Members facefirst Posted January 25, 2009 Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 Does anyone know the effects setup for Eddie's sound on Dancing In The Street? I'm not a huge fan of the song but I love what he did with the effects. It kinda sounds like a phaser and delay. I was wondering if anyone knew how they were set up, though. Word to your respective mothers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGareth Posted January 25, 2009 Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 Well I have a Japanese tab book of the Diver Down album and they say that the intro is played on a synth. If it was a guitar then there'd be some delay on it and some kind of a phaser effect with quite a full range sweep going on. From the tab book: I can't read Japanese, but if you, or someone else can, then the answer might lie there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members facefirst Posted January 25, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 The intro isn't a synth. It's all Ed. I just need the settings. That Japanese book said I'm going to die tomorrow. Not cool, man. Not cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dsl Posted January 25, 2009 Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 From Classic Van Halen.com: "Dancing In The Street" was originally a hit for Martha and the Vandellas in 1964. Ed used a Mini Moog synthesizer in conjunction with his echoed guitar for the music in this song. He initially wanted the music to be for an original song. However, Dave and Donn Landee talked him in the using it for this cover tune. Eddie later identified this song as his least favorite Van Halen recording." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGareth Posted January 25, 2009 Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 From Classic Van Halen.com:"Dancing In The Street" was originally a hit for Martha and the Vandellas in 1964. Ed used a Mini Moog synthesizer in conjunction with his echoed guitar for the music in this song. He initially wanted the music to be for an original song. However, Dave and Donn Landee talked him in the using it for this cover tune. Eddie later identified this song as his least favorite Van Halen recording." Told ya it said it was a synth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members facefirst Posted January 25, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 See this:Told ya it said it was a synth. Well he's played it live and it sounds just like the album version and he's definitely not playing a synth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dsl Posted January 25, 2009 Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 Here's another quote from Bill Roland: "Dancing In The Street was a huge source of frustration for Eddie, as producer Ted Templeman and singer David Lee Roth insisted on using a Mini-Moog synthesizer riff on the song that Eddie wanted to keep for a Van Halen original composition. Many have said this was the final straw in Eddie building his own 5150 studio in his backyard, so he could put together his songs without interference." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members facefirst Posted January 25, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 Here's another quote from Bill Roland: "Dancing In The Street was a huge source of frustration for Eddie, as producer Ted Templeman and singer David Lee Roth insisted on using a Mini-Moog synthesizer riff on the song that Eddie wanted to keep for a Van Halen original composition. Many have said this was the final straw in Eddie building his own 5150 studio in his backyard, so he could put together his songs without interference." No clue, man. I just know that in the live videos I've seen he's not playing a synth. In the studio, who knows. Wouldn't surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGareth Posted January 25, 2009 Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 No clue, man. I just know that in the live videos I've seen he's not playing a synth. In the studio, who knows. Wouldn't surprise me. Live the synth is probably a backing track and Ed is playing a simple guitar line over it. Listen to this version: [YOUTUBE]hsimgxD0TVI[/YOUTUBE] Compared with this: [YOUTUBE]wPS12Vll_tA[/YOUTUBE] The second version is more stripped down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dsl Posted January 25, 2009 Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 Here's a quote from the "Horses Mouth" Eddie Van Halen: "And on Diver Down, I remember Dave always wanted to redo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members facefirst Posted January 25, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 The second version is more stripped down. The second one sounds good to me. Anyone know the settings for the delay especially? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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