rdefabri Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Ever since I first saw Devo on Saturday Night Live in the 70's, I've been interested in synthesizers and electronic music. By the time I started going to arcades, one of my most cherished memories was hearing Gottlieb's Reactor in attract mode - it had a synthesized drum and guitar soundtrack that I absolutely loved. I also cut my teeth on NWOBHM and "glam metal" of the 70's / 80's, and I always wanted to create something similar to what I heard with Reactor on my Atari 400. I thought it might be "easy" to cover Black Sabbath's Iron Man as an RMT song, as I do play guitar and drums. This is what I ended up with - so far from "easy" that it actually took me some time to create this. It's about 95% accurate to the original - I literally tabbed the guitars, bass, and drum lines as they are heard in the song, with some exceptions. There are some mild timing issues, where Tony Iommi plays a fast 4-note run or triplets that might be off (I tend to create my RMT songs using 8 note measures). Some shout outs - I used the cool lead guitar sound that @VinsCool created, as well as a neat syn drum sound. I had to use @pseudografx snare sound, it sounds incredible (hence why the instrument speed is 2). I had some issues with the guitar sounds. By this I mean the main riff - I don't love it, although it was about as good as I could come up with (so if anyone wants to "improve" it, feel free). I also had some issues with the guitar bends that Tony Iommi does during the solos - I ended up leveraging one of @VinsCool "flute" sounds to mimic that, but I think someone could do better than me. Needless to say, I had fun doing this. I love Black Sabbath and obviously the song is legendary and kind of funny to do on RMT (there is an "8-bit" version on YouTube that is pretty cool). If you like Sabbath, enjoy and let me know what you think! Iron Man.rmt 14 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Suggestions - maybe try an 8 channel stereo version as well ? Request - how about AC/DC "Shoot to Thrill" ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdefabri Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 6 hours ago, Rybags said: Suggestions - maybe try an 8 channel stereo version as well ? Request - how about AC/DC "Shoot to Thrill" ? I would love to try 8-channel / stereo, but I've been struggling trying to create something there. I'm prone to wanting to use the extra channels as additional voices, rather than as true stereo, and I end up with a funky mix. I'm not 100% sure, but is there a way to pan channels from left to right? I doubt that exists, but if it does, then I could make some hay with it. I'm a massive AC/DC fan, Shoot to Thrill will be on my list of "to do's". I have a good back story for that song, if I get around to creating it, I'll tell the story along with it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdefabri Posted November 22, 2023 Author Share Posted November 22, 2023 (edited) On 11/13/2023 at 2:13 AM, Rybags said: Suggestions - maybe try an 8 channel stereo version as well ? Request - how about AC/DC "Shoot to Thrill" ? Not finished, but here's a taste of AC/DC's "Shoot to Thrill" in 8-channel stereo. So far it has been fun, doing the leads might be a slight task... Edited November 22, 2023 by rdefabri 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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