Rush - Afterimage Synth cover (Groovesynthesis 3rd Wave)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ม.ค. 2025
- Good evening all. I have one of my absolute favourite Rush songs ready to upload, this is 'Afterimage' from the 'Grace Under Pressure' album. I love everything about this song from the beautiful synths (and PPG wierdness in the middle) to the brilliant drum part and some of Alex Lifesons best guitar playing ever - especially the solo.
Along with Red Sector A, the idea of a Rush song without bass playing wasn't appealing to me when I first heard Grace Under Pressure so it wasn't one I liked early on, but they have ended up being my 2 favourites from the album and a big reason why I wanted to buy a 3rd Wave when it was released. The 'ethereal choiry' patch(es) that - I assume - came from Geddy's PPG is/are really beautiful and I think the general mood of the synths on this song are perfect for the subject matter.
My patches for this one are 4 parts across 2 patches - The bass and the choir/pad on one patch and the 'PPG Piano' type sound on a 2nd patch for stabs during the chorus and middle section. The strange vocal sound before the guitar solo is just the sample that we use in my Rush band on this song (thanks to our drummer Andy who does a great job at getting all these sounds and triggered samples isolated). I thought it would make the most sense to just use the sound Rush created rather than trying to re-create something similar on the 3rd Wave.
Since I tried to record this whole thing in one go and don't really have space for multiple cameras/angles around my synth I layered some clips from the music video on top during the middle section to keep it more interesting. I think Neil Peart's part during the middle section might be my favourite thing he ever wrote and I really love listening to how he builds it up every time. It's a really incredible section of drumming, and always sticks out in my mind when I think about how a creative drum part can create and relieve tension in a piece of music.
I hope you enjoy my cover of this masterpiece. I suspect it will be one of my favourite pieces of music for my whole life!
Gear Used:
Groovesynthesis 3rd Wave (I seriously love this thing!!!)
This song is one of those great B-sides of theirs. Always loved the middle section and guitar solo of this song.
Me too! The guitar solo is one of his best. Thanks for watching
@@hemibass I forgot to, but I should say good job!
Geddy Lee was/is the most talented musician in the history of the world. He played bass, sang, pedals at the same time, AND he had to come up with all the sound effects, different tones, wrote 98% of Rush's melodies absolutely no one could do what he did.
I would like to throw two other musicians into that mix for the most talented - a guitarist called 'Alex Lifeson' and a drummer called 'Neil Peart' :D Geddy is a true one off when it comes to the bass part of the musical world, that's for sure
BEEN A FAN OF RUSH SINCE I WAS 8 IM 24 NOW AND I HAVE TO SAY IVE NEVER HEARD A BASS PLAYER THAT CAN JUST TURN INTO GEDDY LIKE YOU DO... NEVER CHANGE
Thanks! Thats very nice of you to say. Ill keep doing my best:) glad you like my stuff
Incredible talent. I was fixated on your left hand, but every so often I enjoyed what the right hand was doing. Even the keyboard slides. The solo section was my favourite. Thanks for sharing your talents with us. Cheers
Thanks for watching! I'm limited to pretty simple keyboard parts but I really enjoy playing synths. I often make mistakes on the right hand when the left hand has a busier part, but this take went quite well so I'm pleased with it :) thanks for watching as always
One of my favorites to play on the drums. I used to play moving pictures and Grace under pressure daily. Awesome keys. Doing my own stuff in my home studio now.
Thanks! This song has a great drum part. I love the way it builds up in the middle section
DUDE LET'S GO! THIS IS ONE OF MY FAV SONGS FROM GRACE UNDER PRESSURE TYSM
Thanks for watching. I hope I did it justice :)
Quintessential Rush! Great Cover!
@@npeart1 thanks! One of my favs
Excellent choice of song! One of their best.
Thanks. It's one of my very favourites. Only Rush could do a song like this
Nice job! Great playing... sounds great!
Thanks. Very much appreciated! How have you been finding your 3rd Wave too?
*_R.I.P. Neal..._*
😥
Yep. We were lucky to exist at the same time as such a great musician!
I can't imagine how Geddy would feel singing this now…
Very Nice! I was wondering if the 3rd Wave could nail these tones or not! Thanks! Good Job!
Thanks. I can't know for sure which wavetables Geddy used for the stuff in this era, but you can certainly get close on the 3rd Wave. Glad you liked it
Loving that phat bass line! Just subbed. I've got some Rush piano stuff on my channel with more to come.
Thanks! I'll have a look at your channel too
Awesome bro 🤟🤟
Thanks!
Great cover. Sounds really close. What made you go with the 3rd Wave instead of VSTs?
Thanks. Luckily the sounds aren't too crazy so I can get close enough. Having more difficulty with Power Windows and Hold Your Fire synth stuff but I'll keep on working on them and see how close I can get. Honestly, I am not really a fan of VST's. They are great for practicality (and obviously a lot cheaper), and in the context of a mix they do a good job, but I really enjoy having an actual instrument in front of me and the concept of the 3rd Wave got me excited enough to bite the bullet and buy one. It's given me many hours of fun already making patches for Rush stuff and just generally playing around with it so I'm happy with my decision. Thanks for watching
Synths too!!! Love me some GuP!
Me too :) Thanks
Great job I got a good question. Was this one of many times that geddy lee used the keyboard More of then other albums.
Thanks! Yeah Grace under pressure has 2 songs with no bass playing. Power Windows probably has the most synth stuff happening overall though. Thanks for watching!
how many PPG Wave clones are going to be sold specifically to knock off bit's of Rush from the era? lol. Good job playing the parts btw
It was one of the major reasons I got mine. It turns out that the synth can actually do a lot more than just the PPG stuff, but going through the PPG wavetables and trying to make sounds close to those amazing parts from Grace Under Pressure and Power Windows has been very rewarding. I've also started working on some Signals stuff with some more 'Oberheimy' sounds which this thing can do really well too, so it kind of covers all bases!
@hemibass - As both a big Rush fan and Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave owner, I love these 3 Rush+3rd Wave videos of yours. Well done! And thank you!
Would you be willing to share or provide any pointers on your 3rd Wave presets for these songs? I'm having a hard time connecting the dots between your videos (or PPG / Rush demo videos like these) and the right PPG wavetables to use in the 3rd Wave.
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Thanks.
Thanks! Very much appreciated. Glad you like my channel. I have made a start on patches for several power windows songs, but they are more complicated than the grace under pressure stuff. Do you have an email address? When i do work on mystic rhythms and emotion detector id be happy to send over the patches. Cheers
@@hemibass Have you been able to figure out the patches for Power Windows? I'd love to hear a demo if you have.
@enterprisehomelab7217 I did my big money cover a couple of videos back, and am working on an emotion detector patch. Also done a bit of work on some hyf stuff too, but haven't got anything ready to cover just yet. I'll be doing witch hunt soon with a couple of patches I have made! Thanks for watching the channel
@hemibass I'm subscribed and looking forward to your videos!