sir!! its no joke when you say "for educational purposes" ive learned so much about the composition of sounds used in our beloved 80s music....simple has its complexities!!
Major thanks, this is no minor work! Thank you! You've made my Christmas finally hearing each isolated track. Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to you! 🙂
That would be Alan Tarney. Tony Mansfield produced the original with a Fairlight CMI, but the band didn't like the way it sounded, and the song failed to chart. Tarney allowed A-ha to re-record the song, and it did better, boosted by the video.
I would hope that the actual master tape somewhere is printed without the reverb that went onto the final master. Because I would love to see them do a brand new mix one day without all of the 1980s reverb all over it
@@elijahcambry3319 - No, it's not. There is good stuff for sure, but the level of inventiveness, artistry and depth is just not on the same level and breadth. There's a lot of reasons for it, but it is what it is. There's no going back.
One great detail a fellow by the name Vaughn George pointed out while analyzing the stems to Talk Talk’s It’s My Life, is how flawed these songs actually are when you listen to the individual tracks. Unless sequenced on a synth or drum machine, the musicians aren’t playing perfectly. Sometimes the singer doesn’t sing perfectly on pitch, or you hear a bass guitar note played slightly off time. And in the context of the full song, you NEVER notice this. This is exactly how music is supposed to be. It had this beautiful human element to it that just makes this music stand heads and shoulders above the current hits. In the current day producers tempo-align all the drums, slap autotune on the singer’s voice, and polish everything up until it sounds literally perfect like some kind of machine. The old hits from before the days of advanced software editing were truly something magical. I can’t listen to anything on the Top 40 today because of this.
Hi - really interested in this stuff. Any chance of Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good, Howard Jones - New Song, You Spin Me Round - Dead or Alive? What software do you use to extract these? Once again, so grateful for this.
Thank you for this work! Do you know the exact BPM of this track? I have had problems trying to find that in order to loop sections. My guess is something around 170 but I cant fin the exact value. Best regards/
As said, roughly 168. Most Daw's have some kind of tempo detection. I do love beat calculator and tempo detection in cubase when importing these things. takes under 2 min to get it alligned pretty much 99.5% to the internal tempo. But these functions may only be in the "Pro versions
It sure sounds like something inbetween a demo and the finalized multitrack. If it were the finalized version you wouldn't have unfinished stuff at the end, even its often faded out (Single Mix 2015 remastered), but there is a real ending on the Official video. Most the stems I have found don't sound like they are from the original masters which you can be darn sure is normally kept in very safe places. It is most likely from intermediate pre masters that even not perfect were still kept and at some pont leaked on purpose cause its 30, 40 or more years ago they were made. And it's still golden to get a slightly imperfect stem, cause you can learn so much from it if only for personal use or if you are actually studying mixing and mastering techniques. Or you can actually borrow some loops, riffs or a backing vocal for a mashup
@@seeyouintheeighties thanks for the update.. please let me know when you put out some more of the stems.. Duceiswild2@gmail.com I love all these cuts.
@@duceiswild2 if you subscribed you should get a notification. I have more time this week to get more ready so there should be a lot more uploads this week
It's a mix of of 2 different sounds, one is the panning arpeggio sound. I've split the stems up to easyer to see each sound on a single track. I do believe some of the synth sounds is made up of either 2 or more synths triggered via midi or maybe premixed and recorded to a single track to save track space so you can keep it on one tape machine.
So interesting to hear. Are you doing the transfers from 24 track? I’d have thought most these would have been digitised by now simply due to their age and magnetic tape being magnetic tape.
If you get some of these leaked stems from early 80's recordings, you can actually hear wich neighbour tracks they had on the 2". I never realised how much bleed there were when you had to put 24 tracks onto tape. Just imagine the work to cut and slice tape together compared to how easy it is in a modern daw ..
@@mrdali67 i said that in a very confusing way... Digital media becomes demagnetized, corrupted, format obsolete /unreadable physically, etc... Whereas 2in tape, stored properly, can easily be thrown on a 3 head machine 50 years from now and play.
@@BobbyGeneric145 Thats true, you can delete digital stuff in a matter of milli seconds without any chance of getting it back unless you have backups. But tape even Its stored in metal cases under optimal conditions will deteorises slowly over time. And too many master tapes is not stored under those recommended conditions. If we are talking modern storage media, that isn’t based on magnetic or laser disks there is no deteorising of the digital data, but of course both analog and digital storage can get destroyed if not done oroperly. But digital storage that is stored on non volatile media is in general a much safer solution. There is a reason why both old music and film collections is being digitized and stored on large mirrored media databases when Its worth the money it cost to do so
Really doubt this is from the production takes. The lead vocals isn't stellar, and the last 30% is totally off. several synt parts from the official release is missing and they didn't even finnish the drum programming. Missing of beat Kick on the whole song which is kinda added a few bars in the end on top of the DX track, which is a really mess and bad sounding. But the overall quality of the takes is decent, tho will take a some skills to get this mixed together to sound like the Single mix release. I am surely not a pro. I simply can't get that snare to sound anything like on the original. .. . but I keep trying :)
![a-ha - Take On Me (Official Video) [Remastered in 4K]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/djV11Xbc914/mqdefault.jpg)
![a-ha - Take On Me (Official Video) [Remastered in 4K]](/img/tr.png)
sir!! its no joke when you say "for educational purposes" ive learned so much about the composition of sounds used in our beloved 80s music....simple has its complexities!!
this.
