Jordan Rudess Explains his Lead Sound

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  • Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
  • Keyboard wizard Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater explains how he gets his signature lead sound using the Korg Kronos. Lots of useful programming info here, no matter what synth you own!

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  • @lightningfirst689
    @lightningfirst689 2 года назад +11

    Not my favourite keyboard sound ever, but definitely very distinctive. You know it's Dream Theater when you hear it.

  • @todd5198
    @todd5198 5 лет назад +6

    This is so awesome! You take expressive synth to a whole nee level man

  • @AnteroJokinen
    @AnteroJokinen 3 месяца назад +1

    You can find that sound on Korg keyboards ready with the exact same effects. For example, for Korg Krome, it's the "Rock Lead" IIRC. So it's not a custom sound 😄

    • @DyingTiger
      @DyingTiger 2 месяца назад

      Do you know if you can get it for the korg rks2? Would be a dream :)

  • @joemaffei
    @joemaffei 11 лет назад +49

    Didn't explain anything really, just what the controls do. It would've been more interesting to see what waveforms he uses, effects, and how exactly he sets up the button to change the harmonics.

  • @supermahmoud
    @supermahmoud 9 лет назад +17

    I can't afford a Kronos, a Kurzweil nor a OASYS, that's why I have a Wavestation EX (joystick and complex wave sequences) and a JP8000 (semi analog waves and a ribbon) so I can create almost similar sounds and control them in real-time
    Not the same quality but at least 80%, if one is familiar with lead sounds and forms.
    It's all a matter of working the sounds and programming skills, if you want sounds like these you gotta spend hours experimenting, that's what I love in the synth universe.

  • @JAAM013
    @JAAM013 10 лет назад +2

    Dude thats insane! I would have fun for hours playing around with that!

  • @markwonder8168
    @markwonder8168 10 лет назад +1

    I really love that tone

  • @AlexanderBascur
    @AlexanderBascur 10 лет назад +5

    I want to have and play with that so incredible sound!!
    I think I should buy a Kronos keyboard...

  • @ThibaultFLAHAUT
    @ThibaultFLAHAUT 8 лет назад +21

    1:54 I died

  • @oscarlidonbas4603
    @oscarlidonbas4603 10 месяцев назад

    wooooo , amazing !!!! I'm, speechless !!!! what a professional I just realized your'e the pianist from Dream Theatre !!!!!

  • @b.scottfarthingsworth
    @b.scottfarthingsworth 2 года назад +2

    ♥♥♥♥♥♥I have always wondered how he got the harmonic feedback sound. It's fuckin awesome. I love his playing and phrasing, he's phenomenal really. SO expressive, and guitar-like, thank you for explaining. ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS wanted to know. Very very cool.

  • @Etiainen
    @Etiainen 10 лет назад +14

    ** looks at his 2 wheels, switches too far away from them, and no ribbon ** ...damn, I wish I at least had a joystick!

  • @K2600TC
    @K2600TC 10 лет назад +1

    Breathless!!

  • @evanlevenseller3080
    @evanlevenseller3080 10 лет назад +42

    The first comments on this video saying Rudess only plays fast, and has no feeling are absolutely absurd... I've never heard a keyboard player play with more feeling and more technicality in playing than him. When your doing a technical demo and your doing muscle memory scale runs its very hard to show emotion...
    If you're not a Rudess fan because he plays fast when he's soloing then i certainly hope you're not a fan of Yngwie Malmsteen who only plays fast, and when he tries to play slow he feels awkward and it sounds horrid so he switches to doing trills instead of bends just to have his fingers moving. Not to mention the copy and pasting songs since the 80's lol Went off topic but the point was made.

    • @szymonnowak9268
      @szymonnowak9268 10 лет назад +4

      Jordan is one of the best. But Keith Emerson is absolutely the top. If you think Rudess has best feeling and technique that you ever heard, try listining to Emerson ^^ Im not saying it to prove that Rudess is lame, cause he is not! He is one of the best, as I said.

    • @szymonnowak9268
      @szymonnowak9268 10 лет назад +2

      ***** As well as THE Emerson and THE Rudess (^^) he is one of the gods. Absolutely. Anyway in my humble opinion, Emerson is a total genius and visionery. His compositions are so unique, that a few would even try to compare with.

    • @snuppssynthchannel
      @snuppssynthchannel 6 лет назад +2

      Szymon Nowak Emerson is the greatest keyboardist because he was also the greatest pioneer, and was Jordans biggest inspiration. Emerson was also the most gifted composer in progressive rock history.

