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DJSolo · Post by **DJSolo** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:10 am

Does anyone know what Snap! used for the distorted guitar sound in their hit song "The Power"? I would also like to know where they sampled that drumloop from if anyone knows.
http://www.synthmania.com/Audio%20Files ... 0power.mp3

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:06 pm

I'm not even sure that is a guitar, it doesn't sound like one.

bduffy · Post by **bduffy** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:13 pm

Actually, me and my buddy had a running theory that it was from the game "Blasteroids". Seriously.

Armadillo · Post by **Armadillo** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:14 pm

I agree. Can't listen now, but I'm pretty sure that was a synth, not a guitar.

CinningBao · Post by **CinningBao** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:36 pm

(listening to rekkid) I'm pretty sure that's a distorted guitar power chord (root and fifth - no third) going F# D D D F#-F# F# D D D

-from amazon-
"The Power" was build around the tiny drum-loop taken from Mantronix's "King Of The Beats" and then Turbo B and Penny Ford's vocals were added.

Search for a 'power chord' sample and play F# and D - you'll hear what you want. definitely a guitar sample.

for reference

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:11 pm

robojam wrote:I'm not even sure that is a guitar, it doesn't sound like one.

That's what happens with old-school samples of distorted guitars: it doesn't sound like a guitar anymore

Toxikator · Post by **Toxikator** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:27 pm

It's a powerchord, but here's how they do it.

First, they use a Mid-heavy, medium gain setting powerchord and sample it. The melody is then done by resampling POST distortion, not pre, which gives that characteristic synthetic feel. It may have been sampled from a note other than D or F# even, so that both samples sound artificial to some degree.

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:35 pm

Just doesn't sound like it's played on a guitar, it sounds more like a keyboard. There's no noise from a pick or from dampening or nothing. It's far too clean.

CinningBao · Post by **CinningBao** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:01 pm

it's a sample - probably WAS played on a keyboard (midi controller or sampling keyboard/unit) or by clicked in on the sequencer window in their favourite host.

they may have trimmed the pick noise from the beginning of the sample for sonic reasons.

mcj · Post by **mcj** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:48 pm

it's probebly some synth chord run trough a distortion unit for guitars i guess

Kraku · Post by **Kraku** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:58 pm

It's a guitar sample. Anyone who's done music with trackers in the good old days can confirm this

loachm · Post by **loachm** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:09 am

Kraku wrote:It's a guitar sample. Anyone who's done music with trackers in the good old days can confirm this

...the drumloop is from Kurtis Mantronix. (originally sampled from "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" from Bob James)...

echopark · Post by **echopark** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:25 am

I remember I read in the german Keys magazine that Snap used a AKAI Sampler for that Guitarsound.

Amberience · Post by **Amberience** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:27 am

You can play a power chord on anything, all it is is the root and fifth and maybe the octave added if you want to play all three "strings"

Sounds to me like a sampled guitar though. Fire up a distorted guitar sample in reason or some other program and sequence away, you'll nail it easily.

Alien Leg · Post by **Alien Leg** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:28 pm

It was a guitar sound from the Akai S950 library!

Snap - The Power Guitar Sound?