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[NigelB]

Hi all
Having kindly been given the arp prog for Duran Duran’s Rio song by enigmahack, I am now trying to programme the sound for the synth in the verse....i.e. the choppy synth chords. Each chord plays twice (as two 16th notes I think) and I’m wondering if anybody knows whether Nick Rhodes played it either:

1) live...i.e. played each chord twice in quick succession
2) played each chord once and used a slapback type of echo/delay...or...
3) played each chord once and used keyboard programming to trigger it twice in sync with the arp.

I’m kind of assuming it is number 3, but I can’t work out how to programme that. I’ve tried Googling/Youtube etc but haven’t got to the bottom of it. I don’t even know the correct terminology for it to search for it succesfully!

If anybody has any advice I would be really appreciative.

Many thanks.

[xp50player]

I'm sure it's an effect, because the subsequent notes are softer.
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[NigelB]

Ok thanks. I’ll try that.

[tunaman]

Not sure what Nick did, but I’ve got a couple of songs that I’ve put together recently with similar scenarios. One is Eyes Without A Face, and more recently Maneater.

I’m using Tape Echo with Eyes, as the pad repeats three times, and I’m using L/C/R Delay with Maneater and only using the L values to make the EP repeat once.

I’ve been planning to work up Rio, but haven’t been able to spend the time yet.

[average_male]

[tunaman]

Nothing recorded or published - the Wuhan virus put a crimp on ambitions to be gigging by now, but we are starting to rehearse again.

I may put together a couple of clips just because you asked - thanks for the interest.

[NigelB]

Thanks all. I’ve tried the delay fx trick, and that has done the job nicely.