    • @dylanaguilar6545
      @dylanaguilar6545 5 лет назад

      Evan Levenseller I completely agree

    • @b.scottfarthingsworth
      @b.scottfarthingsworth 2 года назад

      Sadly there are narrow minded people among the comments, and clearly this was just two minutes of his abilities, the idiots and naysayers have no comprehension of the breadth of Rudess's abilities and talents. So when these idiots in the comments type things, the world gets to see their idiocy.

  • @PutItAway101
    @PutItAway101 6 лет назад +1

    Last night, Darth Vader came down from the planet Vulcan and said that if I didn’t take Lorraine to the dance, that he’d melt my brain.

    • @b.scottfarthingsworth
      @b.scottfarthingsworth 2 года назад

      Exactly what I thought of, such a killer player with tones and sounds to match. Sadly there are narrow minded people among the comments

  • @ImagesAndWordsForum
    @ImagesAndWordsForum 10 лет назад +1

    Great!

  • @asktheidiotgaming539
    @asktheidiotgaming539 6 лет назад +2

    How to make jordan's guitar like sound on yamaha reface cs?

  • @Ejstar89
    @Ejstar89 11 лет назад +1

    Wow!!

  • @jakobfel2
    @jakobfel2 10 лет назад +6

    I don't think Rudess has a "lack of feel" in his playing at all. I really feel he has a lot of talent. As a personal preference, though, I liked that classical sound that Kevin Moore brought to the band. In the days when he was their keyboardist, DT's sound had a lot of classical music root to it, and I think that's probably why I like their earlier days the most.. though I really loved the newest one almost more than the original two LaBrie albums hah

    • @robloxboy7720
      @robloxboy7720 Год назад +1

      Jordan was in a classical piano school

  • @ThunderDashHub
    @ThunderDashHub 8 лет назад +1

    Ok. I have everything programmed...except the feedback tones...this is where I'm struggling and I hope there's someone who could help with this, specifically, finding the sound responsible for the feedback tones, and then programming them to the upward and downward motions of the joystick.

    • @sandeepsamuel5649
      @sandeepsamuel5649 3 года назад

      Thunder sir can u share his infamous lead patch as u made except the h
      Feedback to es I'm madly dying for it

  • @baaaarnsey
    @baaaarnsey 10 лет назад +11

    All of you who are complaining about his "lack" of feel or whatever, you don't have a clue what you're talking about. Listen to more of someone's music before making such abrupt criticisms.

  • @AriochStarr
    @AriochStarr 7 лет назад +1

    BEARD!
    I love this guy. I thought Tuomas Holopainen was great, this guy is B4U5 when it comes to keyboard. Don't get me wrong, I love them both, just Rudess a tad bit more.

  • @martinez6030
    @martinez6030 7 лет назад +1

    Hey, Jordan, how you preset that keyboard? I only want to know.

  • @fernandodeleon3595
    @fernandodeleon3595 Год назад

    hola donde consigo ese sonido saludos desde uruguay

  • @shibinshaji9520
    @shibinshaji9520 10 месяцев назад

    is it possible to set pitch bend the way he set up on Rolands or Yamahas?

  • @SuperIdiotMan00
    @SuperIdiotMan00 10 лет назад

    Now do the Snarling pork loin!

  • @bardsanindustries7447
    @bardsanindustries7447 3 года назад

    Sir how to make this sound

  • @SimonFerocius
    @SimonFerocius 6 лет назад

    Can we do the trick with roland keyboard?

  • @jalexkeys6650
    @jalexkeys6650 10 месяцев назад

    does anyone know the patch?

  • @DarnelNeel
    @DarnelNeel 4 года назад

    can i do this tricks in korg kross 2 ?

  • @bardsanindustries7447
    @bardsanindustries7447 3 года назад

    Sir what are the tones used here

  • @GoaWay4Sanity
    @GoaWay4Sanity 4 года назад

    what is the scale that he’s using to improvise in this demo?!

  • @jonathanharry4684
    @jonathanharry4684 3 года назад

    He plays with korg, how I can play with yamaha?

  • @BasariStudios
    @BasariStudios 11 лет назад

    LOLZ at the uploader's comment (Lots of Programming Info)...do you know what programming is?

