Voodoo Ray/A Guy Called Gerald - Novation Circuit version

Time for the first British acid house hit and another Hacienda favourite. The Manchester act A Guy Called Gerald blew up the Manchester music scene with his 808 and 303 tour-de-force. He's still making excellent music ‪@AGuyCalledGeraldTV‬
#voodooray
Everything you hear was programmed into the Novation Circuit and played ‘live’ straight out of the headphone jack into my phone. No extra effects or outboard gear are used during playback.
The ‪@IsotonikStudios‬ sound pack RB 303 by Yves Big City got me thinking about how capable the Novation Circuit could be for a blast of acid house. I hope this attempt gets close to the flavour of the original. • DEMO - RB 303 - Novati...
‪@GyuBeats‬ has done some great video breakdowns of the track and is obviously a fan. Big thanks as he helped me track down some of the original samples.
• Why Does VOODOO RAY St...
I also found the following website which is a fantastic resource of patterns for 303-soundalikes. It just had to be called Acid Tabs…..
acid-tabs.com/...
I hope you like the track - drop a comment if there is an 80’s or 90’s track you’d like to see a version of.
Synth nerd details;
The 808 sounds are a mix of samples from Isotonik and a pack that is sometimes free called 808 From Mars.
The vocal samples are from a surprising source of an old comedy routine from Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. The ‘voodoo ray’ sample is actually cut from a snatch of Peter Cook saying “voodoo rage”.
A key part of the track is the excellent singing of Nicola Collier. I didn’t have a singer to hand and I wasn’t going to impose my dulcet tones on the world. The ‘singing’ is therefore played on the Arturia plug-in ‘Augmented Voices’.
I hope it fills the gap for now and doesn’t detract from the overall track.
All samples are edited and positioned on drum pads then sequenced/played on the Drum 4 track of the circuit.