How to play Voodoo Ray
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- [Apologies - I rendered the audio in this video at 8-bit by mistake. Will post a better version with full resolution soon]. Viewers request - how to play the wonderful "Voodoo Ray" by A Guy Called Gerald, classic hit song from the heyday of House music in the late '80s - NOTE: I'm using THIS version as reference here: • Video
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Apologies - I rendered the audio in this video at 8-bit by mistake. Will post a better version with full resolution soon
I kind of like the bitcrush effect. And it's probably authentically 80s for some of the samples or synths.
Are you still going to post a 16-bit version?? Thanks! 😊
Drived my parents mad with this track. I finally stopped playing it when my dad appeared at my bedroom door dad-dancing. Killed it for me.
dads like eckies too ...
your dad is a genius :)
Your dad CJ 🤣.
I'm 55 years old, what is dad-dancing? 😀🤣😭
My daughter shames my dancing also.
@@djdigital3806 possibly someone who doesnt understand liquid
Being a Manc, this tune holds a special place in my heart. You did a fine job especially the 101 sound
Quel est signifiqe du manc??
@@jonog4207A Manc is a Mancunian a person from manchester.
A guy called Gerald who produced this track is from Manchester 👍
@@paulk3150 ah, I was born late 80s. I am amazed by some of the old synth tracks. Love this one. Good to know he was from Manchester.
What a track ! Happy days when this was out esp round Manchester at the time ....
Released and promoted by a Merseyside label....you're welcome our kid.
Nailed it. Amazing recreation. Totally got the crucial parts and feel. Thanks for this!
Awesome! Thank you!
Hearing this recreated so accurately just highlights to me how important the vocal hook is to this song. Always dug the acid sound, but having that human touch from the vocal line just brings everything together and brings the track to life. Excellent work by the way!
" *Can you drive me to Las Venturas please ?* "
Cj
Vocal Samples are from the track BO DUDDLEY by Derek & Clive, aka Peter Cook & Dudley Moore
Didn't know it was Derick and Clive!!
th-cam.com/video/Vj3U1DQurew/w-d-xo.html&feature=emb_title it's on this live version 7:09 and 7:33
And as great as this track is Gerald Simpson has never been paid a penny in royalties which is a very nasty payback after creating one of the most iconic tracks us Mancs loved it for
I was at the New Order G-Mex concert in December 1988 the first time I heard Voodoo Ray. Mike Pickering DJing. The one and only time I've heard a crowd react to a record played by a DJ at a gig like it was the main act playing on stage, the entire place erupted.
I remember the same thing happening when the DJ dropped Deeply Dippy at a Cure gig.
@@danpreston564 What did you expect from ridiculous goths paying good money to see Fat Bob moaning on in his fright wig? Doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
grizcuz he was just 'slightly tubby' Bob in those days.
@@danpreston564 Bet there was still a big old owl and a family of hibernating squirrels taking up residence in that hair though.
@@grizcuz That is the funniest comment I've read on TH-cam in 15 years of reading.
I think it said "Voodoo Ray" rather than "Rage" was because he had no memory left in the sampler. More of a happy accident than by design. Think I've read that somewhere.
Right. I remember seeing an interview with him where he said that it was truncated because his sampler ran out of memory.
@@mitchelldunaway Those were the days. Out of memory after one second of audio.
i remember me and my mate going to A1 music in Manchester (under the arches) to buy an Akai S950 mono sampler (we couldn`t afford the stereo S1000) ..we paid £1500 cash and got about 5-6 seconds of mono sampling !! happy dayz tho esp round manchester at the time ...
@@2000stephenellis Think A1 was where Reni answered the advert to join the Roses.
@@grizcuz Yeah i can believe it .. it was not unusual to stand next to Johnny Marr .. Mick Hucknall or Gerald himself or the 808 State lads back then and maybe a young Noel G ? .. the shop was always buzzing esp on a Saturday when we used to go !! happy times ... now sadly a wine bar i think :-( ..
I like this "how to" very much and Gerald Simpson is really great .I begging you Paolo to recreate PACIFIC STATE on of my all-time favorite track of my childhood from the early 90's (it's a 808 state and Gerald track)
Mine too- it's on the to-do list for sure :D
Point Blank Music School already did reconstruction of "Pacific State": th-cam.com/video/pKAst6LQCrs/w-d-xo.html
@@SynthManiaDotCom Can you add LFO - LFO to that please sir?
