I'm great at figuring out how to play just about any guitar solo but when it
comes to keyboards/soft synths--I'm not always on the mark. I'm looking for
a 2 measure synth riff (sans guitar feedback at beginning) that I can loop
for a backing track of the song Porn Star Dancing by My Darkest Days in Key
E at 160 bpm. I have tried and gotten pretty close. It may even be
possible to cop this sound with a guitar (instead of synth) with the right
effect. I ended up chopping a 2 measure chunk out of the beginning for
looping but it really doesn't work cleanly in the middle sections because of
the feedback guitar thingy in the background. Anyone wanna try to make a 2
measure short loop for this and email the wav file to (E-Mail Removed)

I'll owe ya a favor plus post a final mix at my website www.jeffloven.com

Here's the song. I have 2 separate computers hooked into my mixer so making
my own mp3 was a wiz for reference. If you need a reference mp3 of just the
beginning ping me an email "need mp3 file" and I'll send you a file for
reference. Here's the video on youtube. Listen to the very beginning--I
just need that repeating 2 measure synth riff in E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Fnet0y9Ts

May the best synth wizard win!
Thanks again,
Jeff Loven

On 20 Apr 2011, "jeffl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in cakewalk.audio:

> I'm great at figuring out how to play just about any guitar solo
> but when it comes to keyboards/soft synths--I'm not always on the
> mark. I'm looking for a 2 measure synth riff (sans guitar
> feedback at beginning) that I can loop for a backing track of the
> song Porn Star Dancing by My Darkest Days in Key E at 160 bpm. I
> have tried and gotten pretty close. It may even be possible to
> cop this sound with a guitar (instead of synth) with the right
> effect.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Fnet0y9Ts

I'm sure that's a guitar. It reminds a lot of the effect in "Relay" by
The Who:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4_1NqSEjog

According to this web site, <http://www.wbtracks.co.uk/synths.htm>, the
effect was created thusly:

"Pete's guitar is being processed through an ARP 2600 synth. The guitar
output is fed into the audio input of the voltage controlled filter
(VCF) section of the synth. Using the sample-and-hold function, the
output is connected to the VCF, which automatically turns the frequency
(tone) of the filter to different, random positions in a rhythmic style
creating the effect we hear on Relay."