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title: Cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition”
tags: music,cover,chapman stick
date: 2013-10-26 00:00
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<p>
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/rekado/superstition">Here</a> is my
almost-finished cover of Stevie Wonder’s <emph>Superstition</emph>.
</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/114302583"></iframe>
<p>
The drum sounds come from a single Wavedrum track; I played the
Wavedrum with hands only (no sticks). What sounds a bit like hi hats
is really the snare of the snare drum sound, played with the
fingertips. The patch consists of a velocity-sensitive snare drum
and bass drum sounds. (There are still some spots in the drum track
that don’t sound tight.)
</p>
<p>
The bass is a custom patch on the Nord Lead synthesizer (a little
too much portamento, I think).
</p>
<p>
Where in the original several clavinet tracks are used I recorded a
single Alto Stick. The main theme is played with the left hand on
the bass side while the chordal accents are played on the melody
side with the right.
</p>
<p>
Sadly, I don’t own any brass instruments, so I played the unison
section on the Alto Stick (two-handed), added a guitar and spread
them wide apart in the stereo spectrum.
</p>
<p>
I also added a few splashes of Ukulele whenever it’s a little
quieter in the song. Because I have one (yay).
</p>
<p>
I’m not really satisfied with the whole thing, but it’s impossible
for me to distinguish between annoyances due to perfectionism and
those that are actually justified. I’m still working on a video
showing the arrangement on the Stick; before publishing it I might
revisit the mix of my recording and tweak the sound a bit.
</p>
<p>
The whole track was recorded and mixed
with <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free
Software</a>, most notably <a href="http://ardour.org">Ardour</a>
and the <a href="http://calf.sourceforge.net/plugins.html">Calf
audio plugin suite</a>. To the developers and maintainers: thank
you so much!
</p>
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