Making of "Power Run"

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In this workshop episode I'm breaking down how I made my cover version of Laserdance's "Power Run", which is out now for streaming/download:
ZYXDance.lnk.to/PowerRun
You can find the music video here:
• Laserdance - Power Run...
Contents:
0:00 Introduction
2:07 Deconstructing the original
3:40 Main brass riff
5:30 Bass(es)
6:40 Drums & percussion
8:10 Use of effects in mixing
9:10 Snare drum processing
11:31 Kick drum processing
13:18 Additional percussion
14:18 Building up the main part
15:37 First verse melody
16:25 Second verse vocoder
19:16 Bridge melody
20:10 Pre-bridge arpeggio
21:18 Verse variation: string arrangement
23:25 Stereo noise hits
24:21 MIDI automation
25:07 Side-chain ducking
26:57 MIDI playback & timing issues
28:33 Recording the mix
30:22 Fine-tuning the mix
33:59 Mastering chain
39:02 Conclusion
The video production was supported by Musiikin Edistämissäätiö, for which I'm truly grateful.
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@johnny_blz 8 ай бұрын

Love this guy for his passion and all he does in music. Thank you for existing Kebu 🎉 keep that fire alive

@szezoli 8 ай бұрын

"Sharing is caring" - Kiitos kovasti! 🙂

@phucktusphuckti7286 8 ай бұрын

Not only the songs are legendary, you’re one as well, so well executed and performed🍻🎹🎼🎹

@asbjornster 8 ай бұрын

"Cheaper, better, easier"? No way! We want it the proper Kebu way :) You are such an inspiration when it comes to making good music. I wish I had a tenth of your equipment and expertise, but the best thing is of course enjoying the music you make since I can't do anything that compares to this. A very interesting setup you have. No surprise you're having MIDI timing issues with so many channels on a Windows computer. Time to dig out the Atari ST using Notator ;) Yes it works like a tracker, but it's fun. Keep them coming, Kebu! I'm longing for more in the spacesynth genre.

@SJH279 8 ай бұрын

The technical mastery and attention to detail here is astonishing. As a 'lazy listener' may I thank you for the incredible hard work and for providing such a brilliant end product. Massive respect!

@kopterstarsyder5908 7 ай бұрын

Kebu you are a national treasure of the finnish (and swedish) nation:) Best regards!

@nussfit8454 8 ай бұрын

Wow, Thanks for sharing these insights! 😃👍 I'm still missing the SuperThanks button... 😉

@kebu 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! KZfaq tells me it is coming soon... 👍

@nussfit8454 7 ай бұрын

@@kebu Glad to hear about the SuperThanks! Will hopefully contribute a little to your live as an artist. Would be well deserved!

@ProfMarc 8 ай бұрын

The attention to detail..phenomenal...there lies the genius of your work...👍

@nigelwatson1443 6 күн бұрын

Loved all your versions of the classic Synth, and Spacesynth. Hi From Nigel in the UK

@ritamorales6198 7 ай бұрын

Amo los teclados!! Eres excelente Kebu, ese tema lo bailé los Italos❤ven a Argentina 🇦🇷🥰

@willortiz3547 8 ай бұрын

Kebu, you are a unique talent! Your understanding of sound, sound textures, and the blending of equipment you utilize in your video productions is brilliant! I truly enjoy your musical productions! Will Ortiz

@positivemusictwo7240 8 ай бұрын

GRANDEEE KEBUUU!!!!! WWOOOWWW!!!

@RuudPaas 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@toothie1484 8 ай бұрын

Great Kebu, thank you very very very much for really interesting impression into your workflow. You gave a lot of very variable ideal. Would like to get a look over your shoulder in your studio. 😅 ❤

@magicmastera 7 ай бұрын

This is such a cool and genius making of, thank you. its so much fun to watch and learn. Love It.

@MaximilianJirik Ай бұрын

You, mister, are a real help! I love synthwave and have recently started making some music myself. With so many different videos and tutorials on KZfaq, you clearly stand out with your concentrated knowledge. Not to mention the skill. :) I only found you because I was specifically looking for the Terminator Theme. And your video has immediately landed in the playlist. Best wishes and have a lot of fun with the music.

@kylestevens5835 8 ай бұрын

Kebu you’re the best just because you share your workflow thank you I can’t wait to learn more!!

@paulgrooveside2803 8 ай бұрын

You're nicely organised there, which clearly helps you to be spontaneously creative. It's interesting to compare how we both work in our studios, thanks Kebu!