And I see they used my video in it. Not that it's a big deal, but it would have been nice of them to mention my channel, no? th-cam.com/video/nAV9il4ewFA/w-d-xo.html
For sure. That's another classic track of my youth - I used to play LFO at high volume in my car going to the parties back in the days :-D
And of course, a young lady singing 'Hey ahhhhh ahhhh yeah' over the top of it :-)
Other than that . . . you seem to have nailed it 100% - Nice work!
????? I think you misunderstood me - I was not talking about you singing.
I was talking about . . . the only thing the song now lacks is a lady singing the high vocals.
My comment was only intended as a compliment.
Sorry if I was not clear.
@@SynthManiaDotCom You made my day!
No worries- but I think you misunderstood me. There was no need for you to point out something like that, because it is obvious that it's missing the female vox and other components. It's what on the Internet they call a "Captain Obvious" statement. Hence I poked a little fun at your comment. Do you understand now? www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Captain%20Obvious
SynthMania i don’t think he was criticising, i think he was just saying with the vocal it would sound like the original. i’d take that as a compliment
I don't think he was criticizing either, boxy. I clearly stated what I think he was doing: I think he posted a captain obvious statement.
No no no. No you can’t imagine what it was like driving from Sydenham , SE London to Cheadle , Stoke-on-Trent in my 77’ Chevy Camaro playing this tune on a 5000w car audio. OTT and bliss all in one!
Timeless tune with a flawless rendition.
When that beat kicked in, I was immediately back in the nightclub in '89. Good job, by the way.
19 people have never done a purple ohm.
I love A Guy Called Gerald and this song! Thank you.
Great! What a classic track!
The best synth dude on the market
Nailed that SH-101 resonant bass line. Great work!
I love this track. Just pure sweetness, epochal!
Bravo Paolo!
let see what Gerald Thinks of this ,ill show him
What did Gerald think?
0:43 that's it ... that's all I need and I'm dancing already. Nice work
Damn that SH-101 is CLEAN! Are you transmitting from 1982? Looks like you just took it out of the box!
exnihilo415 - Same with the 303 & 808 😬
Just run them under the tap for a few minutes. Cleans them right up every time.
Yes does the job ... 707 flavor with I recall doing. thank you ...had a blue one .sh..miss it😎
Great job; got me dancing like I was back in the late 80s again.
Frickin awesome, gave me the chills when you fired up that famous 101 sequence...
He used that bass patch in most of early 808 State acid tracks (mostly on "Newbuild" & "Prebuild", and those tracks were pure magic, just listen to "Flow Coma" or "Sync/Swim", awesome)...
Just lovely !
@Andrew Mwah Yeah I feel you
I love almost everything 808 State released, so... :-D
Graham Massey is an underrated musical genius, so is Gerald Simpson !
I was happy to hear they got back together a few years back to perform a few "Rebuild" shows, mostly relying only on Roland gear !
One of my favorite tracks as a DJ.
Vintage equipment is boss!
With you programming vintage equipment who needs a DJ.
Such a great track, uncanny version! Sounds exactly like that!
Bought all the Derek and Clive records back in the 80s and whoaah, never knew that was the sample source.
Excellent recreation, spinetingles!
This is awesome, I am reposting this on my channel, LOVED IT!
Big up bizzy b 👊
Anyone who reads this head over to bizzys channel if you're an old school junglist/rave head
No, thank YOU for these brilliant videos. You have a brilliant mind when it come to recreating tracks, and also when it come to creating them.
NICE! My SH-01a is arriving in a week and I'm going to totally do this.
Brilliant 👊🏽 your an inspiration sending much appreciation from the UK 🙂 just bough a Roland Juno 54 and learning what it can do
Rock on!
Always loved the 303. Big acid fan
Excellent recreation of the Mancunian Classic mate,came to YT looking for the Original & found so much more!....keep on producing.Cheers
Great video, thank you. Great to have a break down of this classic track. So pleased to have (recently) found your awesome channel. :-)
Great recreation of a great tune.
history, acid, 303 and midiverb ; thank you that was a great vidéo ! I always love to hear your gear and to see that all units are, as always, in mint condition
Thank you so much! I used to listen to this song over and over. It is such a pleasure to see this.
Love all this hiss and grit of the noise floor, while this is playing. Helps fill in the gaps between elements. Great recreation. I love these from you. My favourite types of videos! It seems the 303 and SH-101 were such an integral part of that music. I never knew so until I watched so many of your videos lately, which have been about nothing but these machines. :)
Thank you - the noise is actually because I messed up the audio rendering. I rendered it at 8-bit by mistake, sorry.
