How do I get Van Halen "Jump" sound?

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ghettosynth wrote:
hibidy wrote:Still, one issue in a hundred thousand tries is more desirable than my smut! :lol: But yeah, nice to see he's human.
Eddie could play the guitar, I just didn't think much of his cheesy little chords and bombastic synth patch. I don't think that it was tasteful at all and it certainly wasn't innovative for the time. New Wave was big in the early eighties and a lot of more classic rock bands tried to cash in on the synth sound.
Yet here we are 30 years later still talking about it, and wasnt this thread started quite awhile ago and resurrected?
I have to believe along with stairway to heaven this is one of the most overplayed and i suggest iconic riffs of our time.
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zvenx wrote:
ghettosynth wrote:
hibidy wrote:Still, one issue in a hundred thousand tries is more desirable than my smut! :lol: But yeah, nice to see he's human.
Eddie could play the guitar, I just didn't think much of his cheesy little chords and bombastic synth patch. I don't think that it was tasteful at all and it certainly wasn't innovative for the time. New Wave was big in the early eighties and a lot of more classic rock bands tried to cash in on the synth sound.
Yet here we are 30 years later still talking about it, and wasnt this thread started quite awhile ago and resurrected?
I have to believe along with stairway to heaven this is one of the most overplayed and i suggest iconic riffs of our time.
Rsp
I didn't say that it wasn't popular, especially among the masses, I said that I wasn't impressed. I remember chatting with a friend of mine who plays the trumpet and we were talking about swing. I mentioned "In The Mood" and he rolled his eyes. He didn't think very much of the track at all, and yet, it was and is very popular.

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izonin wrote:Yep, let's plug Diva into a Marshall :D First is the original from 1984, then Diva.

https://soundcloud.com/izonin/jumpdiva
Great work! Easily close enough that you wouldn't notice the difference without directly comparing to the original.

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msl wrote:
izonin wrote:Yep, let's plug Diva into a Marshall :D First is the original from 1984, then Diva.

https://soundcloud.com/izonin/jumpdiva
Great work! Easily close enough that you wouldn't notice the difference without directly comparing to the original.
Agreed, and that is the point.

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How do I get that Van Halen "Eruption" sound? How about hot for T-shirt?
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RunBeerRun wrote:How do I get that Van Halen "Eruption" sound? How about hot for T-shirt?
Try an electric guitar with a loud amp along with some thingy people call a flanger :)

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That's what I said :)

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u-he DIVA can do a really good Jump sound it comes with one in the third party presets. DIVA has an Oberheim filter.

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Watching the video I noticed that van Halen plays the bass in octaves. Here's my second attempt, which reflects that. Again, first the original, followed by Diva.

https://soundcloud.com/izonin/jumpdiva2

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izonin wrote:Watching the video I noticed that van Halen plays the bass in octaves. Here's my second attempt, which reflects that. Again, first the original, followed by Diva.

<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">https://soundcloud.com/izonin/jumpdiva2</span>
You nailed it now I think. Your bass fades out too fast, but the overall sound I'd say is as close as you can expect to get. Awesome job.

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wasi wrote:
izonin wrote:Watching the video I noticed that van Halen plays the bass in octaves. Here's my second attempt, which reflects that. Again, first the original, followed by Diva.

<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">https://soundcloud.com/izonin/jumpdiva2</span>
You nailed it now I think. Your bass fades out too fast, but the overall sound I'd say is as close as you can expect to get. Awesome job.
I wouldn't exactly say "nailed it" - yes it's close, but it's considerably different in the brassiness/fatness of the sustain/release phase. But that could be tuned for sure, just needs some refinement of the patch.
If you don't hear a sound side by side with the original, a lot of patches will do. I made three versions and when I play them alone, each one sounds like the original. But when I directly compare them to the original, each one differs from it in a certain way.

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I fiddled with it some more and tuned the near-mono spatial image, did EQ fine tuning and tried to hit the right dose of detune and reverb and now I am here:

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/33470365/Demo13d.mp3

If you compare to the original here I think I am really close now.
https://soundcloud.com/izonin/jumpdiva

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CableChannel wrote:I fiddled with it some more and tuned the near-mono spatial image, did EQ fine tuning and tried to hit the right dose of detune and reverb and now I am here:

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/33470365/Demo13d.mp3

If you compare to the original here I think I am really close now.
https://soundcloud.com/izonin/jumpdiva
Great job. :tu:

Still flanges a tad too much maybe.

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msl wrote:
izonin wrote:Yep, let's plug Diva into a Marshall :D First is the original from 1984, then Diva.

https://soundcloud.com/izonin/jumpdiva
Great work! Easily close enough that you wouldn't notice the difference without directly comparing to the original.
Thanks!

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