@pixel325 8 ай бұрын

Great fun and educational to see your progress, thanks for sharing! :)

@dinudanielg9878 8 ай бұрын

You are great Sebastian; these posts are very interesting; you have an enviable, well-organized studio, you are creative and I follow you with great interest, because I am also passionate about "how to make music, connections between keyboards, DAWs, patches". You are great, but you already know this.

@user-ci4id3gz1e 8 ай бұрын

Kebu-modern Sebastian Bach.Master of electronic mix.🎉👏👏👏👏👏👏

@MrCrrispy 8 ай бұрын

You can reuse around 80% of this to make Cyber People - Void Vision, including the vocoder :-)

@krzysztoffigiel7893 7 ай бұрын

Słuchałem Laser Dance w latach 90 super

@ecsolha 8 ай бұрын

Got the CD package delivered, discs are on heavy rotation 👍

@DanVilleneuve 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic information! Thank you so much for making the time to put this together, Sebastian!

@arekkx4 8 ай бұрын

to najlepszy film jaki widzialem na YT. o syntezatorach i produkcji w studio.czekam na nastepne.jestes WIELKI.pozdrawiam z Aten

@ANNARRKKO 8 ай бұрын

Is a pleasure watch how you make music production !!!

@charly2k1977 8 ай бұрын

Wow! In previous video the full Power Run song and now the making of!! Kebu, you are legend!! 😀

@user-vs8lv5ev4s 8 ай бұрын

Отличная работа!!! Спасибо за твой труд! Продолжай и дальше нас радовать своим творчеством!!! Мы ждём новые треки!

@amangogna68 8 ай бұрын

You are amazing !

@jeanbonnefoy1377 8 ай бұрын

24:20 a tip here: maybe use a Korg800DV! With this amazing vintage beauty, you can have a pink (or white) noise with different filtering, envelope and modulation on each canal, pan them and even cross modulate them for good measure with two ring modulators. That's the reason why I've been using my beloved 800DV since... may 1976 in almost all my rhythm/bass or ambiance background tracks.

@yifanshang3469 Ай бұрын

Gorgeous! The interpretation is very useful for Music enthusiast and starter musician!

@moraleselyon9201 7 ай бұрын

Excelente vuestra explicación sobré teclados enriquece nuestro conocimiento 💯👍💪💪

@wado1942 2 ай бұрын

27:00 I remember that guy from Erasure talking about how even on hardware sequencers, MIDI isn't as precisely timed as control voltages.

@joebill3400 7 ай бұрын

Greetings from a French fan : HUGE fan !

@musiclover-lh2hb 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing so generously Kebu, looking forward to everything you do.

@2006chame 8 ай бұрын

great work! thank you kebu!

@felippeboulderdash8453 8 ай бұрын

This is cool series! Thanks!

@DavidLilja 8 ай бұрын

Working like is, is nothing but pure dedication. And it sounds absolutely fantastic!

@tomc7299 8 ай бұрын

Really loving these walkthroughs thanks 👍

@xntricity6446 8 ай бұрын

Pure gold, thanks ❤

@user-zk7pt7kc2b 8 ай бұрын

Себастьен, спасибо за твой вариант "Power run". LazerSance поистине легендарный проект проект Михаэля Ван дер Куи.

@rudboels3205 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your Work 🙏🏼

@MarkovackoJezero 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant at work, as always. Thanks for sharing Kebu, you're a gem!

@_jamespanton 8 ай бұрын

Excellent insight into how you work. Thank you!

@tubeDude48 8 ай бұрын

I appreciate the work that goes into the work you had to do to make this! 👍 I only have 1 keyboard, (Roland Fantom), but it does so much. Hope you make more video's like this, (when you have the time). One of my favorites you do is "Crockett's Theme"!!

@TheAndyland1 7 ай бұрын

You are a legend kebu Never stop creating Simply inspirational

@TheAndyland1 7 ай бұрын

When are you coming to England 🙏

@johnbeckett8367 7 ай бұрын

Genius at work !!!! Just FANTASTIC !

@Official_MarkoM 8 ай бұрын

Well done. Thanks

@kendoniemcza 8 ай бұрын

AWESOME !!👌👌

@valeratudorashku7493 8 ай бұрын

Супер! Браво! Спасибо!

@Mzaa1000 8 ай бұрын

Kiitos Kebu. Hieno ja inspiroiva video. Lisää odotellessa. 👍❤👍.

@rodolfocamacho4700 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic, I am impresed all synths you have, thanks for shering your studio.

@krzysztoffigiel7893 8 ай бұрын

Panie Kebu Piękna sprawa.

@TheUffeess 8 ай бұрын

After hearing what you can do with that kick and snare, I'm convinced you can make a fart sound good. Great video!