@@SynthManiaDotCom I actually liked it! Sounded genuine and authentic to back in the day!
I had all these synths and more, produced as SleepyC, Stephen Cinch, Serotonin Project, 2DJ's and many more names. I sold most of my keyboards and drum machines for $100 or less back in the late 90's. It's killing me to see the prices now. At one time I had (6) 303's and (4) 101's... and multiple 909's, 808's all of it.. I feel sick.. I wish I could go back.
....Good stuff. I am sure Whitworth Street Ole Skool would never be able to tell the difference. Nice one.
I’ve been waiting so long thanks for finally getting the time to make this for us
Awesome. I've been waiting for this video from you for years... without realising it!
My God. You sir are a legend. I cant beleive I just learning about all this now. I'm so far behind lol
Nicely done. I can see why they’re bringing back the oldschool gear but cheaper. And also the dance scene in going full circle as it was the beginning that started all the great electro music we have now and it can always be used with modern styles also. But yeah back in the days when it was called just rave and everything was thrown together. Now it’s possible. And just call it edm. Electro dance music which all of it is really logically speaking. Excuse my rant. Nice work👍
awesome ! i love that song.
Nailed it! Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I love to see how the machines works😍
Excellent!! Song is outstanding
A very good rendition .. there are a few Gerald vids around of him sync - 101 - 898 - but this is a very good job ! Bravo
pretty damn good! an absolute classic !
BIG UPs from Manchester !!
Excellent work Paolo. You are a scholar and a gentleman.
The pre Behringer setup, truly amazing.
Nailed it!! Thanks a lot... can't wait for the winter of love to begin!!!
A remember this from the golden days of the Hacienda club in Manchester
Not necessarily my preferred genre from that era but still really well done Paolo! Very interesting!!
No way! I LOVE THIS TRACK! Thank you so much for sharing this!!!! A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Damn, that's a close reproduction of those patches, in spite of his caveat
Masive props fella thats pretty damn close!!!!
Great video. This guy knows.
I think the woman’s vocal on this makes the whole track. Great reproduction of the main elements though!
Great! Thank you Paolo! 👍
Enjoy!
Fair play big man! You're in the ballpark alright 😜👍
Nice one as usual Paolo. Gerald is from my area. He's my friend's younger brother. You do the track justice
Thank you and fantastic! Please say hi, I'm a fan of Gerald's music for a long time :)
Thanks Paolo for using my original upload of 'Voodoo Ray' as a reference for this detailed breakdown of the track.
I'm sure Gerald would be nodding his head in appreciation. I've included a link to this great video on my channel.
The female 'oooo' vocals were done by session singer Nicola Collier. She sang something and the sound was reversed back on itself, apparently.
For those interested, this is also Nicola - th-cam.com/video/VzLvYcg1oxo/w-d-xo.html
Sounds really good! Can u please do a how to on kotos visitors, on mainly the bass part. I could never figure out how he did the bass through out the whole song. Any ideas on fx used for bass part, or what equipment he might have used to make the song. Tnx for all da great videos Paolo
Don't know the gear, but someone else asked about the bass line: here's my vid th-cam.com/video/9A9HM5xJGWs/w-d-xo.html
Cj in the club 🎉🎉
Smashed it !! great work there ... i wonder where he got the female hook line samples from though ? if they were samples ... i`ve still got my 12" vinyl from back in the day ... thanks for posting ...
Thank you - Nicola Collier --> www.soundonsound.com/people/voodoo-ray-guy-called-gerald
@@SynthManiaDotCom Thanks for that ..interesting article ... speedy response !!
Very welcome!
@@SynthManiaDotCom As a side note i live about 40km away from Manchester England and at the time the "scene" was buzzing... with dance acts starting to chart here in the U.K. i.e. 808 state (of which Gerald was a part of at one time) .. i remember going with my friend to A1 Music store in Manchester to purchase an Akai S950 sampler (we couldn`t afford the stereo S1000!).. we paid £1500 for about 5-6 seconds worth of sample time (at the highest Hz) ... back then it was not unusual to rub shoulders with Gerald himself or the 808 State crew or even Johnny Marr of the Smiths it seemed like no matter who you were at A1 you left your ego at the door ... Very happy days indeed !! the shop was stacked (and i mean STACKED!!) with vintage traded in synths etc..if you were lucky you could grab a bargain .bearing in mind dance / electronic stuff was just coming to the forefront of music having had it`s 80`s heyday .. so i paid £50 for a 303 ... £100 for a SH101 and £100 for a pro one .. all sadly sold on afterwards of course for massive prophets (see what i did there?) because i need the cash back then.. but i`ve managed to mostly re-buy them back.. as i became a financially secure middle aged man ...
