse, and music creation from their own point of view. I'm sorry, Dr MIX, that my response is so long... This is not a CV... I just wanted to share my lifestory, as a fellow musician, doing almost the same thing as you, but not so spectacular as you have done... My dream would be to, firstly, ever to be invited to your studio... Secondly, to play on the keys along with you! Cause I know I can... And then agian, I probably would be bested by you... You'ld probably destroy me, from the first note playes... But, anyway, Many greetings, A happy New Year (2023)!!! MIX

You are an incredible musician. Sounded amazing 💜

So much talent in one video. Congrats! you are the best.

Dang, this was a really cool and in depth process to watch. This song is still very much a bop imo. 👌👌

All those deconstruction videos are pure awesomeness!!!

The master is at it again! Great to see and hear!

Impressive stuff! The M1 piano sounds pretty good to me on this track, at the time when this track was released it was still the popular piano sound in dance music. Even if it wasn’t used, they could have and it fits the track well. This is one of those memorable tracks of the late 90’s that are just etched in my brain.

What a coincidence, I just listened to this song for the first time in years and you make a video on it!

Amazing!!! Grazie per averci ricordato quanto erano belli questi pezzi!! ♥ e sopratutto come rifarli oggi!! 👍🙏

When he actually went away from the digital range of instruments and into his actual physical CD collection JUST to find the kick at 4:51 and it's just the first of the deconstruction already, you know it's going to be a well-researched special journey.

Amazing job Dr.

Love your Videos Dude!

Claudio The Great! More videos like this! The deconstruction prosess is fun and educational to watch. ❤❤❤

Incredible work!

Fantastic re-creation of a classic dance song from my youth! How you got to those kick and snare samples by mixing many samples together just blew my mind! I think those multitracks that you found online are also a re-creation/remake by a small team of music game charters if memory serves me correctly (or at least some parts were re-created with Eiffel 65's input). If you listen to the original intro, the bass synth; one of the notes is wrong at "like him" and "nobody" on those online multitracks ;)

I love your burning passion for music. It gives me good feelings.

Really enjoyed the process 💚🎶

Great to watch I'm always amazed at your skill

Thank you for this !! I love this hit since the beginning !!!!!! 90's forever!

This song will never get old

Great, as always. Happy New Year.

another amazing work

Amazing work, Claudio ;) Un altro brano mitico che ci accompagnava alle soglie del 2000 :)

Great piece, cool reconstruction, I would LIKE to see more.

love your videos and these deconstructions. One day, I want to learn as much as you know but first i need piano lessons lol

Thank you! Impressive, entertaining and educational!

Awesome. Epic song, and an epic recreation. And apparently from the comments, I'm not the only one who enjoys those recreation videos 😀

Amazing! In addition to all these goodies, there is a multitrack! Mix, you're a super soundman! thank you for your creativity. (translated from Russian using Google)

This is so cool, thanks for this video.

Hey Doctor Mix, the HH likely had a Phaser on it! but what you did was awesome!

yeah, this is my new favorite youtube channel now

Knocked it out the park again Dr Mix! ⚾

holy moley dude ! you really got the essence and groove of it !! bang on !

When you fixed lead at 34:30 i genuinly confused your version with the original for few seconds! Super impressive!

Like a mad scientist in a lab! Great work as always!

I think you're a borderline genius in what you do. However I was waiting for you to do the vocal track next 🤣🤣👍👍 great video

That lead synth sound is SPOT ON!!!

Very nice video Claudio. Your version sounds more up to date with much better dynamics. 👍

Amazing work

Those 46 min. were not wasted. Lovely as usual.

This was highly entertaining, thank you for your hard work :-)!!!!

I totally love it!! Great job!!!!

Awefull! Comme d'habitude! 😃

This channel is just amazing! It is really sooo interesting to watch,how quick and precise Mr.Dr.Mix is recreating every single instrument and the whole mixes. This mix sounds incredibly close to original. Maybe few details i would add,as i hear it: the Hi-Hat to my taste sounds still a bit too clean. I think,if to add just any kind of tape emulation with old "bad" tape,- the Hi-Hat would give even more glue. And for the whole mix i imagine - to "salt" a bit with just a liiiitle bit of tube or tape distortion. But that's just me,and please,don't get me wrong,cause this mix of Dr.Mix,- the whole work,that You've done,and the mood,this positive energy,teaching analise what you hear,and recreate,- You just give all of us,- all i can say,- just THANK YOU for Your great videos and the inspiring joy making music!:)

@pc_buildyb0i935

Жыл бұрын

The lofi-ness of the hihat is probably coming from the sampler Eiffel 65 used. Back in the day, it was probably an EMU SP1200, so the low samplerate and bit depth would have added some digital distortion to the signal

This is just the best recreation ever made!

go on Claudio mate well done that Blue Synth In Opal, Is SPOT on! needed that EQ and reverb! :)

Such a classic

Awesome cover i love it!

Che figata di studio!mito