@danielortizdecaracas 5 ай бұрын

amazing studio mr Kebu

@SuperMax_____0.0_____ 8 ай бұрын

I Love your cover. in case somebody is interested The original sound from Power Run was made using the Roland Super JX-10 chk a vid called: Laserdance - Power Run (Super JX-10 sounds)

@PierGen 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video, it is very inspiring and clear to understand. This kind of videos help us to know how you produce and learn. It is a master class. Looking forward for more videos. 🎧🎹🎵🎶

@Deniz-Oficial 8 ай бұрын

Genial Kebu!!!

@Aglassact77 8 ай бұрын

Great job.

@pcbicycle 8 ай бұрын

When will you do live at japan... I'm waiting for you!

@smandy121 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for being so generous with your workflow. When you spoke about midi jitter it reminded me of two things ... first was vince clarke of erasure who got hacked off with midi jitter during the 'wild' album so he went stripped down analog for the next chorus album. Second was the steinberg midi interfaces who had this tech where the midi notes were already queued up on the interface then when the clock sent 'go' they would respond. Not sure if practical today but ..... yeah..... MIDI jitter is a thing :-)

@smandy121 7 ай бұрын

Cool - what's the surprise....?

@smandy121 7 ай бұрын

Sorry don't get it?!

@kebu 7 ай бұрын

It was a scammer, please always check the user name and ignore/report them.

@smandy121 7 ай бұрын

@@kebu Thanks man, I suspected as much but didn't want to tell the dude to screw himself just in case it was really you :-)

@jakefisher8788 8 ай бұрын

Lazerdance is one of my favorits !! Sounds like the original ( with tweaks ) nice work i like it 👌👍

@danielcelion 8 ай бұрын

Love your old IBM 300PL keyboard

@MrCrrispy 8 ай бұрын

Very interesting, thanks

@FRANKMSXDEMOSFORYOUANDME 5 ай бұрын

Wow awesome work thnaks for sharing ❤🎉 saludos desde Barcelona city

@robertochehade 8 ай бұрын

Great vídeo with lots of insights! Most of producers on KZfaq are focused on EDM , or trap and a few on rock but the kind of music that you make is very similar with the music i make so it helps me a lot more!

@r8dj 7 ай бұрын

Awesome insight to the craft....but, still waiting for you to cover Devo's "Going Under" (just to keep with the Miami Vice spirit....was actually a song featured in an early episode)

@kquat7899 8 ай бұрын

Masterclass.

@franckyrocky 8 ай бұрын

As I said before, interesting and impressive !

@escafrontal2991 8 ай бұрын

Genartrom/Chile🇨🇱 KEBU, Eres muy buen relator sobre tus creaciones y tus interfaces entre sintetizadores y los software avanzados ,eres un maestro y Balla dándonos a conocer los sonidos y efectos del SPACESYNTH.

@escafrontal2991 7 ай бұрын

Kebu, Me alegro de gran manera que te hallas detenido en mi comentario ,soy realista y el sonido sintético los vengo escuchando desde 1989

@escafrontal2991 7 ай бұрын

Gracias kebu

@konsumer4023 8 ай бұрын

Kebu, I love your conversion and it sounds so much better too. But can you share why did you made the slight modification to the main lead melody (I think you choose a lower octave than upper for the last two notes) thanks 🙏🏻 😊

@kebu 8 ай бұрын

Do you mean the "verse" melody? I always consider the brass riff as the main "melody". I think it was because I changed the verse melody sound. It didn't make sense to me anymore to go to a higher octave before the end of the melody. Also, it might be because I wasn't that familiar with the song in the first place. It is one of those songs that when you hear it you instantly recognize it, but when you actually start listening to it you realize that there are things that you "remember" differently.

@repacar5259 8 ай бұрын

pozdrowienia z Polski jesteś niesamowity pozdrawiam

@DBMMMMM 7 ай бұрын

You are really a nice man

@reaktiffart3085 8 ай бұрын

Brutal lo tuyo.

@origin178 7 ай бұрын

I do hope you will raid the Tangerine Dream soundtrack back-catalogue for your legend series - so many tracks to choose from like Church Theme (Wavelength) and Charly The Kid (Firestarter).

@ROSKOVEG 8 ай бұрын

In my opinion, melodies are the most important.

@krzysztoffigiel7893 7 ай бұрын

Roland Juno X + Korg Krome EX + Nord Rack 2x .To moj sprzet

@thomlar77 7 ай бұрын

How about a 2023 remix of the uplifting banger "Lie to you"?