So many complexities. I never knew there was acoustic guitar on this.
honestly you're doing so much for everyone by sharing this. Thank you so so so much! Amazing multitrack
:)
Major thanks, this is no minor work! Thank you! You've made my Christmas finally hearing each isolated track. Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to you! 🙂
Bro you're doing God's work here. Just know it's very appreciated! Thankyou so much!
Thank you ever so much for this. It is an amazing opportunity for me to work on until I get a new audio job. Thank you, awesome work!
Appreciate the effort involved, sent a donation 👍
Would love it if we could have this for all the other versions they did of this too.
Its incredible how layered and complex this song is... This producer is on the level of Brian Wilson.
That would be Alan Tarney. Tony Mansfield produced the original with a Fairlight CMI, but the band didn't like the way it sounded, and the song failed to chart.
Tarney allowed A-ha to re-record the song, and it did better, boosted by the video.
@@cleverhardy5230 good data, thank you!
Tarney didn't allow them to re-record it. The record company allowed them
Most dreamlike synth sound ever
an instant 80s classic!
Obrigado, fazia tempo que estava procurando essa multitrack
☺
0:14 Always thought it was all electronic drums, it's accoustic drums + 1 electronic kick.
No it’s not. It’s the linn drum
It's sampled acoustic drums combined with Linn drum. They've talked about this in MANY interviews over the years.
@@willmaness1689 Wasn't aware of. Any article?
To clear confusion, LinnDrum hi hats were used, sampled snare, analog kick
I would hope that the actual master tape somewhere is printed without the reverb that went onto the final master. Because I would love to see them do a brand new mix one day without all of the 1980s reverb all over it
Gracias por compartir este contenido, ojala pudiesemos escuchar mas canciones así, con todas las pistas originales.
Pelease keep doing this awesome job
You're awesome!!
God blessings to you! Thanks Bro!
This is amazing
What's sad is how much these stems show the massive difference in talent and originality in 80s music compared to today's music.
Today’s music is just as interesting and just as wonderful. You just have to look for the good stuff a little bit harder because it’s not on Pop radio
@@elijahcambry3319 - No, it's not. There is good stuff for sure, but the level of inventiveness, artistry and depth is just not on the same level and breadth. There's a lot of reasons for it, but it is what it is. There's no going back.
One great detail a fellow by the name Vaughn George pointed out while analyzing the stems to Talk Talk’s It’s My Life, is how flawed these songs actually are when you listen to the individual tracks. Unless sequenced on a synth or drum machine, the musicians aren’t playing perfectly. Sometimes the singer doesn’t sing perfectly on pitch, or you hear a bass guitar note played slightly off time.
And in the context of the full song, you NEVER notice this. This is exactly how music is supposed to be. It had this beautiful human element to it that just makes this music stand heads and shoulders above the current hits.
In the current day producers tempo-align all the drums, slap autotune on the singer’s voice, and polish everything up until it sounds literally perfect like some kind of machine. The old hits from before the days of advanced software editing were truly something magical. I can’t listen to anything on the Top 40 today because of this.
@@cygnus_XI No kidding. There's AI programs for writing songs now. Rick Beato did a video about it just recently.
@@80ssynthfan48 Yeah I saw that. Kinda makes me nervous because I thought music would be the last thing AI touches.
Wow Thanks!!! U are great!!!♥
awesome!
thank you sir!
Thank you, great song
Fantastic!! thank you..
gracias gracias GRACIAS GRACIAS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! suscrito y activado las notificaciones!!!!!
Hi - really interested in this stuff. Any chance of Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good, Howard Jones - New Song, You Spin Me Round - Dead or Alive? What software do you use to extract these? Once again, so grateful for this.
He looks online
@@gamingwithcallum6087 Helpful. Not.
I love that steam valve aerosol spray can sound on the 3rd down beat, what is it?
Thank you for this work! Do you know the exact BPM of this track? I have had problems trying to find that in order to loop sections. My guess is something around 170 but I cant fin the exact value. Best regards/
At the DAW-Screen you can see the Tempo up in the middle: 84,6400 BPM
@@andromeda401968 but a song can’t be that fast
@@gamingwithcallum6087 divide it, but the actual BPM is 169-170
@@Louieneil96 I know that. I only know that because the song Blinding Lights by The Weeknd is the same bpm and really sounds similar
As said, roughly 168. Most Daw's have some kind of tempo detection. I do love beat calculator and tempo detection in cubase when importing these things. takes under 2 min to get it alligned pretty much 99.5% to the internal tempo. But these functions may only be in the "Pro versions
4:41 Where did you find the final measures ?