Hehe, yup, same here, exactly same experience in Italy at the time. Got a used W-30 because I couldn't afford the S1000. Plenty of mom & pop stores with (now) vintage synths, see the popular DJs at records stores in Rome, rave party every weekend. All that of course doesn't exist anymore, especially the musical instruments stores, unfortunately...
Loving it!
Awesome how you have been able to dissect it so cleanly!
Leslie, thank you!
Best days dancing in house clubs in D.C..... Club Red
Superb man !! Just subbed .... thanks for the foot tapping memory trip 😊👍
Very, very well done.
Brilliant! I first bought this waaaay back great deconstruction 😊❤️
Great! I love it!
Thanks
Be nice to see the 303 pattern so we can all jam. ......
th-cam.com/video/ehTvbQvtTZ4/w-d-xo.html
Amazing, love this
I love this tune. Well done fella.
I know this is an old video but I love it so much.
My ears might be fractionally younger, but I'd swear that the original track includes a really hard-driving naval/ military beat on the snare drum.
I really enjoyed this. Still sounds as other-worldly in 2020 as it did in '89!
I think you might be mishearing the closed hi-hat for the snare drum
Thanks for the reply 😊
I'm inclined to agree with you regarding the hi-hat.
Though, on the original...
th-cam.com/video/XvqSnSSF2i4/w-d-xo.html
Im pretty sure there's another snare, and it becomes particularly apparent when it does a wee roll/ fill between 3:30 and 3:35.
If Gerald did use another drum track, it's so well embedded as to be almost subliminal.
Hope I haven't ruined your weekend 😕
I don't hear a snare roll/fill between 3:30 and 3:35 - again, are you sure you're not hearing the SH-101 synth sequence instead?
Not all - Why would a simple TH-cam comment ruin my weekend?? I receive thousands
Wish I could do sh*t like this! Sounds wicked man!!
This is the wife's favourite track.only because it says Rachel in it and thanks for verifying it really does say Rachel. I've been watching your show for years.Its so amazing that you've had time to have children with all that gear around.I did like the one were your kids were playing the 303 and 808.I tried to get my children to play with synthesizers but not a chance.The old gear I own is casio fz1 roland jx1 alexis mmt8 quasimidi technox.My new gear I own is korg electribe 2 red and blue ones ,roland boutiques 303 808 909 d50 se02 sh01a vp03..
Back to good times 😎 very nice 👍
If I that setup, I think I'd be playing it all day. 😁
Good Lord this is cool.
it's like Penn and Teller showing you where the magic comes from......
You make it look so simple ! Great track.just what I need before setting off to work.
As we seem to be in request mode I would be keen to know if you ever play any boogie woogie and if you would make a demo on your playing?
Unfortunately I don't have a real piano at the moment ☹ (I need to get at least a digital piano soon) but every now and then I'll play some piano music on demos - for example in this JP-80 vid I play a bit of boogie at the 2min34sec mark: th-cam.com/video/KeBZiqglM58/w-d-xo.html
wow, you really know your tracks! nice video tutorial 🎵👍
Excellent
Hey Paulo hope you’re keeping safe mate. Would you be so kind as to share the pattern for the 101?I have the 303 and 808 patterns already. Cheers
I always thought the second sample 'later' said 'Ray Charles'. Check out Gerald Simpson's 'Time Waits For No Man', not acid house but I love that soaring choir sound
I love your videos. Im 80s music lover. Greetings from Brazil.
Thank you, I love Brazil, went there for honey moon
what a museum!!! wow!!!!!!!!!
Get all three from Behringer for around 1000€...winner!
I'm waiting for the RD 9
@Divinital why? Would you rather have 35+ year old equipment at 8 times the price?
@@GNeuman yes because it's about that genuine quality, genuine equiment. It's more than just making sound, it's about honouring legacy. To genuine collectors and those that can do so with recreating music like this I certainly applaud.
It's like car restoration for music.
@@nostalgiaof98fair point👍👍👍
*nailed* it
this is fantastic!
Another superb video Paulo .
Sorry for spelling your name wrong
This is so sick...nicely done.
Thanks Paolo for the breakdown.