@titoutiti418 7 ай бұрын

Kebu, great setup and legend's device 👌👍. The best would be to have a powerful unit and Cubase run more efficient, more fast. Wonderful tracks in this vidéo and your album 💪✌️. To solve your problem with your midi ( with or without DAW) and to have always a synchronization with all devices, analog instruments, sequencer etc. You must use a midiclock generator 😊💪🙏 ✌️ Going to playing and producting greats songs 👏

@kebu 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! But I'm not using MIDI clock, so that can't be the problem. I'm just sending MIDI notes, CC data and SysEx to my synths from my DAW. And SysEx I only send in the beginning of the songs in order not to take too much bandwidth. But yes, a faster computer couldn't hurt.

@titoutiti418 7 ай бұрын

@@kebuHello Kebu, i advice just you 😉 that you should use to solve this problem a midi clock generator to synchronize your set up. This device catch the clock of your DAW ( mode slave ) or generate the clock in the box ( mode master ). Even if you send just the informations sysex, CC, between devices and your DAW ( Ableton, Cubase ...) etc... the protocole MIDI will be synchronize thanks to this box midi clock with all others instruments even chained bye MIDI. the box propose 4 out MIDI synchronize or indépendant and 1 in MIDI + in audio synchronize with audio card / DAW 😉🙏. You can calibrate even the timing in your DAW to regulate and synchronize the timing in millisecond ... Lot of problem in MIDI when we play and use many instruments chained with MIDI. Going to product the wonderful songs, EP 👌💪🎧👍

@dtjax07 8 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@mikkogronholm1036 7 ай бұрын

Najs video kebu😊

@MinasC 8 ай бұрын

Great presentation as always! Mind asking how you find the SL MK3's keybed compared to, say, a Juno 60? :)

@kebu 8 ай бұрын

The SL Mk3:s keybed is quite good, but the black keys are oddly big. At least you won't miss them. :) Juno 60 has a really simple on-off keyboard so I only use that live.

@MinasC 8 ай бұрын

@@kebu Indeed! :D By the way, I admire how you implement the mix-then-record approach, wish I was into hardware side, but... Just VST emulations. Again, great effort presenting your workflow, highly appreciated from most (if not all) of us :)

@basislager5321 2 ай бұрын

Superb* :-)

@Franklundin 8 ай бұрын

jag hade varit trött efter 2 timmar :). men nu har jag fått lite tips på hur jag ska prova på bastrumma :)

@outsidemayor2098 8 ай бұрын

🎹💥💙

@piet245 7 ай бұрын

Cubase 7.5? incredible

@user-vh1jw9fx5t 4 ай бұрын

best Italo Music, please make a video from a Track Laser Fear Michiel use a Roland MKS 70,MPC 60,Juno 106 to this track.

@samgranier6735 8 ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@theaudioeng 8 ай бұрын

"It's even too cheesy for me!....". Well, we must be deep in to very aged Stilton territory here then Kebu!!!! 😂🧀🤢

@kebu 8 ай бұрын

Well, yeah, obviously it's just a matter of taste. 😉

@ksl9276 8 ай бұрын

Hi Kebu, what version of the Jomox A99 do you have? Mine is 1.15, and it seems to have a longer decay time than when you play.

@kebu 8 ай бұрын

Interesting! I am not in the studio right now, I have to check next week.

@zibi7153 8 ай бұрын

Sebastianin musiikkia korkeimmalla tasolla :-)) Palataan Transiin ja Laser Danceen. Lähetän ehdotukseni :-)))

@ajayaYtube 8 ай бұрын

🙏👏👏👏🙏

@wikingsweden7464 8 ай бұрын

Det vore kul om du gjorde kotos dragons lair/legend

@zero0ryn 7 ай бұрын

Is that a Roli Seaboard behind you? Have you used it in any of your videos? I'm suprised you didn't use it for the lead in Flight of the Navigator.

@kebu 7 ай бұрын

Yes, it's a Seaboard Grand. But it's really difficult to play anything in tune with it. I was considering using it for the tune, but I didn't see the point in it, because I wouldn't be able to make the solo sound as good as it sounds now. The Seaboard is great for acoustic or fretless bass sounds, though.

@alexlatelevizor 2 ай бұрын

Is there a smallest chance that you'll release some of the MIDI files from Synthesizer Legends album? (I'm sure is not the first time you read this question...). Is there a Patreon page or something?

@74zbyszek 8 ай бұрын

Czy można liczyć na twuj koncert w Polsce??

@baldino-the-child 8 ай бұрын

@ChrisAtWork 7 ай бұрын

How many hours you're spending in your lovely room daily? One more question. Why do you use Cubase 7.5? The actual version is 12 ?

@kebu 7 ай бұрын

When I'm not touring, I'm on average four days a week here. I still use Cubase 7.5 because some of the revised tools in 12 work too slowly on my computer.