  • @garethsweetday175
    @garethsweetday175 6 лет назад +1

    Hahahaha amazing

  • @Marius1988Roma
    @Marius1988Roma 10 лет назад +1

    Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck it man you just blew my mind!!!!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAH I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

  • @iancunn99
    @iancunn99 9 лет назад +3

    Seriously. Is there anything he can't do?!!

  • @kiansararana2454
    @kiansararana2454 3 года назад +1

    Damn, that keyboard sounded more like a guitar on meth

    • @jamesley3743
      @jamesley3743 3 года назад

      It sounds like are Eddy Van Halen (RIP) has just breezed in!

  • @DirkRadloff
    @DirkRadloff Год назад +1

    Sounds like a guitar ...

  • @JohnSmith-cl2sq
    @JohnSmith-cl2sq 4 года назад

    0:27
    Get the camera out of my face and onto the fucking keyboard!

  • @Omfgwhtavid
    @Omfgwhtavid 10 лет назад +9

    Are these comments for real?

  • @rformidable
    @rformidable 11 лет назад +1

    listening to this guy play, is like listening to a 15 year old playing his first guitar in the back corner of a music store before the staff comes and turns off the amp.

  • @harkerroland9750
    @harkerroland9750 4 года назад

    So, to have cool lead must have kronos.. thats all.....

  • @AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE
    @AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE 6 лет назад +3

    This is Derek Sherinian's tone haha...

    • @kurzyroly
      @kurzyroly 6 лет назад +6

      AJD OLD CHANNEL ARCHIVE isn't Derek tone.. Derek's lead the "monster" got clear distortion, synth layer, a doubled layer {1 mono and 1 poly}and what wha very clear.. Different sound

  • @JBF-GST-Tanda
    @JBF-GST-Tanda 7 месяцев назад

    John Petrucci is losing his job haha (just a joke)

  • @timzitzelsberger3200
    @timzitzelsberger3200 6 лет назад +4

    I never understood why someone would waste their time going for electric guitar sounds on a synth this is why we have guitars I got into the synth to stretch out beyond the sounds of other instruments I wouldn't like a synth if it was just designed to sound like natural instruments like horns flutes guitars and pianos that was the original idea although I think the synth would go much farther if people created sounds that showcased the synthesizer as an instrument in its own right I think it's totally ridiculous that anybody should spend their time learning guitar only to sound like other players they should develop their own unique voice this is what I'm saying about the synth everybody's doing everything on the synth but synth sounds the whole concept of a synth is an innovation Jordan and Derek might be technically impressive artists but Berkeley grads are a dime a dozen Eddie Van Halen took the guitar and made it sound like things Beyond other instruments we know of the synth world is starving for innovative players the synth has so much to offer leave guitar solos to guitarists leave piano parts for pianists leave singing parts for singers you idiots be able to tell people you really play synthesizer music has become a mimic world not only in the pop scene I play the synthesizer to get unworldly sounds it's like a guy going to Berkeley College and coming out sounding exactly like Eric Johnson very unimpressive musician should have their own voices and so should their instruments it's like waiting for a great president to come along and fix this country same thing applies with music we need new people with new ideas give synths artists people to look forward to not hey I can shred like a guitarist on the synth

    • @SanjayAnandMenon
      @SanjayAnandMenon 4 года назад +5

      *Berklee. Also, hey, nice sermon. Here, have a cookie. The answer to your drivel is that people are going to do what they want and what they like not bow down and try to fulfill your criteria of evaluation on how "innovative" they can be.

    • @b.scottfarthingsworth
      @b.scottfarthingsworth 2 года назад

      @@SanjayAnandMenon nailed it

  • @JamesSmith-kv8js
    @JamesSmith-kv8js 11 лет назад +2

    If only he would play something meaningful in his leads.

    • @b.scottfarthingsworth
      @b.scottfarthingsworth 2 года назад

      your comment proves that you can't comprehend what meaningful means, please do not reproduce.

  • @harkerroland9750
    @harkerroland9750 4 года назад

    Dont f*cking care about that joystick, just give the damn combination sound, the setting and effect will ya???

  • @cristianperezlecaros7406
    @cristianperezlecaros7406 7 лет назад +1

    i get bored when i see this guy explaining his sounds

    • @caio509
      @caio509 6 лет назад +6

      So why did you jusk click the video? Don’t be an idiot

  • @bardsanindustries7447
    @bardsanindustries7447 3 года назад

    Horrible

  • @ueuhin3085
    @ueuhin3085 3 года назад +1

    ఆ ఆi love u girl.