⚠️ Don’t Stop Believin’ - Journey

Don’t Stop Believin’ - I’m glad you mentioned that one. There you go: :rofl:

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Once more, the vocals are extracted with the stem splitter in Logic.
The bass is a layer on the left hand and can be turned off with a widget.
I used the included Steinway in Pianoteq, but it might sound closer to the original if you use a piano with a shorter decay.

Here’s the rackspace:
Journey - Don’t Stop Believin’ (Florian).rackspace (689.1 KB)

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I’ve created a separate topic for this one, in case a download explosion happens, to preserve the rest of the forum. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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No, let’s keep it hidden in the Jump thread. :shushing_face: :wink:
Thanks for moving it. :ok_hand:

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Moderators - please take action - argh …why did I press “play” - nooo

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I added a warning icon in the topic title especially for metal musicians! :skull_and_crossbones:

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Sounds great!

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A comment from Dave Curtis on Facebook:

Great job.

As far as the original recording, pay no attention to what Jon used live before getting the red Yamaha (whale).

Jonathan used a bright Steinway 7foot grand, in which they worked on mic placement.

Then they ran the track thru the Roland Dimension D, which accounts for that slight phaser/detuned effect.

For the synth/string type stabs, Jon used his ARP Omni that he used in the Baby’s. Also run thru the Dimension D.

Arturia’s Dimension D is excellent.

There was no pipe organ.

The above info on gear is all from Jonathan Cain himself

Before The Whale, he was using a CP-80 on stage along with a Prophet 5, and a Korg BX3

Then the Whale and Prophet 5 which gave way to the Jupiter 8

These days he uses the Roland V piano grand, with Jupiter 80 up top.

He retired the old Triton studio so now on his left is the Hammond XK5 and a Korg Nautilus 61.

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Great information, thanks for sharing, @npudar!
Also good to know that my ears pointed me in the right direction. :wink:

While there is no virtual ARP Omni, the Arturia Solina String Ensemble is a pretty good replacement since their synth engines are related.
I cannot imagine how anyone could think of a pipe organ in that song. :rofl:
The Triton in my rackspace is for the bass guitar.

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