Fix You organ sound

[gabry1090]

This is Chris Martin's organ sound, the one used on X&Y and during his live shows, hope you like it, let me know :)

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlADsEpv0Qs]Fix You Coldplay - (as played live by Chris Martin) Organ Cover - YouTube[/ame]

[Mollyxyloto]

That sounds EXACTLY like it!!! I have a keyboard (Yamaha one) and can't find this sound :(

 

 

Awesome btw, like your shirt too!

[Batman]

^^ that sounds really just like the original! Amazing!

[gabry1090]

it sounds the same beacuse it's the same, this has been taken from the record of X&Y, it's not an emulation or something like that, it's his sound :) you won't find it in any keyboard, i'm running the piano through the computer, when i press the button on the piano i'm just muting it, then I raise the volume ;)

[Batman]

^ Can you play a Coldplay song (which ever you can/want to) with these organ sounds and upload the video/audio somewhere? :wacko: I would love to know how it sounds on other songs! :bomb:

[gabry1090]

sure! i already tried and to me it sounds awful! ahahaha :D it's an astonishing sound, but only with fix you will sound that great :) i will post the video here, keep your eyes on the thread ;)

[Batman]

^ somehow I knew it would sound awful! :lol: Probably a jumbled mess of organ sounds :laugh3:

 

Although I believe it could sound OK on slow songs like "Proof", "Gravity" and "Easy to Please" maybe :anxious:

 

But thank you so much for posting a video! :dance:

[The Champion]

Yes it sounds good but I still think that Yamaha's DGX are good alternatives. I use Cool! Organ and for the later part Cool! Organ + Church Organ using the dual mode and to me it still sounds like it.

[loco]

I have an organ preset on Garageband called Percussion Organ that sounds very similar

[Coldplero]

Hahaha I'm surprised he's playing same sound!!!!!!!!!!

applauses insanely

What's the name of that sound??!?!?!?!?!?!?

[gabry1090]

The sound has been professionally sampled from the x&y recordings, extracting the single notes from the chords. My video has been recorded with a camera, if I upload the mp3 file from the mixer out i bet it won't sound the same as you say :P this is the same sound used by chris martin, if you want an audio file you will hear the difference...so i'm using a computer, doesn't matter the piano, the keyboard, the model or whatever you want, it will sound the same, it's a matter of sample

[LeonieArienne]

I'm trying to find the right sound on my keyboard, but it definitely doesn't come as close as your sound.

[aaronm]

did you employ someone to sample it for you or did you do it yourself? :P

[coldlocked]

Yes it sounds good but I still think that Yamaha's DGX are good alternatives. I use Cool! Organ and for the later part Cool! Organ + Church Organ using the dual mode and to me it still sounds like it.

 

I'm so going to try this when I get home from orchestra rehearsals tomorrow.

[Hulsey]

Am I right in saying this sound was also used in Strawberry Swing? It's heard slightly in the studio version, but it's a lot more audible in the instrumental.

[RyonI]

Hulsey your'e right. :) although it's not the exact preset there.

btw You can also hear the organ sound on Lost! & In My Place (verse background sound).

 

I made a little experiment few mins ago with "NI vintage organs" VST and tried to get the Fixyou sound on it. I couldn't get the exact sound but I'm quite satisfied anyway. it's reeealy fun song to play and sing.

I uploaded it:

These are the settings if anyone interested:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/StrikeEagle/nifixyou_organ.jpg

 

Another really interesting and unique sound is Chris's piano (the one he use for paradise -live).

[Coldplero]

Nice I would like to try that later on FL studio thanks for sharing, wish you can reupload.

Also, for Paradise Chris uses a special electric piano sound, not different from the rest of his other common piano sounds. I think you mean the synthesizer at the beggining of paradise and I think that's what Jonny plays on the keyboards on live versions...

[Keronte]

yeah yeah sounds good but WHAT A NICE T-SHIRT!! HAHAHA

[claxson]

The sound has been professionally sampled from the x&y recordings, extracting the single notes from the chords. My video has been recorded with a camera, if I upload the mp3 file from the mixer out i bet it won't sound the same as you say :P this is the same sound used by chris martin, if you want an audio file you will hear the difference...so i'm using a computer, doesn't matter the piano, the keyboard, the model or whatever you want, it will sound the same, it's a matter of sample

 

Please, could you explain the process you did to get that? (That means software and other features).

 

I'd really like to learn how to.

 

:) CHEERS and BLESSINGS! :)

[86Timewarp]

He bought a soundpack that I'm assuming was the one that Chris's piano is based on and he just transferred the sounds via MIDI/USB to the piano. That or he played it back on a computer.

[gabry1090]

He bought a soundpack that I'm assuming was the one that Chris's piano is based on and he just transferred the sounds via MIDI/USB to the piano. That or he played it back on a computer.

 

Mmmm no. I sampled the sounds by myself from the instrumental version of the song. There are a lot of software to extract single notes from chords, search on google and you will find them. Then i made an instrument with ableton live sampler loading my own samples from the song. I use the piano as a midi keyboard to play ableton live on my computer.

[pianomartin]

This is Chris Martin's organ sound, the one used on X&Y and during his live shows, hope you like it, let me know :)

 

 

HI! Omg ive been looking for this sound a long time!

My question is. Is that sound you are using downloadable, so I can get that sound aswell? VST? AU plugin?

[ItzMarit]

It sounds very very nice!

[Coldplayfan1294]

Yep, I'd say that's a 100% identical match to the organ in Fix You. Nice job man. It's amazing how technology has bled into the music world. Quite awesome that you were able to piece it together and extract notes like that. It must be a talent in itself? Is that difficult to do?

[Coldplayfan1294]

I used Melodyne (Direct Note Acess) function to separate the notes but I used Logic Pro9 EXS24 sampler to sample the notes.

I got my hands on some official mastertracks from Coldplay songs whitch means that the keyboardparts, drumparts, vocalparts and guitarparts has been separated (this is no coverband or anything its the original tracks).

 

Here is a video where I explain how I did it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMDzQC0vA7w

 

Here is my cover of the song with som crowd sounds edited in:

The crowd is actually ripped from the end of the sound relief concert where Chris Martin runs out in the crowd and you just hear the crowd singing the chorus :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmZwNCvgaQg

Nice cover man, seriously. Enjoyed it. I thought I took my Coldplaying seriously, but you're on a whole other level lol. Like the equipment and how well you put that together. Nice singing too. I can't sing for shit. It's a shame too, because I generally want to sing, I don't like playing just instrumentals. Find it boring.