They're just on the stems.
@@JakeSeitzVideo I know :) but they are not in the public final mix. What is the source ?
is this the recent "demo" that's leaked out? or a more finalized mulitrack
The next stage I believe, I have the demo version but it has more vocal tracks with the lead singer sometimes chatting on the track and coughing etc
@@seeyouintheeighties his name is Morten Harket. we don’t call him “the lead singer“
It sure sounds like something inbetween a demo and the finalized multitrack. If it were the finalized version you wouldn't have unfinished stuff at the end, even its often faded out (Single Mix 2015 remastered), but there is a real ending on the Official video. Most the stems I have found don't sound like they are from the original masters which you can be darn sure is normally kept in very safe places. It is most likely from intermediate pre masters that even not perfect were still kept and at some pont leaked on purpose cause its 30, 40 or more years ago they were made. And it's still golden to get a slightly imperfect stem, cause you can learn so much from it if only for personal use or if you are actually studying mixing and mastering techniques. Or you can actually borrow some loops, riffs or a backing vocal for a mashup
@@elijahcambry3319 Maybe 1 out 10,000 people who know this song even know his name, so by far, most people call him "the lead singer."
@@seeyouintheeighties how do i contact you?
Hey Thank you for these gems. Question? do you happen to have Yazoo Don't go? If so, Please add to these amazing collections, Thanks
Hey, I already spoke to vince, the answers no I’m afraid
@@seeyouintheeighties thanks for the update.. please let me know when you put out some more of the stems.. Duceiswild2@gmail.com
I love all these cuts.
@@duceiswild2 if you subscribed you should get a notification. I have more time this week to get more ready so there should be a lot more uploads this week
@@seeyouintheeighties perfect.. thank you
awe bro ♥
How do you get these!!!???
Gracias!
I wonder what sound is on Keys 1 DX7
It's a mix of of 2 different sounds, one is the panning arpeggio sound. I've split the stems up to easyer to see each sound on a single track. I do believe some of the synth sounds is made up of either 2 or more synths triggered via midi or maybe premixed and recorded to a single track to save track space so you can keep it on one tape machine.
Do you have a collection of zip files not listed in here? These are fantastic. I'm bugged that I've only now found your page.
So amazing! Can i ask where you get access to all of multitracks?
Thanks. How did you find these multitrack?
Look online
Great job! Any idea what is the patch for the second DK7 sound? Not the bass, the the arpeggiated keyboard 🎹
So interesting to hear. Are you doing the transfers from 24 track? I’d have thought most these would have been digitised by now simply due to their age and magnetic tape being magnetic tape.
If you get some of these leaked stems from early 80's recordings, you can actually hear wich neighbour tracks they had on the 2". I never realised how much bleed there were when you had to put 24 tracks onto tape. Just imagine the work to cut and slice tape together compared to how easy it is in a modern daw ..
You have it backwards. Digital decays. Master tape stored properly is good forever
@@BobbyGeneric145 lol
@@mrdali67 i said that in a very confusing way... Digital media becomes demagnetized, corrupted, format obsolete /unreadable physically, etc... Whereas 2in tape, stored properly, can easily be thrown on a 3 head machine 50 years from now and play.
@@BobbyGeneric145 Thats true, you can delete digital stuff in a matter of milli seconds without any chance of getting it back unless you have backups. But tape even Its stored in metal cases under optimal conditions will deteorises slowly over time. And too many master tapes is not stored under those recommended conditions. If we are talking modern storage media, that isn’t based on magnetic or laser disks there is no deteorising of the digital data, but of course both analog and digital storage can get destroyed if not done oroperly. But digital storage that is stored on non volatile media is in general a much safer solution. There is a reason why both old music and film collections is being digitized and stored on large mirrored media databases when Its worth the money it cost to do so
Hi, could you give us a new link to download it ? Best regards
Can you find The Living Daylights multitrack?
Can you do Alphaville’s Forever Young, please?
♥♥
whats the actual bpm of the song? is it fixed or nah?
how you make this?
is that from the original song?
Really doubt this is from the production takes. The lead vocals isn't stellar, and the last 30% is totally off. several synt parts from the official release is missing and they didn't even finnish the drum programming. Missing of beat Kick on the whole song which is kinda added a few bars in the end on top of the DX track, which is a really mess and bad sounding. But the overall quality of the takes is decent, tho will take a some skills to get this mixed together to sound like the Single mix release. I am surely not a pro. I simply can't get that snare to sound anything like on the original. .. . but I keep trying :)
the reason why is sounds like the drums aren't programmed is probably because it hasn't been mixed yet
Brutal. Muchas gracias por compartir. Aquí mi mecla: drive.google.com/file/d/1CVigrsp2sFBrMyEgeH6Wf7iUG05TutqN/view?usp=share_link