#3: The Alphabet Of Me - Live In Berlin

#3: The Alphabet Of Me - Live In Berlin

I've been sitting on this footage for a while now but finally got around to syncing up some audio with it, including a rough mix of the band and the click track, which might be of interest to some of you. Admittedly, this is a pretty straightforward song for Haken, so the click is mostly pretty simple too. But even for more complex songs with lots of time changes, etc. I do generally try to keep the click minimal, without subdivisions, unless absolutely necessary. The click sound I've been using (forever) comes from the Roland TR-909 kit - there are two separate woodblock pitches - and I tend to prefer this kind of sound over more generic DAW click sounds as it feels easier for me to hear! Anyway, perhaps I'll do a separate blog or post at some point which goes into more detail with how I use and programme click tracks. 

If you have any questions about this song, the writing process or how to play it, etc. please feel free to drop a question or comment below.

Thanks again to Jake Ten for the footage (and photo!): https://jaketen.com/

 

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3 comments

Awesome, Ray! And really cool to be able to hear also your Roland SPD. Looking forward to learn how you program your click tracks as I tend to “program” them in GuitarPro but they only serve the purpose for use within GuitarPro in playback mode.

Congrats about the website and the blog!

Juan

Ah, as the self-proclaimed biggest Haken fan in all of Berlin, getting proper footage from that date is super appreciated! It really was one of my all-time-best life experiences so far, and the crowd of the day surely reflected that!

Lucca Rau

Awesome Ray! Super interesting to see with the click track.

Dion

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